US 12,107,432 B2
Electronic device and method for controlling operation of electronic device
Mincheol Ha, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Dongzo Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Kyungmin Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Kihyun Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Yunjeong Noh, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Keyic Son, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Taehyeon Yu, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Hyungkoo Chung, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,830.
Application 17/880,830 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/011494, filed on Aug. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0102631 (KR), filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0042780 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 50/10 (2016.02) [H02J 50/402 (2020.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.02)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling an electronic device electrically couplable to an external electronic device through a connector and capable of transmitting/receiving wireless power, the method comprising:
identifying electrical connection to the external electronic device;
receiving power from the external electronic device through a short-range communication module;
activating a control circuit based on the received power:
controlling, by the activated control circuit, a mode switch module to notify the external electronic device to supply power through the connector;
receiving direct-current power from the external electronic device through the connector after controlling the mode switch module; and
generating an electromagnetic field for wireless power transmission through a wireless power transmission/reception module, based on the received direct-current power.