Patent Application
20200161909
The present application is based upon, and claims the benefit of and priority to, Chinese Patent Application No. 201811369166.5, filed on Nov. 16, 2018, where the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference as a part of the present application.
The present invention relates to the field of wireless charging technologies and, more particularly, to a wireless charging prompt method and device, and a wireless charging system.
With the advent of the information age, portable electronic products have brought great convenience to people. Wireless charging technology that emerged at the same time not only reduces the inconvenience of carrying data cables for portable electronic products, but also improves dustproof and waterproof performance of portable electronic products as wireless charging technology does not need to reserve an additional charging port on the portable product.
In general wireless charging technology applications, a transmitting coil is disposed on a transmitting device and a receiving coil is disposed on a receiving device, and then, wireless charging is performed by means of magnetic induction.
It should be noted that the information disclosed in the Background section above is only for enhancing the understanding of the background of the present disclosure and thus, may include information that does not constitute prior art known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
An object of the present invention is to provide a wireless charging prompt method and device, and a wireless charging system.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a wireless charging prompt method is provided, including:
establishing a wireless charging connection between a transmitting device and a receiving device;
acquiring relative displacement information of the transmitting device and the receiving device and charging efficiency of the transmitting device charging the receiving device in real time; and
generating a displacement indication according to change of the charging efficiency with the relative displacement information, wherein the displacement indication is configured to indicate relative movement of the receiving device and/or the transmitting device to improve the charging efficiency.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, acquiring charging efficiency of the transmitting device charging the receiving device in real time includes:
acquiring receiving power of electric quantity received by the receiving device and transmitting power of electric quantity transmitted by the transmitting device; and
acquiring the charging efficiency according to a ratio of the receiving power to the transmitting power.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes:
comparing the charging efficiency with a first preset value; and
generating a first prompt signal indicating that charging is normal when the charging efficiency is greater than the first preset value.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes:
comparing the charging efficiency with a second preset value; and
generating a second prompt signal indicating that the charging is abnormal when the charging efficiency is less than the second preset value.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, generating a displacement indication according to change of the charging efficiency with the relative displacement information includes:
determining the change of the charging efficiency in real time;
generating a displacement indication when the charging efficiency increases, wherein the displacement indication is configured to indicate that the receiving device and/or the transmitting device continue to move relative to each other along a current direction; and
generating a displacement indication when the charging efficiency decreases, wherein the displacement indication is configured to indicate that the receiving device and/or the transmitting device continue to move relative to each other in a direction opposite to the current direction.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, establishing a wireless charging connection between a transmitting device and a receiving device includes:
monitoring a remaining capacity of the receiving device in real time, and issuing a charging request by the receiving device when the remaining capacity of the receiving device is less than a preset remaining capacity;
receiving the charging request by the transmitting device and issuing a connection request to the receiving device; and
receiving the connection request by the receiving device to establish a wireless charging connection of the transmitting device and the receiving device.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a wireless charging prompting device is provided, including: a wireless connection module, a detecting module, a position sensing module, and a first determining module. The wireless connection module is configured to establish a wireless charging connection between a transmitting device and a receiving device; the position sensing module is configured to acquire relative displacement information of the transmitting device and the receiving device; and the detecting module is configured to acquire charging efficiency of the transmitting device charging the receiving device during wireless charging in real time; the first determining module is configured to generate a displacement indication according to change of the charging efficiency with the relative displacement information, wherein the displacement indication is configured to indicate relative movement of the receiving device and/or the transmitting device to improve the charging efficiency.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the detecting module includes: a first detecting unit, a second detecting unit, and a processing unit. The first detecting unit is configured to detect receiving power of electric quantity received by the receiving device in real time; the second detecting unit is configured to detect transmitting power of electric quantity transmitted by the transmitting device; and the processing unit is configured to acquire the charging efficiency according to a ratio of the receiving power to the transmitting power.
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a second determining module is further included. The second determining module is configured to compare the charging efficiency with a first preset value; and generate a first prompt signal indicating that charging is normal when the charging efficiency is greater than the first preset value, compare the charging efficiency with a second preset value, and generate a second prompt signal indicating that the charging is abnormal when the charging efficiency is less than the second preset value.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a wireless charging system is provided, including: a transmitting device, a receiving device, and the wireless charging prompting device described above. The transmitting device is configured to wirelessly transmit charging energy and the receiving device is configured to receive the charging energy.
It should be noted that the above general description and the following detailed description are merely exemplary and explanatory and should not be construed as limiting of the disclosure.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in the specification and constitute a part of the specification, show exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. The drawings, along with the specification, explain the principles of the present disclosure. It should be noted that the drawings in the following description show only some of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be obtained by those skilled in the art without departing from the drawings described herein.
Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the embodiments can be implemented in a variety of forms and should not be construed as being limited to the examples set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be more complete so as to convey the idea of the exemplary embodiments to those skilled in this art. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar parts, and the repeated description thereof will be omitted.
Although the relative terms, such as “above” and “below”, are used in the specification to describe the relative relationship of one component to another component of the icon, these terms are only for convenience in this specification, for example, according to a direction of the example in the drawings. It will be understood that if the device of the icon is flipped upside down, the component described “above” will become the component “below”. Other relative terms, such as “high”, “low”, “top”, “bottom”, “left”, “right”, etc., also have similar meanings. When a structure is “on” another structure, it may mean that a structure is integrally formed on another structure, or that a structure is “directly” disposed on another structure, or that a structure is “indirectly” disposed on another structure through other structures.
The terms “a” and “the” are used to indicate the presence of one or more elements/components, etc.; the terms “include” and “have” are used to indicate an open type meaning of including and means that there may be additional elements/components/etc. in addition to the listed elements/components/etc.
The present exemplary embodiment first provides a wireless charging prompt method, as shown in
establishing a wireless charging connection between a transmitting device and a receiving device in Step S1;
acquiring relative displacement information of the transmitting device and the receiving device and charging efficiency of the transmitting device charging the receiving device in real time in Step S2; and
generating a displacement indication according to change of the charging efficiency with the relative displacement information in Step S3, where the displacement indication is configured to indicate relative movement of the receiving device and/or the transmitting device to improve the charging efficiency.
The present invention provides a wireless charging prompt method and device, and a wireless charging system. The method generates a displacement indication according to the change in the charging efficiency, the displacement indication being configured to indicate the relative movement of the receiving device and/or the transmitting device to improve the charging efficiency. On one hand, the wireless charging prompt method provided by the present disclosure can give directions of relative movement of the transmitting device and/or the receiving device to provide guidance for improving charging efficiency. On the other hand, the wireless charging prompt method is simple and convenient to implement.
Each step is described in detail below:
a wireless charging connection between a transmitting device and a receiving device is established in Step S1. In this exemplary embodiment, establishing a wireless charging connection between a transmitting device and a receiving device may include: monitoring the remaining capacity of the receiving device in real time and issuing a charging request by the receiving device when the remaining capacity of the receiving device is less than preset remaining capacity; receiving the charging request by the transmitting device and issuing a connection request to the receiving device; and receiving the connection request by the receiving device to establish a wireless charging connection of the transmitting device and the receiving device. The method can automatically establish a wireless charging connection with the transmitting device when the remaining capacity of the receiving device is lower than the preset remaining capacity, and the connection request can also remind the user that there is a transmitting device for charging available nearby. The user can freely set the preset remaining capacity according to his own needs. In addition, whether the connection request is sent by the transmitting device may be determined according to the remaining capacity of the transmitting device. For example, when the remaining capacity of the transmitting device is less than a preset value, the connection request is not sent, and when the remaining capacity of the transmitting device is greater than a preset value, the connection request is sent. It should be understood that, in other exemplary embodiments, there may be more methods for establishing a wireless charging connection between a transmitting device and a receiving device, which are all within the scope of the present disclosure.
Relative displacement information of the transmitting device and the receiving device and charging efficiency of the transmitting device charging the receiving device in real time is acquired in Step S2. In the present exemplary embodiment, acquiring charging efficiency of the transmitting device charging the receiving device in real time during the wireless charging may include: acquiring receiving power of electric quantity received by the receiving device and transmitting power of electric quantity transmitted by the transmitting device; and acquiring the charging efficiency according to a ratio of the receiving power to the transmitting power.
A displacement indication according to change of the charging efficiency with the relative displacement information is generated in Step S3, where the displacement indication is configured to indicate relative movement of the receiving device and/or the transmitting device to improve the charging efficiency. In the exemplary embodiment, generating a displacement indication according to change of the charging efficiency with the relative displacement information may include: determining the change of the charging efficiency in real time; generating a displacement indication when the charging efficiency increases, where the displacement indication is configured to indicate that the receiving device and/or the transmitting device continue to move relative to each other along current direction; and generating a displacement indication when the charging efficiency decreases, where the displacement indication is configured to indicate that the receiving device and/or the transmitting device continue to move relative to each other in a direction opposite to the current direction. For example, when the receiving device moves to the right relative to the transmitting device, if the charging efficiency increases, a displacement indication is generated that indicates that the receiving device continues to move to the right or the transmitting device moves to the left. If the charging efficiency decreases, a displacement indication is generated that indicates that the receiving device continues to move to the left or the transmitting device moves to the right. The displacement indication can be transmitted by means of an arrow or a voice in some embodiments.
In the above wireless charging prompt method, the displacement indication can only be used to indicate how the transmitting device and/or the receiving device move to obtain higher charging efficiency, but the displacement indication does not indicate whether the current charging efficiency is normal. In the exemplary embodiment, the wireless charging prompt method may further include: comparing the charging efficiency with a first preset value and generating a first prompt signal indicating that charging is normal when the charging efficiency is greater than the first preset value; and comparing the charging efficiency with a second preset value and generating a second prompt signal indicating that the charging is abnormal when the charging efficiency is less than the second preset value. The first preset value may be set as a critical value of the charging abnormality, and, when the charging efficiency is less than the first preset value, this indicates that the charging is abnormal; the second preset value may be set as the critical value of the charging normal, and, when the charging efficiency is greater than the second preset value, this indicates that the charging is normal; a buffer area is between the first preset value and the second preset value, and less efficient charging can be performed between the receiving device and the transmitting device in the buffer area. The user can set the first preset value and the second preset value according to requirements. For example, the first preset value may be 20%, and the second preset value may be 70%, although other preset values can be employed. During the movement of the transmitting device and/or the receiving device by the user, the wireless charging prompt method may prompt the user whether the charging efficiency is normal through the first prompt signal and the second prompt signal. It should be understood that, in other exemplary embodiments, the wireless charging prompt method may also provide numerical information indicating charging efficiency in real time, which are all within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
The exemplary embodiment further provides a wireless charging prompting device, as shown in
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the respective component (e.g., the modules, units, etc.) may be constituted by a corresponding circuit, for example, the detection module 4 may include a power metering circuit, a signal conversion circuit, a computing circuit, and the like that are respectively configured. Alternatively, the various components may also be implemented by a processor, logic circuitry, etc. For example, the detection module 4 may include a processor that collects and/or receives power signals and performing computing on the power signal. Further, sub-circuits performing corresponding operations and/or sub-logic circuitry/processor configured to perform corresponding operation may be referred to as corresponding “units”, such as a first detecting unit 21, a second detecting unit 22, and a processing unit 23 that will be described in further detail hereinafter. Other components of the present disclosure may also be implemented in a similar manner and will not be described again herein.
The exemplary embodiment further provides a wireless charging system, as shown in
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It should be understood that, in other exemplary embodiments, the processing unit 23, the first determining module 3, the second determining module 8, and the prompt module 7 may also be disposed on the receiving device 6, which are all within the protection scope of the present disclosure. The prompt module 7 can share the display and the speaker of the receiving device or the transmitting device.
In an exemplary embodiment, the wireless charging system may include a first terminal and a second terminal, and the receiving device may be included in the first terminal which may be a portable electronic product, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an earphone, or the like. The transmitting device may be included in the second terminal which may a wireless charging device or a portable electronic product, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or the like. Therefore, the second terminal can wirelessly charge the first terminal by using the wireless charging system. For example, another mobile phone can be wirelessly charged by one mobile phone, the earphone can be wirelessly charged by a mobile phone, and a mobile phone may be wirelessly charged by a wireless charging device, which is not listed herein.
Other embodiments of the present disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The present application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the present disclosure, which are in accordance with the general principles of the present disclosure and include common general knowledge or conventional technical means in the art that are not disclosed in the present disclosure. The specification and embodiments are illustrative, and the real scope and spirit of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims.
It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise structures that have been described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is to be limited only by the appended claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201811369166.5 | Nov 2018 | CN | national |
