Patents by Inventor Kewei Wu

Kewei Wu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180241238
    Abstract: A charging control apparatus and method for an electronic device are provided. During a process of charging, the power adapter first charges the battery with a constant-voltage direct current output, and then after the power adapter receives a quick-charging instruction, the power adapter adjusts an output voltage according to the voltage of the battery fed back by the charging control module, and if the output voltage meets a quick-charging voltage condition pre-set by the charging control module, the power adapter adjusts an output current and the output voltage respectively according to a preset quick-charging current value and a preset quick-charging voltage value for quick-charging the battery, and meanwhile the charging control module introduces direct current from the power adapter for charging the battery; during a process of quick-charging, the power adapter adjusts the output current in real time according to the output voltage thereof and the voltage of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang ZHANG, Kewei WU, Jun ZHANG, Dashuai HUANG, Yuanxiang HU
  • Publication number: 20180191186
    Abstract: A circuit and method for switching a charging mode are provided. The circuit for switching a charging mode, is coupled to a cell and externally coupled to a quick-charging adapter, and includes: a switch circuit, configured to connect the charging terminal and the cell terminal if a connection instruction is received from the first controlled terminal, such that the quick-charging adapter charges the cell via the switch circuit; a switching assembly, configured to receive a switching instruction from the controlled terminal; a first controller, configured to: receive a charging instruction, receive a quick-charging instruction at the first data terminal via the data interface terminal, and send the connection instruction from the third controlling terminal if the charging instruction and the quick-charging instruction are received; and a second controller, configured to send the charging instruction to the first controller if an insertion of the quick-charging adapter is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang ZHANG, Kewei WU, Huihuang ZHOU, Biao CHEN
  • Patent number: 10008868
    Abstract: An electronic device and a power adapter are provided. The power adapter comprises a power circuit, a main control circuit, a potential adjustment circuit, a current detection circuit, a voltage detection circuit and an output switch circuit. When a conventional charging or a quick charging is performed on the battery in the electronic device, the main control circuit determines whether the output current of the power adapter is greater than a current threshold according to the current detecting signal and determines whether the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than a voltage threshold according to the voltage detecting signal; if the output current of the power adapter is greater than the current threshold and/or the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than the voltage threshold, the main control circuit controls the output switch circuit to turn off the direct current output of the power adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Fuchun Liao, Nianfeng Liu, Kewei Wu, Jun Zhang, Yuanxiang Hu
  • Publication number: 20180175637
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a quick charging method and a quick charging system. A second controller sends a quick-charging request to a first controller. The first controller feeds back a quick-charging permission command. The second controller sends a notification request for obtaining a voltage value of a cell. The first controller obtains the voltage value by a cell connector, and sends the voltage value to the second controller. The second controller finds a current regulation instruction matching a threshold section that the voltage value falls within from a threshold section table, and sends a current regulation instruction to a regulation circuit. The regulation circuit adjusts a current, and outputs a power supply signal of which the current is regulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang ZHANG, Kewei WU, Jun ZHANG, Liangcai PENG, Fuchun LIAO
  • Publication number: 20180175659
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of charging. A terminal and a battery charging control device and method are provided. The battery charging control device including a battery connector, a main control circuit and a quick charging switch circuit is adopted. During the regular charging or the quick charging, the main control circuit performs a data communication with the external power adapter via the communication interface, and obtains a charging voltage and a charging current for the battery; if the charging voltage is greater than a voltage threshold and/or the charging current is greater than a current threshold, the main control circuit sends a charging switch-off instruction, such that the controller controls the communication interface to switch off; if the charging voltage is less than or equal to the voltage threshold and the charging current is less than or equal to the current threshold, the main control circuit continues to obtain the charging voltage and the charging current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang ZHANG, Kewei WU, Jun ZHANG, Fuchun LIAO, Yuanxiang HU
  • Publication number: 20180131207
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power adapter, an electronic device and a charging apparatus. In the process of charging a battery in a conventional charge mode after the power adapter is powered on, the power adapter carries out quick charge inquiry communication with the electronic device when an output current value of the power adapter is within a conventional current range for a preset time interval; after the electronic device sends a quick charge command to the power adapter, the power adapter adjusts the output voltage according to the battery voltage information fed back by the electronic device; and when the output voltage meets a voltage requirement for quick charge preset by the electronic device, the power adapter adjusts the output current and the output voltage for charging the battery in a quick charge mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Jialiang ZHANG, Kewei WU, Jun ZHANG, Fuchun LIAO, Yuanxiang HU
  • Publication number: 20180097381
    Abstract: A detection circuit and a detection method for starting charging are provided. The detection circuit comprises a cell connector, a first controller, a second controller and a switch circuit. The first controller sends an anode contact signal, a cathode contact signal and an electric quantity signal received from the cell connector to the second controller; the second controller sends a start instruction to the first controller if a charging request signal is received, the anode of the cell is well contacted, the cathode of the cell is well contacted, and a voltage of the cell does not exceed a voltage threshold; the first controller sends a connection instruction to the switch circuit to control connection of a charging terminal and a cell terminal of the switch circuit, such that a charging adapter charges the cell through the switch circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventor: Kewei WU
  • Patent number: 9935479
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a quick charging method and a quick charging system. A second controller sends a quick-charging request to a first controller. The first controller feeds back a quick-charging permission command. The second controller sends a notification request for obtaining a voltage value of a cell. The first controller obtains the voltage value by a cell connector, and sends the voltage value to the second controller. The second controller finds a current regulation instruction matching a threshold section that the voltage value falls within from a threshold section table, and send a current regulation instruction to a regulation circuit. The regulation circuit adjusts a current and outputs a power supply signal of which the current is regulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Kewei Wu, Jun Zhang, Liangcai Peng, Fuchun Liao
  • Patent number: 9935476
    Abstract: A circuit and method for switching a charging mode are provided. The circuit for switching a charging mode, is coupled to a cell and externally coupled to a quick-charging adapter, and includes: a switch circuit, configured to connect the charging terminal and the cell terminal if a connection instruction is received from the first controlled terminal, such that the quick-charging adapter charges the cell via the switch circuit; a switching assembly, configured to receive a switching instruction from the controlled terminal; a first controller, configured to: receive a charging instruction, receive a quick-charging instruction at the first data terminal via the data interface terminal, and send the connection instruction from the third controlling terminal if the charging instruction and the quick-charging instruction are received; and a second controller, configured to send the charging instruction to the first controller if an insertion of the quick-charging adapter is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Kewei Wu, Huihuang Zhou, Biao Chen
  • Patent number: 9935490
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of charging. A terminal and a battery charging control device and method are provided. The battery charging control device including a battery connector, a main control circuit and a quick charging switch circuit is adopted. During the regular charging or the quick charging, the main control circuit performs a data communication with the external power adapter via the communication interface, and obtains a charging voltage and a charging current for the battery; if the charging voltage is greater than a voltage threshold and/or the charging current is greater than a current threshold, the main control circuit sends a charging switch-off instruction, such that the controller controls the communication interface to switch off; if the charging voltage is less than or equal to the voltage threshold and the charging current is less than or equal to the current threshold, the main control circuit continues to obtain the charging voltage and the charging current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telelcommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Kewei Wu, Jun Zhang, Fuchun Liao, Yuanxiang Hu
  • Publication number: 20180083471
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging system that includes a charging adapter and a mobile terminal. The charging adapter includes: a second USB interface; and an adjusting circuit for rectifying and filtering the mains supply to obtain an original power signal, for performing a voltage adjustment on the original power signal, and for outputting a power signal after the voltage adjustment. The mobile terminal includes a first USB interface. P first power wires in the first USB interface and P second power wires in the second USB interface are correspondingly coupled, and Q first ground wires in the first USB interface and Q second ground wires in the second USB interface are correspondingly coupled. Because each first power wire and a corresponding second power wire are coupled, at least two charging circuits can be provided, and the charging system supports charging with a large current more than 3 A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Jialiang ZHANG, Fengshuo LIU, Biao CHEN, Kewei WU
  • Patent number: 9893540
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power adapter, an electronic device and a charging apparatus for an electronic device. In the process of charging a battery in a conventional charge mode after the power adapter is powered on, the power adapter carries out quick charge inquiry communication with the electronic device when an output current value of the power adapter is within a conventional current range for a preset time interval; after the electronic device sends a quick charge command to the power adapter, the power adapter adjusts the output voltage according to the battery voltage information fed back by the electronic device; and when the output voltage meets a voltage requirement for quick charge preset by the electronic device, the power adapter adjusts the output current and the output voltage for charging the battery in a quick charge mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Fuchun Liao, Yuanxiang Hu, Kewei Wu, Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 9859726
    Abstract: A detection circuit and a detection method for starting charging are provided. The detection circuit comprises a cell connector, a first controller, a second controller and a switch circuit. The first controller sends an anode contact signal, a cathode contact signal and an electric quantity signal received from the cell connector to the second controller; the second controller sends a start instruction to the first controller if a charging request signal is received, the anode of the cell is well contacted, the cathode of the cell is well contacted, and a voltage of the cell does not exceed a voltage threshold; the first controller sends a connection instruction to the switch circuit to control connection of a charging terminal and a cell terminal of the switch circuit, such that a charging adapter charges the cell through the switch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: GUANG DONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Kewei Wu
  • Patent number: 9859742
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging system that includes a charging adapter and a mobile terminal. The charging adapter includes: a second USB interface; and an adjusting circuit for rectifying and filtering the mains supply to obtain an original power signal, for performing a voltage adjustment on the original power signal, and for outputting a power signal after the voltage adjustment. The mobile terminal includes a first USB interface. P first power wires in the first USB interface and P second power wires in the second USB interface are correspondingly coupled, and Q first ground wires in the first USB interface and Q second ground wires in the second USB interface are correspondingly coupled. Because each first power wire and a corresponding second power wire are coupled, at least two charging circuits can be provided, and the charging system supports charging with a large current more than 3 A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Biao Chen, Kewei Wu, Fengshuo Liu
  • Publication number: 20170358945
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of charging. A terminal and a battery charging control device and method are provided. The battery charging control device including a battery connector, a main control module and a quick charging switch module is adopted. During the regular charging or the quick charging, the main control module performs a data communication with the external power adapter via the communication interface, and obtains a charging voltage and a charging current for the battery; if the charging voltage is greater than a voltage threshold and/or the charging current is greater than a current threshold, the main control module sends a charging switch-off instruction, such that the controller controls the communication interface to switch off; if the charging voltage is less than or equal to the voltage threshold and the charging current is less than or equal to the current threshold, the main control module continues to obtain the charging voltage and the charging current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Kewei Wu, Jun Zhang, Fuchun Liao, Yuanxiang Hu
  • Publication number: 20170358891
    Abstract: A USB signal switching circuit and method, and a storage medium, which are applicable to a USB data line with a first USB plug and a second USB plug. Both front and back surfaces of an insulation tongue piece in the first USB plug are provided with functional pins. The USB signal switching circuit comprises a signal switching module and two switching switch modules connected to the signal switching module. Two functional pins Vbus in the first USB plug are respectively connected to a functional pin Vbus on the second USB plug via the switching switch module. Functional pins D+ and D? in the first USB plug are connected to a functional pin D+ and a functional pin D? on the second USB plug via the signal switching module respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Liangcai Peng, Kewei Wu
  • Publication number: 20170264114
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an overvoltage and overcurrent protection circuit and a mobile terminal. The overvoltage and overcurrent protection circuit comprises a primary protection circuit and a secondary protection circuit. The primary protection circuit comprises a power end coupled to an anode of a cell, a detection end coupled to a cathode of the cell, and a low potential interface end coupled to a ground end of a charging and discharging interface. The secondary protection circuit comprises a high potential cell end, a low potential cell end, and a high potential interface end, in which the high potential cell end is externally coupled to the anode of the cell, the low potential cell end is externally coupled to the cathode of the cell, and the high potential interface end is externally coupled to a power end of the charging and discharging interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Jialiang ZHANG, Wenqiang CHENG, Dashuai HUANG, Yuanxiang HU, Kewei WU
  • Publication number: 20170250544
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging method and a charging system. The charging system includes a charging adapter and a mobile terminal, the charging adapter includes a second controller and an adjusting circuit, and the mobile terminal includes a cell detection circuit and a cell. The cell detection circuit acquires a voltage value of the cell, and sends the voltage value of the cell to the second controller, the second controller searches a threshold range table for a current adjusting instruction matched with a threshold range containing the voltage value of the cell, and sends the current adjusting instruction to the adjusting circuit, and the adjusting circuit performs a current adjustment according to the current adjusting instruction and outputs a power signal after the current adjustment, in which the threshold range table records threshold ranges and current adjusting instructions having a one-to-one mapping relation with threshold ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Wenqiang Cheng, Fuchun LIAO, Liangcai Peng, Kewei Wu
  • Publication number: 20170250558
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging system that includes a charging adapter and a mobile terminal. The charging adapter includes: a second USB interface; and an adjusting circuit for rectifying and filtering the mains supply to obtain an original power signal, for performing a voltage adjustment on the original power signal, and for outputting a power signal after the voltage adjustment. The mobile terminal includes a first USB interface. P first power wires in the first USB interface and P second power wires in the second USB interface are correspondingly coupled, and Q first ground wires in the first USB interface and Q second ground wires in the second USB interface are correspondingly coupled. Because each first power wire and a corresponding second power wire are coupled, at least two charging circuits can be provided, and the charging system supports charging with a large current more than 3 A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Jialiang ZHANG, Biao CHEN, Kewei WU, Fengshuo LIU
  • Publication number: 20170250553
    Abstract: An electronic device and a power adapter are provided. The power adapter comprises a power circuit, a main control circuit, a potential adjustment circuit, a current detection circuit, a voltage detection circuit and an output switch circuit. When a conventional charging or a quick charging is performed on the battery in the electronic device, the main control circuit determines whether the output current of the power adapter is greater than a current threshold according to the current detecting signal and determines whether the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than a voltage threshold according to the voltage detecting signal; if the output current of the power adapter is greater than the current threshold and/or the output voltage of the power adapter is greater than the voltage threshold, the main control circuit controls the output switch circuit to turn off the direct current output of the power adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Fuchun Liao, Nianfeng Liu, Kewei Wu, Jun Zhang, Yuanxiang Hu