Patents by Inventor Hani AHMAD-ASSI

Hani AHMAD-ASSI 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).

  • Faster battery charging in consumer electronic devices
    Patent number: 9819206
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus detects a level of power received from each of a plurality of sources. The apparatus directs the power received from a first source to a charging circuit and directs the power received from at least a second source to the charging circuit. The apparatus directs the power received from the first source to the charging circuit by comparing the detected level of the power with a threshold and directing the power to the charging circuit based on a result of the comparison. The apparatus directs the power received from the at least a second source to the charging circuit by comparing the detected level of the power with the threshold and directing the power to the charging circuit based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mustafa Keskin, Hani Ahmad-Assi, Paul Brian Sheehy, Robert Philip Gilmore
  • FASTER BATTERY CHARGING IN CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160218541
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus detects a level of power received from each of a plurality of sources. The apparatus directs the power received from a first source to a charging circuit and directs the power received from at least a second source to the charging circuit. The apparatus directs the power received from the first source to the charging circuit by comparing the detected level of the power with a threshold and directing the power to the charging circuit based on a result of the comparison. The apparatus directs the power received from the at least a second source to the charging circuit by comparing the detected level of the power with the threshold and directing the power to the charging circuit based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Mustafa KESKIN, Hani AHMAD-ASSI, Paul Brian SHEEHY, Robert Philip GILMORE