Patents by Inventor Jialiang Zhang

Jialiang Zhang 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).

  • Patent number: 10461561
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery charging apparatus and a battery charging protection control method. A power adapter in the battery charging apparatus performs data communication with a charging control circuit; when the power adapter determines that overvoltage and/or overcurrent occurs in the direct current output by a communication interface of the power adapter, the power adapter notifies the charging control circuit to drive a controller in the electronic device to switch off a communication interface of the electronic device and switches off the direct current output automatically; when the charging control circuit; determines that overvoltage and/or overcurrent occurs upon receiving output voltage and output current of the power adapter, the charging control circuit notifies the power adapter to switch off the direct current output and drives the controller in the electronic device to switch off the communication interface of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Kewei Wu, Wenqiang Cheng, Yuanxiang Hu
  • Patent number: 10461568
    Abstract: A charging system, a charging method and a power adapter are provided. The power adapter includes a first rectification unit, a switch unit, a transformer, a second rectification unit, a first charging interface, a sampling unit, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to output a control signal to the switch unit, and adjust a duty ratio of the control signal based on a voltage sampling value and/or current sampling value sampled by the sampling unit, whereby a voltage of a third pulsating waveform output by the second rectification unit meets the charging requirements. The terminal includes a second charging interface and a battery. The second charging interface is coupled with the battery. When the second charging interface is coupled to the first charging interface, the second charging interface applies the voltage of the third pulsating waveform to the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Shiming Wan, Jun Zhang, Chen Tian, Shebiao Chen, Jiada Li
  • Patent number: 10454288
    Abstract: A method, a mobile terminal and a power adapter for quick charging includes: sending, by a mobile terminal, a first instruction indicating that the mobile terminal is operable under the quick charging mode to the power adapter through the at least one data line in the USB interface, the first instruction being configured for instructing the power adapter to adjust an output of the power adapter based on the received first instruction; and receiving, by the mobile terminal, a charging current delivered by the at least one power line and corresponding to the quick charging mode from the power adapter, so as to charge a battery in the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jialiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190317154
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a battery abnormality monitoring method and monitoring system. The battery abnormality monitoring method includes: obtaining a battery voltage of a battery of the electronic device in real time and obtaining a consumption current of the battery in real time, when the electronic device is on; determining whether a voltage jump occurs in the battery of the electronic device according to the battery voltage obtained in real time; further determining whether an abrupt change occurs in the consumption current of the battery when the voltage jump occurs in the battery; and determining that an abnormality occurs currently in the battery when the abrupt change does not occur in the consumption current of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Wei CHEN, Jialiang ZHANG, Shebiao CHEN
  • Patent number: 10447058
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging method and a charging system. The charging system includes a charging device and a mobile terminal, the charging device 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Kewei Wu, Liangcai Peng, Wenqiang Cheng, Fuchun Liao
  • Publication number: 20190312454
    Abstract: An adapter and a method for charging control are disclosed. The adapter includes a power conversion unit, a voltage feedback unit, a current feedback unit, and a power adjustment unit. The power adjustment unit includes an input end coupled to an output end of the voltage feedback unit to an output end of the current feedback unit, and an output end coupled to the power conversion unit. The power adjustment unit is used to receive the voltage feedback signal and the current feedback signal, and stabilize the output voltage and output current of the adapter when the voltage feedback signal indicates that the output voltage of the adapter has reached the target voltage or the current feedback signal indicates the output current of the adapter has reached the target current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Chen Tian, Jialiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190310842
    Abstract: A method of upgrading firmware of an adapter includes transmitting a set of n data blocks of first upgrade file to the adapter, receiving a first response information of the adapter based on the set of n data blocks, and determining that the updating procedure of the adapter fails when the first response information indicates that the adapter fails to receive all of the n data blocks. In the method, a mobile terminal transmits the upgrade file to the adapter and the adapter sends determination information to the mobile terminal after the adapter receives the upgrade file having a predetermined size. In a time interval, if the mobile terminal fails to receive the determination information or the adapter does not receive the upgrade file, the upgrading firmware of the adapter fails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Chen TIAN, Jialiang ZHANG, Jun ZHANG, Fuchun LIAO
  • Patent number: 10439420
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging method, a charging adapter and a charging system. The charging adapter includes a second controller and an adjusting circuit including a current detection circuit. The second controller is configured to receive a voltage value of a cell, search a threshold range table to obtain a current adjusting instruction. The current detection circuit is configured to detect a current value of a power signal outputted by the adjusting circuit. The second controller is further configured to calculate a difference between the current value detected and a current value specified by the current adjusting instruction, and send a calibration instruction to the adjusting circuit when an absolute value of the difference calculated is greater than a difference threshold. The adjusting circuit is configured to calibrate the power signal according to a current difference specified by the calibration instruction, and output a calibrated power signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Wenqiang Cheng, Fuchun Liao, Liangcai Peng, Kewei Wu
  • Patent number: 10430174
    Abstract: In a terminal device and a method for controlling charging, a first processor controls an adapter to charge terminal device when the terminal device is connected to the adapter. The method includes receiving trigger information by the first processor; turning on a first communication interface according to the trigger information by the first processor; acquiring a firmware update file of the firmware from a server by a second processor; transmitting the firmware update file to the first processor via the first communication interface by the second processor; and updating the firmware according to the firmware update file by the first processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Tian, Jialiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190296569
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging system, a terminal, a power adapter and a charging line. The terminal includes a first controller and M charging input interfaces. The power adapter includes a second controller and N charging output interfaces. When at least one of the N charging output interface is coupled to the charging input interfaces of the terminal, the second controller and the first controller communicate with each other to determine the number of charging output interfaces of the power adapter coupled to the terminal, and a charging current outputted from the power adapter to the terminal is adjusted according to the number of charging output interfaces of the power adapter coupled to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Xinfeng CHEN, Chen TIAN, Jialiang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10424954
    Abstract: A power adaptor (100) includes a power conversion unit (110) and a power line (121). The power conversion unit (110) charges a terminal (200) via the power line (121). The power adaptor (100) further includes a communication unit (130) and a data line (122). When the power adaptor (100) is coupled to the terminal (200), the communication unit (130) communicates with the terminal (200) via the data line (122). The power adaptor (100) charges the terminal (200) still using the power line (121). Furthermore, when the power adaptor (100) is coupled to the terminal (200), the power adaptor (100) communicates with the terminal via the data line (122). Compared with the method of data and power time-division multiplexing the power line, the heating phenomenon of the power line caused by an excessively high load of a signal isolation unit can be effectively avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jialiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10424958
    Abstract: A charging method and an apparatus are provided. The charging method includes: constant-current charging the rechargeable battery until a voltage of the rechargeable battery reaches a first predetermined voltage; and charging the rechargeable battery with a gradually decreasing charging voltage until a charging process is completed. In this way, the capacity of a battery after being fully charged can be further increased while improving the charging speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Tian, Jun Zhang, Jialiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10424960
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging control method, a charging control device, and a charging cable. The charging control method can be performed in a charging cable through which a power adapter can perform charging on an electronic equipment, and includes: determining temperature of a charging interface, the charging interface includes at least one of the following interfaces: an interface of the power adapter used for electrical connection with the charging cable, an interface of the charging cable used for electrical connection with the power adapter, an interface of the charging cable used for electrical connection with the electronic equipment, and an interface of the electronic equipment used for electrical connection with the charging cable, and controlling charging for the electronic equipment according to the temperature of the charging interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jialiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10418835
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a charging system and method, and a power adapter. The system includes a power adapter and a terminal. The power adapter includes a first rectifier, a switch unit, a transformer, a synthesizing unit, a sampling unit, and a control unit. The control unit outputs a control signal to the switch unit, and adjusts a duty ratio of the control signal according to a current sampling value and/or a voltage sampling value, such that a second alternating current outputted by the synthesizing unit meets a charging requirement. The terminal includes a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Chen Tian, Jun Zhang, Shebiao Chen, Shiming Wan, Jiada Li
  • Publication number: 20190280515
    Abstract: Provided are a power supply circuit, a power supply device and a control method. The power supply circuit includes a primary rectifier unit, a modulation unit, a transformer, a secondary rectifier and filtering unit, and a control unit. In the power supply circuit, a liquid electrolytic capacitor at a primary side is removed, such that a volume of the power supply circuit is smaller, and is safe to use. Moreover, an output current of the power supply circuit has a periodically changing current value, and the control unit can control the duration of the output current in which the current value is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Chen TIAN, Jialiang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10412207
    Abstract: A mobile terminal, a power adapter, and an upgrade method are disclosed. The method includes: downloading software upgrade information of the power adapter by a mobile terminal, the software upgrade information being upgrade software of the power adapter; and transmitting the software upgrade information to a processor of the power adapter by the mobile terminal through a data line in a charging port during a process that the mobile terminal is connected to the power adapter through the charging port to facilitate the processor to upgrade the software of the power adapter according to the software upgrade information. The mobile terminal downloads the software upgrade information, and the most updated software upgrade information is transmitted to the power adapter during the process that the mobile terminal connects to the power adapter, the power adapter is upgraded to solve the problem that the power adapter is difficult to upgrade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Tian, Jialiang Zhang, Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10411496
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a charging system and a charging method and a power adapter. The system includes a battery, a first rectifier, a switch unit, a transformer, a second rectifier, a sampling unit and a control unit. The control unit outputs a control signal to the switch unit, and adjusts a duty ratio of the control signal according to a current sampling value and/or a voltage sampling value sampled by the sampling unit, such that a third voltage with a third ripple waveform outputted by the second rectifier meets a charging requirement. The third voltage is configured to be introduced into the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Shebiao Chen, Jun Zhang, Chen Tian, Shiming Wan, Jiada Li
  • Patent number: 10411494
    Abstract: An adapter and a method for charging control are disclosed. The adapter includes a power conversion unit, a voltage feedback unit, a current feedback unit, and a power adjustment unit. The power adjustment unit includes an input end coupled to an output end of the voltage feedback unit to an output end of the current feedback unit, and an output end coupled to the power conversion unit. The power adjustment unit is used to receive the voltage feedback signal and the current feedback signal, and stabilize the output voltage and output current of the adapter when the voltage feedback signal indicates that the output voltage of the adapter has reached the target voltage or the current feedback signal indicates the output current of the adapter has reached the target current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen Tian, Jialiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190273443
    Abstract: Provided are a power supply circuit, a power supply device and a control method. The power supply circuit includes a primary rectifier unit, a modulation unit, a transformer, a secondary rectifier and filtering unit, a current feedback unit, an isolation unit and a control unit. The power supply circuit removes a liquid electrolytic capacitor at a primary side. In the power supply circuit, the liquid electrolytic capacitor at the primary side is removed, such that a volume of the power supply circuit is smaller, and is safe to use. Moreover, the control unit may determine a type of a voltage of input alternating current, and set a current limit value in the current feedback unit according to the type of the voltage of the alternating current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Chen TIAN, Jialiang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190273442
    Abstract: Provided are a power supply circuit, a power supply device and a control method. The power supply circuit includes a primary rectifier unit, a modulation unit, a transformer, a secondary rectifier and filtering unit, a current feedback unit, and a control unit. The power supply circuit removes a liquid electrolytic capacitor at a primary side. Moreover, the control unit may determine a type of a voltage of input alternating current, and set a current limit value in the current feedback unit according to the type of the voltage of the alternating current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Chen TIAN, Jialiang ZHANG