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: 10291050
    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 circuit, and if the output voltage meets a quick-charging voltage condition pre-set by the charging control circuit, 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 circuit 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: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICAITONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Kewei Wu, Jun Zhang, Dashuai Huang, Yuanxiang Hu
  • Publication number: 20190140466
    Abstract: A device to be charged, a charging method, and a charging control circuit are provided. The device to be charged includes multiple cells coupled in series and a conversion circuit. The conversion circuit is configured to receive input voltage from a power supply device, convert the input voltage into charging voltage for the multiple cells and into power supply voltage for a system of the device to be charged, charge the multiple cells according to the charging voltage, and supply power to the system of the device to be charged according to the power supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Jun Zhang, Shebiao Chen, Chen Tian, Jialiang Zhang, Jiada Li, Shiming Wan
  • Publication number: 20190140470
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless charging system, device, and method and a device to be charged. The wireless charging system includes the wireless charging device and the device to be charged. The wireless charging device includes a wireless transmitter circuit and a first communication control circuit. The device to be charged includes a battery, a wireless receiver circuit, a first charging channel, a detection circuit and a second communication control circuit. The second communication control circuit is configured to perform wireless communication with the first communication control circuit based on the output voltage and/or the output current of the wireless receiver circuit detected by the detection circuit, such that the first communication control circuit adjusts a transmitting power of the wireless transmitter circuit, to enable the output voltage and/or the output current of the wireless receiver circuit to match a charging stage where the battery presently is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Shiming WAN, Jialiang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10277053
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a charging system, a lightning protection method for a terminal during charging and a power adapter. The charging system includes a power adapter and a terminal. The power adapter includes a first rectifier, a switch unit, a transformer, a second rectifier, a first charging interface, a second voltage sampling circuit, and a control unit. The control unit adjusts a duty ratio of a control signal such that a third voltage with a third ripple waveform outputted by the second rectifier meets a charging requirement, and controls the switch unit to switch on for a first predetermined time period for discharging when the voltage value sampled is greater than a first predetermined voltage value. The terminal includes a second charging interface and a battery. When the second charging interface is coupled to the first charging interface, the second charging interface applies the third voltage to the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Shebiao Chen, Jun Zhang, Chen Tian, Shiming Wan, Jiada Li
  • Publication number: 20190123570
    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: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Chen TIAN, Jun ZHANG, Jialiang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190123573
    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: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang ZHANG, Kewei WU, Jun ZHANG, Dashuai HUANG, Yuanxiang HU
  • Patent number: 10270269
    Abstract: A quick charging method, a power adapter, and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: transmitting, by the power adapter, clock signal to the mobile terminal via a first data line of the USB interface in a process of that the power adapter is coupled to the mobile terminal, in which the clock signal indicates a communication sequence between the power adapter and the mobile terminal; conducting, by the power adapter, a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal via a second data line of the USB interface under control of the communication sequence, so as to determine to charge the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode; and adjusting, by the power adapter, a charging current of the power adapter to the charging current corresponding to the quick charging mode to charge the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jialiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190115769
    Abstract: A battery management circuit and a battery management method, a balancing circuit and a balancing method, and a device to be charged are provided. The battery management circuit includes a first charging channel, a balancing circuit, and a communication circuit. Through the first charging channel, direct charging is conducted on a battery including a first cell and a second cell coupled in series. The communication circuit is configured to communicate with a power supply device, when the power supply device charges the battery through the first charging channel. The balancing circuit is a balancing circuit based on an RLC series circuit and configured to balance voltage of the first cell and voltage of the second cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Shebiao Chen, Jialiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190109467
    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: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang ZHANG, Kewei WU, Liangcai PENG, Wenqiang CHENG, Fuchun LIAO
  • Patent number: 10256652
    Abstract: A power adapter, an electronic equipment, a battery charging system and a battery charging method are provided. The power adapter comprises a communication interface and charges via the communication interface a battery of the electronic equipment; during charging a battery, the power adapter is configured to: first charge the battery in a regular charging mode; when an output current value of the power adapter falls within a regular current range for a predefined time period, send a quick charge inquiry instruction to the electronic equipment; after receiving a quick charge command sent by the electronic equipment, adjust an output voltage according to battery voltage information fed back by the electronic equipment; and if the output voltage meets a quick charge voltage requirement predefined, adjust an output current and the output voltage according to a quick charge mode so as to charge the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Fengshuo Liu, Kewei Wu, Liangcai Peng, Fuchun Liao, Yuanxiang Hu
  • Patent number: 10248611
    Abstract: A data transmission method and a mobile terminal include taking bytes of data in universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) format generated by a mobile terminal, simulating UART ports via GPIO ports of a processor of the mobile terminal, and transmitting the bytes of data in UART format divided in batches to a receiving terminal via the GPIO ports. In transmitting the bytes of data in UART format in divided batches to the receiving terminal via the GPIO ports, the processor of the mobile terminal is in a locked state. The processor is in an unlocked state between two adjacent batches of the data transmitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Tian, Fuchun Liao, Jialiang Zhang, Jun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190097441
    Abstract: Battery management circuits include a first charging channel, a Cuk circuit, and a communication control circuit. A battery is charged through the first charging channel based on charging voltage and/or charging current provided by a power supply device. The battery includes a first cell and a second cell coupled in series. The communication control circuit is configured to communicate with the power supply device, to make magnitude of the charging voltage and/or charging current provided by the power supply device match a present charging stage of the battery, and the communication control circuit is further configured to send a drive signal to the Cuk circuit to drive the Cuk circuit to work, to make energy of the first cell and the second cell be transferred through the Cuk circuit to balance voltage of the first cell and voltage of the second cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Shebiao Chen, Jialiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190089175
    Abstract: A quick charging method, a power adapter and a mobile terminal are provided. The method is applied to the power adapter, the power adapter is coupled to the mobile terminal through a USB interface, a power line in the USB interface is used by the power adapter to charge the mobile terminal, a data line in the USB interface is used by the power source adapter to conduct a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal, and the power adapter supports a common charging mode and a quick charging mode, charging current of the quick charging mode is greater than that of the common charging mode. The method includes: conducting a bidirectional communication with the mobile terminal to determine to charge the mobile terminal in the quick charging mode; and adjusting charging current to charging current corresponding to the quick charging mode to charge the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jialiang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10224725
    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 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Kewei Wu, Jun Zhang, Fuchun Liao, Yuanxiang Hu
  • Patent number: 10224737
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a charging device, a charging method, a power adapter and a terminal. The charging device includes a charging receiving terminal, a voltage adjusting circuit and a central control module. The charging receiving terminal is configured to receive an alternating current. The voltage adjusting circuit includes a first rectifier, a switch unit, a transformer and a second rectifier. The first rectifier is configured to rectify the alternating current and output a first voltage. The switch unit is configured to modulate the first voltage to output a modulated first voltage. The transformer is configured to output a second voltage according to the modulated first voltage. The second rectifier is configured to rectify the second voltage to output a third voltage. The voltage adjusting circuit applies the third voltage to a battery directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Shebiao Chen, Jun Zhang, Chen Tian, Shiming Wan, Jiada Li
  • Patent number: 10224734
    Abstract: The present invention 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 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Fengshuo Liu, Biao Chen, Kewei Wu
  • Patent number: 10218192
    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 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Zhang, Kewei Wu, Jun Zhang, Fuchun Liao, Nianfeng Liu, Yuanxiang Hu
  • Publication number: 20190058347
    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: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LT D.
    Inventors: Jialiang ZHANG, Chen TIAN, Jun ZHANG, Shebiao CHEN, Shiming WAN, Jiada LI
  • Patent number: 10211659
    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: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Tian, Jun Zhang, Jialiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10211656
    Abstract: A power adapter comprises a power conversion unit, a charging interface, an anomaly detection unit, and an anomaly handing unit. The power conversion unit forms a charging loop with a terminal via the charging interface, so as to charge a battery of the terminal. The anomaly detection unit detects whether an anomaly occurs on the charging loop. When the anomaly occurs on the charging loop, the anomaly handing unit controls the charging loop to enter into a protection state. The power adapter can improve the security of a charging process. Also provided are a terminal, and a method for handing an anomaly in a charging loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jialiang Zhang