US Patent Application 18312046. ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING FINDING FUNCTION simplified abstract

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ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING FINDING FUNCTION

Organization Name

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.


Inventor(s)

Hyekyung Jeon of Suwon-si (KR)

Yunguk Lee of Suwon-si (KR)

ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING FINDING FUNCTION - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18312046 titled 'ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING FINDING FUNCTION

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a system that includes two electronic devices and a charging case.

  • The first electronic device has a battery and a processor, while the second electronic device also has a battery and a processor.
  • The charging case has its own battery, a boost circuit to charge the electronic devices, and a bypass circuit to directly supply power from its battery to the electronic devices.
  • The first electronic device's processor can identify if it or the second electronic device is mounted on the charging case.
  • It can also determine which device has a larger remaining battery capacity and designate it as the main electronic device.
  • The first electronic device can send a request signal to an external electronic device and switch to a lost mode if a response signal is received.
  • The lost mode involves broadcasting a request signal at regular intervals.
  • The first electronic device can transmit information about the lost mode to the charging case.
  • The second electronic device can switch to a power saving mode where it only performs designated functions.
  • The charging case can connect its battery and bypass circuit based on the lost mode information and provide power to the first electronic device using the bypass circuit.


Original Abstract Submitted

A system according to an embodiment may include: a first electronic device, a second electronic device, and a charging case, wherein the first electronic device includes a first battery and a first processor; the second electronic device includes a second battery and a second processor; and the charging case includes a third battery, a boost circuit configured to charge the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device with power of the third battery, and a bypass circuit configured to directly supply power from the third battery to the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device, wherein the first processor of the first electronic device may be configured to: identify whether the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device are/is mounted on the charging case; identify a remaining capacity of the first battery and the second battery in response to the identification of being mounted and determine the first electronic device having a larger remaining battery capacity as a main electronic device; transmit a first request signal to a first external electronic device; switch to a lost mode to broadcast a first request signal at a specified period in response to the strength of the first response signal received from the first external electronic device; and transmit information related to the lost mode to the charging case, the second electronic device may be configured to: switch to a power saving mode in which the second electronic device does not perform an operation other than a designated function, wherein the charging case may be configured to connect the third battery and the bypass circuit based on information related to the lost mode and to provide the power of the third battery to the first electronic device using the bypass circuit.

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