On March 22, 2024, the financial sector reported that, according to the announcement of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. applied for a patent entitled "charging method, charging device, terminal equipment, adapter and storage medium", with the publication number of CN117748631A and the application date of September 2022.
The patent abstract shows that the present disclosure relates to the field of charging, particularly to a charging method, charging device, terminal device, adapter, and storage medium. The charging method includes: determining whether the adapter has the charging ability to provide a target charging power, which is greater than the default charging power provided by the adapter; In response to determining that the adapter has the charging capability to provide the target charging power, a first demand current command is sent to the adapter to indicate the current demand current in the first bit number, so that the adapter charges the terminal device according to the first demand current command. The first bit number is greater than the second bit number that indicates the current demand current by default, and the maximum current that the second bit number can indicate is less than the current demand current indicated by the first demand current command. In this way, the adapter can charge the terminal device according to the current demand indicated by the expanded number of bits, in order to increase charging power, shorten charging time, and improve the user experience.