WO2017092170A1

WO2017092170A1 - Self-charging method of mobile terminal and mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2017092170A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/072005
Authority: WO
Inventors: 杨志豪; 薛江涛
Original assignee: 石姗姗
Priority date: 2015-11-30
Filing date: 2016-01-25
Publication date: 2017-06-08
Also published as: CN105356570A; CN105356570B

Abstract

A self-charging method of a mobile terminal and mobile terminal, wherein, the self-charging method of the mobile terminal (200) comprises: acquiring a thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal in an operating process (101); converting the acquired thermal energy to an electric power (102); and charging a storage battery of the mobile terminal by using the electric power acquired from conversion (103). The self-charging method of mobile terminal and the mobile terminal can effectively improve a battery life of the mobile terminal.

Description

Description: A mobile terminal self-charging method and mobile terminal

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of mobile terminal technologies, and in particular, to a mobile terminal self-charging method and a mobile terminal.

[0002] With the development of technology, current mobile terminals (such as mobile phones, wearable smart devices, etc.) have very powerful functions, which greatly enrich people's life content.

[0003] Most mobile terminals have the characteristics of small size, so that the user can carry them with them. However, due to the small size of the mobile terminal, the size of the battery of the mobile terminal is correspondingly limited, and generally the smaller the size of the battery is. The battery's power storage capacity is also weaker. Therefore, the current small-sized mobile terminals generally have the drawback of low endurance.

[0004] At present, there is no related technical solution capable of solving the problem that the mobile capacity of a small-sized mobile terminal is low.

technical problem

[0005] The present invention provides a mobile terminal self-charging method and a mobile terminal, which are used to improve the endurance capability of the mobile terminal.

Problem solution

Technical solution

The present invention provides a mobile terminal self-charging method and a mobile terminal, which are used to improve the endurance capability of the mobile terminal.

A first aspect of the present invention provides a mobile terminal self-charging method, including:

Obtaining thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process;

Converting the obtained thermal energy into electrical energy;

[0010] charging the battery of the mobile terminal with the converted electric energy.

[0011] According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the first possible implementation manner, the acquiring the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process includes:

[0012] absorbing heat generated by a processor of the mobile terminal during operation, thereby obtaining the mobile terminal The heat generated during the work process.

[0013] Based on the first aspect of the invention, in a second possible implementation manner,

[0014] obtaining the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process by using the heat conductive material comprises:

[0015] absorbing heat generated by the main board of the mobile terminal during operation, thereby obtaining thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during operation.

[0016] The first aspect of the present invention, or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the present invention, or the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the present invention, Converting the acquired thermal energy into electrical energy, specifically:

[0017] Based on the Seebeck effect, the acquired thermal energy is converted into electrical energy.

[0018] The first aspect of the present invention, or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the present invention, or the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect of the present invention, in a fourth possible implementation manner, The obtaining the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process is specifically: acquiring, after the mobile terminal is not connected to the external power source for charging, acquiring thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process.

[0019] A second aspect of the present invention provides a mobile terminal, including:

[0020] a thermal energy acquisition module, configured to acquire thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process;

[0021] a thermoelectric conversion module, configured to convert thermal energy acquired by the thermal energy acquisition module into electrical energy;

[0022] The charging module is configured to charge the storage battery of the mobile terminal by using the electric energy converted by the thermoelectric conversion module.

[0023] According to the second aspect of the present invention, in a first possible implementation, the thermal energy acquiring module is connected to a processor of the mobile terminal;

[0024] The thermal energy acquisition module is specifically configured to: absorb heat generated by a processor of the mobile terminal during a working process, thereby obtaining thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during a working process.

[0025] According to the second aspect of the present invention, in a second possible implementation, the thermal energy acquiring module is connected to a motherboard of the mobile terminal;

The thermal energy acquisition module is specifically configured to: absorb heat generated by the main board of the mobile terminal during operation, thereby obtaining thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during operation.

[0027] Based on the second aspect of the present invention, or the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect of the present invention, or the second possible implementation manner of the second aspect of the present invention, in a third possible implementation manner, The heat The electrical conversion module is specifically configured to: convert the acquired thermal energy into electrical energy based on the Seebeck effect.

[0028] According to the second aspect of the present invention, or the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect of the present invention, or the second possible implementation manner of the second aspect of the present invention, in a fourth possible implementation manner, The thermal energy acquisition module is specifically configured to: obtain the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process after the mobile terminal is not connected to the external power source for charging.

Advantageous effects of the invention

Beneficial effect

[0029] It can be seen that the present invention recovers the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process, and converts the recovered thermal energy into electrical energy to charge the battery of the mobile terminal, thereby reducing energy waste and improving The battery life of the mobile terminal battery achieves the goal of energy saving and environmental protection. At the same time, by recovering the heat energy generated during the working process of the mobile terminal, it is possible to avoid the hidden danger caused by the excessive temperature of the mobile terminal body.

Brief description of the drawing

DRAWINGS

[0030] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description will be briefly described below, and obviously, in the following description The drawings are only some of the embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings may be obtained from those skilled in the art without departing from the drawings.

1 is a schematic flowchart of an embodiment of a mobile terminal self-charging method according to an embodiment of the present invention; [0032] FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the invention

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. The described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the inventive scope are the scope of the present invention. [0034] Research has found that mobile terminals (such as mobile phones, wearable smart devices, etc.) are currently working (especially when users play video through mobile terminals, playing games), and the internal power consumption of mobile terminals is high, while high power consumption The heat generated also causes the temperature of the mobile terminal body to be high. Therefore, if the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the work process can be recovered and converted into an electric education capable of charging the battery of the mobile terminal, the temperature of the mobile terminal body can be prevented from being too high, and the endurance capability of the mobile terminal can be improved. , kill two birds with one stone. Based on the above ideas, the present invention provides a mobile terminal self-charging method and a mobile terminal.

[0035] In the following, a mobile terminal self-charging method provided by the present invention is described in an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile terminal self-charging method in the embodiment of the present invention includes:

[0036] 101. Acquire thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process;

In the embodiment of the present invention, a heat collecting heat storage component may be disposed at the mobile terminal, and the heat energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process is absorbed and stored by the heat collecting heat storage component.

[0038] Since the processor is a core device of the mobile terminal, and is also the component that is most likely to generate heat during the working process of the mobile terminal, in an application scenario, the heat generated by the processor of the mobile terminal during the working process can be absorbed. In order to obtain the thermal energy generated by the above mobile terminal during the working process. Specifically, the heat collecting heat storage member may be connected to a processor of the mobile terminal, and the heat generated by the processor of the mobile terminal during operation may be absorbed by the heat collecting and heat storing member.

[0039] In addition, the mobile terminal motherboard is also a large heat source of the mobile terminal. Therefore, in another application scenario, the mobile terminal can be obtained by absorbing the heat generated during the working process of the motherboard of the mobile terminal. The heat generated in the process. Specifically, the heat collecting heat storage member may be connected to the main board of the mobile terminal, and the heat generating heat storage unit absorbs the person generated by the processor of the mobile terminal during the working process.

[0040] Of course, in the embodiment of the present invention, the heat generated by the processor and the main board of the mobile terminal during the working process can also be absorbed, thereby obtaining the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process. Alternatively, the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process can be obtained by other means (for example, by absorbing other heat-prone components of the mobile terminal), which is not limited herein.

[0041] 102, converting the obtained thermal energy into electrical energy;

In an embodiment of the invention, a thermoelectric conversion component is provided inside the mobile terminal, and the thermoelectric conversion component is configured to convert the acquired thermal energy into electrical energy. [0043] Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the obtained thermal energy is converted into electrical energy based on the Seebeck effect, and the Seebeck effect is also referred to as a first thermoelectric effect, which refers to the temperature of two different electrical conductors or semiconductors. A thermoelectric phenomenon that causes a voltage difference between two substances. Specifically, the thermoelectric conversion component has two input ends, and one of the input ends (made of a heat conductive material) is connected to the heat collecting and heat storage component through a heat conductive material, so that a temperature difference occurs between the two input ends of the thermoelectric conversion component to form a voltage. difference. The heat conductive material includes, but is not limited to, one or a combination of copper foil, aluminum foil, thermal silica gel, graphite flakes, nanocarbon, thermal conductive gel, liquid metal.

[0044] Of course, in the embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal may also convert the acquired thermal energy into electrical energy based on other thermoelectric conversion principles, which is not limited herein.

[0045] 103. The electric energy obtained by the conversion is used to charge the battery of the mobile terminal.

[0046] In the embodiment of the present invention, the converted electric energy is used as a charging power source of the mobile terminal, and the battery of the mobile terminal is charged. If necessary, the converted electric energy may be processed (for example, filtering processing, voltage stabilization processing, etc.), and the processed electric energy is used as a charging power source of the mobile terminal to charge the battery of the mobile terminal.

[0047] Since the mobile terminal is connected to the external power source for charging, there is no need to consider the problem of the endurance capability. Therefore, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, only when the mobile terminal is not connected to the external power source for charging, the step 101 is specifically as follows: After the mobile terminal is not connected to the external power source for charging, the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process is obtained. Specifically, since the mobile terminal is configured with a charging interface for accessing an external power source, the mobile terminal can detect whether the mobile terminal has external power access by detecting the state of the charging interface. Further, a component for acquiring thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process (such as the above-mentioned heat collecting and heat storage component) may be connected to the processor, the main board or other heat-producing component of the mobile terminal through the electronically-connected device, when detecting the The mobile terminal has an external power source port, driving the electronic switch to disconnect the heat collecting component of the heat collecting component from the heat-generating component of the mobile terminal, and detecting that the mobile terminal removes the access port of the external power source, driving The electronic switcher re-establishes the connection between the heat collecting heat storage component and the heat-generating component of the mobile terminal to obtain the heat energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process.

[0048] It should be noted that the mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention includes but is not limited to: a smart phone, a wearable smart device, and a tablet computer.

[0049] It can be seen from the above that the present invention recovers the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the work, and will return After the collected heat energy is converted into electric energy, the battery of the mobile terminal is charged, which not only reduces energy waste, but also improves the battery life of the mobile terminal battery, thereby achieving the purpose of energy saving and environmental protection. At the same time, by recovering the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the work process, it is possible to avoid the hidden danger caused by the excessive temperature of the mobile terminal body.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention is described below. Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile terminal 200 includes: a thermal energy acquisition module 201, a thermoelectric conversion module 202, and a charging module 203.

[0051] wherein the thermal energy acquisition module 201 is configured to acquire thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process, specifically

The heat energy acquisition module 201 may be the heat collecting heat storage component in the embodiment shown in FIG.

[0052] The thermoelectric conversion module 202 is configured to convert the thermal energy acquired by the thermal energy acquisition module 201 into electrical energy.

[0053] The charging module 203 is configured to charge the battery of the mobile terminal 200 by using the electric energy converted by the thermoelectric conversion module 202.

[0054] Since the processor is a core device of the mobile terminal, and is also the component that is most likely to generate heat during the working process of the mobile terminal, the thermal energy acquisition module 201 is optionally connected to the processor of the mobile terminal 200; the thermal energy acquisition module 201 Specifically, it is used to: absorb heat generated by a processor of the mobile terminal 200 during operation, thereby obtaining thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal 200 during operation.

[0055] In addition, the mobile terminal motherboard is also a large heat source of the mobile terminal. Therefore, the thermal energy acquisition module 201 is connected to the motherboard of the mobile terminal 200. The thermal energy acquisition module 201 is specifically configured to: absorb the mobile terminal. The heat generated by the motherboard of the 200 during the working process is obtained to obtain the heat energy generated by the mobile terminal 200 during the working process.

[0056] Of course, in the embodiment of the present invention, the thermal energy acquiring module 201 may also be connected to the processor and the mainboard of the mobile terminal 200, and absorb the heat generated by the processor of the mobile terminal and the main board during the working process, thereby obtaining the above. The thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the work process. Alternatively, the thermal energy acquisition module 201 can also obtain the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process by other means (for example, connecting with other heat-generating components of the mobile terminal), which is not limited herein.

[0057] Optionally, the thermoelectric conversion module 202 is specifically configured to: convert the acquired thermal energy into electrical energy based on the Seebeck effect. The above Seebeck effect is also referred to as the first thermoelectric effect, which refers to a thermoelectric phenomenon that causes a voltage difference between two substances due to temperature differences between two different electrical conductors or semiconductors. Specifically, the thermoelectric conversion mode The block 202 has two input terminals, and one of the input terminals (made of a heat conductive material) is connected to the thermal energy acquisition module 201 through a heat conductive material, so that a temperature difference occurs between the two input ends of the thermoelectric conversion module 202 to form a voltage difference. The heat conductive material includes, but is not limited to, one or a combination of copper foil, aluminum foil, thermal silica gel, graphite flakes, nanocarbon, thermal conductive gel, liquid metal.

[0058] Optionally, the thermal energy acquiring module 201 is specifically configured to: obtain the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal 200 during the working process when the mobile terminal 200 is not connected to the external power source for charging.

[0059] It should be noted that the mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention includes but is not limited to: a smart phone, a wearable smart device, and a tablet computer.

[0060] It should be understood that the mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention may be the mobile terminal in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 , and may be used to implement all the technical solutions in the foregoing method embodiments, and the specific implementation process may refer to the foregoing method. Related descriptions in the embodiments are not described herein again.

[0061] As can be seen from the above, the mobile terminal of the present invention recovers the thermal energy generated during the working process, and converts the recovered thermal energy into electrical energy to charge the battery of the mobile terminal, thereby reducing energy waste and improving The battery life of the mobile terminal battery achieves the goal of energy saving and environmental protection. At the same time, by recovering the thermal energy generated during the working process of the mobile terminal, it is possible to avoid the hidden danger caused by the excessive temperature of the mobile terminal body.

[0062] In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the various embodiments are all focused, and the parts that are not detailed in a certain embodiment can be referred to the related descriptions of other embodiments. The above is a mobile terminal self-charging method and a description of the mobile terminal provided by the present invention. For those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the embodiment of the present invention, there are changes in specific implementation modes and application scopes. In conclusion, the contents of this specification are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

Claims

Claim

[Claim 1] A self-charging method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

Obtaining thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during work;

Converting the acquired thermal energy into electrical energy;

The converted battery is used to charge the battery of the mobile terminal.

[Claim 2] The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process comprises:

The heat generated by the processor of the mobile terminal during operation is absorbed, thereby obtaining thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during operation.

[Claim 3] The method according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process by using the heat conductive material comprises:

Absorbing heat generated during operation of the main board of the mobile terminal, thereby obtaining thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during operation.

[Claim 4] The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the converting the acquired thermal energy into electrical energy is specifically:

Based on the Seebeck effect, the acquired thermal energy is converted into electrical energy.

[Claim 5] The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the acquiring the thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process is specifically: charging the mobile terminal without accessing an external power source. Obtaining thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during work.

[Claim 6] A mobile terminal, comprising:

a thermal energy acquisition module, configured to obtain thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during operation; a thermoelectric conversion module, configured to convert thermal energy obtained by the thermal energy acquisition module into electrical energy; and a charging module, configured to convert by using the thermoelectric conversion module The electrical energy charges the battery of the mobile terminal.

[Claim 7] The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein the thermal energy acquisition module is connected to a processor of the mobile terminal;

The thermal energy acquisition module is specifically configured to: absorb heat generated by a processor of the mobile terminal during a working process, thereby obtaining thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during a working process.

[Claim 8] The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein the thermal energy acquisition module is connected to a motherboard of the mobile terminal;

The thermal energy acquisition module is specifically configured to: absorb heat generated by the main board of the mobile terminal during operation, thereby obtaining thermal energy generated by the mobile terminal during the working process.

[Claim 9] The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the thermoelectric conversion module is specifically configured to: convert the acquired thermal energy into electrical energy based on a Seebeck effect.

[Claim 10] The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the thermal energy acquisition module is specifically configured to: acquire the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is not connected to an external power source for charging The heat generated during the work process.