CN103384952B - Charging management method, charging method, device, base station, controller and terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A kind of wireless charging management method, wireless charging method, device, base station, controller and mobile terminal, described wireless charging management method includes: receive the wireless charging request that at least one mobile terminal sends；Controlling wireless charging unit according to the request of described wireless charging is that at least one mobile terminal described carries out wireless charging.In the embodiment of the present invention, base station is when receiving wireless charging request, and controlling wireless charging unit is that described mobile terminal carries out wireless charging, solves the scope limitation problem of wireless charging in prior art, and makes charging convenient, quick.

Description

Charging management method, charging method, device, base station, controller and terminal

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of terminals, in particular to a wireless charging management method, a wireless charging device, a base station, a controller and a mobile terminal.

Background

At present, mobile terminals (such as mobile phones) are widely used due to their portability and convenience in use, and mobile terminals are increasingly powerful as communication tools, and can be used as tools for providing entertainment for users.

However, in the existing technology for wirelessly charging a mobile terminal, the wireless charging is mainly realized by the following charging modes:

the mobile terminal is charged by utilizing the wireless fidelity WIFI hotspot or the WIFI base station, although other hardware does not need to be equipped in the mode, the WIFI hotspot or the WIFI base station is generally arranged indoors such as a home, an airport and a coffee shop, the number is small, the coverage range is small, and the WIFI hotspot or the WIFI base station is not arranged in many occasions such as outdoors, so that the number is unchanged.

In the existing implementation mode, due to the fact that the range of wireless charging is limited, wireless charging is inconvenient, meanwhile, a wireless charging unit cannot be effectively managed, and the practicability of wireless charging is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a wireless charging management method, a wireless charging device, a base station, a controller and a mobile terminal, and aims to solve the technical problem that the range of wireless charging is limited in the prior art.

In order to solve the technical problem, the embodiment of the invention discloses the following technical scheme:

a first aspect provides a wireless charging management method, including:

the method comprises the steps that a wireless charging management unit receives a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal;

and the wireless charging management unit controls a wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request.

In a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the receiving, by the wireless charging management unit, a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal includes:

the wireless charging management unit directly receives a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal; or,

and the wireless charging management unit receives a wireless charging request transmitted by at least one mobile terminal and forwarded by the base station.

With reference to the first aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, if the wireless charging unit is in an off state, before the controlling, by the wireless charging management unit, the wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request, the method further includes:

turning on the wireless charging unit.

With reference to the first aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the controlling, by the wireless charging management unit, the wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request includes:

and the wireless charging management unit controls a wireless charging unit in the base station to charge the at least one mobile terminal through a transmitting antenna on the base station or through a wireless charging transmitting antenna on the wireless charging unit according to the wireless charging request.

With reference to the first aspect, or the second aspect, or the third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner, the controlling, by the wireless charging management unit, the wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request specifically includes:

and the wireless charging management unit sends a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging request to the at least one mobile terminal.

With reference to the first aspect, or the first aspect first, or the first aspect second, or the first aspect third, or the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the sending, by the wireless charging management unit, the confirmation message in response to the wireless charging request to the at least one mobile terminal includes:

the wireless charging management unit directly sends a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging request to the at least one mobile terminal; or,

and the wireless charging management unit transmits a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging request to the at least one mobile terminal through the forwarding of the base station.

With reference to the first aspect, or the first aspect first, or the first aspect second, or the first aspect third, or the first aspect fourth, or the first aspect fifth, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:

and the wireless charging management unit sends a message indicating wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal to a core network, so that the core network starts charging processing of the wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal.

With reference to the first aspect, or the first aspect first, or the first aspect second, or the first aspect third, or the first aspect fourth, or the first aspect fifth, or the first aspect sixth, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:

receiving a wireless charging stopping request sent by the at least one mobile terminal;

and sending confirmation information responding to the wireless charging stopping request to the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging stopping request.

With reference to the first aspect, or the first aspect first, or the first aspect second, or the first aspect third, or the first aspect fourth, or the first aspect fifth, or the first aspect sixth, or the first aspect seventh possible implementation manner, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the receiving a request to stop wireless charging, sent by the at least one mobile terminal, includes:

directly receiving a wireless charging stopping request sent by the at least one mobile terminal; or,

receiving a wireless charging stop request transmitted by the at least one mobile terminal and forwarded by the base station;

the sending, to the at least one mobile terminal, confirmation information in response to the request to stop wireless charging includes:

sending confirmation information responding to the wireless charging stopping request directly to the at least one mobile terminal; or,

and transmitting a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging stopping request to the at least one mobile terminal through the forwarding of the base station.

With reference to the first aspect, or the first aspect first, or the first aspect second, or the first aspect third, or the first aspect fourth, or the first aspect fifth, or the first aspect sixth, or the first aspect seventh, or the first aspect eighth possible implementation manner, in a ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:

and sending a message for indicating that the wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal is stopped to a core network so as to facilitate the core network to finish the charging processing of the wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal.

With reference to the first aspect, or the first aspect, the second aspect, or the third aspect, or the fourth aspect, or the fifth aspect, or the sixth aspect, or the seventh aspect, or the eighth aspect, or the ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, after the end of the wireless charging for the at least one mobile terminal, the method further includes:

and if the wireless charging request sent by any mobile terminal is not received within the first preset time period, closing the wireless charging unit in the base station.

With reference to the first aspect or the first aspect first kind or the first aspect second kind or the first aspect third kind or the first aspect fourth kind or the first aspect fifth kind or the first aspect sixth kind or the first aspect seventh kind or the first aspect eighth kind or the first aspect ninth kind or the tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in an eleventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes: and if the second preset time is reached, the wireless charging unit is turned on.

A second aspect provides a wireless charging method, comprising:

sending a wireless charging request to network side equipment;

receiving a confirmation message which is sent by the network side equipment and responds to the wireless charging request;

and performing wireless charging after receiving the confirmation message.

A third aspect provides a wireless charging management apparatus, comprising:

the first receiving unit is used for receiving a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal;

the charging management unit is used for controlling a wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request;

and the first sending unit is used for sending a message to the mobile terminal according to the instruction of the charging management unit.

In a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the first receiving unit is specifically configured to:

directly receiving a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal; or,

and receiving a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal from the base station.

With reference to the third aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the charging management unit is specifically configured to:

and controlling the first sending unit to send a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging request to the at least one mobile terminal, and controlling the wireless charging unit to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal.

With reference to the third aspect or the first or second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the first sending unit is specifically configured to:

directly sending a message to the mobile terminal according to the indication of the charging management unit; or,

and forwarding the message sent to the mobile terminal through the base station according to the indication of the charging management unit.

With reference to the third aspect or the first of the third aspect or the second of the third aspect or the third possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the charging management unit further includes:

the judging subunit is used for judging whether the wireless charging unit is in an open state or not after the first receiving unit receives the wireless charging request, and if the wireless charging unit is in a closed state, the judging subunit informs the open subunit to open the wireless charging unit;

the starting subunit is used for starting the wireless charging unit.

With reference to the third aspect or the first aspect or the second aspect or the third aspect or the fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the charging management unit is specifically configured to control the wireless charging unit to charge the mobile terminal through a transmitting antenna on the wireless charging management device or through a wireless charging transmitting antenna on the wireless charging unit.

With reference to the third aspect or the first of the third aspect, the second of the third aspect, the third of the third aspect, the fourth of the third aspect, or the fifth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the first receiving unit is further configured to receive a request for stopping wireless charging, which is sent by the at least one mobile terminal; further comprising:

the charging management unit is further configured to control the first sending unit to send confirmation information of the wireless charging stop request to the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging stop request.

With reference to the third aspect or the first of the third aspect, the second of the third aspect, the third of the third aspect, the fourth of the third aspect, the fifth of the third aspect, or the sixth of the third aspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the apparatus further includes:

the second sending unit is used for sending a message to a core network according to the indication of the charging management unit;

the charging management unit is further configured to instruct, after the first receiving unit receives the wireless charging request of the at least one mobile terminal, the second sending unit to send a message indicating that the at least one mobile terminal is wirelessly charged to a core network, so that the core network starts charging processing of the wireless charging for the at least one mobile terminal.

With reference to the third aspect, or the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, the fourth aspect, the fifth aspect, the sixth aspect, or the seventh possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the charging management unit is further configured to instruct, after the first receiving unit receives the request for stopping wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal, the second sending unit to send a message indicating that wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal is stopped to a core network, so that the core network stops charging processing for the at least one mobile terminal by wireless charging.

With reference to the third aspect, or the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, the fourth aspect, the fifth aspect, the sixth aspect, the seventh aspect, or the eighth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a ninth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the charging management unit further includes:

and the closing subunit is configured to close the wireless charging unit if the wireless charging unit does not receive the wireless charging request sent by any mobile terminal within a first preset time after the wireless charging unit completes wireless charging for any mobile terminal.

With reference to the third aspect, or the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, the fourth aspect, the fifth aspect, the sixth aspect, the seventh aspect, the eighth aspect, or the ninth aspect, in a tenth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the charging management unit is specifically configured to:

and if the second preset time is reached, controlling the starting subunit to start the wireless charging unit.

With reference to the third aspect, or the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, the fourth aspect, the fifth aspect, the sixth aspect, the seventh aspect, the eighth aspect, the ninth aspect, or the tenth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in an eleventh possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the wireless charging management apparatus is in a controller.

A fourth aspect provides a mobile terminal comprising:

the system comprises a sending unit, a receiving unit and a charging unit, wherein the sending unit is used for sending a wireless charging request to network side equipment;

the receiving unit is used for receiving a confirmation message which is sent by the network side equipment and responds to the wireless charging request;

and the charging unit is used for carrying out wireless charging after receiving the confirmation message.

A fifth aspect provides a base station comprising:

the wireless charger is used for wirelessly charging at least one mobile terminal;

the wireless charging management device is used for controlling the wireless charger to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal.

A sixth aspect provides a base station comprising: the wireless charging management device as described above.

A seventh aspect provides a controller comprising: the wireless charging management device as described above.

According to the technical scheme, when the base station receives the wireless charging request, the wireless charging unit is controlled to wirelessly charge the mobile terminal, the problem that the wireless charging range is limited in the prior art is solved, and the use degree of a user is improved. Furthermore, the wireless charging unit can be controlled to be opened and closed, so that the wireless charging management of the mobile terminal is realized, and the convenience of wireless charging is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a wireless charging management method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a second flowchart of a wireless charging management method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a third flowchart of a wireless charging management method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of a wireless charging method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a first structural schematic diagram of a wireless charging management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a second structure of a wireless charging management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a third structure of a wireless charging management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless charging device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a controller according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is another schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a diagram of a first application example provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a diagram of a second application example provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a first flowchart of a wireless charging management method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes:

step 101: the method comprises the steps that a wireless charging management unit receives a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal;

in this embodiment, the user using the mobile terminal may initiate the wireless charging request, or the mobile terminal itself may initiate the wireless charging request.

When the user finds that the battery power is insufficient (for example, lower than a first preset threshold, which is generally 1%), a wireless charging request may be sent to the base station through the mobile terminal, and after receiving the wireless charging request sent by the mobile terminal, the base station may control the charging unit to charge the mobile terminal, that is, step 102 is executed. In this embodiment, the mobile terminal may be a single mobile terminal, or a plurality of mobile terminals may transmit the wireless charging request to the base station at the same time or at different times, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Of course, in another embodiment, on the basis of the above embodiment, if the mobile terminal detects that the current battery power is lower than a second preset threshold, where the second preset threshold is higher than the first preset threshold, for example, the second preset threshold may be set to 20% or 30% or 50% of the total battery power, etc., the mobile terminal sends a wireless charging request to the base station for wireless charging; the charging request may be actively initiated by an application inside the mobile terminal, for example, the mobile terminal is actively initiated in the background through an internal application.

The wireless charging management unit receiving a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal includes: the wireless charging management unit directly receives a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal; or, the wireless charging management unit receives a wireless charging request transmitted by at least one mobile terminal and forwarded by the base station.

Step 102: and the wireless charging management unit controls a wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request.

In this embodiment, the wireless charging management unit may be integrated in the base station or integrated in the base station controller, and this embodiment is exemplified by being integrated in the base station.

In this embodiment, when receiving a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal, a base station controls a wireless charging unit to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request, specifically: and the base station transmits a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging request to the at least one mobile terminal so as to enable the mobile terminal to perform wireless charging.

Optionally, the base station may control the wireless charging unit to charge the at least one mobile terminal through a transmitting antenna on the base station or through a wireless charging transmitting antenna on the wireless charging unit, where the wireless charging transmitting antenna is a self-defined transmitting antenna.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the base station receives the wireless charging request sent by the mobile terminal, the wireless charging unit in the base station is controlled to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal, so that the problem that the range of wireless charging is limited in the prior art is solved, that is, the embodiment of the invention realizes that the wireless charging can be requested to be carried out on the mobile terminal when the electric quantity of the mobile terminal is low, so that the charging is more convenient and faster.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of the foregoing embodiment, if the wireless charging unit is in the off state, before the controlling the wireless charging unit to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request, the method further includes: turning on the wireless charging unit.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of the above embodiment, the method further includes: and sending a message indicating the wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal to a core network so that the core network can start the charging processing of the wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal, namely, the base station can charge the at least one mobile terminal wirelessly, thereby facilitating the charging processing of the wireless charging of the core network.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of the above embodiment, the method may further include: the base station receives a wireless charging stopping request sent by the at least one mobile terminal; and the base station sends confirmation information of the wireless charging stopping request to the at least one mobile terminal.

In this embodiment, if the wireless charging unit charges multiple mobile terminals simultaneously, and if one of the multiple mobile terminals is fully charged, the mobile terminal sends a request for stopping wireless charging to the base station, and after receiving the request for stopping wireless charging, the base station has two implementation manners, one is to send a confirmation message to the mobile terminal, and then notify the core network to stop the charging process for wireless charging for the mobile terminal; and the other is to directly inform the core network to stop the charging processing of the wireless charging for the mobile terminal.

Optionally, the method may further include: and sending a message for indicating that the wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal is stopped to the core network so as to facilitate the core network to finish the charging processing of the wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of all the above embodiments, after the wireless charging for the at least one mobile terminal is finished, the method may further include: and if the wireless charging request sent by any mobile terminal is not received within the first preset time period, the wireless charging unit is turned off.

The first preset time is preset time for closing the wireless charging unit, and the first preset time can be set arbitrarily according to actual needs. For example, if the first preset time may be 30 minutes (or other times may be adaptively set, which is not limited in this embodiment), after the wireless charging is finished for any mobile terminal, if a charging request sent by any mobile terminal in the base station is not received in 30 minutes, the base station automatically turns off the wireless charging unit, that is, automatically turns off its charging function.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of all the above embodiments, the embodiment further includes: and if the second preset time is reached, the wireless charging unit is turned on.

For example, if the second preset time is set to 6 o 'clock 30 minutes per day or a day in the morning, the base station automatically turns on the wireless charging unit when it reaches 6 o' clock 30 minutes in the morning. Of course, the setting may be periodic, and the embodiment is not limited.

Optionally, when the wireless charging management unit is integrated in the controller, in another embodiment, the controlling the wireless charging unit to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request in fig. 1 may further include: the controller receives at least one mobile terminal wireless charging request forwarded by the base station; and the controller controls a wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a second flowchart of a wireless charging management method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes:

step 201: receiving a wireless charging request transmitted by at least one mobile terminal forwarded by a base station;

in this step, one or more mobile terminals within the range of the base station send wireless charging requests to the base station, and the base station sends the received wireless charging requests to the controller, that is, the controller receives a wireless terminal request of at least one mobile terminal sent by the base station.

Of course, in this step, the controller may also receive wireless charging requests of the mobile terminal sent by a plurality of base stations at the same time, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Step 202: and controlling a wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request.

The method specifically comprises the following steps: the controller transmits an acknowledgement message to the base station, so that the base station transmits an acknowledgement message responding to the at least one charging request to the at least one mobile terminal to facilitate wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal.

In this embodiment, the controller is configured to receive a wireless charging request from the at least one wireless terminal; and sending a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging request of the at least one mobile terminal to the base station so as to control a wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of the foregoing embodiment, before the sending, to the base station, a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging request of at least one mobile terminal, the method may further include: and judging whether the wireless charging unit is in an open state or not through the base station, and if the wireless charging unit is in a closed state, sending an instruction for opening the wireless charging unit to the base station so that the base station can open the wireless charging unit according to the instruction.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of all the above embodiments, the method may further include: the controller receives a wireless charging stopping request of the at least one mobile terminal sent by the base station; the controller transmits a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging stop request of at least one mobile terminal to the base station, so that the base station transmits the confirmation message responding to the charging stop request to the at least one mobile terminal, and charging of the mobile terminal is stopped.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of the foregoing embodiment, after the base station completes wireless charging for any mobile terminal, the method may further include: if the wireless charging request of any mobile terminal sent by the base station is not received within the first preset time, sending an instruction for indicating to close the wireless charging unit to the base station, so that the base station closes the wireless charging unit according to the instruction.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of the above embodiment, the method may further include: within a second preset time, sending an instruction for instructing to turn on the wireless charging unit to the base station so as to facilitate the base station to turn on the wireless charging unit; or sending a second preset time to the base station, and instructing the base station to turn on the wireless charging unit when the second preset time is reached.

In the embodiment of the invention, the controller controls the plurality of base stations, and each base station respectively serves a plurality of mobile terminals, so that each base station can send charging requests of the plurality of mobile terminals to the controller, and meanwhile, the controller can send a plurality of charging instructions to each base station. But for a mobile terminal, the wireless charging function is provided by the base station serving it. The controller selects a corresponding base station to turn on or off the charging unit according to the mobile terminal which issues the wireless charging request.

By adopting the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, the convenience of wireless charging is improved; wireless charging can also be achieved in areas where no power equipment is fixed outdoors.

Referring to fig. 3, a third flowchart of a wireless charging management method according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided, where the method includes:

step 301: opening a wireless charging unit in a base station within a first preset time;

step 302: and controlling the wireless charging unit to wirelessly charge at least one mobile terminal.

In this embodiment, if the first preset time is set to 5 o 'clock 30 minutes per day or a day in the morning, the base station automatically turns on the wireless charging unit by 5 o' clock 30 minutes in the morning. Of course, the setting may be periodic, and the embodiment is not limited. In turning on the wireless charging unit, the wireless charging unit may wirelessly charge any mobile terminal it serves.

Wherein, for each mobile terminal in the service range of the base station, for some mobile terminals needing to be charged, the wireless charging can be carried out, and for mobile terminals not needing to be charged, the wireless charging can be refused by the mobile terminals.

Optionally, the method may further include: and closing the wireless charging unit in a second preset time. The second preset time may be any time after the first preset time.

In the embodiment, after the wireless charging unit is opened, the wireless charging unit can wirelessly charge any mobile terminal, so that the charging convenience of the mobile terminal is improved.

Referring to fig. 4, a flowchart of a wireless charging method according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided, where the method includes:

step 401: sending a wireless charging request to network side equipment;

step 402: receiving a charging confirmation message which is sent by the network side equipment and responds to the wireless charging request;

step 403: and performing wireless charging after receiving the confirmation message.

In this embodiment, when the mobile terminal needs to be charged, a wireless charging request may be sent to a network side device (e.g., a base station, or a controller or the like through the base station), and when an acknowledgement message fed back by the network side is received, wireless charging may be performed. Thereby improving portability of charging.

Based on the implementation process of the foregoing method, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a wireless charging management apparatus, a schematic structural diagram of which is shown in fig. 5, where the apparatus includes: a first receiving unit 51, a charging management unit 52, and a first transmitting unit 53, wherein,

the first receiving unit 51 is configured to receive a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal; the charging management unit 52 is configured to control a wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request.

And a first sending unit 53, configured to send a message to the mobile terminal according to the instruction of the charging management unit.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of the foregoing embodiment, the charging management unit 52 is specifically configured to control the first sending unit 53 to send a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging request to a mobile terminal, and control the wireless charging unit to wirelessly charge the mobile terminal.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of the above embodiment, the charging management unit further includes: the wireless charging device comprises a judging subunit and an opening subunit, wherein the judging subunit is configured to judge whether the wireless charging unit is in an open state after the first receiving unit 51 receives the wireless charging request, and notify the opening subunit to open the wireless charging unit if the wireless charging unit is in a closed state; the starting subunit is used for starting the wireless charging unit.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of the foregoing embodiment, the charging management unit 52 is specifically configured to control the wireless charging unit to charge the mobile terminal through a transmitting antenna on the wireless charging management device or through a wireless charging transmitting antenna on the wireless charging unit.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of the foregoing embodiment, the first receiving unit 51 is further configured to receive a request for stopping wireless charging, which is sent by the at least one mobile terminal; the charging management unit 52 is further configured to control the first sending unit 53 to send confirmation information of the wireless charging stop request to the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging stop request.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of all the above embodiments, the apparatus may further include: a second sending unit 54, where the second sending unit 54 is configured to send a message indicating that the at least one mobile terminal is wirelessly charged to a core network after the first receiving unit receives the wireless charging request of the at least one mobile terminal, so that the core network starts charging processing of the wireless charging for the at least one mobile terminal; the second sending unit 54 is further configured to send, after the first receiving unit 51 receives the request for stopping wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal, a message indicating that wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal is stopped to a core network, so that the core network stops charging processing of wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of all the above embodiments, the charging management unit 52 may further include: and the closing subunit is configured to close the wireless charging unit if the wireless charging unit does not receive the wireless charging request sent by any mobile terminal within a first preset time after the wireless charging unit completes wireless charging for any mobile terminal.

Optionally, in another embodiment, on the basis of all the above embodiments, the charging management unit 52 is specifically configured to: and if the second preset time is up, the starting subunit is informed to start the wireless charging unit.

The wireless charging management device may be integrated in a base station, or integrated in a controller, or may be deployed independently, which is not limited in this embodiment. When the wireless charging management device is integrated in the base station, the base station further comprises a wireless charging unit.

The functions and actions of each unit in the device are described in detail in the corresponding implementation process in the method, and are not described again here.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a second structure of a wireless charging management device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the device includes: a first receiving unit 61, a charging management unit 62 and a first transmitting unit 63, wherein the first receiving unit 61 is used for receiving a wireless charging request of at least one mobile terminal transmitted by a base station; the charging management unit 62 is configured to control a wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request message of the at least one wireless terminal received by the first receiving unit 61; the first sending unit 63 is configured to send a message that the charging management unit requires to send.

Optionally, the charging management unit is specifically configured to: the first sending unit 63 is required to send the confirmation message to the base station so that the base station sends the confirmation message responding to the charging request to the at least one mobile terminal in order to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal.

Optionally, before the charging management unit requires the first sending unit 63 to send, to the base station, a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging request of the at least one mobile terminal received by the first receiving unit, the confirmation message is further specifically configured to determine whether the wireless charging unit in the base station is in an open state, and if the wireless charging unit is in a closed state, the first sending unit is required to send an instruction indicating to open the wireless charging unit, so that the base station opens the wireless charging unit according to the instruction.

Optionally, the first receiving unit 61 may be further configured to receive a request for stopping wireless charging of the mobile terminal, where the request is sent by the base station; the charging management unit 62 is further configured to request the first sending unit to send a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging stop request of at least one mobile terminal to the base station, so that the base station sends the confirmation message responding to the charging stop request to the at least one mobile terminal, so as to stop charging the mobile terminal.

Optionally, the charging management unit 62 may further be configured to: after the wireless charging unit in the base station performs wireless charging for any mobile terminal, if a wireless charging request of any mobile terminal sent by the base station is not received within a first preset time, the first sending unit 63 is required to send an instruction for instructing to close the wireless charging unit to the base station, so that the base station closes the wireless charging unit according to the instruction.

Optionally, the charging management unit 62 may further be configured to: if a second preset time is reached, the first transmitting unit 63 is required to transmit an instruction to the base station to turn on the wireless charging unit so that the base station turns on the wireless charging unit; or the first sending unit 63 is required to send an instruction including a second preset time to the base station, and the base station is instructed to turn on the wireless charging unit when the second preset time is reached.

The wireless charging management device may be integrated in the controller, or may be deployed independently, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The functions and actions of each unit in the device are described in detail in the corresponding implementation process in the method, and are not described again here.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a third structure of a wireless charging management device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the device includes: a timed opening unit 71 and a charging control unit 72, wherein the timed opening unit 71 is used for opening a wireless charging unit in a base station within a first preset time; the charging control unit 73 is configured to control the wireless charging unit to wirelessly charge at least one mobile terminal when the wireless charging unit is turned on by the timing turning-on unit.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include: and the timing closing unit is used for closing the wireless charging unit within second preset time.

The wireless charging management device may be integrated in a base station, or integrated in a controller, or may be deployed independently, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The functions and actions of each unit in the device are described in detail in the corresponding implementation process in the method, and are not described again here.

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless charging device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the device includes: the charging system comprises a transmitting unit 81, a receiving unit 82 and a charging unit 83, wherein the transmitting unit 81 is used for transmitting a wireless charging request to a network side device; the receiving unit 82 is configured to receive a confirmation message sent by a network-side device and used for responding to the wireless charging request; and the charging unit 83 is configured to perform wireless charging after receiving the confirmation message.

The wireless charging management device may be integrated in a mobile terminal, or may be deployed independently, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The functions and actions of each unit in the device are described in detail in the corresponding implementation process in the method, and are not described again here.

Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the base station 90 includes: a wireless transceiver 91 and a processor 92, wherein the wireless transceiver 91 is used for receiving a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal and sending a message to the mobile terminal according to the instruction of the processor 92; and the processor 92 is configured to control a wireless charger in the base station to wirelessly charge the mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request.

The functions and actions of each unit in the device are described in detail in the corresponding implementation process in the method, and are not described again here.

Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a controller according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the controller 10 includes: a wireless transceiver 110 and a processor 120, wherein the wireless transceiver 110 is configured to receive a wireless charging request of at least one mobile terminal sent by a base station; the processor 120 is configured to control a wireless charging unit in a base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request message received by the wireless transceiver 110; the wireless transceiver 110 is also used to transmit messages that the processor requires to transmit.

The functions and actions of each unit in the device are described in detail in the corresponding implementation process in the method, and are not described again here.

Referring to fig. 11, fig. 11 is another schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the base station 11 includes: the mobile terminal comprises a wireless charger 12 and a processor 13, wherein the wireless charger 12 is used for wirelessly charging at least one mobile terminal; the processor 13 is configured to turn on the wireless charger within a first preset time, and control the wireless charger 12 to wirelessly charge at least one mobile terminal.

Optionally, the processor is further configured to turn off the wireless charger within a second preset time.

The functions and actions of each unit in the device are described in detail in the corresponding implementation process in the method, and are not described again here.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a mobile terminal, including: the wireless charging system comprises a wireless transceiver and a processor, wherein the wireless transceiver is used for sending a wireless charging request to network side equipment; receiving a confirmation message which is sent by the network side equipment and responds to the wireless charging request; and the processor is used for carrying out wireless charging after the wireless transceiver receives the confirmation message.

The functions and actions of each unit in the device are described in detail in the corresponding implementation process in the method, and are not described again here.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station, including: the mobile terminal comprises a wireless charger and a wireless charging management device, wherein the wireless charger is used for wirelessly charging at least one mobile terminal; the wireless charging management device is used for controlling the wireless charger to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal.

The functions and actions of the units included in the wireless charging management device are described in detail in the implementation process corresponding to the above method, and are not described herein again.

The base station further includes a wireless charging management device, which is described above and is not described herein again.

The controller according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless charging management device, which is as described above and is not described herein again.

The functions and actions of the units included in the wireless charging management device in the base station and the controller are described in detail in the implementation process corresponding to the above method, and are not described herein again.

To facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art, the following description will be given by way of specific examples,

example one

Referring to fig. 12, a diagram of a first application example according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown;

in the figure, the wireless charging management device is integrated in the base station, but not limited thereto, and the embodiment takes a cellular network as an example, and specifically includes: the receiving antenna 1 (i.e. the first receiving unit, or the second receiving unit, or the first and second receiving units are integrated together, etc.), the charging management unit 2 and the wireless charging unit 3 are integrated on the base station, for example, and the charging management unit is connected to the original receiving antenna and wireless charging unit. Of course, in this embodiment, the charging management unit may also be directly integrated into the wireless charging unit or a baseband processing unit (not shown) of the base station, and this embodiment is not limited.

As shown in fig. 12, the process of implementing wireless charging by the mobile terminal 4 includes:

1) the mobile terminal initiates a wireless charging request to the base station when the battery power is insufficient.

Of course, in this embodiment, when the battery power of the mobile terminal is lower than the preset threshold (a), the mobile terminal may send a wireless charging request to the base station to perform wireless charging;

that is to say, the wireless charging request may be initiated by the mobile terminal actively, or the mobile terminal may be triggered actively in the background through an internal application program of the mobile terminal, which is not limited in this embodiment.

2) After the base station receives a wireless charging request sent by the mobile terminal through the receiving antenna 1, the charging management unit 2 judges whether a wireless charging function needs to be activated, namely whether the wireless charging unit 3 is in an open state; if yes, the charging management unit 2 controls the wireless charging unit 3 to wirelessly charge the mobile terminal; otherwise, the charging management unit 2 first turns on the wireless charging unit 3, and then controls the wireless charging unit 3 to wirelessly charge the mobile terminal.

In this step, after receiving the wireless charging request of the mobile terminal, the receiving unit of the base station sends the wireless charging request to the charging management unit, the charging management unit first determines whether the wireless charging unit is in an open state, and if the wireless charging unit is in a non-open state (i.e., a closed state), the wireless charging unit is first opened, then a corresponding charging instruction is generated according to the wireless charging request, and the charging instruction is sent to the wireless charging unit, so that the wireless charging unit wirelessly charges the mobile terminal.

Of course, in this embodiment, when receiving the wireless charging request, the base station may first send the wireless charging request to the baseband processing unit, where the baseband processing unit performs corresponding processing on the charging request to obtain a processing result, and sends the processing result to the charging management unit, and the charging management unit controls the wireless charging unit to wirelessly charge the mobile terminal according to the processing result.

Further, the method may further include:

3) the mobile terminal initiates a request for stopping wireless charging to the base station;

in one case, the mobile terminal initiates a stop wireless charging request to the base station based on the battery charge level, for example, when the mobile terminal battery charge level reaches a predicted threshold B (B > a). Of course, in this embodiment, the mobile terminal may also send other signals to the base station in other manners, and the user stops wireless charging, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Alternatively, when the mobile terminal leaves the service area of the base station due to movement or the like, a request for stopping wireless charging may be initiated to the base station;

for example, when the user camps on another cell from one cell according to the signal measurement result, the wireless charging stop request is sent to the base station;

4) and a charging management unit which stops wireless charging for the mobile terminal according to the received request for stopping wireless charging.

Of course, in this embodiment, the charging management unit may also track the number of wireless charging users in the cell, and determine whether to stop or continue to maintain the wireless charging function;

for example, when no terminal is in the cell for wireless charging, the wireless charging function is turned off; that is, the base station does not receive any wireless charging request sent by the terminal within the first preset time, and the wireless charging function is turned off.

Of course, when the second preset time is reached and before the wireless charging request sent by any terminal is not received, the wireless charging function is turned on, and the like.

That is, in the present embodiment, the wireless charging function may be turned on or off or maintained for a set time.

Example two

The difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment is that the charging management unit 2 may be integrated in a controller or integrated with a wireless network control unit, as shown in fig. 13, where fig. 13 is a second application example provided in the embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, in a specific implementation, the charging management unit may be independently disposed in the controller, or a function of the charging management unit may be added to any original unit in the controller, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The different process from the first embodiment is as follows: after receiving a wireless charging request sent by a mobile terminal, a base station sends the wireless charging request to a controller through an interface between the base station and the controller (for example, an interface X and the like are different in names of different communication systems), then a charging management unit in the controller interacts with the base station after receiving the wireless charging request, whether a wireless charging unit of the base station is in an open state or not is judged, and if the wireless charging unit is in a closed state, an instruction for instructing to open the wireless charging unit is sent to the base station, so that the base station can open the wireless charging unit according to the instruction.

Of course, in this embodiment, the controller may also keep or turn off or on the wireless charging function according to the actual situation, and send an instruction to the wireless charging unit through the same interface.

EXAMPLE III

The third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the wireless charging unit can wirelessly charge the mobile terminal through the transmitting antenna of the base station, and also can wirelessly charge the mobile terminal through the charging transmitting antenna of the wireless charging unit, that is, the charging transmitting antenna is a user-defined antenna or multiple antennas, and if the charging transmitting antenna is user-defined, the charging transmitting antenna is connected with the wireless charging unit and is mainly used for wirelessly charging the mobile terminal, that is, the wireless charging unit controls the charging transmitting antenna to wirelessly charge the mobile terminal.

Example four

The fourth embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the wireless charging unit can be turned on at a fixed time, and can be flexibly configured in specific time. For example, the wireless charging unit is turned off in the early morning and turned on in the rest of the time, and the wireless charging unit can be turned on forever or turned off forever under extreme configurations;

at this time, the mobile terminal does not need to send any wireless charging request message at the air interface, and only needs to open the wireless charging receiving unit of the mobile terminal, so that the available wireless charging signal can be detected and charged.

EXAMPLE five

On the basis of all the above embodiments, after receiving the wireless charging request or stopping the wireless charging request, the base station in the cellular network or the charging management unit controlling the base station in the cellular network sends the wireless charging request or stopping the wireless charging request to the core network of the wireless network, and the core network can perform processing such as charging and the like on the wireless charging of the mobile terminal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the UE may be any one of a cellular phone (cellular phone), a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a wireless modem (modem), a wireless communication device, a handheld device (hand-held), a laptop computer (laptop computer), a cordless phone (cordless phone), or a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, and the UE may be distributed in the whole wireless network.

It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the present invention may be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly may also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a storage medium, such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc., and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the method according to the embodiments or some parts of the embodiments.

The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that those skilled in the art can make various improvements and modifications without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these improvements and modifications should also be construed as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (16)

1. A wireless charging management method, comprising:

a wireless charging management unit in the network side equipment receives a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal through a communication network;

the wireless charging management unit controls a wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request;

if the wireless charging unit is in the off state, the wireless charging management unit further comprises, before controlling the wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request:

turning on the wireless charging unit.

2. The wireless charging management method according to claim 1, wherein the wireless charging management unit controls a wireless charging unit in a base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request, specifically:

and the wireless charging management unit controls a wireless charging unit in the base station to charge the at least one mobile terminal through a transmitting antenna on the base station or through a wireless charging transmitting antenna on the wireless charging unit according to the wireless charging request.

3. The wireless charging management method according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the wireless charging management unit controls a wireless charging unit in a base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request, and specifically comprises:

and the wireless charging management unit sends a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging request to the at least one mobile terminal.

4. The wireless charging management method of claim 3, further comprising:

and the wireless charging management unit sends a message indicating wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal to a core network, so that the core network starts charging processing of the wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal.

5. The wireless charging management method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a wireless charging stopping request sent by the at least one mobile terminal;

and sending confirmation information responding to the wireless charging stopping request to the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging stopping request.

6. The wireless charging management method of claim 5, further comprising:

and sending a message for indicating that the wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal is stopped to a core network so as to facilitate the core network to finish the charging processing of the wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal.

7. The wireless charging management method according to claim 6, further comprising, after the wireless charging for the at least one mobile terminal is completed:

and if the wireless charging request sent by any mobile terminal is not received within the first preset time period, closing the wireless charging unit in the base station.

8. A wireless charging management device is applied to network side equipment, and is characterized by comprising:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive a wireless charging request sent by at least one mobile terminal through a communication network;

the charging management unit is used for controlling a wireless charging unit in the base station to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging request;

the first sending unit is used for sending a message to the mobile terminal according to the instruction of the charging management unit;

the charging management unit further includes:

the judging subunit is used for judging whether the wireless charging unit is in an open state or not after the first receiving unit receives the wireless charging request, and if the wireless charging unit is in a closed state, the judging subunit informs the open subunit to open the wireless charging unit;

the starting subunit is used for starting the wireless charging unit.

9. The wireless charging management device of claim 8, wherein the charging management unit is specifically configured to:

and controlling the first sending unit to send a confirmation message responding to the wireless charging request to the at least one mobile terminal, and controlling the wireless charging unit to wirelessly charge the at least one mobile terminal.

10. The wireless charging management device according to any one of claims 8 to 9, wherein the charging management unit is specifically configured to control the wireless charging unit to charge the mobile terminal through a transmitting antenna on the wireless charging management device or through a wireless charging transmitting antenna on the wireless charging unit.

11. The wireless charge management device according to claim 10,

the first receiving unit is further configured to receive a wireless charging stop request sent by the at least one mobile terminal; further comprising:

the charging management unit is further configured to control the first sending unit to send confirmation information of the wireless charging stop request to the at least one mobile terminal according to the wireless charging stop request.

12. The wireless charge management device of claim 11, wherein said device further comprises:

the second sending unit is used for sending a message to a core network according to the indication of the charging management unit;

the charging management unit is further configured to instruct, after the first receiving unit receives the wireless charging request of the at least one mobile terminal, the second sending unit to send a message indicating that the at least one mobile terminal is wirelessly charged to a core network, so that the core network starts charging processing of the wireless charging for the at least one mobile terminal.

13. The wireless charging management device of claim 12,

the charging management unit is further configured to instruct, after the first receiving unit receives the request for stopping wireless charging of the at least one mobile terminal, the second sending unit to send a message instructing the at least one mobile terminal to stop wireless charging to a core network, so that the core network performs charging processing on the at least one mobile terminal to stop wireless charging.

14. The wireless charging management apparatus of claim 13, wherein the charging management unit further comprises:

and the closing subunit is configured to close the wireless charging unit if the wireless charging unit does not receive the wireless charging request sent by any mobile terminal within a first preset time after the wireless charging unit completes wireless charging for any mobile terminal.

15. A base station, comprising: the wireless charging management device of any of claims 8 to 14.

16. A controller, comprising: the wireless charging management device of any of claims 8 to 14.