Patent Description:
At present, waterproof technologies have been widely applied to a mobile intelligent terminal, for example, a mobile phone and a tablet computer. The wide application of the waterproof technologies enables the mobile intelligent terminal to have a waterproof feature, so that a user can use the mobile intelligent terminal in a watery environment, for example, a rainy day or a pool without worrying about water entering the mobile intelligent terminal and causing damage to the mobile intelligent terminal. This greatly expands application scenarios of the mobile intelligent terminal.

However, most mobile intelligent terminals need to be charged by a charging device. Therefore, even a mobile intelligent terminal with a waterproof feature is usually provided with a charging interface, and the charging interface is usually of a concave structure. When the mobile intelligent terminal with the waterproof feature is immersed in water, although water may not enter the mobile phone, it is easy to accumulate water in the charging interface. If a user charges the mobile intelligent terminal when there is water accumulated in the charging interface, the mobile intelligent terminal may be short-circuited, causing damage to the mobile intelligent terminal or even endangering personal safety of the user.

<CIT> describes a charging method and a charging apparatus. The method is applied to the charging apparatus. The charging apparatus comprises a photoelectric conversion module; and the charging apparatus can convert electric energy into optical energy, transmit the optical energy to electronic equipment possessing the photoelectric conversion module, and enables the photoelectric conversion module to convert the optical energy into the electric energy in order to charge the electronic equipment. The method comprises the following steps: detecting that whether a positional relation between the charging apparatus and the electronic equipment satisfies a predetermined condition or not in the process charging the electronic equipment by the charging apparatus; generating a terminating instruction when the positional relation between the charging apparatus and the electronic equipment satisfies the predetermined condition; and executing the terminating instruction, and controlling the photoelectric conversion module in a nonworking state in order to terminate the charging of the electronic equipment by the charging apparatus.

This application provides a waterproof mobile intelligent terminal, and a mobile computer system, to resolve a prior-art problem that a mobile intelligent terminal may be short-circuited and damaged and personal safety of a user may be endangered when the mobile intelligent terminal is charged when there is water accumulated in a charging interface of the mobile intelligent terminal.

The following examples/aspects/embodiments corresponding to <FIG>, <FIG>, <FIG>, <FIG>, and <FIG> are not encompassed by the wording of the claims and are present for illustration purposes only.

The following clearly describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of this application. Definitely, the described embodiments are merely some but not all of the embodiments of this application.

At present, waterproof technologies have been widely applied to a mobile intelligent terminal, for example, a mobile phone and a tablet computer. The wide application of the waterproof technologies enables the mobile intelligent terminal to have a waterproof feature, so that a user can use the mobile intelligent terminal in a watery environment, for example, a rainy, snowy, or foggy day or a pool without worrying about water entering the mobile intelligent terminal and causing damage to the mobile intelligent terminal. This greatly expands application scenarios of the mobile intelligent terminal.

<FIG> is a diagram of a charging scenario of a mobile intelligent terminal with a waterproof feature in the prior art. As shown in <FIG>, most mobile intelligent terminals need to be charged by a charging device. Therefore, even a mobile intelligent terminal with a waterproof feature is usually provided with a charging interface <NUM>, and the charging interface is usually of a concave structure. When the mobile intelligent terminal with the waterproof feature is immersed in water, although water may not enter the mobile phone, it is easy to accumulate water in the charging interface. If a user charges the mobile intelligent terminal when there is water accumulated in the charging interface, the mobile intelligent terminal may be short-circuited, causing damage to the mobile intelligent terminal or even endangering personal safety of the user.

In addition, in recent years, hardware performance of the mobile intelligent terminal has been continuously improved, but a capacity technology of a lithium battery technology has not made a major breakthrough. Limited by a size of the mobile intelligent terminal, a capacity of a battery has become increasingly difficult to maintain a long battery lifespan of the mobile intelligent terminal. Therefore, during use of mobile intelligent terminals, some users usually charge the mobile intelligent terminals at least once a day or even when the users are using the mobile intelligent terminals. In this case, water accumulated in a charging interface of a mobile intelligent terminal that has been immersed in water may not evaporate in time. If a user charges the mobile intelligent terminal at this time, a risk of short-circuit may increase, endangering personal safety of the user.

To resolve a prior-art problem that when the mobile intelligent terminal is charged when there is water accumulated in the charging interface of the mobile intelligent terminal, the mobile intelligent terminal may be short-circuited, causing damage to the mobile intelligent terminal and endangering personal safety of the user, an embodiment of this application provides a waterproof mobile intelligent terminal. When the mobile intelligent terminal is immersed in water or a surface of the mobile terminal is wet, the user can still charge the mobile intelligent terminal or transmit data to or from the mobile intelligent terminal without worries and without causing short-circuiting of the mobile intelligent terminal, thereby ensuring personal safety of the user.

<FIG> is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of the waterproof mobile intelligent terminal.

As shown in <FIG>, a housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is provided with a waterproof structure, to prevent water from causing damage to an electronic device inside the mobile intelligent terminal when the mobile intelligent terminal falls into water. The waterproof structure includes a waterproof external information interface <NUM>. The external information interface <NUM> includes a light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the housing <NUM> and an optical-to-electrical conversion module <NUM> disposed inside the housing <NUM>. The optical-to-electrical conversion module <NUM> is configured to convert an optical signal that passes through the light transmissive sheet <NUM> into an electric signal.

For example, the mobile intelligent terminal may include a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an e-reader, a notebook computer, a <NUM>-in-<NUM> tablet, an in-vehicle computer, a POS (point of sale, point of sale information system) machine, and other mobile devices having one or more of features of a display screen, a touch input, a small keyboard, and a camera system.

For example, the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal may be a metal housing (for example, an aluminum alloy housing, a magnesium aluminum alloy housing, or a stainless steel housing), a plastic housing (for example, a polycarbonate housing), glass, ceramic, or the like. The external information interface <NUM> may be disposed on a middle frame or a rear of the housing <NUM>, so that a layout of a front screen of the mobile intelligent terminal is not affected. The light transmissive sheet <NUM> is made of a transparent material. An optical material that can be used as the light transmissive sheet <NUM> may include glass, quartz, sapphire, and the like. The light transmissive sheet <NUM> may be seamlessly embedded into the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal, to ensure waterproofness of the housing <NUM>. A light source from an external environment enters the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal through the light transmissive sheet <NUM>. In addition, if the mobile intelligent terminal is the glass housing <NUM>, when a coating is sprayed on a glass surface, a hole-shaped area without coating may be reserved for use as the light transmissive sheet <NUM>, so that an opening for embedding the light transmissive sheet <NUM> does not need to be formed in the housing <NUM>, thereby further enhancing the waterproofness of the housing <NUM>.

For example, the optical-to-electrical conversion module <NUM> may be an optical-to-electrical converter. The optical-to-electrical conversion module <NUM> can receive an optical signal that enters the housing <NUM> through the light transmissive sheet <NUM>, and convert the optical signal into an electric signal. The electric signal may be used to charge the mobile intelligent terminal, transmit data, or the like. In addition, the optical signal may include a laser signal transmitted by a laser diode, or an infrared light signal, a visible light signal, an ultraviolet light signal, or the like transmitted by a light-emitting diode (light-emitting diode, LED).

According to the mobile intelligent terminal provided above, when a user needs to charge the mobile intelligent terminal or transmit data to or from the mobile intelligent terminal, energy or the data may be carried to an optical signal, and a device, for example, a charger or an optical fiber, that can generate and output an optical signal, is aligned with the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the housing <NUM>, so that the optical signal enters the housing <NUM> through the light transmissive sheet <NUM> and is received by the optical-to-electrical conversion module <NUM>. Then, the optical-to-electrical conversion module <NUM> converts the optical signal into an electric signal. The electric signal may be used to provide electric energy for the mobile intelligent terminal, transmit data, and the like. Therefore, in the technical solution of this application, the mobile intelligent terminal does not need to be provided with a conventional electricity-based charging interface (for example, a lightning interface, a standard USB interface, a mini USB interface, a micro USB interface, a USB Type-C interface, a Thunderbolt interface, or a DisplayPort interface). Therefore, even after the mobile intelligent terminal is immersed in water, the user can charge the mobile intelligent terminal or transmit data to or from the mobile intelligent terminal without worrying about short-circuiting of the mobile intelligent terminal, the charger, or a charging cable, thereby ensuring personal safety of the user.

In an optional implementation, the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal has a sealed waterproof structure configured to prevent water from entering the mobile intelligent terminal through a gap in the housing <NUM> when the mobile intelligent terminal falls into water.

For example, the sealed waterproof structure may include a sealant waterproof structure. For example, the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is connected to an electronic device, for example, a display screen by using a sealant, and a gap between the housing <NUM> and the display screen is filled with the sealant, so that a sealed space is formed inside the housing <NUM>, and water is prevented from entering the mobile intelligent terminal. The sealant may be an adhesive (for example, a liquid adhesive) with no fixed shape, or an adhesive gasket, a sealing ring, a tape, or the like with a fixed shape.

For example, the sealed waterproof structure may further include an annular gasket waterproof structure. For example, an annular gasket is disposed at a component, for example, a button, a SIM card slot, or a TF card slot inside the housing <NUM>, so that the annular gasket fills a gap between the housing <NUM> and the foregoing component, thereby preventing water from entering the mobile intelligent terminal. The annular gasket may be a rubber gasket.

For example, the sealing mechanism may further include a mesh waterproof structure. For example, a grid with a fine mesh is installed on a speaker or a microphone of the mobile intelligent terminal, and water is made, by using features of inner clustering and surface tension of the water, to stick together on the grid instead of passing through the mesh.

In this way, the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal has the sealed waterproof structure, and the mobile intelligent terminal no longer needs a charging interface due to the use of the optical signal for charging, so that waterproof reliability of the mobile intelligent terminal is further enhanced, and a user can use the mobile intelligent terminal in a water-immersed environment without worries.

<FIG> is a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of the waterproof mobile intelligent terminal.

As shown in <FIG>, based on the structure shown in <FIG>, a fixing structure <NUM> is further disposed inside the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal. The fixing structure <NUM> is configured to fix the charger, so that an optical transmission interface <NUM> (referring to <FIG>) of the charger is coupled to the external information interface <NUM>. Correspondingly, a fixing structure <NUM> is also correspondingly disposed near the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger, so that the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger are fixed through engagement between the fixing interfaces of the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger. After the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger are fixed, a light transmissive sheet <NUM> (referring to <FIG>) of the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger is exactly aligned with the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the external information interface <NUM>, so that an optical signal transmitted through the optical transmission interface <NUM> may enter the housing <NUM> through the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the external information interface <NUM>, and does not leak into the environment, thereby preventing the optical signal from causing harm to a user or an object in the environment.

In addition, further as shown in <FIG>, the mobile intelligent terminal further includes a power management module <NUM>. The power management module <NUM> is configured to provide electric energy for an electronic device in the mobile intelligent terminal by using the electric signal converted by the optical-to-electrical conversion module <NUM>, for example, charge a battery <NUM>. The power management module <NUM> may include a power management chip (power management integrated circuits, PMIC), for example, a pulse width modulation integrated circuit (pulse width modulation integrated circuit, PWMIC), configured to perform voltage regulation on the electric signal converted by the optical-to-electrical conversion module <NUM>, adjust power consumption of the mobile intelligent terminal, and control power for charging the mobile intelligent terminal based on parameters such as a battery level, real-time power consumption, and battery performance of the mobile intelligent terminal.

In this way, the power management module <NUM> provides electric energy for the electronic device in the mobile intelligent terminal, so that the mobile intelligent terminal can be charged without a need to dispose a charging interface on the mobile intelligent terminal, and waterproof reliability of the mobile intelligent terminal is further enhanced.

<FIG> is a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of the waterproof mobile intelligent terminal.

As shown in <FIG>, the fixing structure <NUM> is a magnetic module. The magnetic module includes a magnet module <NUM> configured to provide an electromagnetic attraction force. Optionally, the magnetic module further comprises a metal pad <NUM> corresponding to the magnet module <NUM>. The magnetic module is configured to fix the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger by using the electromagnetic attraction force.

Further, the magnet module <NUM> may include an electromagnet or a permanent magnet material. The electromagnet is provided with a current by the mobile intelligent terminal, to activate or remove magnetism of the electromagnet. The permanent magnet material may include a natural magnet, an artificial magnet, or the like. The metal pad <NUM> may include metal substances such as iron, nickel, cobalt, and alloys that can be magnetized by an external magnetic field. Corresponding to the magnetic module of the mobile intelligent terminal, the fixing structure <NUM> of the charger is a magnetic module, so that the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger are fixed by using the electromagnetic attraction force, and no additional clamping structure or the like needs to be disposed on the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal or the charger. Therefore, flatness and integrity of the housing <NUM> are not affected, and waterproof performance of the waterproof structure of the housing <NUM> is not affected, thereby ensuring waterproof reliability of the mobile intelligent terminal.

In addition, further as shown in <FIG>, the mobile intelligent terminal further includes a control module <NUM> disposed inside the housing <NUM>. The control module <NUM> is configured to control the electromagnetic attraction force or a magnetic polarity of the magnet module <NUM>, for example, to activate or remove magnetism, and an N pole or an S pole. In this way, the control module <NUM> may control the electromagnetic attraction force of the magnet module <NUM> to fix the mobile intelligent terminal to the charger or separate the mobile intelligent terminal from the charger, and a user does not need to exert an external force, thereby ensuring that the waterproof structure of the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is not invalidated due to an external force, thereby ensuring waterproof reliability of the mobile intelligent terminal.

<FIG> is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth embodiment of the waterproof mobile intelligent terminal.

As shown in <FIG>, in an optional implementation, based on the structure shown in <FIG>, the mobile intelligent terminal further includes a magnetic sensor module <NUM> and an optical transmission module <NUM> that are disposed inside the housing <NUM>. The magnetic sensor module <NUM> is configured to detect a connection status between the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger. The optical transmission module is configured to transmit an optical signal according to an indication of the control module <NUM> when the mobile intelligent terminal is connected to the charger. For example, the optical transmission module may send the optical signal to the charger, and the optical signal may carry battery information of the mobile intelligent terminal (information such as a manufacturer, a serial number, a designed capacity, an actual capacity, a quantity of cycles, and a temperature), battery level information, or optical communication rate information, and may further include information, of the mobile intelligent terminal, such as received optical power, available battery receive power, and real-time power information in a charging process, so that the charger sends an optical signal based on the foregoing information by using optical power that can be withstood by the mobile intelligent terminal, thereby ensuring safety of the charging process. In addition, the mobile intelligent terminal may further send, by using the optical transmission module, an optical signal to another terminal having an optical communication capability, to implement optical signal interaction between the mobile intelligent terminal and the another terminal, including signaling interaction, data interaction, and the like.

In addition, the control module <NUM> may further control the magnetism of the magnet module <NUM> based on magnetic field strength to be detected by the magnetic sensor module <NUM>. For example, when the magnetic field strength reaches a preset threshold, the control module <NUM> activates the magnetism of the magnet module <NUM>, so that the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal actively attracts the metal pad <NUM> (referring to <FIG>) of the charger, thereby fixing the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger to each other and causing the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal to be coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger.

<FIG> is a schematic structural diagram of a fifth embodiment of the waterproof mobile intelligent terminal.

As shown in <FIG>, in an optional implementation, based on the structures shown in <FIG>, the mobile intelligent terminal further includes a radio frequency identification module <NUM> disposed inside the housing <NUM>. The radio frequency identification module <NUM> is configured to read authentication information of the charger. The authentication information may include a product serial number of the charger, preset product authentication information, or the like.

In this way, the mobile intelligent terminal reads the authentication information of the charger by using the radio frequency identification module <NUM>, may perform authentication on the charger, and may further perform a corresponding operation based on an authentication result, such as rejecting to receive an optical signal sent by a charger that fails to be authenticated, thereby preventing the mobile intelligent terminal from being damaged by a poor-quality charger.

In addition, the mobile intelligent terminal further includes: an application processor, configured to execute various application programs; and a communications module, configured to implement wireless communication. In this way, a user can use the mobile intelligent terminal in various water-immersed environments, including running an application program, having a call or network access by using a wireless communication function, and the like.

The embodiments of this application provide a charger, configured to charge the waterproof mobile intelligent terminal provided in this application.

<FIG> is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of the charger.

As shown in <FIG>, the charger includes an optical transmission interface <NUM>. The optical transmission interface <NUM> includes a light transmissive sheet <NUM> disposed on a housing <NUM> of the charger, and an optical transmission module <NUM> disposed inside the housing <NUM>. The optical transmission module <NUM> is configured to transmit an optical signal through the light transmissive sheet <NUM>. The light transmissive sheet <NUM> is made of a transparent material, and an optical material that can be used as the light transmissive sheet <NUM> may include glass, quartz, sapphire, and the like. Preferably, the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the charger is of a same size as the light transmissive sheet <NUM> (referring to <FIG>) of the mobile intelligent terminal, to ensure that transmission of an optical signal between the two light transmissive sheets is not obstructed. In addition, the optical transmission module <NUM> includes an optical transmitter <NUM> and an optical driver <NUM>. The optical transmitter <NUM> is configured to transmit an optical signal, and the optical driver <NUM> is configured to control power of the optical signal. The optical transmitter <NUM> may be, for example, a laser diode, a light-emitting diode, or a laser generator.

According to the charger provided above, when a user needs to charge the mobile intelligent terminal, the user may align the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger with the external information interface <NUM> (referring to <FIG>) of the mobile intelligent terminal, so that the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger and can receive the optical signal sent by the optical transmission module <NUM> of the charger. The optical signal may be received by an optical-to-electrical conversion module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal and converted into an electric signal, to provide electric energy for the mobile intelligent terminal. Therefore, in the technical solution of this application, the mobile intelligent terminal does not need to be provided with a charging interface (for example, a lightning interface, a standard USB interface, a mini USB interface, a micro USB interface, a USB Type-C interface, a Thunderbolt interface, or a DisplayPort interface). Therefore, even after the mobile intelligent terminal falls into water, the user can charge the mobile intelligent terminal or transmit data to or from the mobile intelligent terminal without worrying about short-circuiting of the mobile intelligent terminal, the charger, or a charging cable, thereby ensuring personal safety of the user.

<FIG> is a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of the charger.

As shown in <FIG>, the charger further includes the fixing structure <NUM> disposed in the housing <NUM> of the charger. The fixing structure <NUM> is configured to fix the mobile intelligent terminal. After the mobile intelligent terminal is fixed, the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger is exactly aligned with the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the external information interface <NUM>. Therefore, an optical signal transmitted through the optical transmission interface <NUM> may enter the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal through the external information interface <NUM>, and does not leak into the environment, thereby preventing the optical signal from causing harm to a user or an object in the environment.

<FIG> is a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of the charger.

As shown in <FIG>, in an optional implementation, the charger further includes a charging cable. The charging cable includes an optical fiber <NUM> and an outer jacket <NUM> that wraps the optical fiber <NUM>, and is configured to transmit an optical signal of the transmission module to the mobile intelligent terminal. In addition, the charging cable is used as a part of the optical transmission interface <NUM>, and fixing structures <NUM> are disposed at two ends of the charging cable. The fixing structures are engaged with a fixing structure of the mobile intelligent terminal and a fixing structure of the housing <NUM> of the charger, so that one end of the charging cable is connected to the housing <NUM> of the charger, and the other end is connected to the mobile intelligent terminal. In this way, the charger may be fixedly connected to the mobile intelligent terminal by using the charging cable, and the optical signal transmitted through the optical transmission interface <NUM> may be sent into the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal by using the charging cable. In addition, a protective sleeve <NUM> for protecting the optical fiber <NUM> may be further disposed at two ends of the charging cable. The protective sleeve <NUM> is configured to close two ends of the optical fiber <NUM>, and is opened only when the charging cable is connected to the charger or the mobile intelligent terminal, thereby preventing the optical signal from leaking into the environment, and ensuring safety of a user.

As shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, the embodiments of this application provide two forms of chargers. In a first form, as shown in <FIG>, the charger does not include a charging cable, so that the charger is directly fixedly connected to the mobile intelligent terminal by using a fixing structure. In another form, as shown in <FIG>, the charger includes a charging cable, so that the charger is fixedly connected to the mobile intelligent terminal by using the charging cable. In addition, in the two forms of chargers shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, the fixing structure may be a magnetic module, and the magnetic module includes a magnet module <NUM> configured to provide an electromagnetic attraction force and/or a metal pad <NUM> corresponding to the magnet module <NUM>. Further, the magnet module <NUM> may include an electromagnet or a permanent magnet material. The electromagnet is provided with a current by the mobile intelligent terminal, to activate or remove magnetism of the electromagnet. The permanent magnet material may include a natural magnet, an artificial magnet, or the like. The metal pad <NUM> may include metal substances such as iron, nickel, cobalt, and alloys that can be magnetized by an external magnetic field.

Specifically, according to the charger shown in <FIG>, a magnetic module disposed inside the housing <NUM> of the charger may be fixedly connected to the mobile intelligent terminal provided with a magnetic module by using an electromagnetic attraction force of the magnetic module. Therefore, no additional clamping structure or the like needs to be disposed on the housing <NUM> of the charger or the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal, so that flatness and integrity of the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal are not affected, and waterproof performance of the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is not affected, thereby ensuring waterproof reliability of the mobile intelligent terminal.

Specifically, according to the charger shown in <FIG>, a magnetic module is disposed inside the housing <NUM> of the charger, and magnetic modules are also disposed at two ends of the charging cable. During charging, one end of the charging cable is fixedly connected to the housing <NUM> of the charger by using an electromagnetic attraction force of the magnetic module, causing the optical fiber <NUM> of the charging cable to be aligned with the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the charger, so that the optical signal transmitted by the optical transmission module <NUM> enters the optical fiber <NUM> through the light transmissive sheet <NUM> for transmission. The other end of the charging cable is connected to the mobile intelligent terminal by using the electromagnetic attraction force of the magnetic module, causing the optical fiber <NUM> of the charging cable to be aligned with the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal, so that the optical signal generated by the optical transmission module <NUM> of the charger is sent to the optical-to-electrical conversion module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal through the optical fiber <NUM>. In this way, no additional clamping structure needs to be disposed on the housing <NUM> of the charger or the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal, so that flatness and integrity of the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal are not affected, and waterproof performance of the housing <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is not affected, thereby ensuring waterproof reliability of the mobile intelligent terminal.

In the embodiments of this application, the magnetic module of the mobile intelligent terminal, the magnetic module in the housing <NUM> of the charger, and the magnetic module on the charging cable may be arranged in a plurality of manners corresponding to each other, so that the mobile intelligent terminal can be directly fixed to the charger or fixed to the charger by using the charging cable.

With reference to <FIG>, the following describes in detail a possible arrangement manner of the magnetic modules of the charger and the mobile intelligent terminal when the charger is the charger of the structure shown in <FIG>.

Referring to <FIG>, in a first implementable arrangement manner, the housing <NUM> of the charger is provided with a metal pad <NUM>, and the mobile intelligent terminal is correspondingly provided with a magnet module <NUM>. In the foregoing arrangement manner, the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal can attract the metal pad <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger, causing the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal to be aligned with the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the charger and fixed to the housing <NUM> of the charger, so that the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger.

Referring to <FIG>, in a second implementable arrangement manner, the housing <NUM> of the charger is provided with a magnet module <NUM>, and the mobile intelligent terminal is correspondingly provided with a metal pad <NUM>. In the foregoing arrangement manner, the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger can attract the metal pad <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal, causing the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal to be aligned with the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the charger and fixed to the housing <NUM> of the charger, so that the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger.

Referring to <FIG>, in a third implementable arrangement manner, one side of the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the housing <NUM> of the charger is provided with a metal pad <NUM>, and the other side is provided with a magnet module <NUM>. One side of the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is provided with a magnet module <NUM> corresponding to the charger, and the other side is provided with a magnetic sensor module <NUM> corresponding to the charger. In the foregoing arrangement manner, when the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger and the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal approach each other, the magnetic sensor module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal can sense a small-to-large change in a magnetic field of the magnet module <NUM> of the charger, and further magnetism of the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is activated, so that the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal actively attracts the metal pad <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger, causing the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal to be aligned with the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the charger and fixed to the housing <NUM> of the charger, so that the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger. In addition, in a preferred solution, magnetic polarities of the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal and the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger are the same, so that the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal and the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger do not attract each other due to co-polarity mutual exclusion. Therefore, the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal only attracts the metal pad <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger, thereby implementing a foolproof design.

Referring to <FIG>, in a fourth implementable arrangement manner, both sides of the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger are provided with magnet modules <NUM>. One side of the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is provided with a magnet module <NUM>, and the other side is provided with a magnetic sensor module <NUM>. In addition, a magnetic polarity of at least one magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger is opposite to that of the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal. In the foregoing arrangement manner, when the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger and the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal approach each other, the magnetic sensor module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal can sense a small-to-large change in a magnetic field of the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger, and further magnetism of the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is activated, so that the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal and the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger attract each other, causing the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal to be aligned with the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the charger and fixed to the housing <NUM> of the charger, so that the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger. In addition, because both sides of the attraction are magnet modules <NUM> with magnetism, the mobile intelligent terminal is fixed to the charger more tightly and not easily loosened.

Referring to <FIG>, in a fifth implementable arrangement manner, one side of the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the housing <NUM> of the charger is provided with a metal pad <NUM>, and the other side is provided with a magnet module <NUM>. One side of the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is provided with a magnet module <NUM> corresponding to the housing <NUM> of the charger, and the other side is provided with a metal pad <NUM> corresponding to the housing <NUM> of the charger. In addition, in a preferred solution, magnetic polarities of the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger and the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal are the same. In the foregoing arrangement manner, when the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger and the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal approach each other, the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal attracts the metal pad <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger, and the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger attracts the metal pad <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal, causing the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal to be aligned with the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the charger and fixed to the housing <NUM> of the charger, so that the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger. In addition, the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal and the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger are mutually exclusive due to the same magnetic polarities. Therefore, regardless of any angle at which a user causes the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger to approach each other, both the magnet module <NUM> in the mobile intelligent terminal and the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger automatically find the corresponding metal pads <NUM> respectively, thereby implementing a foolproof design.

Referring to <FIG>, in a sixth implementable arrangement manner, a magnet module <NUM> is disposed around the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger and a magnet module <NUM> is disposed around the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal, and magnetic polarities of the magnet modules <NUM> are correspondingly oppositely disposed, so that the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal and the magnet module <NUM> of the charger attract each other, causing the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal to be coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger. In addition, because both sides of the attraction are magnet modules <NUM> with magnetism, the mobile intelligent terminal is fixed to the charger more tightly and not easily loosened.

With reference to <FIG>, the following describes in detail a possible step implementation of the magnetic modules of the charger and the mobile intelligent terminal when the charger is the charger of the structure shown in <FIG>.

Referring to <FIG>, in a first implementable arrangement manner, a magnet module <NUM> is disposed inside each of the housings <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger, and metal pads <NUM> are correspondingly disposed at two ends of the data cable. In the foregoing arrangement manner, the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal can attract the metal pad <NUM> at one end of the charging cable, and the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger can attract the metal pad <NUM> at the other end of the charging cable, causing the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal to be aligned with one end of the optical fiber <NUM> of the charging cable, and the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the charger to be aligned the other end of the optical fiber <NUM> of the charging cable, so that the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger by using the charging cable.

Referring to <FIG>, in a second implementable arrangement manner, a metal pad <NUM> is disposed inside each of the housings <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger, and magnet modules <NUM> are correspondingly disposed at two ends of the data cable. In the foregoing arrangement manner, the magnet module <NUM> at one end of the charging cable can attract the metal pad <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal, and the magnet module <NUM> at the other end of the charging cable can attract the metal pad <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger, causing one end of the optical fiber <NUM> of the charging cable to be aligned with the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal, and the other end of the optical fiber <NUM> of the charging cable to be aligned the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the charger, so that the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger by using the charging cable.

Referring to <FIG>, in a third implementable arrangement manner, one side of the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is provided with a magnet module <NUM>, and the other side is provided with a magnetic sensor module <NUM>. One side of the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the housing <NUM> of the charger is provided with a magnet module <NUM>, and the other side is provided with a metal pad <NUM>. A magnet module <NUM> and a metal pad <NUM> are disposed at both ends of the charging cable corresponding to the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger. In the foregoing arrangement manner, when one end of the charging cable and the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal approach each other, the magnetic sensor module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal can sense a small-to-large change in a magnetic field of the magnet module <NUM> of the charging cable, and further magnetism of the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is activated, so that the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal actively attracts the metal pad <NUM> at one end of the charging cable, causing the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal to be aligned with one end of the optical fiber <NUM> of the charging cable. In addition, when the other end of the charging cable and the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger approach each other, the magnet module <NUM> at the other end of the charging cable attracts the metal pad <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger, and the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger attracts the metal pad <NUM> at the other end of the charging cable, causing the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the charger to be aligned with one end of the optical fiber <NUM> of the charging cable, so that the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger by using the charging cable.

Referring to <FIG>, in a fourth implementable arrangement manner, one side of the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is provided with a magnet module <NUM>, and the other side is provided with a magnetic sensor module <NUM>. Both sides of the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the housing <NUM> of the charger are provided with a magnet module <NUM>. Magnet modules <NUM> are disposed at both ends of the data cable corresponding to the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger. In the foregoing arrangement manner, when one end of the charging cable and the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal approach each other, the magnetic sensor module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal can sense a small-to-large change in a magnetic field of the magnet module <NUM> of the charging cable, and further magnetism of the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is activated, so that the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal actively attracts the magnet module <NUM> at one end of the charging cable, causing the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal to be aligned with one end of the optical fiber <NUM> of the charging cable. In addition, when the other end of the charging cable and the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger approach each other, the magnet module at the other end of the charging cable attracts the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger, causing the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the charger to be aligned with one end of the optical fiber <NUM> of the charging cable, so that the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger by using the charging cable. In addition, because both sides of the attraction are magnet modules <NUM>, the mobile intelligent terminal is fixed to the charger more tightly and not easily loosened.

Referring to <FIG>, in a fifth implementable arrangement manner, one side of the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is provided with a magnet module <NUM>, and the other side is provided with a metal pad <NUM>. One side of the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the housing <NUM> of the charger is provided with a magnet module <NUM>, and the other side is provided with a metal pad <NUM>. A magnet module <NUM> and a metal pad <NUM> are disposed at both ends of the charging cable corresponding to the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger. In addition, in a preferred solution, magnetic polarities of the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal, the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger, and the magnet module <NUM> of the charging cable are the same. In the foregoing arrangement manner, when one end of the charging cable and the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal approach each other, the magnet module <NUM> at one end of the charging cable attracts the metal pad <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal, and the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal attracts the metal pad <NUM> at one end of the charging cable, causing the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal to be aligned with one end of the optical fiber <NUM> of the charging cable. In addition, when the other end of the charging cable and the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger approach each other, the magnet module <NUM> at the other end of the charging cable attracts the metal pad <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger, and the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger attracts the metal pad <NUM> at the other end of the charging cable, causing the light transmissive sheet <NUM> of the charger to be aligned with one end of the optical fiber <NUM> of the charging cable, so that the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger by using the charging cable. In addition, the magnetic polarities of the magnet module <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal, the magnet module <NUM> in the housing <NUM> of the charger, and the magnet module <NUM> of the charging cable are all the same and mutually exclusive. Therefore, regardless of any angle at which a user causes the mobile intelligent terminal or the charger to approach the charging cable, the magnet modules <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal or the charger and the charging cable automatically find the corresponding metal pads <NUM> to be adsorbed, thereby implementing a foolproof design.

Referring to <FIG>, in a sixth implementable arrangement manner, both the housing <NUM> of the charger and the mobile intelligent terminal are provided with magnet modules <NUM> and the magnetic module of the charging cable is also a magnet module <NUM>, causing the mobile intelligent terminal and the charging cable to attract each other by using the magnet modules <NUM>, and the charger and the charging cable to also attract each other by using the magnet modules <NUM>, so that the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal is coupled to the optical transmission interface <NUM> of the charger by using the charging cable. In addition, because both sides of the attraction are magnet modules <NUM>, the mobile intelligent terminal is fixed to the charger more tightly and not easily loosened.

<FIG> is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth embodiment of the charger.

As shown in <FIG>, in an optional implementation, the charger, with reference to the structure of the charger shown above, further includes a control module <NUM> disposed inside the housing <NUM>. The control module is configured to control an electromagnetic attraction force of the magnet module <NUM>. In addition, the control module is further configured to control a drive pulse ratio or a power value of output light of the optical driver <NUM>, to control power to be used by the optical transmitter <NUM> to transmit an optical signal. Further, as shown in <FIG>, the charger further includes an optical-to-electrical conversion module <NUM> disposed inside the housing <NUM>. The optical-to-electrical conversion module <NUM> is configured to convert an optical signal that passes through the light transmissive sheet <NUM> into an electric signal. For example, an optical signal that is sent by the mobile intelligent terminal and that carries battery information (information such as a manufacturer, a serial number, a designed capacity, an actual capacity, a quantity of cycles, and a temperature), battery level information, or optical communication rate information of the mobile intelligent terminal is received. In addition, an optical signal that is sent by the mobile intelligent terminal in a charging process and that carries received optical power, available battery receive power, or real-time battery level information. Therefore, the charger can send an optical signal based on the foregoing information by using optical power that can be withstood by the mobile intelligent terminal, thereby ensuring safety in the charging process.

<FIG> is a schematic structural diagram of a fifth embodiment of the charger.

As shown in <FIG>, in an optional implementation, the charger further includes a radio frequency identification module <NUM> disposed inside the housing <NUM>. The radio frequency identification module <NUM> is configured to read authentication information of the charging cable.

In addition, the charging cable used in cooperation with the mobile intelligent terminal or the charger provided with the radio frequency identification module <NUM> may be shown in <FIG>. To be specific, one end or both ends of the charging cable is/are provided with a radio frequency module <NUM>/radio frequency modules <NUM>, and the radio frequency module <NUM> is configured to record authentication information of the charging cable. Specifically, the radio frequency module <NUM> may be an RFID (radio frequency identification, radio frequency identification) label, for example, an RFID sticker or an RFID chip, that records the authentication information. The authentication information may include a product serial number of the charging cable, and the like.

According to the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger provided in the embodiments of this application, an embodiment of this application further provides a mobile computer system. <FIG> is a schematic diagram of a mobile computer system. The mobile computer system includes a mobile intelligent terminal <NUM> and a charger <NUM>. The charger is configured to convert an electric signal into an optical signal. The mobile intelligent terminal is provided with an external information interface <NUM>, configured to convert an optical signal generated by the charger into an electric signal, to provide electric energy for an electronic device in the mobile intelligent terminal.

According to the mobile computer system provided above, when a user needs to charge the mobile intelligent terminal, the user may connect the charger to the external information interface <NUM> of the mobile intelligent terminal, so that an optical signal generated by the charger is received by the external information interface <NUM>, and is converted into an electric signal by using the external information interface, to provide electric energy for the electronic device in the mobile intelligent terminal. Therefore, in the technical solution of this application, the mobile intelligent terminal does not need to be provided with a charging interface (for example, a lightning interface, a standard USB interface, a mini USB interface, a micro USB interface, a USB Type-C interface, a Thunderbolt interface, or a DisplayPort interface). Therefore, even after the mobile intelligent terminal is immersed in water, the user can charge the mobile intelligent terminal or transmit data to or from the mobile intelligent terminal without worrying about short-circuiting of the mobile intelligent terminal, the charger, or a charging cable, thereby ensuring personal safety of the user.

According to the mobile intelligent terminal, and the mobile computer system provided in the embodiments of this application, an embodiment of this application further provides an optical charging control method.

<FIG> is a flowchart of an optical charging method.

Step <NUM>: A mobile intelligent terminal sends a first optical signal to a charger when detecting that the mobile intelligent terminal is connected to the charger.

Specifically, the mobile intelligent terminal may detect, by using a magnetic sensor module, that the mobile intelligent terminal is already connected to the charger, and then output the first optical signal to the charger. The first optical signal may be a first wavelength signal, and may carry parameter information of the mobile intelligent terminal, for example, battery information, battery level information, and information about an optical communication rate supported by the terminal.

Step S102: The charger sends a second optical signal to the mobile intelligent terminal when the charger receives the first optical signal of the mobile intelligent terminal.

Specifically, the second optical signal may be a second wavelength signal, and may carry parameter information of the charger, for example, a working mode (a simplex mode, a time division multiplexing mode, a wavelength division multiplexing mode, or the like) of the charger, a charger serial number (ID), and maximum output optical power of the charger.

In addition, in an implementable implementation, the first wavelength signal and the second wavelength signal may be optical signals of different wavelengths, so that the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger can send optical signals to each other in a wavelength division multiplexing mode. In another implementable implementation, the first wavelength signal and the second wavelength signal may be optical signals of a same wavelength, so that the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger can send optical signals to each other in a time division multiplexing mode.

Step S103: If the mobile intelligent terminal receives the second optical signal fed back by the charger based on the first optical signal, the mobile intelligent terminal sends a third optical signal to the charger.

If the mobile intelligent terminal receives the second optical signal fed back by the charger, it indicates that the charger can successfully receive the first optical signal sent by the mobile intelligent terminal. In other words, bidirectional optical signal transmission between the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger is smooth. If the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger are connected by using the charger, this indicates that an optical path of an optical fiber of the charging cable is smooth and no fiber is broken or knotted. Therefore, when receiving the second optical signal, the mobile intelligent terminal sends the third optical signal to the charger.

Specifically, the third optical signal may be a first wavelength signal, used to indicate to the charger that the mobile intelligent terminal is maintaining a charging mode. In a charging process, the mobile intelligent terminal sends the third signal to the charger continuously or in pulses, and the third optical signal carries a charging status parameter of the mobile intelligent terminal, for example, received optical power, available battery receive power, or real-time battery level information.

In addition, if the mobile intelligent terminal does not receive the second optical signal fed back by the charger, it indicates that the charging cable may not be properly connected to the charger or the charging cable may be knotted. In this case, the mobile intelligent terminal may be used to remind a user to check the charging cable.

Step S104: The charger receives the third optical signal fed back by the mobile intelligent terminal based on the second optical signal, where the third optical signal includes the charging status parameter of the mobile intelligent terminal.

Step S105: The charger sends a fourth optical signal to the mobile intelligent terminal based on the charging status parameter.

Specifically, the charger may determine optical power of the fourth optical signal based on the charging status parameter, for example, received optical power of the mobile intelligent terminal, available battery receive power, or real-time power information, and send the fourth optical signal to the mobile intelligent terminal by using the determined optical power. The fourth optical signal may be a second wavelength signal.

Step S106: The mobile intelligent terminal receives the fourth optical signal fed back by the charger based on the third optical signal, and converts the fourth optical signal into an electric signal, to provide electric energy for an electronic component in the mobile intelligent terminal.

Therefore, before the charger starts to charge the mobile intelligent terminal, it is first detected whether the mobile intelligent terminal is connected to the charger and whether an optical path is smooth, so that an optical signal of the charger or the mobile intelligent terminal is prevented from entering an environment, thereby avoiding damage caused by the optical signal to a user, and ensuring optical charging safety.

In addition, in an optional implementation, when a battery level of the mobile intelligent terminal reaches a preset value, the charger may be notified, by using the third optical signal, to stop outputting the fourth optical signal. For example, the mobile intelligent terminal adds a stop instruction to the third optical signal, so that the charger stops outputting the fourth optical signal according to the stop instruction. Alternatively, the mobile intelligent terminal stops outputting the third optical signal, so that when detecting that the third optical signal is not received, the charger stops outputting the fourth optical signal.

In addition, to prevent a case of overcharging after a battery is fully charged, the mobile intelligent terminal in this application may alternatively be disconnected from the charging cable after notifying the charger to stop outputting the fourth optical signal. For example, based on the structure of the mobile intelligent terminal shown in <FIG>, the control module controls the magnet module to remove magnetism, so that the charging cable is disconnected from the mobile intelligent terminal.

<FIG> is a flowchart of step S103 of the optical charging method.

As shown in <FIG>, in an optional implementation, step S103 includes the following steps.

Step S201: The mobile intelligent terminal obtains identification information of the charger from the second optical signal.

Specifically, the second optical signal carries the identification information of the charger, and the identification information may include an identity, a product serial number, and the like of the charger.

Step S202: The mobile intelligent terminal performs authentication on the charger based on the identification information.

Specifically, if the mobile intelligent terminal obtains the identification information of the charger from the second optical signal, the mobile intelligent terminal verifies validity of the identification information. If the identification information is valid, the authentication on the charger succeeds, or if the identification information is invalid, the authentication on the charger fails. In addition, if the mobile intelligent terminal does not obtain the identification information of the charger from the second optical signal, the authentication on the charger fails.

Step S203: The mobile intelligent terminal transmits the third optical signal to the charger when the authentication on the charger succeeds.

Therefore, before sending the third optical signal to the charger, the mobile intelligent terminal performs authentication on the charger, to ensure that the mobile intelligent terminal is charged by using only the charger that has been authenticated, for example, an original charger adapted to the mobile intelligent terminal or a third-party charger that has been authenticated by a manufacturer of the mobile intelligent terminal. Therefore, optical charging safety is ensured.

In an optional implementation, this application further provides a procedure in which a mobile intelligent terminal performs authentication on a charger. <FIG> is a flowchart of performing authentication on a charger by a mobile intelligent terminal. The following steps are included.

Step S301: When the mobile intelligent terminal is connected to a charging cable of the charger, the mobile intelligent terminal reads authentication information of the charging cable.

Specifically, one end or both ends of the charging cable is/are provided with a radio frequency module/radio frequency modules, for example, an RFID label (including an RFID sticker or an RFID chip) that records the authentication information. The mobile intelligent terminal reads the authentication information in the RFID label by using a radio frequency identification module, for example, an RFID reader.

Step S302: The mobile intelligent terminal performs authentication on the charging cable based on the authentication information.

Specifically, if the mobile intelligent terminal reads the authentication information of the charging cable, the mobile intelligent terminal verifies validity of the authentication information. If the authentication information is valid, the authentication on the charging cable succeeds, or if the authentication information is invalid, the authentication on the charging cable fails. In addition, if the mobile intelligent terminal does not read the authentication information of the charging cable, the authentication on the charging cable fails.

Step S303: The mobile intelligent terminal controls, based on an authentication result of the charging cable, the mobile intelligent terminal to maintain or disconnect a connection to the charging cable.

For example, when the authentication on the charging cable fails, the mobile intelligent terminal disconnects from the charging cable. When the authentication on the charging cable succeeds, the mobile intelligent terminal remains connected to the charging cable.

Therefore, when the mobile intelligent terminal is connected to the charger by using the charging cable, the mobile intelligent terminal performs authentication on the charging cable, to ensure that the mobile intelligent terminal is charged by using only the charging cable that has been authenticated, for example, an original charging cable adapted to the mobile intelligent terminal or a third-party charging cable that has been authenticated by a manufacturer of the mobile intelligent terminal. Therefore, optical charging safety is ensured.

Claim 1:
A waterproof mobile intelligent terminal, wherein a housing (<NUM>) of the mobile intelligent terminal is provided with a waterproof structure, to prevent water from causing damage to an electronic device inside the mobile intelligent terminal when the mobile intelligent terminal falls into water, the waterproof structure comprises a waterproof external information interface (<NUM>);
wherein the external information interface (<NUM>) comprises a light transmissive sheet (<NUM>) of the housing (<NUM>) and an optical-to-electrical conversion module (<NUM>) disposed inside the housing, wherein the light transmissive sheet (<NUM>) is arranged to provide an optical path through the housing (<NUM>) to allow an optical signal to enter the housing (<NUM>) through the light transmissive sheet (<NUM>) and to reach the optical-to-electrical conversion module (<NUM>) disposed inside the housing;
wherein the optical-to-electrical conversion module (<NUM>) is configured to convert the optical signal that is adapted to pass through the light transmissive sheet (<NUM>) into an electric signal;
wherein the housing (<NUM>) of the mobile intelligent terminal is further provided with a fixing structure, and the fixing structure is configured to fix a charger, and enable an optical transmission interface of the charger to be coupled to the external information interface;
wherein the fixing structure is a magnetic module (<NUM>, <NUM>), the magnetic module (<NUM>, <NUM>) comprises a magnet module configured to provide an electromagnetic attraction force, and the magnetic module is configured to fix the mobile intelligent terminal and the charger by using the electromagnetic attraction force; and
wherein the mobile intelligent terminal further comprises a control module (<NUM>) disposed inside the housing (<NUM>), and the control module is configured to control the electromagnetic attraction force of the magnet module.