Device control for wireless charging

• US 10,256,656 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2015
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tahoe Research Limited (f/k/a Learndale Limited) (Vector Capital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Mansour, Anna-Marie, Kim, Kahyun, Tortoriello, Andrea
• Primary Examiner(s): Muralidar, Richard V
• Application Number:
  US14/971,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20170179749A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,210 Days
• Field of Search: 320108
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00304 Overcurrent protection
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A system and method may be used for controlling a device charging on a wireless charger. A method may include disabling, in response to determining that the device is currently charging on the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the device, determining whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode, in response to determining that the device is in the night mode and currently charging on the wireless charger, disabling notifications of the device, and enabling, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode, the haptic feedback and the notifications when the device has been removed from the wireless charger.

Claims

1. A device configured to charge on a wireless charger, the device comprising:

processing circuitry to;

disable, in response to determining that the device is currently charging on the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the device;

determine whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode;

in response to determining that the device is in the night mode and currently charging on the wireless charger, disable notifications of the device; and

enable, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode, the haptic feedback and the notifications when the device has been removed from the wireless charger.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein in response to determining that the device is in the day mode and currently charging on the wireless charger, the processing circuitry is to enable the notifications of the device.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein to enable the notifications of the device includes to enable the notifications of the device that were disabled in response to determining that the device was in the night mode and was charging.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein, in response to determining that the device is in the night mode and currently charging on the wireless charger, the processing circuitry is to disable a light of the device.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein, in response to determining that the device has been removed from the wireless charger, the processing circuitry is to enable the light.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode and currently charging on the wireless charger, the processing circuitry is to enable the light of the device.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein to determine whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode includes to determine whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode from a clock on the device.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein to determine whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode includes to determine whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode from a current time received from a server.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode, the processing circuitry is to determine whether a calendar linked to the device includes an entry for the current time, the entry indicating that a user of the device is busy.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein, in response to determining that the calendar linked to the device includes the entry and the device is currently charging on the wireless charger, the processing circuitry is to disable a light and the notifications of the device.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is to determine whether a battery being charged by the wireless charger exceeds a threshold charge.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein in response to determining that the battery has a charge exceeding the threshold charge, the processing circuitry is to turn on the device while the device is currently charging on the wireless charger.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein determining that the device is currently charging on the wireless charger includes detecting an electromagnetic field using wireless charging circuitry of the device inductively coupled to the wireless charger.

14. A method of controlling a device charging on a wireless charger, the method comprising:

disabling, using processing circuitry, in response to determining that the device is currently charging on the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the device;

determining, using the processing circuitry, whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode;

in response to determining that the device is in the night mode and currently charging on the wireless charger, disabling, using the processing circuitry, notifications of the device; and

enabling, using the processing circuitry, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode, the haptic feedback and the notifications when the device has been removed from the wireless charger.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode and currently charging on the wireless charger, enabling, using the processing circuitry, the notifications of the device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein enabling the notifications of the device includes enabling the notifications of the device that were disabled in response to determining that the device was in the night mode and was charging.

17. At least one non-transitory machine readable medium including instructions that, when executed, cause the machine to perform operations for controlling a device charging on a wireless charger, the operations comprising:

disabling, in response to determining that the device is currently charging on the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the device;

determining whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode;

in response to determining that the device is in the night mode and currently charging on the wireless charger, disabling notifications of the device; and

enabling, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode, the haptic feedback and the notifications when the device has been removed from the wireless charger.

18. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 17, further comprising, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode and currently charging on the wireless charger, enabling the notifications of the device.

19. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 18, wherein enabling the notifications of the device includes enabling the notifications of the device that were disabled in response to determining that the device was in the night mode and was charging.

20. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 17, further comprising, in response to determining that the device is in the night mode and currently charging on the wireless charger, disabling a light of the device.

21. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 20, further comprising, in response to determining that the device has been removed from the wireless charger, enabling the light.

22. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 20, further comprising, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode and currently charging on the wireless charger, enabling the light of the device.

23. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 17, wherein determining whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode includes determining whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode from a clock on the device.

24. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 17, wherein determining whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode includes determining whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode from a current time received from a server.

25. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 24, further comprising, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode, determining whether a calendar linked to the device includes an entry for the current time, the entry indicating that a user of the device is busy.