WIRELESS CHARGING AND COMMUNICATION WITH POWER SOURCE DEVICES AND POWER CHARGE DEVICES IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A power source device, comprising:
- a power source;
a short range wireless communication receiver for wirelessly receiving information signals transmitted from at least one power charge device;
a wireless power transmitting circuit, the wireless power transmitting circuit having a frequency pass band about a resonant frequency and electrically coupled with the power source, for selectively coupling charging energy from the power source to the wireless power transmitting circuit and thereby wirelessly transmitting a charging energy signal having a frequency substantially within the frequency pass band; and
a charging power controller, communicatively coupled with the wireless power transmitting circuit and the short range wireless communication receiver, the charging power controller configured to;
wirelessly receive, by the short range wireless communication receiver, at least one information signal transmitted from the at least one power charge device;
determine whether the at least one power charge device is in a charging arrangement with the power source device;
selectively couple charging energy from the power source to the wireless power transmitting circuit; and
control the wireless power transmitting circuit to wirelessly transmit the charging energy signal having a frequency substantially within the frequency pass band.
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Abstract
A power source device and a power charge device interoperate according to a wireless charging protocol. The power source device inductively wirelessly transmits charging energy signal via an inductive wireless power transmitting circuit. The power charge device wirelessly receives the inductively wirelessly transmitted charging energy signal via an inductive wireless power receiving circuit. The power charge device transfers wirelessly received charging energy signal to a re-chargeable battery of the power charge device. In response to determining that the power source device and the power charge device are in a charging arrangement, the power source device controls user access to a lockable user interface based on receiving information from the power charge device and can display messages received by the power charge device from a wireless communication network. The power source device can include a personal computing system and the power charge device can include a mobile phone.
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25 Claims
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1. A power source device, comprising:
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a power source; a short range wireless communication receiver for wirelessly receiving information signals transmitted from at least one power charge device; a wireless power transmitting circuit, the wireless power transmitting circuit having a frequency pass band about a resonant frequency and electrically coupled with the power source, for selectively coupling charging energy from the power source to the wireless power transmitting circuit and thereby wirelessly transmitting a charging energy signal having a frequency substantially within the frequency pass band; and a charging power controller, communicatively coupled with the wireless power transmitting circuit and the short range wireless communication receiver, the charging power controller configured to; wirelessly receive, by the short range wireless communication receiver, at least one information signal transmitted from the at least one power charge device; determine whether the at least one power charge device is in a charging arrangement with the power source device; selectively couple charging energy from the power source to the wireless power transmitting circuit; and control the wireless power transmitting circuit to wirelessly transmit the charging energy signal having a frequency substantially within the frequency pass band. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A power source device for inductively coupling charging energy signal to a power charge device, the power source device comprising:
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a power source; an inductive wireless power transmitting circuit having a pass band about a resonant frequency, electrically coupled with the power source, for selectively transferring charging energy from the power source to the inductive wireless power transmitting circuit and thereby wirelessly inductively transmitting a charging energy signal having a frequency substantially within the pass band about the resonant frequency; a charging power controller, communicatively coupled with the inductive wireless power transmitting circuit, the charging power controller configured to; control the inductive wireless power transmitting circuit, based on determining that the power source device is in a charging arrangement with a power charge device, to selectively transfer charging energy from the power source to the inductive wireless power transmitting circuit and thereby wirelessly inductively transmitting a charging energy signal for reception by the power charge device; a user interface that is lockable to prevent user access to at least a portion of the user interface; and a short range wireless communication transceiver, communicatively coupled with the charging power controller, the charging power controller further configured to; unlock the user interface and allow user access to the at least a portion of user interface, based on receiving information from the power charge device via the short range wireless communication transceiver and determining that the power source device and the power charge device are in a charging arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A wireless communication device, comprising:
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a re-chargeable power source; an electronic circuit powered by the re-chargeable power source; an inductive wireless power receiving circuit having a pass band about a resonant frequency, electrically coupled with the re-chargeable power source, for wirelessly receiving a charging energy signal having a frequency substantially within the pass band about the resonant frequency and selectively coupling charging energy from the received charging energy signal to the re-chargeable power source; and a charging power controller, communicatively coupled with the inductive wireless power receiving circuit, the charging power controller configured to; control the inductive wireless power receiving circuit, based on determining that the wireless communication device is in a charging arrangement with a power source device, to transfer charging energy from the received charging energy signal to the re-chargeable power source. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method with a power source device, the method comprising:
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establishing a wireless charging protocol between a power source device and a power charge device; inductively wirelessly transmitting a charging energy signal from an inductive wireless power transmitting circuit; determining whether the power source device is in a charging arrangement with the power charge device; in response to determining that the power source device is in a charging arrangement with the power charge device, wirelessly receiving information from the power charge device via short range wireless communication, the wirelessly received information indicating a lock-unlock status of a user interface associated with the power charge device; and unlocking at least a portion of a user interface associated with the power source device and allowing user access to the at least a portion of the user interface, based on receiving information from the power charge device via short range wireless communication indicating that he power charge device has at least one of; a currently unlocked user interface; and a user interface that has been unlocked for at least a predetermined amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method with a power source device and a power charge device, the method comprising:
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establishing a wireless charging protocol between a power source device and a power charge device; determining one of a plurality of pass band resonant frequencies for inductively wirelessly transmitting a charging energy signal having frequency substantially within the pass band about the resonant frequency from an inductive wireless power transmitting circuit at the power source device to an inductive wireless power receiving circuit at the power charge device; and inductively wirelessly transmitting via the inductive wireless power transmitting circuit the charging energy signal having frequency substantially within the pass band about the determined one of the plurality of pass band resonant frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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