WIRELESSLY POWERED ELECTRONIC DISPLAY APPARATUSES

• US 20160300547A1
• Filed: 11/19/2015
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ossia, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ossia, Inc.
• Inventors: Renneberg, Benjamin Todd, El-Rukby, Fady, Zeine, Hatem Ibrahim
• Granted Patent: US 10,825,417 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1635 Details related to the integration of battery packs and other power supplies such as fuel cells or integrated AC adapter
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/266 Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/308 using the Internet of Things
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0202 Market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/02 Details of power systems and of start or stop of display operation
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2356/00 Detection of the display position w.r.t. other display screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/20 using microwaves or radio frequency waves
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00036 Charger exchanging data with battery
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00045 : Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00047 : with provisions for charging different types of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00714 : in response to battery charging or discharging current
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007182 : in response to battery voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 : Regulation of charging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 : using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 : Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/12 : Billing, invoicing, buying or selling transactions or other related activities, e.g. cost or usage evaluation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/14 : Marketing, i.e. market research and analysis, surveying, promotions, advertising, buyer profiling, customer management or rewards

Abstract

A wirelessly powered electronic display apparatus and techniques for dynamically controlling the apparatus are described herein. More specifically, the electronic display apparatus is configured identify proximate users and automatically present communications to the proximate users in a wireless power delivery environment. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a housing, an electronic display disposed on the housing, one or more antennas situated within the housing and electronic circuitry situated within the housing. The electronic display is configured to present display data to proximate users in the wireless power delivery environment. The one or more antennas are configured to wirelessly receive power and data signals. The electronic circuitry is configured to harvest energy from the power signals, process the data signals to determine the display data for presentation to the proximate users, and direct the electronic display to present the display data to the proximate users.

Claims

1. A wirelessly powered electronic display apparatus for presenting communications to proximate users in a wireless power delivery environment, the apparatus comprising:

a housing;

an electronic display disposed on the housing, the electronic display configured to present display data to proximate users in the wireless power delivery environment;

one or more antennas situated within the housing, the one or more antennas configured to wirelessly receive power and data signals; and

electronic circuitry situated within the housing and communicatively coupled to the one or more antennas and the electronic display, the electronic circuitry configured to;

harvest energy from the power signals,

process the data signals to determine the display data for presentation to the proximate users, and

direct the electronic display to present the display data to the proximate users.

2. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electronic circuitry is further configured to identify a particular user that is proximate to the electronic display apparatus.

3. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the electronic circuitry identifies the particular user is proximate using a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag.

4. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 3, wherein the RFID tag is embedded in a card.

5. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the electronic circuitry identifies the particular user is proximate via a client identifier embedded in a power receiver client of a mobile device associated with the particular user.

6. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the electronic circuitry is further configured to:

access the particular user'"'"'s purchase history; and

direct the electronic display to present the particular user'"'"'s purchase to the particular user.

7. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 6, wherein the electronic circuitry is further configured to:

access purchase recommendations for the particular user,

wherein the purchase recommendations are generated based on one or more of the user'"'"'s purchase history, items currently in the particular users electronic basket, and preferences of the particular user; and

direct the electronic display to present the purchase recommendations to the particular user.

8. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display data comprises information associated with an item or product, the information including one or more of item description information, item pricing information, an aggregated customer score or rating associated with the item, or customer reviews associated with the item.

9. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electronic circuitry is further configured to facilitate payment processing functionality.

10. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the electronic circuitry facilitates payment processing by one or more of:

providing the user with a QR code to facilitate payment via a mobile device capable of scanning the QR code, or

providing a near field communication transponder configured to facilitate payment via the wireless electronic display apparatus.

11. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communications are determined based on aggregate behavior of users or pattern detection within a retail environment.

12. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the communications comprise demand-based pricing information.

13. A system for presenting communications to users in a wireless power delivery environment, the system comprising:

multiple electronic display apparatuses, each including;

a display for presenting display data to users in a wireless power delivery environment;

one or more antennas configured to wirelessly receive power and data signals; and

control circuitry configured to harvest energy from the power signals, process the data signals to determine the display data, and direct the electronic display to present the display data to the users;

one or more a wireless power transmitting systems including;

multiple antennas configured to transmit power and data signaling to the multiple electronic display apparatuses;

control circuitry configured to direct the multiple antennas to transmit power to the multiple electronic display apparatuses.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

one or more processing systems communicatively coupled with the multiple electronic display apparatuses and the one or more wireless power transmitting systems, the processing systems configured to track movement data associated with one or more non-static objects in the wireless power delivery environment, determine display data for a subset of the multiple electronic display apparatuses based on the movement data, and send the display data to the subset of the multiple electronic display apparatuses for display to users.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the movement data associated with the one or more non-static objects within the wireless power delivery environment is aggregated.

16. A wirelessly powered electronic display apparatus for presenting communications to proximate users in a wireless power delivery environment, the apparatus comprising:

a housing;

an electronic display disposed on the housing, the electronic display configured to present the communications to the proximate users in the wireless power delivery environment;

one or more antennas situated within the housing, the one or more antennas configured to wirelessly receive power signals and data signals;

electronic circuitry situated within the housing and communicatively coupled to the one or more antennas and the electronic display, the electronic circuitry configured to;

identify a particular user that is proximate to the wireless electronic display apparatus,

harvest energy from the power signals,

process the data signals to determine particular communications for presentation to the particular user, and

direct the electronic display to present the particular communications to the proximate user.

17. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the electronic circuitry identifies the particular user is proximate using a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag or via a client identifier embedded in a power receiver client of a mobile device associated with the particular user.

18. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the electronic circuitry is further configured to:

access the particular user'"'"'s purchase history; and

direct the electronic display to present the particular user'"'"'s purchase to the particular user.

19. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the electronic circuitry is further configured to:

access purchase recommendations for the particular user,

wherein the purchase recommendations are generated based on one or more of the user'"'"'s purchase history, items currently in the particular users electronic basket, and preferences of the particular user; and

direct the electronic display to present the purchase recommendations to the particular user.

20. The wireless electronic display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the electronic circuitry is further configured to facilitate payment processing functionality.