INFERRING BATTERY STATUS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN A WIRELESS POWER DELIVERY ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A method of inferring status of a primary battery of an electronic device in a wireless power delivery environment, the method comprising:
- accessing a wireless charging profile associated with the electronic device using device identification information;
monitoring power usage characteristics of the primary battery of the electronic device; and
inferring the status of the primary battery of the electronic device based on the wireless charging profile and the power usage characteristics of the primary battery without feedback about the status of the primary battery from the electronic device.
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Abstract
Techniques are described herein for inferring a status of a primary battery for an electronic device in a wireless power delivery environment. In some embodiments, the status of the primary battery can be inferred, without any feedback regarding a status of the primary battery, based on a wireless charging profile of the primary battery and power usage characteristics that are monitored. In some embodiments, the wireless power transmission system utilizes the information inferred about a particular wireless device'"'"'s primary battery to control or allocate how much wireless power is allocated to a particular wireless power receiver client embedded and/or otherwise associated with the wireless device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of inferring status of a primary battery of an electronic device in a wireless power delivery environment, the method comprising:
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accessing a wireless charging profile associated with the electronic device using device identification information; monitoring power usage characteristics of the primary battery of the electronic device; and inferring the status of the primary battery of the electronic device based on the wireless charging profile and the power usage characteristics of the primary battery without feedback about the status of the primary battery from the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic device comprising:
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a primary battery configured to provide power for operating the electronic device; and a wireless power reception apparatus configured to receive wireless radio frequency (RF) energy from a wireless power transmission system in a wireless power delivery environment, process the wireless RF energy, and provide power to the primary battery, wherein the wireless power reception apparatus includes; a detection and monitoring apparatus configured to; access a wireless charging profile associated with the electronic device using device identification information, monitor power usage characteristics of the primary battery, and infer the status of the primary battery of the electronic device based on the wireless charging profile and the power usage characteristics of the primary battery without feedback regarding the status of the primary battery from the electronic device or the primary battery. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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- 14. The electronic device of claim wherein the wireless charging profile associated with the electronic device indicates usage and response classifications associated with the primary battery of the electronic device.
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16. A method of operating a wireless power transmission system to control an amount of power that is delivered to a target electronic device in a wireless power delivery environment, the method comprising:
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identifying wireless charging profile information associated with the target electronic device; inferring a status of a primary battery of the target electronic device based, at least in part, on the wireless profile information; controlling, by a wireless power transmission system, an amount of power directed to the target electronic device in the wireless power delivery environment based on the inferred status of the of the primary battery of the target electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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