Accessory display system

• US 8,660,495 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2011
• Issued: 02/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Liu, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Wendell, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Soltanzadeh, Maryam
• Application Number:
  US13/176,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20130012133A1
• Time in Patent Office: 966 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/41.03, 455/566, 455/573, 455/3.01, 345/2.3, 345/581
• US Class Current: 455/41.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/266 One coil at each side, e.g. with primary and secondary coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose an accessory display system. According to one embodiment, the system includes an external accessory display and a portable electronic device. Furthermore, the portable electronic device is configured to power and transmit data to said display for remote viewing by an operating user.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an accessory display;

a portable electronic device configured to power and transmit data to the accessory display for remote viewing by an operating; and

a receiver unit configured to communicate with the portable electronic device, wherein the data from the portable electronic device is transmitted to the accessory display via the receiver unit and wherein the power is transferred inductively by the portable electronic device to the receiver unit and relayed to the accessory display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the power from the portable electronic device is transmitted wirelessly to the accessory display.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device includes a power source resonator and the receiver unit includes a power capture resonator.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein when the portable electronic device is placed within a power exchange proximity to the receiver unit, power is transferred wirelessly from the mobile device to the receiver unit.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the receiver unit is configured to transfer power and data received from the portable electronic device to the accessory display.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the power and data from the receiver unit is transmitted through a direct electrical connection with the accessory display.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an input mechanism positioned proximate to the accessory display for providing feedback to the portable electronic device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the accessory display is a bi-stable or flexible display.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the accessory display is affixed to or integrated with a garment worn by the operating user.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the accessory display is affixed to or integrated with an outer area of a carrying bag that the portable electronic device is placed within.

11. The accessory display system of claim 1, wherein the external display is affixed to or integrated with a garment worn by the operating user or an outer area of a carrying bag.

12. An accessory display system comprising:

an external display configured to display information or remote viewing by an operating user; and

a mobile device configured to transfer power and transmit data wirelessly to a receiver unit;

wherein the data from the portable electronic device is transmitted to the accessory display via the receiver unit; and

wherein the power is transferred inductively by the portable electronic device to the receiver unit and relayed to the accessory display.

13. The accessory display system of claim 12, further comprising:

an input mechanism positioned proximate to the external display for providing feedback to the mobile device.

14. The accessory display system of claim 12, wherein the mobile device includes a power source resonator and the receiver unit includes a power capture resonator.

15. The accessory display system of claim 14, wherein when the mobile device is placed within a power exchange proximity to the receiver unit, power is transferred inductively from the mobile device to the receiver unit.

16. The accessory display system of claim 15, wherein the receiver unit is configured to transfer power and data received from the mobile device to the external display.

17. The accessory display system of claim 16, wherein the power and data is transmitted through a direct electrical connection between the receiver unit and the external display.

18. A method for providing an accessory display system, the method comprising:

detecting the presence of a receiver unit within a power exchange proximity to a mobile device;

transferring power inductively from the mobile device to the receiver unit and relayed to the accessory display; and

transmitting the data associated with the mobile device to an external display for remote viewing by an operating user.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the power and data is automatically transferred to the external display when a new message is received at the mobile device.