Wireless energy reception management

• US 9,692,485 B1
• Filed: 03/31/2010
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brendan E. Clark, Ronald C Krosky
• Original Assignee: Brendan E. Clark, Ronald C Krosky
• Inventors: Krosky, Ronald Charles, Clark, Brendan Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Amrany, Adi
• Application Number:
  US12/752,081
• Time in Patent Office: 2,645 Days
• Field of Search: 307104
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2207/10 Control circuit supply, e.g. means for supplying power to the control circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• 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: H04B 5/00 Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/24 Inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with wireless energy are described. In one embodiment, a method can comprise collecting an energy that is transmitted wirelessly to produce a collected energy. The method can also comprise supplying the collected energy to a device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

initiating collection of wireless energy using an induction technique at a memory component of a cellular phone using a memory energy receiver within the memory component to produce a first collected energy;

initiating collection of wireless energy using the induction technique at a processor component of the cellular phone using a processor energy receiver within the processor component to produce a second collected energy;

powering operation of the memory component of the cellular phone by the at least the first collected energy;

powering operation of the processor component of the cellular phone by the at least the second collected energy

wirelessly transmitting a data stored on the memory component to the processor component using a memory data transmitter within the memory component;

wirelessly receiving the data at the processor component using a processor data receiver within the processor component; and

processing the data at the processor component,

where the memory component and the processor component are within a housing of the cellular phone, and

where the memory energy receiver and the processor energy receiver are physically separate components.

2. The method of claim 1, where at least one of the first collected energy and the second collected energy is collected from at least two sources, and where the two sources are physically apart.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating emission from a wireless energy transmitter within the housing of the cellular phone for collection of wireless energy at one or more of the processor component and the memory component, where initiation of the emission occurs, at least in part, based on a determination if a logical rule is met.

4. The method of claim 3, the logical rule checks one of a battery level, a priority of use, a load measurement, and a comparison of source energy to load energy.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

wirelessly transmitting input information associated with the input to one of the processor component and the memory component.

6. The method of claim 3, the logical rule determines that sufficient energy is available to complete operation of the memory component and operation of the processor component.

7. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

initiating collection of wireless energy using the induction technique at an input component of the cellular phone using an input energy receiver within the input component to produce a third collected energy; and

powering operation of the input component of the cellular phone by the at least the third collected energy,

where the input component is within the housing of the cellular phone, and where the input component is configured to receive input from a user of the cellular phone.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

producing a transformed data through processing the data with the processor component; and

transmitting the transformed data wirelessly to the memory component for storage using a processor data transmitter within the processor component.

9. The method of claim 1, where the first collected energy and the second collected energy are collected from the same wireless energy emission.

10. The method of claim 1, where the first collected energy and the second collected energy are collected at separate times.

11. A system, comprising:

a handheld electronic device including a housing;

a memory component housed by the housing;

a non-transitory computer readable medium of the memory component configured to maintain stored information;

a first wireless energy receiver of the memory component configured to receive a first wireless energy using an induction technique, the first wireless energy powers operation of the memory component;

a first wireless data transceiver of the memory component configured to send and receive the stored information;

a processor component housed by the housing,

a processor of the processing component configured to process at least a portion of the stored information;

a second wireless energy receiver of the processing component configured to receive a second wireless energy using the induction technique, the second wireless energy powers operation of the processor component; and

a second wireless data transceiver of the processing component configured to send and receive at least a portion of the stored information or portions thereof transformed by processing, and

where the memory component and the processor component interact using the first wireless data transceiver and the second wireless data transceiver.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising at least one wireless energy transmitter component that emits energy wirelessly to at least one of the first wireless energy receiver or the second wireless energy receiver, where the wireless energy transmitter component is housed by the housing.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising a battery accepting component coupled with at least one of the at least one wireless energy transmitter component, where the emitted wireless energy is, at least in part, supplied from a battery engaged with the battery accepting component.

14. The system of claim 12, where the at least one wireless energy transmitter component receives a wired energy from an external energy source external to the housing supplied through an electrical plug coupled with an electrical outlet and in electrical communication with the handheld electronic device, and where the wired energy is used by the wireless energy transmitter component to emit the at least one of the first wireless energy or the second wireless energy.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

an input component housed by the housing of the handheld electronic device;

a third wireless energy receiver of the input component configured to receive a third wireless energy using the induction technique, the third wireless energy powers operation of the input component; and

a third wireless data transceiver of the input component configured to send and receive input information.

16. A system comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising;

collecting of wireless energy at a memory component of a cellular phone using a memory energy receiver that is part of the memory component to produce a first collected energy, the memory energy receiver employing an induction technique;

collecting of wireless energy at a processor component of the cellular phone using a processor energy receiver that is part of the processor component to produce a second collected energy, the processor energy receiver employing an induction technique;

powering operation of the memory component of the cellular phone by at least the first collected energy; and

powering operation of the processor component of the cellular phone by at least the second collected energy;

wirelessly transmitting a digital data stored on the memory component to the processor component using a memory data transmitter within the memory component, where the memory component and the processor component are not in direct physical contact or wired physical contact;

wirelessly receiving the digital data at the processor component using a processor data receiver within the processor component; and

processing the digital data at the processor component while the processor component is powered by at least the second collected energy,

where the memory component and the processor component are within a single housing of the cellular phone, and

where the memory energy receiver and the processor energy receiver are physically separate components.

17. The system of claim 16 the method comprising:

collecting of wireless energy at an input component of the cellular phone using an input energy receiver that is part of the input component to produce a third collected energy, the input energy receiver employing an induction technique; and

powering operation of the input component of the cellular phone by at least the third collected energy.

18. The system of claim 16, the method comprising:

causing transmission of the wireless energy collected by the memory component from an energy source that is part of the cellular phone; and

causing transmission of the wireless energy collected by the processor component from the energy source that is part of the cellular phone.