System integration supporting completely wireless peripheral applications

• US 9,244,500 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2011
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Cain, Gamil A., Walsh, Jim
• Primary Examiner(s): Abbaszadeh, Jaweed A
• Assistant Examiner(s): JOHNSON, TERRELL S
• Application Number:
  US13/113,780
• Publication Number:
  US 20120303939A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,709 Days
• Field of Search: 713/1, 320/108
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• 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: G09G 2330/02 Details of power systems and of start or stop of display operation
• 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 50/20 using microwaves or radio frequency waves
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/23 characterised by the type of transmitting antennas, e.g. directional array antennas or Yagi antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• 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 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0296 switching to a backup power supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/20 End-user application control systems

Abstract

In accordance with various aspects of the disclosure, a method and apparatus is disclosed that includes features of a host computing device, and a wireless power transmission module and a wireless data transmission module both integrated on a circuit board of the host computing device. The host computing device is configured to transmit power and multi-media data to a peripheral device, upon receipt thereof from the wireless power transmission module and the wireless data transmission module, respectively. The peripheral device is configured to receive wirelessly power and multi-media data from a host computing device, and provide the received power and multi-media data to a wireless power reception module and a wireless data reception module, respectively, for processing, both modules being integrated on a circuit board of the peripheral device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

providing at a host computing device a wireless power transmission module and a wireless data transmission module, wherein both the wireless power transmission module and the wireless data transmission module are integrated on a single common circuit board of the host computing device;

configuring, using a processor of the host computing device, the wireless power transmission module based upon one or more transmission policies, wherein the one or more transmission policies include a time-based transmission policy related to a time instant or duration of an operation of the wireless power transmission module and a power-based transmission policy related to the operation of the wireless power transmission module; and

transmitting wirelessly from the host computing device power and multi-media data to a peripheral device, upon receipt thereof from the wireless power transmission module and the wireless data transmission module, respectively.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

deriving source power from a power subsystem on a circuit board of the host computing device prior to the transmitting, wherein the power subsystem is coupled to an alternating or a direct current power source; and

configuring using the processor the wireless data transmission module based upon application data associated with one or more applications stored in the memory,

wherein the one or more transmission policies are stored in a memory of the host computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuring the wireless power transmission module comprises:

receiving over a bus one or more signals from the processor for determining one or more of an activation time instant of the wireless power transmission module, a duration of time for keeping the wireless power transmission module activated, and an amount of power to be transmitted by the wireless power transmission module.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the configuring the wireless data transmission module comprises receiving application data processed by the processor prior to the transmitting.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the multi-media data includes one or more of audio data, video data, non-audio-visual data, and combinations thereof, and wherein the multi-media data is independent of data associated with the transmitted power.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the host computing device is a desktop personal computer or a mobile computing device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting is performed using an antenna coupled to both the wireless power transmission module and the wireless data transmission module, and configured to synchronously or asynchronously transmit the power and the multi-media data to the peripheral device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises:

transmitting the power from a first antenna coupled to the wireless power transmission module to a peripheral device; and

transmitting the multi-media data from a second antenna coupled to the wireless data transmission module to the peripheral device.

9. A method, comprising:

providing at a peripheral device a wireless power reception module and a wireless data reception module, wherein both the wireless power reception module and the wireless data reception module are integrated on a single common circuit board of the peripheral device;

receiving wirelessly at the peripheral device power and multi-media data from a host computing device; and

providing the received power to the wireless power reception module and the received multi-media data to the wireless data reception module for processing,

wherein, if a time duration to receive a certain power level from the host computing device exceeds a threshold time limit, the peripheral device is configured to temporarily draw power from a battery module in the peripheral device.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

switching to the battery module in the peripheral device for providing additional power to the peripheral device to compensate for a delay associated with the threshold time limit in the reception of the power at the certain power level from the host computing device; and

utilizing the received power to charge the battery module.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

sending the received multi-media data to a processor of the peripheral device for executing one or more applications stored in a memory of the peripheral device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the wireless power reception module and the wireless data reception are coupled to a common antenna in the peripheral device, the common antenna configured to receive synchronously or asynchronously the power and the multi-media data.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the peripheral device is at least one of a projection device, a speaker, a display device, and an audio-visual device.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the power is received at a first antenna coupled to the wireless power reception module and the multi-media data is received at a second antenna coupled to the wireless data reception module.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the multi-media data includes one or more of audio data, video data, non-audio-visual data, and combinations thereof, and wherein the multi-media data is independent of data associated with the received power.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

a host computing device; and

a wireless power transmission module and a wireless data transmission module both integrated on a single common circuit board of the host computing device, the host computing device configured to wirelessly transmit power and multi-media data to a peripheral device, upon receipt thereof from the wireless power transmission module and the wireless data transmission module, respectively,

wherein the wireless power transmission module is configured based upon one or more transmission policies, the one or more transmission policies including a time-based transmission policy related to a time instant or duration of an operation of the wireless power transmission module and a power-based transmission policy related to the operation of the wireless power transmission module.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the host computing device is a desktop personal computer or a mobile computing device.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the multi-media data includes one or more of audio data, video data, non-audio-visual data, and combinations thereof, and wherein the multi-media data is independent of data associated with the transmitted power.

19. An apparatus, comprising:

a peripheral device configured to receive wirelessly power and multi-media data from a host computing device; and

a wireless power reception module and a wireless data reception module both integrated on a single common circuit board of the peripheral device, wherein the peripheral device is configured to provide the received power and multi-media data to the wireless power reception module and the wireless data reception module, respectively, for processing,

wherein, if a time duration to receive a certain power level from the host computing device exceeds a threshold time limit, the peripheral device is configured to temporarily draw power from a battery module in the peripheral device.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the peripheral device is at least one of a projection device, a display device, a speaker, and an audio-visual device.