Power control for battery powered personal area network device system and method
A system and method for managing wireless earpieces. Circuitry of the wireless earpieces are powered utilizing a high-power mode in response to detecting a magnetic field is not applied to one or more of the wireless earpieces. The power sent to the circuitry of the wireless earpieces is altered to a low power mode in response to detecting the magnetic field is applied to one or more of the wireless earpieces.
1. A method for power control for a wireless earpiece, comprising:
powering circuitry of the wireless earpiece utilizing a low power mode in response to detecting a magnetic field is applied to the wireless earpiece;
powering circuitry of the wireless earpieces utilizing a high-power mode in response to detecting a magnetic field is not applied to one or more of the wireless earpieces;
altering the power sent to the circuitry of the wireless earpiece to a high-power mode in response to detecting a magnetic field is not applied to one or more of the wireless earpieces;
altering the power sent to the circuitry of the wireless earpieces to a low power mode in response to detecting a magnetic field is applied to one or more of the wireless earpieces; and
charging an onboard battery of the wireless earpiece in response to detecting a magnetic field is applied to the wireless earpiece.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
operating the wireless earpiece utilizing an onboard battery in response to detecting the magnetic field is not applied to the wireless earpiece.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic field is applied by a magnet of a smart case configured to receive the wireless earpiece.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic field is detected by a reed switch of the wireless earpiece.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
coupling the wireless earpiece to a smart case, wherein the smart case applies a magnetic field to the wireless earpiece.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic field is detected by a reed switch integrated in magnetic contacts that interface with a smart case for securing the wireless earpiece.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
synchronizing data between the wireless earpiece and a smart case in response to detecting the magnetic field.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the low power mode is a power saver mode.
9. A method for power control for a wireless earpiece, comprising:
determining if a magnetic field is present at the wireless earpiece in a powered state;
opening a reed switch located within the wireless earpiece when the magnetic field is detected and placing the wireless earpiece in a low-power mode;
coupling the wireless earpiece to a smart case;
charging a battery located within the wireless earpiece with power supplied by a second battery within the smart case;
remaining in a high-power mode if no magnetic field is detected; and
operating the wireless earpiece with power supplied by the battery within the wireless earpiece.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the magnetic field is applied by a magnet of the smart case configured to receive the wireless earpiece.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the magnetic field is detected by the reed switch of the wireless earpiece.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the magnetic field is detected by the reed switch integrated in magnetic contacts interfacing with a smart case for securing the wireless earpiece.
13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising the step of synchronizing data between the wireless earpiece and a smart case in response to detecting the magnetic field.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the low power mode is a power saver mode.