IP Library Granted Patent US 10,566,826
Granted Patent B2
US 10,566,826 · App. 16/294,593 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Device control for wireless charging

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Patent No.
US 10,566,826
App. No.
16/294,593
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of a system and method for controlling a device charging on a wireless charger are generally described herein. A method may include disabling, in response to determining that the device is currently charging on the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the device, determining whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode, in response to determining that the device is in the night mode and currently charging on the wireless charger, disabling notifications of the device, and enabling, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode, the haptic feedback and the notifications when the device has been removed from the wireless charger.

Claims (40)

1. A device configured to charge on a wireless charger, the device comprising:

processing circuitry to:

determine that the device has been placed on the wireless charger;

control a wearable device to disable, in response to determining that the device has been placed on the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the wearable device;

determine that the device has been removed from the wireless charger; and

control the wearable device to enable, in response to determining that the device has been removed from the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the wearable device.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further to disable, in response to determining that the device has been placed on the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the device.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein to control the wearable device to disable haptic feedback at the wearable device, the processing circuitry is further to first determine that the wearable device has been placed on the wireless charger.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further to control the wearable device to disable notifications at the wearable device, in response to determining that the device has been placed on the wireless charger.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further to:

determine whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode; and

in response to determining that the device is in the night mode and has been placed on the wireless charger, control the wearable device to disable notifications at the wearable device.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the processing circuitry is further to control the wearable device to enable, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode, the haptic feedback and the notifications at the wearable device when the device has been removed from the wireless charger.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further to determine whether a battery of the device being charged by the wireless charger exceeds a threshold charge, and in response to determining that the battery has a charge exceeding the threshold charge, the processing circuitry is to turn on the device, from an off mode, while the device is on the wireless charger.

8. A method of operating a device charging on a wireless charger, the method implemented using processing circuitry of the device, the method comprising:

determining, using the processing circuitry, that the device has been placed on the wireless charger;

controlling, using the processing circuitry, a wearable device to disable, in response to determining that the device has been placed on the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the wearable device;

determining, using the processing circuitry, that the device has been removed from the wireless charger; and

controlling, using the processing circuitry, the wearable device to enable, in response to determining that the device has been removed from the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the wearable device.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising disabling, using the processing circuitry, in response to determining that the device has been placed on the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the device.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein controlling the wearable device to disable haptic feedback at the wearable device includes first determining, using the processing circuitry, that the wearable device has been placed on the wireless charger.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising controlling, using the processing circuitry, the wearable device to disable notifications at the wearable device, in response to determining that the device has been placed on the wireless charger.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode; and

in response to determining that the device is in the night mode and has been placed on the wireless charger, controlling the wearable device to disable notifications at the wearable device.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising controlling the wearable device to enable, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode, the haptic feedback and the notifications at the wearable device when the device has been removed from the wireless charger.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining whether a battery of the device being charged by the wireless charger exceeds a threshold charge, and in response to determining that the battery has a charge exceeding the threshold charge, the processing circuitry is to turn on the device, from an off mode, while the device is on the wireless charger.

15. At least one non-transitory machine readable medium including instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry of a device charging on a wireless charger, cause the processing circuitry to perform operations for controlling a wearable device, the operations comprising:

determining, using the processing circuitry, that the device has been placed on the wireless charger;

controlling, using the processing circuitry, the wearable device to disable, in response to determining, using the processing circuitry, that the device has been placed on the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the wearable device;

determining, using the processing circuitry, that the device has been removed from the wireless charger; and

controlling, using the processing circuitry, the wearable device to enable, in response to determining that the device has been removed from the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the wearable device.

16. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise disabling, using the processing circuitry, in response to determining that the device has been placed on the wireless charger, haptic feedback at the device.

17. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 15 , wherein controlling the wearable device to disable haptic feedback at the wearable device includes first determining, using the processing circuitry, that the wearable device has been placed on the wireless charger.

18. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise controlling, using the processing circuitry, the wearable device to disable notifications at the wearable device, in response to determining that the device has been placed on the wireless charger.

19. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining whether the device is in a night mode or a day mode; and

in response to determining that the device is in the night mode and has been placed on the wireless charger, controlling the wearable device to disable notifications at the wearable device.

20. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise controlling the wearable device to enable, in response to determining that the device is in the day mode, the haptic feedback and the notifications at the wearable device when the device has been removed from the wireless charger.

21. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise determining whether a battery of the device being charged by the wireless charger exceeds a threshold charge, and in response to determining that the battery has a charge exceeding the threshold charge, the processing circuitry is to turn on the device, from an off mode, while the device is on the wireless charger.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2022
From: INTEL CORPORATION
To: TAHOE RESEARCH, LTD.
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