Portable electronic accessory systems and related devices
Portable electronic accessories and removable control packages are disclosed. A portable electronic accessory includes a battery configured to provide battery power, a control socket configured to receive a removable control package, and power circuitry configured to deliver at least a portion of the battery power to the removable control package to power the removable control package. The removable control package is configured to control operation of the portable electronic accessory. A removable control package includes input/output (I/O) pins, and one or more communication radio circuits. The I/O pins are configured to interface with pins of the control socket, electrically connect to the pins of the control socket when the removable control package is received into the control socket, and receive battery power from the battery of the portable electronic accessory. The one or more communication radio circuits are configured to provide wireless communication capabilities to the portable electronic accessory.
1 . A portable electronic accessory, comprising:
a battery configured to provide battery power;
a control socket configured to receive a removable control package, the removable control package comprising:
one or more data storage devices storing an audio operating system;
one or more radio circuits configured to wirelessly communicate with truly wireless stereo (TWS) headphones, the TWS headphones being separate from the portable electronic accessory and the removable control package;
one or more application processors configured to execute the audio operating system to provide, via the one or more radio circuits, one or more audio elements to the TWS headphones responsive to receiving one or more control signals from the TWS headphones; and
power circuitry configured to deliver at least a portion of the battery power to the removable control package to power the removable control package.
2 . The portable electronic accessory of claim 1 , wherein the portable electronic accessory is a truly wireless stereo headphone case including headphone receptacles, the headphone receptacles configured to receive the TWS headphones therein to store the TWS headphones in the TWS headphone case and charge headphone batteries of the TWS headphones while the TWS headphones are received in the headphone receptacles.
3 . The portable electronic accessory of claim 2 , wherein the headphone receptacles include charging pins therein, the charging pins configured to deliver charging power to the TWS headphones when the TWS headphones are received in the headphone receptacles.
4 . The portable electronic accessory of claim 1 , wherein the portable electronic accessory is a device selected from the group consisting of a watch, electronic glasses, and a wireless speaker.
5 . The portable electronic accessory of claim 1 , wherein the control socket has a form factor of a secure digital (SD) card socket to receive a removable control package having a form factor of an SD card.
6 . The portable electronic accessory of claim 1 , further comprising one or more antennas configured to interface with one or more communication radio circuits of the removable control package.
7 . The portable electronic accessory of claim 6 , wherein the one or more antennas include a cellular data antenna configured to interface with a cellular data radio circuit of the removable control package to enable the cellular data radio circuit to communicate by way of a cellular data network.
8 . The portable electronic accessory of claim 6 , wherein the one or more antennas include a wireless personal area network (PAN) antenna configured to interface with a wireless PAN radio circuit of the removable control package to enable the PAN radio circuit to communicate with a PAN peripheral device.
9 . The portable electronic accessory of claim 8 , wherein the PAN peripheral device includes one or more truly wireless stereo (TWS) headphones.
10 . A removable control package, comprising:
input/output pins configured to interface with pins of a control socket of a portable electronic accessory, the control socket configured to removably receive the removable control package, the input/output pins configured to electrically connect to the pins of the control socket when the removable control package is received into the control socket, the input/output pins configured to receive battery power from a battery of the portable electronic accessory;
one or more storage devices storing an audio operating system for use with truly wireless stereo (TWS) headphones, the TWS headphones being separate from the portable electronic accessory and the removable control package;
an application processor configured to execute the audio operating system responsive to insertion of the removable control package into the control socket, the portable electronic accessory comprising a TWS headphone case for the TWS headphones; and
one or more communication radio circuits configured to provide wireless communication capabilities to the portable electronic accessory.
11 . The removable control package of claim 10 , wherein the one or more communication radio circuits are configured to electrically connect, through the input/output pins, to one or more antennas of the portable electronic accessory.
12 . The removable control package of claim 10 , wherein the one or more communication radio circuits comprise a cellular data radio circuit.
13 . The removable control package of claim 12 , wherein the cellular data radio circuit comprises one or more of a narrow-band internet of things (NB-IoT) radio circuit and an enhanced machine type communication (eMTC) long-term evolution (LTE-M) radio circuit.
14 . The removable control package of claim 12 , wherein the cellular data radio circuit is configured to enable cellular voice communications for headphones of the portable electronic accessory.
15 . The removable control package of claim 12 , wherein the cellular data radio circuit is configured to enable music streaming over the Internet for headphones of the portable electronic accessory.
16 . The removable control package of claim 10 , wherein the one or more communication radio circuits comprise a personal area network (PAN) radio circuit.
17 . The removable control package of claim 10 , further comprising a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card slot configured to receive a SIM card.
18 . The removable control package of claim 10 , wherein the application processor is further configured to execute one or more music software applications to provide music to the TWS headphones.
19 . The removable control package of claim 10 , wherein the removable control package has a form factor of a secure digital (SD) card.