Harman International Industries, Inc.

Seonman Kim

Rajesh Khandelwal

Donald Joseph Butts

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for charging an electronic device. The technique includes determining that the electronic device is proximate to a first induction coil that is included in a plurality of induction coils that are disposed in a steering wheel. The technique further includes, in response to determining that the electronic device is proximate to the first induction coil, causing electrical current to be supplied to the first induction coil to charge the electronic device.

Opportunistic charging of an electronic device

System, method, and computer program product to perform an operation, by, responsive to receiving a vehicle event notification by a computing system in a vehicle, switching the computing system from a sleep mode to an active mode, sending, to a user, a user notification generated responsive to the vehicle event notification, and returning the computing system to the sleep mode.

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Seonman Kim