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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10356537 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2017

All-in-one method for wireless connectivity and contactless battery charging of small wearables

Applicant:

Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Marcus P. Niklaus, Fenin, CH;

Onur Kazanc, Neuchatel, CH;

Assignee:

SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Attorney:

Ramey & Schwaller, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Huyen D Le

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H04B 5/0037 (2013.01); H04R 25/602 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H04R 25/552 (2013.01); H04R 2225/31 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01);
Abstract

One illustrative wearable device embodiment includes: a battery; an antenna coil; a wireless charging module coupled to the antenna coil to harvest wireless power for charging the battery; an NFC (near field communications) module coupled to the antenna coil to receive a query signal and provide a tag response signal; and an NFMI (near field magnetic induction) module coupled to the antenna coil to send and receive audio streams. An illustrative wireless communications method embodiment includes: coupling an antenna coil to a wireless charging module to charge a battery; coupling the antenna coil to an NFC (near field communications) module; and coupling the antenna coil to an NFMI (near field magnetic induction) module to send or receive an audio stream. When coupled, the NFC module receives a query signal, provides a tag response signal, and receives a command signal to set at least one parameter value affecting rendering of the audio stream.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Niklaus, Marcus. (2019). All-in-one method for wireless connectivity and contactless battery charging of small wearables (U.S. Patent No. 10356537). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10356537

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