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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
James (Jimmy) Robert Lim, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuting (Tim) Yeh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Wang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Poon-Keong Ang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Erik Avy Vaknine, San Jose, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of using light-energy to communicate with a packaged computing device is described. In some embodiments, an optical detector of the computing device stored in a container receives light energy through a light-transparent window of the container. In some embodiments, the light energy is used to charge a battery of the computing device while the computing device is in the container. In some embodiments, a pre-defined pattern of light pulses is used to transition the computing device between a sleep state and a wake state while the computing device is in the container.