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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2020
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Liang Jia, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jae-Won Hwang, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The technology provides for a wearable device including a body and an accessory adapted to be attached to the body. The body includes a first coil configured to inductively transmit power. The body may further include first power management circuitry configured to control the first coil to transmit power according to a wireless charging standard, and to modulate the power transmitted through the first coil to transmit data according to a wireless communication standard. The accessory may include a second coil configured to inductively receive power. The accessory may further include second power management circuitry configured to control the second coil to receive the power transmitted through the first coil according to the wireless charging standard, and to control the second coil to receive the data transmitted through the first coil according to the wireless communication standard.