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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 12015436 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2021

Devices that use power harvesting power sources for operation

Applicants:

Gary M. Zalewski, Piedmont, CA (US);

Albert S. Penilla, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gary M. Zalewski, Piedmont, CA (US);

Albert S. Penilla, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Junpeng Chen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2015.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); H02N 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/3833 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01); H02N 11/002 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04B 1/1607 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08); Y04S 40/18 (2018.05);
Abstract

A device is provided that includes a persistent memory, a microcontroller and a power source configured to generate power in response to energy harvesting. The power is transferred to a power storage of the device such that when the power storage has an amount of power the microcontroller performs processing of a part of a task resulting in state data related to the task stored to the persistent memory in response to a first cycle of energy harvesting. In response to one or more additional cycles of energy harvesting, the device continues performance of the task by retrieving the state data for the part of the task from the persistent memory and resulting in assembly of a payload that comprises an update to software running on the device.

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