# US 11,307,259 B2 · Systems and methods for remotely determining a battery characteristic > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,259 B2 - Document ID: US11307259B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/114,068 - Filed: 2020-12-07 - Published: 2021-03-25 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2013-06-21 - Assignees: Duracell U.S. Operations, Inc. - Applicants: Duracell U.S. Operations, Inc. - Inventors: Nancy Taylor Dempsey; Karen Coltharp McGinnis; Elizabeth Jane Wenzel; Mathias Amann; Jordan Todorov Bourilkov; Sergio Coronado Hortal; Jonathan Livingston Joyce; Faiz Feisal Sherman; Steven Jeffrey Specht - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307259B2 ## CPC - G01R 31/371: with remote indication, e.g. on external chargers - G01R 31/382: Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC - G01S 17/89: for mapping or imaging - H01M 10/4221: {with battery type recognition} - H01M 10/425: {Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing (printed circuits H05K1/00)} - H01M 10/48: Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) - H01M 10/488: {Cells or batteries combined with indicating means for external visualization of the condition, e.g. by change of colour or of light density} - H01M 2010/4278: {Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller} - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY ## Abstract Included are embodiments for remotely determining a battery characteristic. Some embodiments include searching for a first wireless signal that identifies the energy storage device and, in response to receiving the first wireless signal, determining a current charge level of the energy storage device. Some embodiments include receiving a second wireless signal from the energy storage device, determining from the second wireless signal, whether the current charge level of the energy storage device reaches a predetermined threshold, and in response to determining that the current charge level of the energy storage device reaches the predetermined threshold, facilitating replacement of the battery. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computing device for remotely monitoring battery activity comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory memory component that stores logic that, when executed by the processor, causes the computing device to perform at least the following: obtain an image corresponding to a powered device powered by a battery; analyze the image to identify a powered device type; obtain a discharge model corresponding to the powered device type; based on the discharge model, determine a depletion rate for the battery; based on the depletion rate, predict a remaining charge in the battery; determine that the remaining charge is depleted below a threshold charge level; and in response to determining that the remaining charge level of the battery is depleted below the threshold charge level, generate an alert indicating that the remaining charge level is depleted below the threshold charge level. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein the logic further causes the computing device to receive a communication signal that indicates a current charge level of the battery. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The computing device of claim 2, wherein the logic further causes the computing device to adjust the depletion rate based on the current charge level for the battery. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein the logic further causes the computing device to identify an external condition that affects the depletion rate of the battery. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The computing device of claim 4, wherein the logic further causes the computing device to adjust the depletion rate based on the external condition. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The computing device of claim 1, wherein the logic further causes the computing device to determine that an unused or partially used battery is within a signal range of the computing device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The computing device of claim 6, wherein the logic further causes the computing device to configure the alert to include an indication of a physical location of the unused or partially used battery. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The computing device of claim 6, wherein: two or more unused or partially used batteries are within the signal range of the computing device; and the logic further causes the computing device to present an interface to enable a user to select a replacement battery from among the two or more unused or partially used batteries. ### Claim 9 A method for remotely monitoring activity of an energy storage device, comprising: obtaining, by a computing device, an image corresponding to a powered device powered by a battery; analyzing, by the computing device, the image to identify a powered device type; obtaining, by the computing device, a discharge model corresponding to the powered device type; based on the discharge model, determining, by the computing device, a depletion rate for the battery; based on the depletion rate, predicting, by the computing device, a remaining charge in the battery; determining, by the computing device, that the remaining charge is depleted below a threshold charge level; and in response to determining that the remaining charge level of the battery is depleted below the threshold charge level, generating, by the computing device, an alert indicating that the remaining charge level is depleted below the threshold charge level. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: receiving a communication signal that indicates a current charge level of the battery. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: adjusting, by the computing device, the depletion rate based on the current charge level for the battery. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: identifying, by the computing device, an external condition that affects the depletion rate of the battery. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising: adjusting, by the computing device, the depletion rate based on the external condition. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: determining, by the computing device, that an unused or partially used battery is within a signal range of the computing device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: configuring, by the computing device, the alert to include an indication of a physical location of the unused or partially used battery. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein: two or more unused or partially used batteries are within the signal range of the computing device; and the method further comprises presenting, by the computing device, an interface to enable a user to select a replacement battery from among the two or more unused or partially used batteries. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer-readable medium for remotely monitoring activity of an energy storage device powering a powered device that stores logic that, when executed by a processor, causes a computing device to perform the following: obtain an image corresponding to the powered device; analyze the image to identify a type for the powered device; obtain a discharge model corresponding to the powered device type; based on the discharge model, determine a depletion rate for the energy storage device; based on the depletion rate, predict a remaining charge in the energy storage device; determine that the remaining charge is depleted below a threshold charge level; and in response to determining that the remaining charge level of the energy storage device is depleted below the threshold charge level, generate an alert indicating that the remaining charge level is depleted below the threshold charge level. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the logic further causes the computing device to determine that an unused or partially used energy storage device is within a signal range of the computing device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the logic further causes the computing device to configure the alert to include an indication of a physical location of the unused or partially used energy storage device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein: two or more unused or partially used energy storage devices are within the signal range of the computing device; and the logic further causes the computing device to present an interface to enable a user to select a replacement energy storage device from among the two or more unused or partially used energy storage devices.