Internet of things battery device
AssigneeTahoe Research, Ltd.
InventorsWael Guibene, John Brady, Keith Nolan, Mark Kelly, Cliodhna Ni Scanaill
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for monitoring an internet-of-things (IoT) battery device (IBD). An example IBD includes a radio transceiver to communicate with an IoT charging device (ICD), a battery, and a battery monitor to determine a state of charge for the battery. An alerter is included to send an alert message to the ICD, via the radio transceiver, to indicate that the SoCh is less than an alert threshold.
Claims20
A battery device comprising:
- a radio transceiver to communicate with at least one charging device;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- transmit, via the radio transceiver, an alert message including location information, the alert message indicating at least:
- a state of health (SoH) of a battery of the battery device, a state of function (SoF) of the battery, or both the SoH and the SoF of the battery;
- and
- receive, from the at least one charging device, information including instructions to direct the battery device to a nearest charging device for charging, the instructions being based on the location information.
A charging device capable of monitoring a battery device, the charging device comprising:
- a radio transceiver configured to communicate with the battery device;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- receive, via the radio transceiver, an alert message including location information, the alert message indicating at least:
- a state of health (SoH) of a battery of the battery device;
- a state of function (SoF) of the battery;
- or both the SoH and the SoF of the battery;
- determine a location of the battery device using the location information;
- and
- generate, for sending by the radio transceiver to the battery device, information including instructions to direct the battery device to a nearest charging device for charging, the nearest charging device being selected from a plurality of charging devices,
- wherein the instructions are generated based on the location of the battery device determined by the charging device.
A method of monitoring a battery device, the method comprising:
- communicating, via a radio transceiver, with the battery device;
- receiving, via the radio transceiver, an alert message including location information, the alert message indicating at least:
- a state of health (SoH) of a battery of the battery device;
- a state of function (SoF) of the battery;
- or both the SoH and the SoF of the battery;
- determining a location of the battery device using the location information;
- and
- generating, for sending by the radio transceiver to the battery device, information including instructions to direct the battery device to a nearest charging device for charging, the nearest charging device being selected from a plurality of charging devices,
- wherein the instructions are generated based on the location of the battery device determined by at least one of the plurality of charging devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.