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US 12,119,703 B2Granted
System configured to decrease battery ageing of ear wearable device due to transportation or storage of the device while ensuring high charge before initial use
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsKyle Olson, Justin Burwinkel, Michael Karl Sacha
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Abstract
An example system includes an ear-wearable device comprising a housing and a rechargeable battery located within the housing; a supplemental power storage device configured to provide electrical energy; and circuitry configured to transfer, responsive to occurrence of an event, electrical energy from the supplemental power storage device to the rechargeable battery prior to an initial use of the ear-wearable device.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- an ear-wearable device comprising a housing and a rechargeable battery located within the housing;
- a supplemental power storage device located within or attached to an exterior of the housing, configured to provide electrical energy;
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- circuitry configured to transfer, responsive to occurrence of an event, the electrical energy from the supplemental power storage device to the rechargeable battery prior to an initial use of the ear-wearable device,
- wherein the ear-wearable device, the supplemental power storage device, and the circuitry and disposed within a product package during shipping, wherein the circuitry includes one or more magnetic field sensors and is included within the housing, wherein the one or more magnetic field sensors include one or more near field magnetic induction (NFMI) sensors, and wherein the event includes scanning of the product package at a point of sale.
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A method comprising:
- monitoring, by one or more components included in a product package of a device, for occurrence of an event, wherein the one or more components include one or more near field magnetic induction (NFMI) sensors, and wherein the event includes scanning of the product package at a point of sale;
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- responsive to detecting occurrence of the event, transferring electrical energy from a supplemental power storage device included in the product package to a rechargeable battery of the device.
A system comprising:
- an ear-wearable device comprising a housing and a rechargeable battery located within the housing;
- a supplemental power storage device located within or attached to an exterior of the housing, configured to provide electrical energy;
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- circuitry configured to transfer, responsive to occurrence of an event, the electrical energy from the supplemental power storage device to the rechargeable battery prior to an initial use of the ear-wearable device,
- wherein the ear-wearable device, the supplemental power storage device, and the circuitry and disposed within a product package during shipping, wherein the circuitry includes one or more position sensors and is included within the housing, and wherein occurrence of the event comprises arrival of the product package to a geofenced area or departure of the product package from the geofenced area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.