US 12,299,479 B2Granted

Load sharing between wireless earpieces

AssigneeBRAGI GmbH

InventorPeter Vincent Boesen

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Abstract

A method for off-loading tasks between a set of wireless earpieces in an embodiment of the present invention may have one or more of the following steps: (a) monitoring battery levels of the set of wireless earpieces, (b) determining the first wireless earpiece battery level and the second wireless battery level, (c) communicating the battery levels of each wireless earpiece to the other wireless earpiece of the set of wireless earpieces, (d) assigning a first task involving one or more of the following: computing tasks, background tasks, audio processing tasks, and sensor data analysis tasks from one of the set of wireless earpieces to the other wireless earpiece if the battery level of the one of the set of wireless earpieces falls below a critical threshold, (e) communicating data for use in performing a second task to the other wireless earpiece if the second task is communicated to the first wireless earpiece.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for battery management between a set of wireless earpieces comprising a first wireless earpiece with a first processor and a second wireless earpiece with a second processor, the method comprising:

monitoring a first battery level of a first battery within the first wireless earpiece using a first sensor operatively coupled to the first battery and disposed within the first wireless earpiece;
monitoring processor utilization for the first wireless earpiece;
monitoring a second battery level of a second battery within the second wireless earpiece using a second sensor operatively coupled to the second battery and disposed within the second wireless earpiece;
monitoring processor utilization for the second wireless earpiece;
determining the first battery level of the first battery within the first wireless earpiece, the processor utilization for the first wireless earpiece, the second battery level of the second battery within the second wireless earpiece, and the processor utilization for the second wireless earpiece in order to assign by the set of wireless earpieces a first processing task to either the first wireless earpiece or the second wireless earpiece based on the first battery level of the first battery within the first wireless earpiece, the second battery level of the second battery within the second wireless earpiece, the processor utilization for the first wireless earpiece, and the processor utilization for the second wireless earpiece;
assigning by the set of wireless earpieces the first processing task to one of the first wireless earpiece and the second wireless earpiece based on the first battery level of the first battery within the first wireless earpiece, the second battery level of the second battery within the second wireless earpiece, the processor utilization for the first wireless earpiece, and the processor utilization for the second wireless earpiece;
performing the first processing task at one of the first wireless earpiece and the second wireless earpiece;
communicating a command of the first processing task from the set of wireless earpieces to a mobile device.

5 more elements

A method for battery management between a set of wireless earpieces, the set of wireless earpieces comprising a first wireless earpiece with a first processor and a second wireless earpiece with a second processor, the method comprising:

monitoring a first battery level of a first battery within the first wireless earpiece using a first sensor operatively coupled to the first battery and disposed within the first wireless earpiece;
monitoring processor utilization for the first wireless earpiece;
monitoring a second battery level of a second battery within the second wireless earpiece using a second sensor operatively coupled to the second battery and disposed within the second wireless earpiece;
monitoring processor utilization for the second wireless earpiece;
determining the first battery level of the first battery within the first wireless earpiece, the processor utilization for the first wireless earpiece, the second battery level of the second battery within the second wireless earpiece, and the processor utilization for the second wireless earpiece in order to assign a first processing task to one of the set of wireless earpieces and to a device coupled to an Internet of Things (IoT) network operatively connected to the set of wireless earpieces based on the first battery level of the first wireless earpiece, the processor utilization for the first wireless earpiece, the second battery level of the second wireless earpiece, and the processor utilization for the second wireless earpiece;
assigning by the set of wireless earpieces the first processing task to the device coupled to the IoT network based on the first battery level of the first battery within the first wireless earpiece, the processor utilization of the first wireless earpiece, the second battery level of the second battery within the second wireless earpiece, and the processor utilization of the second wireless earpiece;
communicating the assigned first processing task to the device;
and
performing the assigned first processing task at the device coupled to the IoT network based on the first battery level of the first battery within the first wireless earpiece, the processor utilization of the first wireless earpiece, the second battery level of the second battery within the second wireless earpiece, and the processor utilization of the second wireless earpiece.

6 more elements

monitoring a first battery level of a first battery within the first wireless earpiece using a first sensor operatively coupled to the first battery and disposed within the first wireless earpiece;
monitoring processor utilization for the first wireless earpiece;
monitoring a second battery level of a second battery within the second wireless earpiece using a second sensor operatively coupled to the second battery and disposed within the second wireless earpiece;
monitoring processor utilization for the second wireless earpiece;
requesting at least one of the second battery level of the second wireless earpiece by the first wireless earpiece and the first battery level of the first wireless earpiece by the second wireless earpiece;
requesting at least one of the processor utilization of the second wireless earpiece by the first wireless earpiece and the processor utilization of the second wireless earpiece by the first wireless earpiece;
determining the first battery level of the first battery within the first wireless earpiece, the second battery level of the second battery within the second wireless earpiece, the processor utilization for the first wireless earpiece, and the processor utilization for the second wireless earpiece in order to assign by the set of wireless earpieces a first processing task to either the first wireless earpiece or the second wireless earpiece based on the first battery level of the first battery within the first wireless earpiece, the second battery level of the second battery within the second wireless earpiece, the processor utilization for the first wireless earpiece, and the processor utilization for the second wireless earpiece;
assigning by the set of wireless earpieces the first processing task to one of the first wireless earpiece and the second wireless earpiece based on the first battery level of the first battery within the first wireless earpiece, the processor utilization for the first wireless earpiece, the second battery level of the second battery within the second wireless earpiece, and the processor utilization for the second wireless earpiece;
performing the first processing task at one of the first wireless earpiece and the second wireless earpiece;
wherein each of the steps is performed at the set of wireless earpieces.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/059,303Filed 28 Nov 2022 · continuation
Priority: 22 Mar 2017
Published: US 2023/0092994 A123 Mar 2023
Granted: 13 May 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification23 codes

G06F 9/4856
Task life-cycle, e.g. stopping, restarting, resuming execution: resumption being on a different machine, e.g. task migration, virtual machine…
G06F 1/3212
Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality: monitoring battery levels, e.g. power saving mode being…
G06F 1/329
Power saving characterised by the action undertaken: by task scheduling
G06F 9/4893
Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues: taking into account power or heat criteria

Family

Application62/474,974Us provisional application · filed 22 Mar 2017
Application15/912,814Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Mar 2018
US 2023/0092994 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Mar 2023
US 11,544,104 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0276039 A1Published application
US 12,299,479 B2This patent

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