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US 12,596,152 B2Granted
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 system, comprising:
- a plurality of internet-of-things (IoT) charging devices (ICDs);
- and
- a vehicle including an IoT battery device (IBD), the IBD comprising:
- a battery;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- determine a state of charge (SoCh) for the battery, the SoCh being a value that represents a remaining capacity of the battery;
- alert a user when the SoCh crosses an alert threshold;
- communicate, in response to a user input, via a wide area network (WAN) with at least one ICD of the plurality of ICDs to receive status information and location information of one or more ICDs of the plurality of ICDs;
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- based at least in part on the status information and the location information, provide directions to the user to the one or more ICDs of the plurality of ICDs, wherein the one or more ICDs of the plurality of ICDs are capable of charging the IBD.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an internet-of-things (IoT) battery device (IBD), the IBD comprising:
- a battery;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine a state of charge (SoCh) for the battery, the SoCh being a value that represents a remaining capacity of the battery;
- alert a user when the SoCh crosses an alert threshold;
- communicate, in response to user input, via a wide area network (WAN) with at least one IoT charging device (ICD) to receive status information and location information of one or more ICDs;
- and
- based at least on the status information and the location information, provide directions to the user to the one or more ICDs, which are capable of charging the IBD.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an internet-of-things (IoT) charging device (ICD), the ICD comprising:
- a charger configured to provide power to one or more IoT battery devices (IBDs);
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive a notification, via a wide area network (WAN), indicating a state of charge (SoCh) of a battery of an IBD, the SoCh being a value that represents a remaining capacity of the battery;
- and
- communicate via the WAN with the IBD to provide status information and location information of the ICD, wherein the location information would, in part, allow a vehicle comprising the IBD to navigate to the ICD.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.