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US 2003/0080938 A1Published application
Self-powered wireless device
OwnerBin Lian, Franklin G. Monzon +1inventors
InventorsBin Lian, Franklin G. Monzon, Prateek Dujari
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Abstract
A wireless peripheral for a processor-based device may include a plurality of operators or control buttons that are operated to indicate commands. Those commands may be forwarded over a wireless link in the form of electrical signals to the processor-based device. Operation of the controls or operators may be converted into electrical energy which may be utilized to power the wireless peripheral.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing a wireless device for a processor-based device;
- generating power in the device from the operation of a control operator of the device.
A wireless device comprising:
- a housing;
- a control operator to provide input signals, said operator located on said housing;
- a mechanism to generate power in response to the operation of said control operator.
A wireless device comprising:
- a housing;
- an input device associated with said housing;
- and
- a mechanism to generate power in response to operation of said input device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.