SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY DETERMINING A BATTERY CHARACTERISTIC

• Main Authors: Amann, Mathias, Bourilkov, Jordan Todorov, Sherman, Faiz Feisal, McGinnis, Karen Coltharp, Dempsey, Nancy Taylor, Joyce, Jonathan Livingston, Specht, Steven Jeffrey, Coronado Hortal, Sergio, Wenzel, Elizabeth Jane
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.03.2021
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; ELECTRICITY; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING

Included are embodiments for remotely determining a battery characteristic. Some embodiments include searching for a first wireless signal that identifies the energy storage device and, in response to receiving the first wireless signal, determining a current charge level of the energy storage device. Some embodiments include receiving a second wireless signal from the energy storage device, determining from the second wireless signal, whether the current charge level of the energy storage device reaches a predetermined threshold, and in response to determining that the current charge level of the energy storage device reaches the predetermined threshold, facilitating replacement of the battery.