Patents by Inventor Tony Mantler

Tony Mantler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10072947
    Abstract: Techniques for visual-assisted wireless charging, including methods and systems, including machine-readable media storing executable instructions. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes detecting, at a mobile device that includes a wireless charging coil, electromagnetic signals from a wireless charging pad, determining, based on the detected electromagnetic signals, that the mobile device is in proximity of the wireless charging pad, determining, based on the detected electromagnetic signals, a direction to move the mobile device to align the wireless charging coil with the wireless charging pad, and in response to detecting that the mobile device is in proximity of the wireless charging pad indicating, displaying on a screen of the mobile device, (i) a location of the wireless charging coil within the mobile device, (ii) the direction to move the mobile device to align the wireless charging coil with the wireless charging pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Tony Mantler