{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "description": "Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for energy harvesting, automatic recharging, and power consumption reduction for smart home sensors, devices, and networks. An…",
  "path": "/patents/1377681",
  "publishedAt": "2025-12-25T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
  "tags": [
    "H02J50/23",
    "Roku, Inc."
  ],
  "textContent": "Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for energy harvesting, automatic recharging, and power consumption reduction for smart home sensors, devices, and networks. An example embodiment operates by determining an estimated or predicted future time that a device will have insufficient electrical energy in an energy storage of the device for the device to operate. The device can be, for example, an internet-of-things device, such as a sensor, actuator, and/or RF communications repeater, that includes a radio frequency communication transmitter and an energy harvester. Based on and prior to the estimated or predicted future time, there is commanded an activation of a directed energy recharger in sufficient proximity to the device such that a directed energy beam transmitted or emitted by the directed energy recharger upon activation increases the energy stored in the energy storage of the device.",
  "title": "ENERGY HARVESTING, AUTOMATIC RECHARGING, AND POWER CONSUMPTION REDUCTION FOR SMART HOME SENSORS, DEVICES, AND NETWORKS"
}