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• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
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  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
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  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
  • H02J50/00—Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
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  • H04B5/00—Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
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  • H04B5/79—Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems specially adapted for specific purposes for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
  • H02J50/00—Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
  • H02J50/10—Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling
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• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
  • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
  • H02J7/00032—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries characterised by data exchange
  • H02J7/00034—Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04B—TRANSMISSION
  • H04B5/00—Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
  • H04B5/20—Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems characterised by the transmission technique; characterised by the transmission medium
  • H04B5/24—Inductive coupling

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an
• a power supply apparatus and a power receiving apparatus transmit/receive control signals or the like to exchange information for various control operations such as a notification of required power.
• a load modulation scheme is used for
• the power receiving apparatus cannot discriminate between a case in which there is the foreign substance and a case in which there is the other power receiving apparatus from the received power deterioration, and cannot distinguish between an abnormal state in which power is consumed by the foreign substance and a normal state in which a
• plurality of power receiving apparatuses share power.
• the present invention has been made in consideration of the aforementioned problems, and can specify the cause of a change in received power in wireless power transfer.
• a power transfer system comprising a power supply apparatus, and a first power receiving apparatus and a second power receiving apparatus which receive power supply from the power supply apparatus, the first power receiving apparatus comprising first detection means for observing a power transfer signal from the power supply apparatus, and detecting whether power transfer is being performed between the power supply apparatus and the second power receiving apparatus, and deformation means for
• the second power receiving apparatus comprising second detection means for
• apparatus for receiving power supply from a power supply apparatus, comprising: detection means for observing a power transfer signal from the power supply apparatus, and detecting whether power transfer is being performed between the power supply apparatus and another power receiving apparatus; and deformation means for deforming a waveform of the signal with a predetermined pattern when the power transfer is being performed between the power supply apparatus and the other power receiving apparatus.
• apparatus for receiving power supply from a power supply apparatus, comprising: detection means for detecting deterioration in power which is received from the power supply apparatus and detecting whether a waveform of a power transfer signal from the power supply apparatus changes with a predetermined pattern within a predetermined time after detecting the power deterioration; and determination means for determining that another power receiving apparatus is in a power suppliable range of the power supply apparatus when detecting the change in the waveform of the signal with the predetermined pattern.
• first detection means to observe a power transfer signal from the power supply apparatus, and detect whether power transfer is being performed between the power supply apparatus and the second power receiving apparatus, and causing deformation means to deform a waveform of the signal with a predetermined pattern when the power transfer is being performed between the power supply apparatus and the second power receiving apparatus; and in the second power receiving apparatus, causing second detection means to detect deterioration in power which is received from the power supply apparatus and detect whether the waveform of the signal changes with the predetermined pattern within a predetermined time after detecting the power deterioration, and causing determination means to determine that the first power receiving apparatus is in a power suppliable range of the power supply apparatus when detecting the change in the waveform of the signal with the predetermined pattern .
• a method of controlling a power receiving apparatus which receives power supply from a power supply apparatus comprising: causing detection means to observe a power transfer signal from the power supply apparatus, and detect whether power transfer is being performed between the power supply apparatus and another power receiving apparatus; and causing deformation means to deform a waveform of the signal with a predetermined pattern when the power transfer is being performed between the power supply apparatus and the other power receiving apparatus.
• a method of controlling a power receiving apparatus which receives power supply from a power supply apparatus comprising: causing detection means to detect deterioration in power which is received from the power supply apparatus and detect whether a waveform of a power transfer signal from the power supply apparatus changes with a predetermined pattern within a predetermined time after detecting the power deterioration; and causing determination means to determine that another power receiving apparatus is in a power suppliable range of the power supply apparatus when detecting the change in the waveform of the signal with the predetermined pattern.
• FIG. 1 is a view showing an example of the arrangement of a power transfer system
• FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the arrangement of each power receiving apparatus
• FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the arrangement of a power supply apparatus
• Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the power receiving apparatus when received power deteriorates
• FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process of the power receiving apparatus when entering a power suppliable range of the power supply apparatus
• FIGs. 6A and 6B are views showing examples of a change in the received power
• Figs. 7A and 7B are conceptual views showing the relationship between the number of the power receiving apparatuses near the power supply apparatus and the received power;
• Fig. 8 is a conceptual view showing the power of a power transfer signal when a plurality of power receiving apparatuses perform authentication processes temporally continuously;
• Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of authentication by the power receiving apparatus.
• Fig. 10 is a conceptual view showing the power of the power transfer signal when some of the authentication processes are omitted.
• Fig. 1 is a view showing an example of the arrangement of a power transfer system for performing wireless power transfer.
• the power transfer system shown in Fig. 1 includes, for example, a power supply apparatus 101, a first power receiving apparatus 102, and a second power receiving apparatus 103.
• the power supply apparatus 101 supplies power using, for example, a resonant magnetic coupling scheme to at least one of the first power receiving apparatus 102 and the second power receiving apparatus 103.
• the first power receiving apparatus 102 and the second power receiving apparatus 103 are apparatuses which receive and use power. Each of them is, for example, a
• Fig. 2 shows an example of the arrangement of each power receiving apparatus (the first power receiving apparatus 102 or the second power receiving apparatus 103) . Note that Fig. 2 only shows blocks regarding wireless power transfer in the arrangement of each power receiving apparatus.
• Each power receiving apparatus includes, for example, as shown in Fig. 2, an antenna 201, a capacitor circuit 202, a load modulation unit 203, a demodulation unit 204, a power detection unit 205, and a control unit 206.
• the antenna 201 is used to receive power supplied from the power supply apparatus 101.
• the capacitor circuit 202 is a capacitor circuit to cope with instantaneous interruption of received power and, for example, a super capacitor circuit.
• the load modulation unit 203 performs load modulation on a power transfer signal which has been transmitted from the power supply apparatus to deform the signal with a predetermined pattern in order to transmit
• the demodulation unit 204 When receiving the signal on which another power receiving apparatus has performed load modulation to transmit the predetermined data, the demodulation unit 204
• the power detection unit 205 observes the power transfer signal from the power supply apparatus 101, and detects whether power
• the power detection unit 205 also detects a change in received power. More specifically, the power detection unit 205 detects, for example, power deterioration caused by the fact that the other power receiving apparatus or a foreign substance is in the power suppliable range of the power supply apparatus 101.
• the control unit 206 is a functional unit which
• the controller controls the entire power receiving apparatus, and controls, for example, the capacitor circuit 202, the load modulation unit 203, the demodulation unit 204, and the power detection unit 205.
• the apparatus 102 and the second power receiving apparatus 103 may have all of these functions, or may only have some of them. Furthermore, the power supply apparatus 101, the first power receiving apparatus 102, and the second power receiving apparatus 103 are described to transmit/receive data by load modulation. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The power supply apparatus 101, the first power receiving apparatus 102, and the second power receiving apparatus 103 are described to transmit/receive data by load modulation. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The power supply apparatus 101, the first power receiving
• the second power receiving apparatus 103 may transmit/receive data by, for example,
• FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the arrangement of the power supply apparatus 101.
• the power supply apparatus 101 includes, for example, as shown in Fig. 3, an antenna 301, a power supply circuit 302, a demodulation unit 303, and a control unit 304.
• the antenna 301 is used to transmit a signal for supplying power to each power receiving apparatus.
• the power supply circuit 302 controls power supplied from the antenna 301.
• the demodulation unit 303 demodulates a load-modulated signal transmitted by each power receiving apparatus.
• the control unit 304 is a
• the power supply apparatus 101 may have all of these functions, or some of them may be omitted.
• Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing a process when received power deteriorates in the second power receiving apparatus 103 which is receiving power supply from the power supply apparatus 101.
• Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing a process when the first power receiving apparatus 102 enters a power suppliable range of the power supply apparatus 101.
• the power detection unit 205 observes the power transfer signal supplied from the power supply apparatus 101, and determines whether power deteriorates (step S401) . If no power deterioration is detected (NO in step S401) , power transfer between the second power receiving apparatus 103 and the power supply apparatus 101 is continued.
• the second power receiving apparatus 103 determines, after detection of power deterioration and within a
• step S402 the second power receiving apparatus 103 determines, after detection of the power deterioration and within the predetermined time, whether load modulation has been performed on the power transfer signal transmitted from the power supply apparatus 101.
• FIG. 6A shows a change in the waveform of the power transfer signal when a foreign substance is placed on the power supply apparatus 101.
• the foreign substance is placed on the power supply apparatus 101.
• the amplitude of the power transfer signal afterwards is generally constant, and a load-modulated signal with a predetermined pattern is not detected.
• Figs. 7A and 7B are views schematically showing the relationship between the number of power receiving apparatuses and power received by each power receiving apparatus.
• 701 of Fig. 7A shows power received by the second power receiving apparatus 103 when there is one power receiving apparatus
• 702 and 703 of Fig. 7B show powers received by the second power receiving apparatus 103 and the first power receiving apparatus 102 when there are two power receiving apparatuses.
• the characteristic impedances of the two power receiving apparatuses are the same. Therefore, when there are two power receiving
• apparatus 101 is divided in two, and then received.
• the amplitude of the power transfer signal is deformed with a predetermined pattern (606) as shown in Fig. 6B. That is, the first power receiving apparatus 102 deforms the signal transmitted by the power supply apparatus 101 with the predetermined pattern by the load modulation, and transmits predetermined data. Therefore, the second power receiving apparatus 103 can determine whether the load-modulated signal is transmitted by detecting whether a change in this power transfer signal
• the second power receiving apparatus 103 determines that the other power receiving apparatus has entered the power suppliable range of the power supply apparatus 101. In this case, since the operation is normal, the power transfer process remains continued, for example. On the other hand, when determining that the load-modulated signal is not received (NO in step S402), the second power receiving apparatus 103 determines that the foreign substance causes received power deterioration. In this case, since an abnormality has occurred, for example, this abnormality state (existence of the foreign substance) is notified to the power supply apparatus 101, thereby stopping power supply.
• the power supply apparatus 101 may, for example, notify a user of the second power receiving apparatus 103 to remove the foreign substance by displaying a notice that the abnormality has been detected on a display unit (not shown) or the like without stopping power supply.
• apparatus 102 may notify the power supply apparatus 101 that it is different from the foreign substance by performing predetermined load modulation when
• the first power receiving apparatus 102 may differentiate a load modulation pattern when monitoring from that at the time of initial processing. This allows the power supply apparatus 101 to easily discriminate which one of the known power receiving apparatus and unknown power receiving apparatus is in the power suppliable range by differentiating the load modulation pattern when monitoring from that at the time of initial
• detection unit 205 first observes the power transfer signal from the power supply apparatus 101, and detects whether power transfer is being performed between the power supply apparatus 101 and the second power
• step S501 the first power receiving apparatus 102 detects, at a position where it exists, whether there is an
• the first power receiving apparatus 102 determines whether the observed power transfer signal is an authentication signal (step S502) . Transmission of this authentication signal corresponds, for example, to the temporary power transmission disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2009-011129. In this case, the first power receiving apparatus 102 determines, for example, whether a signal for temporary power transmission is received. If the observed power transfer signal is the authentication signal (YES in step S502), the first power receiving apparatus 102 performs an authentication process for receiving power supply from the power supply apparatus 101 between itself and the power supply apparatus 101
• step S505 the process ends.
• the first power receiving apparatus 102 determines whether load modulation is performed on the power transfer signal, and more specifically, whether the load-modulated signal is received (step S503) .
• the second power receiving apparatus 103 When the second power receiving apparatus 103 performs load modulation, even if the first power receiving apparatus 102 performs additional load modulation, the second power receiving apparatus 103 cannot detect this. Hence, when detecting that load modulation is performed on the power transfer signal (YES in step S503) , the first power receiving apparatus 102 waits until a period in which no load modulation is performed without performing additional load modulation on the signal.
• the first power receiving apparatus 102 performs, in the period in which no load modulation is performed on the power transfer signal (NO in step S503) , load modulation with a predetermined pattern on the power transfer signal which is sent from the power supply apparatus 101 (step S504). This allows the second power receiving apparatus 103 to receive a load- modulated signal reliably.
• the second embodiment describes a case in which a power supply apparatus 101 which detects a first power receiving apparatus 102 temporarily stops power supply to a second power receiving apparatus 103 and
• the first power receiving apparatus 102 and the second power receiving apparatus 103 receive the power supply from the power supply apparatus 101 after succeeding in the authentication.
• an authentication process between the second power receiving apparatus 103 and the power supply apparatus 101 has completed.
• the second power receiving apparatus 103 must be authenticated again even though it has already been authenticated and is receiving power supply.
• the power supply apparatus performs authentication when there is power deterioration and an unknown power receiving apparatus is detected (801) .
• authentication A which has already been performed is performed, performing two authentication operations, namely authentication A and authentication B (802) .
• the already performed authentication A and authentication B are performed once again ( 804 ) .
• Fig. 8 also shows a state in which the authentication succeeds. However, there is also a case in which the power supply apparatus 101 does not supply power by considering that there is some foreign substance when the authentication fails. This may further degrade the efficiency of power transfer.
• Fig. 9 shows an operation of this process.
• step S901 the power receiving apparatus determines whether the
• step S902 authentication between itself and the power supply apparatus 101 has completed.
• step S904 the power receiving apparatus does not respond to the authentication signal.
• step S903 the power receiving apparatus responds to the authentication signal.
• the first power receiving apparatus 102 since the first power receiving apparatus 102 newly enters the power suppliable range of the power supply apparatus 101, it has not been authenticated yet. Therefore, upon receiving the authentication signal, the first power receiving apparatus 102 responds to the signal to perform the authentication process between itself and the power supply apparatus 101. After succeeding in the authentication, the first power receiving apparatus 102 starts receiving power from the power supply apparatus 101.
• Fig. 10 shows power of the power transfer signal in this case.
• the power supply apparatus transits to an authentication phase to send an authentication signal.
• the power receiving apparatus B does not respond to this authentication signal, since it has already been authenticated.
• the power receiving apparatus B does not respond to this authentication signal, since it has already been authenticated.
• authentication for a newly added power receiving apparatus is only performed in an
• capacitor circuit 202 which is capable of coping with the authentication phase for one power supply apparatus.
• a computer of a system or apparatus that reads out and executes computer executable instructions recorded on a storage medium (e.g., non-transitory computer-readable storage medium) to perform the
• the computer may comprise one or more of a central processing unit (CPU) , micro processing unit (MPU) , or other circuitry, and may include a network of separate computers or separate computer processors.
• the storage medium may include, for example, one or more of a hard disk, a random-access memory (RAM) , a read only memory (ROM) , a storage of distributed computing
• an optical disk such as a compact disc (CD) , digital versatile disc (DVD), or Blu-ray Disc (BD)TM
• CD compact disc
• DVD digital versatile disc
• BD Blu-ray Disc

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