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Power transmission apparatus, method for controlling the same, and program

  • US 10,079,516 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2015
  • Issued: 09/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A power transmission apparatus comprising:

  • a power transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit power;

    a detection unit configured to detect, based on first power for detection transmitted by the power transmission unit, an object present in a range of the power transmission apparatus where the power is transmitted; and

    a discrimination unit configured to discriminate, based on an authentication, whether the object detected by the detection unit is a power reception apparatus to which power is to be transmitted, wherein the power transmission unit transmits, to the object, second power for the authentication,wherein the discrimination unit performs the discrimination in a case where the detection unit detects the object at each of a plurality of times of transmission of the first power, andwherein the power transmission unit transmits third power to the object which is discriminated, by the discrimination unit, to be the power reception apparatus, to which power is to be transmitted, the third power being larger than the first power and the second power.

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