Power receiving apparatus and method for preventing unfair use

• US 10,116,171 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2016
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Iwasaki, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Fureman, Jared
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bukhari, Aqeel
• Application Number:
  US15/180,176
• Publication Number:
  US 20170077766A1
• Time in Patent Office: 869 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices

Abstract

A power receiving apparatus carried in an electronic device comprises a power receiving module configured to receive electric power supplied from a power supply apparatus in a non-contact manner; a supply module configured to supply the electric power received by the power receiving module to a power load section of the electronic device; an acquisition module configured to acquire identification information for identifying the power supply apparatus from the power supply apparatus; a determination module configured to determine whether the identification information acquired by the acquisition module is coincident with preset identification information; and a control module configured to suppress the electric power supplied to the power load section if the determination module determines that the identification information is not coincident with the preset identification information.

Claims

1. A power receiving apparatus comprised in an electronic device, comprising:

a power receiving module configured to receive electric power supplied from a power supply apparatus in a non-contact manner;

a supply module configured to supply the electric power received by the power receiving module to a power load section of the electronic device;

an acquisition module configured to acquire identification information for identifying the power supply apparatus from the power supply apparatus;

a determination module configured to determine whether the identification information acquired by the acquisition module is coincident with present identification information;

a control module configured to suppress the electric power supplied to the power load section in response to a determination by the determination module that the identification information is not coincident with the preset identification information; and

a notification module configured to transmit notification information for notifying a predetermined external device of a probability of a theft in response to the determination by the determination module that the identification information is not coincident with the preset identification information.

2. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control module suppresses a power supply operation of the power supply apparatus in response to the determination by the determination module that the identification information is not coincident with the preset identification information.

3. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the power receiving module transmits a command to the power supply apparatus to enable the power supply apparatus to start the power supply operation;

and

the control module suppresses transmission of the command in response to the determination by the determination module that the identification information is not coincident with the preset identification information.

4. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the power receiving module transmits a command to the power supply apparatus to enable the power supply apparatus to start a power supply operation;

and

the control module ceases supply of the electric power to the power load section from the supply module based on the command.

5. A method for preventing unfair use by a power receiving apparatus of an electronic device that supplies electric power supplied from a power supply apparatus in a non-contact manner to a power load section equipped in the electronic device, comprising:

acquiring identification information for identifying the power supply apparatus from the power supply apparatus;

determining whether the acquired identification information is coincident with preset identification information;

suppressing the electric power supplied to the power load section in response to a determination that the identification information is not coincident with the present identification information; and

transmitting notification information for notifying a predetermined external device of a probability of a theft in response to the determination that the identification information is not coincident with the preset identification information.