Non-contact type power supplying apparatus and non-contact type power supplying method

• US 10,170,933 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2014
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wit Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Kang, Chang Soo, Oh, Soon Tack, Park, Chul Gyun, Sung, Jae Suk, Han, Hee Sun
• Primary Examiner(s): Amrany, Adi
• Application Number:
  US14/543,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20150137614A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,506 Days
• Field of Search: 307104
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/60 responsive to the presence of foreign objects, e.g. detection of living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/26 using coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A non-contact type power supplying apparatus may be capable of detecting another power receiving apparatus even during the charging. The non-contact type power supplying apparatus may include: a first output unit outputting a detection signal detecting a power receiving apparatus; and a second output unit outputting a wake-up signal waking-up a communications circuit of the detected power receiving apparatus when the power receiving apparatus is detected, thereby making it possible to supply power to the detected power receiving apparatus using a non-contact type method.

Claims

1. A non-contact type power supplying apparatus comprising:

a first transmitting coil configured to output a detection signal through the first transmitting coil, wherein the detection signal is a plurality of discrete pulses;

a second output comprising a second transmitting coil and configured to output a wake-up signal through the second transmitting coil or transmit power through the second transmitting coil using a non-contact type method, wherein the wake-up signal is a plurality of discrete pulses; and

a controller configured to determine whether or not a first object has approached by using a variation of an impedance of the first transmitting coil, control the second output to output the wake-up signal, determining whether or not an approached first object is a first power receiving apparatus by using a first response signal outputted from the approached first object in response to the wake-up signal, control the second output to transmit power to the first power receiving apparatus when the approached first object is determined to be the first power receiving apparatus, determine whether or not a second object has approached by using a variation of the impedance of the first transmitting coil while the second output transmits the power to the first power receiving apparatus, and control the second output to stop the transmission of the power and output the wake-up signal when it is determined that the second object has approached,

wherein the amplitude of either one or both of the detection signal pulses and the wake-up single pulses varies sequentially from a low level to a high level, and

wherein the first output outputs the detection signal while the second output transmits the power to the first power receiving apparatus.

2. The non-contact type power supplying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the detection signal is a short beacon having a predetermined interval.

3. The non-contact type power supplying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wake-up signal is a long beacon having a predetermined interval.

4. The non-contact type power supplying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first output further includes:

a first power amplifier configured to amplify input power to generate the detection signal according to a first oscillating signal; and

a first oscillator configured to provide the first oscillating signal to the first power amplifier.

5. The non-contact type power supplying apparatus of claim 4, wherein the second output unit includes:

a second power amplifier configured to amplify input power to generate the wake-up signal according to a second oscillating signal; and

second oscillator configured to provide the second oscillating signal to the second power amplifier.

6. The non-contact type power supplying apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a power supplier configured to supply power to the first output and the second output;

a detecting configured to detect changes in impedance of the first transmission coil; and

a communicator configured to receive the first response signal.

7. The non-contact type power supplying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller determines whether or not an approached second object is a second power receiving apparatus by using a second response signal outputted from the approached second object in response to the wake-up signal, and controls the second output to transmit power which is obtained by summing power which is requested by the first power receiving apparatus and power which is requested by the second power receiving apparatus to the first power receiving apparatus and the second power receiving apparatus when the approached second object is determined to be the second power receiving apparatus.

8. A non-contact type power supplying method comprising:

outputting a detection signal through a first transmitting coil, wherein the detection signal is a plurality of discrete pulses;

determining whether or not a first object has approached by using a variation of an impedance of the first transmitting coil;

outputting a wake-up signal through a second transmitting coil, wherein the wake-up signal is plurality of discrete pulse;

determining whether or not an approached first object is a first power receiving apparatus by using a first response signal outputted from the approached first object in response to the wake-up signal;

when the approached first object is determined to be the first power receiving apparatus, supplying power to the first power receiving apparatus through the second transmitting coil in the non-contact manner and outputting the detection signal through the first transmitting coil;

determining whether or not a second object has approached by using the variation of an impedance of the first transmitting coil; and

stopping the transmission of the power to the first power receiving apparatus and outputting the wake-up signal through the second transmitting coil when it is determined that the second object has approached,

wherein the amplitude of either one or both of the detection signal pulses and the wake-up signal pulses varies sequentially from a low level to a high level.

9. The non-contact type power supplying method of claim 8, wherein the detection signal is a short beacon having a predetermined interval.

10. The non-contact type power supplying method of claim 8, wherein the wake-up signal is a long beacon having a predetermined interval.

11. The non-contact type power supplying method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining whether or not an approached second object is a second power receiving apparatus by using a second response signal outputted from the approached second object in response to the wake-up signal;

when the approached second object is determined to be the second power receiving apparatus, supplying power which is obtained by summing power which is requested by the first power receiving apparatus and power which is requested by the second power receiving apparatus to the first power receiving apparatus and the second power receiving apparatus.