Power supply device

• US 10,193,399 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2016
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Nishikawa, Takafumi, Fujimoto, Yoshitaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Ryan
• Application Number:
  US15/297,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20170110884A1
• Time in Patent Office: 832 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00 Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/40 using two or more transmitting or receiving devices H02J50/50 takes precedence
• 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 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0261 managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The invention provides a power supply device, which is capable of properly supplying the power even if the power is supplied to the power receiving devices having a number exceeding the number that the communication part is capable of simultaneously communicating with. The power supplying device includes: a power supply part, capable of supplying a power to a plurality of external devices; a communication part, capable of communicating with the external devices; and a controller, disconnecting one or more of the external devices based on a power supplied information of the external devices being in a predetermined range in a case that a number of requests for a communication from the external devices exceeds a number that the communication part is capable of communicating with at the same time.

Claims

1. A power supply device, comprising:

a power supply part, capable of supplying a power to a plurality of external devices;

a communication part, capable of communicating with the external devices; and

a controller, disconnecting communication with one or more of the external devices based on a comparison of a power supplied information and predicted values of the power supplied information of the external devices in a case that a number of requests for a communication from the external devices exceeds a number that the communication part is capable of communicating with at the same time.

2. The power supplying device according to claim 1, wherein

the power supplied information comprise a plurality of plotted results, and

the controller decides to disconnect one or more of the external devices when a fixed ratio or more of the plotted results fall within a fixed range of the predicted values of the power supplied information.

3. The power supplying device according to claim 1, wherein

the communication part obtains power reception information from the external devices being communicated with,

the power supplied information comprises the power reception information of the external devices.

4. The power supplying device according to claim 3, wherein

the power reception information comprises a received power of the external devices,

and the predicted values comprises a variation pattern of a requested power of the external devices in an elapsed time.

5. The power supplying device according to claim 1, wherein

the predicted values comprises a variation pattern continuously increased for a fixed time and subsequently decreased for another fixed time.

6. The power supplying device according to claim 1, wherein

the predicted values comprises a variation pattern showing no variation for more than a fixed time.

7. The power supplying device according to claim 1, wherein

the predicted values comprises a variation pattern continuously decreased for more than a fixed time.

8. The power supplying device according to claim 3, wherein

the power reception information comprises a remaining capacity of a secondary battery of the external devices,

and the predicted values comprises a variation pattern of the remaining capacity of the secondary battery saturated after a fixed time.

9. The power supplying device according to claim 1, comprising:

a power source,

wherein the power supplied information comprises output information of the power source.

10. The power supplying device according to claim 9, wherein

the output information of the power source comprises an output power of the power source.

11. The power supplying device according to claim 10, wherein

the predicted values comprises a variation pattern of the output power continuously increased for a fixed time and subsequently decreased for another fixed time.

12. The power supplying device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller disconnects one or more of the external devices having a largest difference between a minimum operating voltage and a received voltage of the external devices.

13. The power supplying device according to claim 4, wherein

the controller disconnects one or more of the external devices whose requested power first reached a fixed value among the external devices.

14. The power supplying device according to claim 4, wherein

the controller disconnects one or more of the external devices having a longer power supplied elapsed time among the external devices.

15. The power supplying device according to claim 4, wherein

the controller disconnects one or more of the external devices corresponding to the predicted values showing no variation for more than a fixed tune among the external devices.

16. The power supplying device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller disconnects one or more of the external devices having a smallest difference between a maximum capacity and a current capacity of a secondary battery of the external devices among the external devices.

17. The power supplying device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller disconnects one or more of the external devices approaching a fully-charged state according to a charging condition of a secondary battery of the external devices.