Wireless power transmitter and receiver, and method for transmitting emergency information in a wireless charging network

• US 10,425,130 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2018
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Hyuk-Choon, Lee, Kyung-Woo, Byun, Kang-Ho, Jung, Hee-Won
• Primary Examiner(s): Borroto, Alfonso Perez
• Application Number:
  US15/984,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20180269930A1
• Time in Patent Office: 491 Days
• Field of Search: 307104
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• 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 50/60 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 7/007182 in response to battery voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007192 in response to temperature
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/02 for charging batteries from ac mains by converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/26 using coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

Control method of wireless power receiver that includes transmitting advertisement signal to search for wireless power transmitter; receiving, from wireless power transmitter, connection request signal to form connection between wireless power receiver and wireless power transmitter, wherein connection request signal corresponds to advertisement signal; receiving charging power from wireless power transmitter; detecting error state in wireless power receiver while receiving charging power; generating alert signal indicating error state; and transmitting alert signal to wireless power transmitter, wherein error state includes at least one of over-voltage state in which rectifier voltage of wireless power receiver is greater than reference voltage, over-current state in which rectifier current of the wireless power receiver is greater than reference current, over-temperature state in which temperature of wireless power receiver is greater than reference temperature, and system error of wireless power receiver, and wherein a switch to protect wireless power receiver is turned off if the error state is over-voltage state.

Claims

1. A control method of a wireless power receiver, the method comprising:

transmitting an advertisement signal to search for a wireless power transmitter;

receiving, from the wireless power transmitter, a connection request signal to form a connection between the wireless power receiver and the wireless power transmitter, wherein the connection request signal corresponds to the advertisement signal;

receiving charging power from the wireless power transmitter;

detecting an error state in the wireless power receiver while receiving the charging power;

generating an alert signal indicating the error state; and

transmitting the alert signal to the wireless power transmitter,

wherein the error state includes at least one of an over-voltage state in which a rectifier voltage of the wireless power receiver is greater than a reference voltage, an over-current state in which a rectifier current of the wireless power receiver is greater than a reference current, an over-temperature state in which a temperature of the wireless power receiver is greater than a reference temperature, and a system error of the wireless power receiver, and

wherein a switch to protect the wireless power receiver is turned off if the error state is the over-voltage state.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising entering an initial mode state after transmitting the alert signal.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting a new communication link with the wireless power transmitter, after transmitting the alert signal, when the wireless power transmitter attempts to power off.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

changing to a broadcast mode after transmitting the alert signal; and

transmitting an advertisement packet including a target address and the information of the error state.

5. A wireless power receiver, comprising:

a switch;

a communication unit configured to;

transmit an advertisement signal to search for a wireless power transmitter, and

receive, from the wireless power transmitter, a connection request signal to form a connection between the wireless power receiver and the wireless power transmitter, wherein the connection request signal corresponds to the advertisement signal;

a power reception unit configured to receive charging power from the wireless power transmitter; and

a controller configured to detect an error state in the wireless power receiver while receiving the charging power, and generate an alert signal indicating the error state; and

wherein the communication unit is further configured to transmit the alert signal to the wireless power transmitter,

wherein the error state includes at least one of an over-voltage state in which a rectifier voltage of the wireless power receiver is greater than a reference voltage, an over-current state in which a rectifier current of the wireless power receiver is greater than a reference current, an over-temperature state in which a temperature of the wireless power receiver is greater than a reference temperature, and a system error of the wireless power receiver, and

wherein the controller is further configured to turn off the switch to protect the wireless power receiver if the error state is the over-voltage state.

6. The wireless power receiver of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to enter an initial mode state after the alert signal is transmitted.

7. The wireless power receiver of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to control to set a new communication link with the wireless power transmitter, after the alert signal is transmitted, when the wireless power transmitter attempts to power off.

8. The wireless power receiver of claim 5, wherein the controller is further configured to change to a broadcast mode, after the alert signal is transmitted, and

wherein the communication unit is further configured to transmit an advertisement packet including a target address and the information of the error state.