POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS, POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND DATA DETERMINATION METHOD

• US 20090302800A1
• Filed: 06/04/2009
• Published: 12/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 138 East LCD Advancements Limited (Vector Capital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Onishi, Kota, Kamiyama, Masayuki, SHIOZAKI, Nobutaka
• Granted Patent: US 8,179,089 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/108
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• 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 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence

Abstract

A power transmission control apparatus is a power transmission control apparatus provided in a power transmission apparatus included in a contactless power transmission system where power is transmitted from the power transmission apparatus to a power reception apparatus by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil. The power transmission control apparatus includes: a signal detection circuit that detects a signal induced by the primary coil; and a power transmission control circuit that determines a value of transmission data transmitted from the power reception apparatus by a load modulation, on the basis of an output signal of the signal detection circuit. The power transmission control circuit obtains detection data by detecting the transmission data on the basis of the output signal of the signal detection circuit at every drive clock cycle of the primary coil. If a value of the detection value is identical n-times continuously, where n=m+α≦p, the m is an integer equal to or larger than 0, the α is an integer equal to or larger than 1, and the p is an integer equal to or larger than 1, the power transmission control circuit determines that the value of the transmission data transmitted by the power reception apparatus is the value of the detection data.

Claims

1. A power transmission control apparatus in a contactless power transmission system where power is transmitted from a power transmission apparatus to a power reception apparatus by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil, the power transmission control apparatus comprising:

a signal detection circuit that detects a signal induced in the primary coil; and

a power transmission control circuit that determines a value of transmission data transmitted from the power reception apparatus by a load modulation, on the basis of an output signal of the signal detection circuit,

the power transmission control circuit obtaining detection data by detecting the transmission data on the basis of the output signal of the signal detection circuit at every drive clock cycle of the primary coil, and

if a value of the detection value being identical n-times continuously, n=m+α

≦

p, the m being an integer equal to or larger than 0, the α

being an integer equal to or larger than 1, and the p being an integer equal to or larger than 1,

the power transmission control circuit determining that the value of the transmission data transmitted by the power reception apparatus being the value of the detection data.

2. The power transmission control circuit according to claim 1,

the load modulation being performed using a drive clock of the primary coil as a timing reference,

a period from a timing of the load modulation to a time at which a period of m-times one drive clock cycle of the primary coil elapses is defined as a data-undetermined period, the m being an integer equal to or larger than 0, and

a period of “

0”

or “

1”

included in 1 bit transmitted from the power reception apparatus by the load modulation is k×

p times of a period of the drive clock cycle of the primary coil, the k being an integer equal to or larger than 1.

3. The power transmission control circuit according to claim 1,

in a case where values of periodic authentication data including “

0”

“

1”

“

0”

periodically transmitted from the power reception apparatus are determined and where a timing of a change from the “

0”

to the “

1”

of the periodic authentication data is a time tx and a timing of a change from the “

1”

to the “

0”

is a time when a period of p-times one drive clock cycle of the primary coil has elapsed from the time tx,

by detecting “

1”

n-times continuously, the power transmission control circuit determining “

1”

detection and detecting the change from the “

0”

to the “

1”

of the transmission data, and

by detecting “

0”

n-times continuously in a period after a period corresponding to (p+m) drive clocks of the primary coil has elapsed from the time tx and before a period corresponding to (2×

p) drive clocks of the primary coil elapses from the time tx, the power transmission control circuit determining “

0”

detection by detecting the change from the “

1”

to the “

0”

of the transmission data.

4. The power transmission control apparatus according to claim 3,

upon first receiving the periodic authentication data, the power transmission control circuit determining the periodic authentication data using a method determining the value of the transmission data by detecting an identical value n-times continuously, and

after detecting the change from the “

1”

to the “

0”

, the power transmission control circuit determining the value of the transmission data every cycle from the timing when the change from the “

1”

to the “

0”

has been detected, the cycle being a period corresponding to p drive clocks of the primary coil.

5. The power transmission control circuit according to claim 1,

in a case in which a value of a communication packet transmitted from the power reception apparatus, the communication packet including one of “

0” and

“

1,”

is determined and in which a period of the “

0”

or the “

1”

corresponds to q drive clocks of the primary coil, the q being β

×

p, the β

being an integer equal to or larger than 2, and a change from the “

0”

to the “

1”

occurs at a time ty due to the load modulation performed by the power reception apparatus,

the power transmission control circuit detecting the change from the “

0”

to the “

1”

by detecting “

1”

n-times continuously, and

subsequently, the power transmission control circuit detecting a change from “

1”

to “

1”

by detecting “

1”

n-times continuously in a period after a period corresponding to (p+m) drive clocks of the primary coil has elapsed from the time ty and before a period corresponding to (2×

p) drive clocks of the primary coil elapses from the time ty.

6. The power transmission control apparatus according to claim 4,

only for a purpose of determining first one-bit data of the communication packet first received in a state in which initial synchronization between the power transmission apparatus and the power reception apparatus is yet to be established, the power transmission control circuit uses a method determining the value of the transmission data by detecting an identical value n-times continuously, and

by detecting “

1”

n-times continuously in a period after a period corresponding to (p+m) drive clocks of the primary coil has elapsed from the time ty and before a period corresponding to (2×

p) drive clocks of the primary coil elapses from the time ty, the power transmission control circuit determining “

1”

detection by detecting a change from the “

0”

to the “

1” and

thereafter determining the value of the transmission data every cycle, the cycle being a period corresponding to p drive clocks of the primary coil, from one of a timing when the “

1”

has been determined and a subsequent determination timing determined on the basis of the timing when the “

1”

has been determined.

7. The power transmission control apparatus according to claim 1,

the m being 5, the n being 7 (therefore, α

being

     2), and the p being 16.

8. The power transmission control apparatus according to claim 6,

the q being 32 (therefore, the β

being

     2).

9. A power transmission apparatus comprising

the power transmission control circuit according to claim 1.

10. A contactless power transmission system comprising:

a primary coil;

a secondary coil;

the power transmission apparatus according to claim 8; and

a power reception apparatus that receives power transmitted from the power transmission apparatus via the primary coil and the secondary coil and transmits the power to a load, the load being a subject of power feeding, and transmits data to the power transmission apparatus by a load modulation.

13. The data determination method according to claim 10,

the m being 5, the n being 7 (therefore, α

being

     2), and the p being 16.

11. A data determination method used by a contactless power transmission system where power is transmitted from a power transmission apparatus to a power reception apparatus by electromagnetically coupling a primary coil and a secondary coil, the method being used when the power transmission apparatus determines a value of transmission data transmitted from the power reception apparatus by a load modulation, the method comprising:

obtaining detection data by detecting the transmission data at every drive clock cycle of the primary coil; and

if a value of the detection value is identical n-times continuously, n=m+α

≦

p, the m being an integer equal to or larger than 0, the α

being an integer equal to or larger than 1, and the p being an integer equal to or larger than 1,

determining that the value of the transmission data transmitted by the power reception apparatus is the value of the detection data.

12. The data determination method according to claim 11,

a period from a timing of the load modulation to a time at which a period of m-times one cycle of a drive clock for driving the primary coil elapses is defined as a data-undetermined period, the m being an integer equal to or larger than 0, and

a period of “

0” and

“

1”

included in 1 bit transmitted from the power reception apparatus by the load modulation being set to k×

p times of a period of the drive clock cycle of the primary coil, the k being an integer equal to or larger than 1.