Wireless Battery Charging System
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- transferring power received at a coil of a wireless charging receiver to a wireless receiver block of the wireless charging receiver, the transferred power being used to provide a charge to a portable device attached to the wireless charging receiver;
receiving a signal from the portable device, the signal comprising an indication that the portable device no longer requires the charge; and
in response to the signal, automatically opening a connection between the coil and the wireless receiver block to stop the transferring of the power.
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Abstract
In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method, apparatus, and executable computer program to perform operations including transferring power received at a coil of a wireless charging receiver to a wireless receiver block of the wireless charging receiver, the transferred power being used to provide a charge to a portable device attached to the wireless charging receiver, receiving a signal from the portable device, the signal comprising an indication that the portable device no longer requires the charge, and in response to the signal, automatically opening a connection between the coil and the wireless receiver block to stop the transferring of the power. Further in accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is determining at a portable device that a charging current received over a particular type of charging interface from a wireless charging receiver is no longer required, and in response to the determining, the portable device modifying a data transaction signal associated with the particular type of charging interface and sending the modified data transaction signal to the wireless charging receiver to indicate to the wireless charging receiver that the charging current is no longer required.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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transferring power received at a coil of a wireless charging receiver to a wireless receiver block of the wireless charging receiver, the transferred power being used to provide a charge to a portable device attached to the wireless charging receiver; receiving a signal from the portable device, the signal comprising an indication that the portable device no longer requires the charge; and in response to the signal, automatically opening a connection between the coil and the wireless receiver block to stop the transferring of the power. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least; transfer power received at a coil of a wireless charging receiver to a wireless receiver block of the wireless charging receiver, the transferred power being used to charge a portable device attached to the wireless charging receiver; receive a signal from the portable device, the signal comprising an indication that the portable device no longer requires the charge; and in response to the signal, automatically open a connection between the coil and the wireless receiver block to stop the transferring of the power. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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determining at a portable device that a charging current received over a particular type of charging interface from a wireless charging receiver is no longer required; and in response to the determining, the portable device modifying a data transaction signal associated with the particular type of charging interface and sending the modified data transaction signal to the wireless charging receiver to indicate to the wireless charging receiver that the charging current is no longer required. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least; determine at a portable device that a charging current received over a particular type of charging interface from a wireless charging receiver is no longer required; and in response to the determining, modify a data transaction signal associated with the particular type of charging interface and send the modified data transaction signal to the wireless charging receiver to indicate to the wireless charging receiver that the charging current is no longer required. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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