WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20130119926A1
• Filed: 11/01/2012
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Inventors: LIN, Yung-Sen
• Application Number:
  US13/666,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20130119926A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/108
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• 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 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• 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

Abstract

The present invention provides a wireless charger including a sensing device, a charging coil array and a processor. The sensing device determines the shape of the recharging area of an electronic device placed on the wireless charger. The charging coil array includes a plurality of dynamic charging coils and selectively turns on a part of the dynamic charging coils. The processor drives the part of the dynamic charging coils to charge the electronic device by wireless charging, wherein the part of the dynamic charging coils of the charging coil array is corresponding to the shape of the recharging area.

Claims

1. A wireless charger, comprising:

a sensing device, determining a shape of a recharging area of an electronic device placed on the wireless charger;

a charging coil array, comprising a plurality of dynamic charging coils, wherein the charging coil array selectively turns on a part of the dynamic charging coils; and

a processor, driving the part of the dynamic charging coils of the charging coil array to charge the electronic device by wireless charging, wherein the part of the dynamic charging coils of the charging coil array corresponds to the shape of the recharging area.

2. The wireless charger as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a power supply to transmit power to the part, which corresponds to the shape of the recharging area, of the dynamic charging coils according to a command from the processor.

3. The wireless charger as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing device further comprises:

a plurality of RFID reader coils, receiving RFID data from an RFID tag coil of the electronic device, wherein the RFID reader coils are disposed above or under each of the dynamic charging coils respectively; and

an RFID reader, reading the RFID data received by each of the RFID reader coils respectively, wherein the RFID reader coils which have received the RFID data are defined as an effective set, the effective set corresponds to the shape of the recharging area of the electronic device, and the processor drives the dynamic charging coils which are above or under the RFID reader coil according to the effective set.

4. The wireless charger as claimed in claim 3, wherein the RFID tag coil of the electronic device is disposed according to a shape of an inductive charging coil of the electronic device to cover the area of the inductive charging coil, and the inductive charging coil produces an induced current due to a magnetic field induced by the dynamic charging coils corresponding to the effective set, thereby charging the electronic device.

5. An electronic device, comprising:

an inductive charging coil, producing an induced current due to a magnetic field caused by a wireless charger, and providing the induced current to charge the electronic device; and

an RFID tag coil, representing a shape of a recharging area of the electronic device, wherein the RFID tag coil is disposed above or under the inductive charging coil and covers the shape of the recharging area of the electronic device.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

an RFID tag, storing RFID data of the electronic device; and

a power rectifier, adjusting the induced current.

7. An wireless charging system, comprising:

a sensing device, determining the shape of the recharging area of an electronic device placed on a wireless charger;

a charging coil array, comprising a plurality of dynamic charging coils, wherein the charging coil array selectively turns on a part of the dynamic charging coils to induce a magnetic field;

a processor, driving the part of the dynamic charging coils, which corresponds to the shape of the recharging area, to charge the electronic device by wireless charging; and

an inductive charging coil, producing an induced current due to the magnetic field to charge the electronic device, wherein the inductive charging coil is disposed in the electronic device.

8. The wireless charging system as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

an RFID tag coil, representing the shape of the recharging area of the electronic device, wherein the RFID tag coil is disposed above or under the inductive charging coil of the electronic device and covers the area of the inductive charging coil;

a plurality of RFID reader coils, receiving RFID data from the RFID tag coil, wherein the RFID reader coils are disposed under or above each of the dynamic charging coils respectively; and

an RFID reader, reading the RFID data received by each of the RFID reader coils, wherein the RFID reader coils which have received the RFID data are defined as an effective set corresponding to the shape of the recharging area of the electronic device, and the processor drives the dynamic charging coils which are disposed under or above the RFID reader coils of the effective set.

9. A wireless charging method, comprising:

determining a shape of a recharging area of the electronic device when an electronic device is placed on a wireless charger; and

selectively turning on a plurality of dynamic charging coils of a charging coil array according to the shape of the recharging area of the electronic device to induce a magnetic field to charge the electronic device.

10. The wireless charging method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of selectively turning on the dynamic charging coils of the charging coil array according to the shape of the recharging area of the electronic device, further comprising:

utilizing a plurality of RFID reader coils to receive RFID data from an RFID tag coil around the RFID reader coils;

reading the RFID data received from each of the RFID reader coils;

defining the RFID reader coils having received the RFID data as an effective set, wherein the effective set corresponds to the shape of the

driving the dynamic charging coils which are above or under the RFID reader coils in the effective set, wherein the RFID reader coils are disposed above or under each of the dynamic charging coils respectively, and the RFID tag coil is disposed above or under the inductive charging coil of the electronic device and covers the area of the inductive charging coil to represent the shape of the recharging area of the electronic device.