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NON-CONTACT CHARGING METHOD

  • US 20130162220A1
  • Filed: 12/14/2012
  • Published: 06/27/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-contact charging method including setting down a battery-powered device (50) on a charging platform (10), electromagnetically coupling a power receiving coil (51) in the battery-powered device (50) to a power transmission coil (11) in the charging platform (10), transmitting power from the power transmission coil (11) to the power receiving coil (51) by electromagnetic induction, and charging a battery (52) in the battery-powered device (50) using power induced in the power receiving coil (51),the non-contact charging method characterized by detecting the charging current of the battery (52) on the battery-powered device (50) side, detecting the transmission efficiency from the charging current, comparing the detected transmission efficiency to an efficiency threshold value, determining that a foreign object has been set down on the charging platform (10) when the detected charging efficiency is less than the efficiency threshold value and determining that a foreign object has not been set down on the charging platform (10) when the detected charging efficiency is greater than the efficiency threshold value, and suspending foreign object detection during a time period including a fluctuation in the charging current.

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