POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, POWER TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20140222236A1
• Filed: 02/06/2014
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yamasaki, Shozo
• Application Number:
  US14/174,682
• Publication Number:
  US 20140222236A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/295
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices

Abstract

A power transmission device includes a power reception notification receiving unit configured to receive from a power receiving device a power reception notification indicating that the power receiving device has received power, a power determination unit configured to determine, if the power reception notification receiving unit has received the power reception notification, a transmission power value for power transmission to the power receiving device as first power, and to determine, if the power reception notification receiving unit does not receive the power reception notification, the transmission power value for power transmission to the power receiving device as second power, which is smaller than the first power, and a power transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit the power determined by the power determination unit to the power receiving device.

Claims

1. A power transmission device comprising:

a power reception notification receiving unit configured to receive from a power receiving device a power reception notification indicating that the power receiving device has received power;

a power determination unit configured to determine, if the power reception notification receiving unit has received the power reception notification, a transmission power value for power transmission to the power receiving device as first power, and to determine, if the power reception notification receiving unit does not receive the power reception notification, the transmission power value for power transmission to the power receiving device as second power, which is smaller than the first power; and

a power transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit the power determined by the power determination unit to the power receiving device.

2. The power transmission device according to claim 1, further comprising a power transmission control unit configured to cause the power transmission unit to continuously transmit the first power if the transmission power value is determined as the first power, and to cause the power transmission unit to transmit the second power by transmitting the first power intermittently at predetermined intervals if the transmission power value is determined as the second power.

3. The power transmission device according to claim 2, wherein the power transmission control unit causes the power transmission unit to stop power transmission to the power receiving device if a power transmission period during which the power transmission unit continues to transmit the second power has reached a time threshold.

4. The power transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the power reception notification receiving unit periodically receives the power reception notification from the power receiving device, and

wherein the power determination unit changes the transmission power value to the second power if the power reception notification receiving unit does not receive the power reception notification for a predetermined time while the power transmission unit is transmitting the first power.

5. A power transmission system including a power transmission device for wirelessly supplying power and a power receiving device for receiving power from the power transmission device,

wherein the power receiving device comprises:

a power receiving unit configured to receive power from the power transmission device; and

a power reception notification transmitting unit configured to transmit a power reception notification to the power transmission device if the power receiving device has received power, and

wherein the power transmission device comprises;

a power reception notification receiving unit configured to receive the power reception notification from the power receiving device;

a power determination unit configured to determine, if the power reception notification receiving unit has received the power reception notification, a transmission power value for power transmission to the power receiving device as first power, and to determine, if the power reception notification receiving unit does not receive the power reception notification, the transmission power value for power transmission to the power receiving device as second power, which is smaller than the first power; and

a power transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit the power determined by the power determination unit to the power receiving device.

6. A power transmission method that is executed by a power transmission device, the power transmission method comprising:

receiving from a power receiving device a power reception notification indicating that the power receiving device has received power;

determining, when having received the power reception notification, a transmission power value for power transmission to the power receiving device as first power, and determining, when not receiving the power reception notification, the transmission power value for power transmission to the power receiving device as second power, which is smaller than the first power; and

wirelessly transmitting the determined power to the power receiving device.

7. A power transmission method that is executed by a power transmission system including a power transmission device for wirelessly supplying power and a power receiving device for receiving power from the power transmission device, the power transmission method comprising:

causing the power receiving device to receive power from the power transmission device;

causing the power receiving device to transmit a power reception notification to the power transmission device if the power receiving device has received power;

causing the power transmission device to receive the power reception notification from the power receiving device;

causing the power transmission device to determine, when having received the power reception notification, a transmission power value for power transmission to the power receiving device as first power, and to determine, when not receiving the power reception notification, the transmission power value for power transmission to the power receiving device as second power, which is smaller than the first power; and

causing the power transmission device to wirelessly transmit the determined power to the power receiving device.

8. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a method comprising:

receiving from a power receiving device a power reception notification indicating that the power receiving device has received power; and

determining, when having received the power reception notification, a transmission power value for power transmission to the power receiving device as first power, and determining, when not receiving the power reception notification, the transmission power value for power transmission to the power receiving device as second power, which is smaller than the first power.