POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20140292095A1
• Filed: 03/26/2014
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Tsukamoto, Nobuyuki, Nakano, Katsuya, Shimizu, Marie
• Granted Patent: US 10,469,131 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/104
• 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 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00036 Charger exchanging data with battery
• 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 7/00047 with provisions for charging different types of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A power supply apparatus includes a power supply unit configured to wirelessly supply power to an electronic apparatus, a communication unit configured to communicate with the electronic apparatus, and a control unit configured to perform control whether to supply power to the electronic apparatus according to whether the electronic apparatus is capable of updating information about the electronic apparatus.

Claims

1. A power supply apparatus comprising:

a power supply unit configured to wirelessly supply power to an electronic apparatus;

a communication unit configured to communicate with the electronic apparatus; and

a control unit configured to perform control whether to supply power to the electronic apparatus according to whether the electronic apparatus is capable of updating information about the electronic apparatus.

2. The power supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the electronic apparatus is not capable of updating the information, the control unit performs control not to supply power to the electronic apparatus.

3. The power supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the electronic apparatus is capable of updating the information, the control unit performs control to supply power to the electronic apparatus according to the information.

4. The power supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information includes information about a battery connected to the electronic apparatus.

5. The power supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information includes information for notifying an error about the electronic apparatus.

6. A method comprising:

wirelessly supplying power to an electronic apparatus;

communicating with the electronic apparatus; and

performing control whether to supply power to the electronic apparatus according to whether the electronic apparatus is capable of updating information about the electronic apparatus.

7. A recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

wirelessly supplying power to an electronic apparatus;

communicating with the electronic apparatus; and

performing control whether to supply power to the electronic apparatus according to whether the electronic apparatus is capable of updating information about the electronic apparatus.

8. A power supply apparatus comprising:

a power supply unit configured to wirelessly supply power to an electronic apparatus;

a communication unit configured to communicate with the electronic apparatus; and

a control unit configured to perform control whether to supply power to the electronic apparatus according to whether the electronic apparatus is capable of notifying the power supply apparatus of information about the electronic apparatus.

9. The power supply apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, when the electronic apparatus is not capable of notifying the power supply apparatus of the information, the control unit performs control not to supply power to the electronic apparatus.

10. The power supply apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, when the electronic apparatus is capable of notifying the power supply apparatus of the information, the control unit controls power supply to the electronic apparatus according to the information.

11. The power supply apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the information includes information about a battery connected to the electronic apparatus.

12. The power supply apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the information includes information for notifying an error related to the electronic apparatus.

13. A method comprising:

wirelessly supplying power to an electronic apparatus;

communicating with the electronic apparatus; and

performing control whether to supply power to the electronic apparatus according to whether the electronic apparatus is capable of notifying the power supply apparatus of information about the electronic apparatus.

14. A recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

wirelessly supplying power to an electronic apparatus;

communicating with the electronic apparatus; and

performing control whether to supply power to the electronic apparatus according to whether the electronic apparatus is capable of notifying the power supply apparatus of information about the electronic apparatus.