SYSTEM OF WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150035373A1
• Filed: 12/19/2013
• Published: 02/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Simplo Technology Incorporated (Simplo Technology STCS Limited)
• Original Assignee: Simplo Technology Incorporated (Simplo Technology STCS Limited)
• Inventors: CHEN, MING-DA, LIN, YU-RU
• Application Number:
  US14/135,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20150035373A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/24 Inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

A management system of wireless power transmission comprises a plurality of first power modules, wherein the first power modules form a first cluster. Each of the first power modules comprises a first power unit, an energy information unit, a first wireless transceiver unit and a first control unit. The energy information unit is coupled to the first power unit. The first wireless transceiver unit is used for sending or receiving the first power transmission information and electrical energy. The first control unit is coupled to the energy information unit and the first wireless transceiver unit, and controls the first wireless transceiver unit to send or receive power transmission information and electrical energy. The first wireless transceiver units send the first power transmission information to each other. The first power modules determine the priority according to a control signal.

Claims

1. A system of wireless power transmission, comprising:

a plurality of first power modules, forming a first cluster, each first power module comprising;

a first power unit, having a first electric energy;

an energy information unit, coupled to the first power unit, generating a first power transmission information, wherein the first power transmission information comprises at least one of the first electric energy, the distance of power transmission, an address of the communication protocol and a corresponding name of the first power module;

a first wireless transceiver unit, having at least a first wireless transmission terminal, the wireless transceiver unit sending/receiving the first power transmission information and electrical energy through the first wireless transmission terminal; and

a first control unit, coupled to the energy information unit and the first wireless transceiver unit, controlling the first wireless transceiver unit to send/receive the first power transmission information and electrical energy;

wherein the first wireless transceiver units of the plurality of first power modules send the first power transmission information to each other, the first power modules determine the priority for each other according to a control signal.

2. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 1, wherein the control signal is used for selecting one of the first control units to be a master control unit, else first control units are defined as slave control units, the slave control units are divided into a plurality of groups, wherein the master control unit manages the slave control units to send/receive electrical energy.

3. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 1, wherein the first control unit generates the control signal according to the first power transmission information, the control signal is used for selecting one of the first control units of the plurality of first power modules to be a master control unit, else first control units are defined as slave control units, wherein the master control unit manages the slave control units to send/receive electrical energy.

4. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of power modules are divided into a plurality of groups according to the respective first power transmission information held by each of the power modules.

5. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 2, wherein one of the first control units of the power modules in each group is a sub-control unit, the sub-control unit manages the plurality of first power modules in the corresponding group to send/receive electrical energy.

6. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 4, wherein one of the first control units of the first power modules is a sub-control unit, the sub-control unit manages the plurality of first power modules in the corresponding group to send/receive electrical energy.

7. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 5, wherein one of the sub-control units in the groups is substituted for the master control unit when the master control unit is not operating normally.

8. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 6, wherein one of the sub-control units in the groups is substituted for the master control unit when the master control unit is not operating normally.

9. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 7, wherein the sub-control unit substituted for the master control unit has the priority second only to the master control unit.

10. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 8, wherein the sub-control unit substituted for the master control unit has the priority second only to the master control unit.

11. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 2, wherein the master-slave relationship between the master control unit and the slave control units is defined by the user.

12. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 3, wherein the master-slave relationship between the master control unit and the slave control units is defined by the user.

13. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 1, further comprising a second cluster, the second cluster comprising a plurality of second power modules, wherein the first power modules of the first cluster and the second power modules of the second cluster determine the priority for each other and send/receive electrical energy to each other.

14. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 1, wherein the determined priority comprises the priority of wireless sending/receiving electrical energy.

15. A system of wireless power transmission, comprising:

at least a first power module, forming a first cluster, the first power module comprising;

a first power unit, having a first electric energy;

a first energy information unit, coupled to the first power unit, generating a first power transmission information;

a first wireless transceiver unit, having at least a first wireless transmission terminal, the wireless transceiver unit sending/receiving the first power transmission information and electrical energy through the first wireless transmission terminal; and

a first control unit, coupled to the first energy information unit and the first wireless transceiver unit, controlling the first wireless transceiver unit to send/receive the first power transmission information and electrical energy, wherein the first power transmission information comprises at least one of the first electric energy, the distance of power transmission, an address of the communication protocol and a corresponding name of the first power module; and

a second power module, comprising;

a second power unit, have a second electric energy;

a second energy information unit, coupled to the second power unit, generating a second power transmission information, wherein the second power transmission information comprises at least one of the second electric energy, the distance of power transmission, an address of the communication protocol and a corresponding name of the second power module;

a second control unit, coupled to the second energy information unit; and

a second wireless transceiver unit, coupled to the second control unit, having at least a second wireless transmission terminal, the second wireless transceiver unit and the first wireless transceiver unit sending/receiving the first power transmission information and the second power transmission information to each other;

wherein the second wireless transceiver unit generates a control signal according to first power transmission information and the second power transmission information, the control signal is sent to the first power module through the second wireless transceiver unit, wherein the first control unit of the first power module determines the priority for the first power module according to the control signal.

16. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 15, wherein the first power module and the second power module transmit electrical energy to each other through the first wireless transceiver unit and the second transceiver unit.

17. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 16, wherein the second control unit determines the second control unit of the second power module and the first control unit of the first power module to be a master control unit and a slave control unit respectively according to the first power transmission information and the second power transmission information.

18. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 17, wherein the system comprises a plurality of first power modules, the master control unit manages the slave control units to send/receive electrical energy, the master control unit divides the plurality of first power modules into a plurality of groups according to the first power transmission information.

19. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 18, wherein one of the first control units of the first power modules in each group is a sub-control unit, the sub-control unit manage the first power modules in the corresponding group to send/receive electrical energy, wherein one of the sub-control units is substituted for the master control unit when the master control unit is not operating normally.

20. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 15, further comprising a second cluster, the second cluster comprising at least one second power module, wherein the first power module of the first cluster and the second power module of the second cluster send/receive electrical energy to each other.

21. The system of wireless power transmission according to claim 15, wherein the determined priority comprises the priority of wireless sending/receiving electrical energy.

22. A method of wireless power transmission, comprising:

providing a plurality of first power modules to from a first cluster, the first power module having a first electric energy, the first power module comprising a first wireless transceiver unit and a first control unit, the first wireless transceiver unit wireless sending/receiving a first power transmission information and electrical energy, the first control unit of the first power module controlling the first wireless transceiver unit to send/receive the first power transmission information and electrical energy, wherein the first power transmission information comprises at least one of the first electric energy, the distance of power transmission, an address of the communication protocol and a corresponding name of the first power module;

wherein the plurality of power modules determines the priority of wireless sending/receiving electrical energy according to a control signal.

23. The method of wireless power transmission according to claim 22, wherein the plurality of first control units generates the control signal according to the first power transmission information, the control signal is for determining one of the first control units to be a master control unit, else first control units are slave control units, wherein the master control unit manages the slave control units to send/receive electrical energy.

24. The method of wireless power transmission according to claim 22, wherein the control signal is used for selecting one of the first control units to be a master control unit, else first control units are defined as slave control units, the slave control units are divided into a plurality of groups, wherein the master control unit manages the slave control units to send/receive electrical energy.

25. The method of wireless power transmission according to claim 23, wherein one of the first control units of the first power modules in each group is a sub-control unit, the sub-control unit manages the plurality of first power modules in the corresponding group to send/receive electrical energy, wherein one of the sub-control units is substituted for the master control unit when the master control unit is not operating normally.

26. The method of wireless power transmission according to claim 24, wherein one of the first control units of the power modules in each group is a sub-control unit, the sub-control unit manages the plurality of first power modules in the corresponding group to send/receive electrical energy, wherein one of the sub-control units is substituted for the master control unit when the master control unit is not operating normally.

27. The method of wireless power transmission according to claim 22, further comprising a second cluster, the second cluster comprising at one second power module, wherein the first power module of the first cluster and the second power module of the second cluster send/receive electrical energy to each other.

28. The method of wireless power transmission according to claim 22,

providing an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a second control unit and a second wireless transceiver unit, wherein the second wireless transceiver unit and the first wireless transceiver unit transmit the first power transmission information;

and

the second control unit generating the control signal according to the first power transmission information, wherein the control signal is sent to the first power module through the second wireless transceiver unit, wherein the control signal is for determining the second control unit and the first control unit to be the master control unit and the slave control unit respectively.