CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
First Claim
1. An apparatus for controlling a power supply unit configured to wirelessly supply power to an external device, and a communication portion capable of wirelessly communicating with the external device, comprising:
- a control unit configured to control the power supply unit to execute wireless power supply in a first state in which a position of the external device is included in a first area where the power supply unit executes wireless power supply and is included in a second area wider than the first area where the communication portion performs communication;
a determination unit configured to determine whether a state of the external device has transited from the first state to a second state in which the position of the external device is included in the second area and is outside the first area; and
a communication unit configured to, if said determination unit determines that the state has transited from the first state to the second state, communicate, with the external device via the communication portion, information based on the power supply executed by said control unit in the first state.
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Abstract
In the first state in which the position of an external device is included in the first area where a power supply unit executes wireless power supply and is included in the second area wider than the first area where a communication portion performs communication, the power supply unit is controlled to execute wireless power supply. It is determined whether the state of the external device has transited from the first state to the second state in which the position of the external device is included in the second area and is outside the first area. If it is determined that the state has transited from the first state to the second state, information based on the power supply executed in the first state is communicated with the external device via the communication portion.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for controlling a power supply unit configured to wirelessly supply power to an external device, and a communication portion capable of wirelessly communicating with the external device, comprising:
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a control unit configured to control the power supply unit to execute wireless power supply in a first state in which a position of the external device is included in a first area where the power supply unit executes wireless power supply and is included in a second area wider than the first area where the communication portion performs communication; a determination unit configured to determine whether a state of the external device has transited from the first state to a second state in which the position of the external device is included in the second area and is outside the first area; and a communication unit configured to, if said determination unit determines that the state has transited from the first state to the second state, communicate, with the external device via the communication portion, information based on the power supply executed by said control unit in the first state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. A method of controlling a power supply unit configured to wirelessly supply power to an external device, and a communication portion capable of wirelessly communicating with the external device, comprising:
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a control step of controlling the power supply unit to execute wireless power supply in a first state in which a position of the external device is included in a first area where the power supply unit executes wireless power supply and is included in a second area wider than the first area where the communication portion performs communication; a determination step of determining whether a state of the external device has transited from the first state to a second state in which the position of the external device is included in the second area and is outside the first area; and a communication step of, if it is determined in the determination step that the state has transited from the first state to the second state, communicating, with the external device via the communication portion, information based on the power supply executed in the control step in the first state.
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