SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER NETWORK FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICES

• US 20160006264A1
• Filed: 02/27/2014
• Published: 01/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Powermat Technologies, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Powermat Technologies, Ltd.
• Inventors: ALPERIN, EDUARDO, KOREN, YUVAL, OZ, AMI, REUVENI, NADAV, BEN HANOCH, RACHEL, PODKAMIEN, IAN, SHERMAN, ITAY
• Granted Patent: US 10,218,229 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/00 Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0219 where the power saving management affects multiple terminals

Abstract

The disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing a wireless power transfer network for power transfer to electrical devices, providing central management console in communication with cloud based network, comprising at least one wireless power outlet and at least one management server. The management system, of the current disclosure, is enabling remote health check and maintenance of all of wireless power outlets within the network. Further, the management system allows for complete monitoring of a deployment according to system administrator rights and policy management coupled with command and control functioning to determine allowed/disallowed functionality while transferring powering to an electrical device in a specific venue.

Claims

1. A system for managing a wireless power transfer network, said system comprising:

at least one wireless power outlet unit operable to transfer power to at least one electrical device associated with a wireless power receiver; and

at least one management server in communication with said at least one wireless power outlet unit, said at least one management server operable to execute instructions directed to;

receiving an identification code from said at least one wireless power outlet unit; and

managing power transfer from said at least one wireless power outlet unit.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one management server is further operable to execute instructions directed to:

monitoring health of said at least one wireless power outlet unit; and

providing remote maintenance of said at least one wireless power outlet unit.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one management server is further operable to communicate with said at least one electrical device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said managing power transfer is governed by at least one power management policy, wherein said at least one power management policy determines power transfer conditions for said at least one wireless power outlet unit.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said at least one power management policy is selected from a group consisting of:

user identification policies, type of service policies, type of device policies, dynamic policies and combinations thereof.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said at least one power management policy is selected for said at least one wireless power outlet unit according to said identification code.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said at least one wireless power outlet unit has a default power management policy to determine default power transfer conditions.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the selected power management policy replaces said power management default policy.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said at least one power management policy is distributed in response to a change of said at least one power management policy on said at least one management server.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said at least one power management policy is distributed according to a distribution schedule.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein, said at least one power management policy is distributed upon a. communication request from said at least one wireless power outlet unit.

12. The system of claim 5, wherein said user identification policies comprise actions selected from the group consisting of:

user identification, location identification, starting time, ending time, duration of power transfer and combinations thereof.

13. The system of claim 5, wherein said type of service policies determine the level of current applied at power transfer from said at least one wireless power outlet.

14. The system of claim 5, wherein said dynamic policies comprise actions selected from the group consisting of:

real time management of power consumption, real time management of battery health, location traffic control, historical usage data analysis and combinations thereof.

15. The system of claim 2, wherein said providing remote maintenance comprises performing a step selected from a group consisting of starting, stopping, restarting, software updating, controlling a visual user interface, controlling a user audio interface and combinations thereof.

16. The system of claim 2, wherein said monitoring health comprises said wireless power outlet responding to a communication signal within a time-out limit.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said communication signal is transmitted according to a schedule.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein said communication signal is transmitted upon demand.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein said historical usage data analysis is selected from a group consisting of:

usage analysis of said at least one wireless power outlet unit, usage analysis of a user, usage analysis of a group of users and combinations thereof.

20. A computer implemented method for managing a wireless power transfer network, said wireless power transfer network comprising:

(1) at least one wireless power outlet unit operable to transfer power to at least one electrical device associated with a wireless power receiver; and

(2) at least one management server in communication with said at least one wireless power outlet unit, and further in communication with a management database, the method comprising the steps of;

said at least one management server, receiving an identification code from said at least one wireless power outlet unit; and

said at least one management server, managing power transfer from said at least one wireless power outlet unit.

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