WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY DEVICE

• US 20170012472A1
• Filed: 06/14/2016
• Published: 01/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Matsuno, Hirokazu
• Application Number:
  US15/181,503
• Publication Number:
  US 20170012472A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10881 constructional details of hand-held scanners
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, a wireless power supply system comprises a power supply section configured to carry out a wireless power supply to an electronic device, a detection section configured to detect an operator who operates the electronic device, and a power supply control section configured to start the wireless power supply to the electronic device by the power supply section if the operator is detected by the detection section or stop the wireless power supply to the electronic device by the power supply section if the operator is not detected by the detection section.

Claims

1. A wireless power supply system, comprising:

a power supply section configured to carry out a wireless power supply to an electronic device;

a detection section configured to detect an operator who operates the electronic device; and

a power supply control section configured to start the wireless power supply to the electronic device by the power supply section if the operator is detected by the detection section or stop the wireless power supply to the electronic device by the power supply section if the operator is not detected by the detection section.

2. The wireless power supply system according to claim 1, further comprising

a device detection section configured to detect that the electronic device is moved from a power supply area for receiving the wireless power supply to the outside of the power supply area, wherein

the electronic device charges a built-in battery through the wireless power supply in a state of a power-off or an energy saving mode until the device detection section detects that the electronic device is moved to the outside of the power supply area.

3. The wireless power supply system according to claim 2, wherein

the power supply control section stops, if the device detection section detects that the electronic device is moved to the outside of the power supply area, the wireless power supply from the power supply section to the electronic device whose movement to the outside of the power supply area is detected.

4. A wireless power supply device, comprising:

a power supply section configured to carry out a wireless power supply to an electronic device;

a detection section configured to detect an operator who operates the electronic device;

a power supply control section configured to start the wireless power supply to the electronic device by the power supply section if the operator is detected by the detection section or stop the wireless power supply to the electronic device by the power supply section if the operator is not detected by the detection section; and

a housing, in which the power supply section is arranged, configured to receive the electronic device to carry out the wireless power supply to the electronic device by the power supply section.

5. The wireless power supply device according to claim 4, further comprising

a device detection section configured to detect that the electronic device is moved to the inside or outside of a power supply area serving as an area for enabling the electronic device to receive the wireless power supply, wherein

the power supply control section stops, if the device detection section detects that the electronic device is moved to the outside of the power supply area, the wireless power supply to the electronic device until the device detection section detects that the electronic device is moved to the inside of the power supply area.