Apparatus and method for anti-collision in wireless power transmission

• US 8,842,635 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2012
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lclink Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Lclink Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Nam Yun, Lee, Chang Ho, Kwon, Sang Wook, Park, Yun Kwon, Hong, Young Tack
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Boakye, Alexander O
• Application Number:
  US13/464,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20120282971A1
• Time in Patent Office: 872 Days
• Field of Search: 370/331, 370/328, 370/329, 370/338, 370/352, 370/401, 455/417, 455/428, 455/411, 455/435.2, 340/10.52, 705/22
• US Class Current: 370/331
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

Provided is an anti-collision method and apparatus used during wireless power transmission with respect to a plurality of target devices. According to one general aspect, an anti-collision method in wireless power transmission may include: transmitting, from a source device to one or more target devices, an access standard instruction including an access standard that is used for identifying the target devices; transmitting, to the one or more target devices, a call parameter used to detect identifications (IDs) of the target devices, generated based on the access standard; and assigning, to the one or more target devices, control IDs based on response signals that the one or more target devices transmits in response to the call parameter.

Claims

1. An anti-collision method in wireless power transmission, the method comprising:

transmitting, from a source device to a target device, an access standard instruction comprising an access standard that is used to identify the target device;

transmitting, to the target device, a call parameter used to detect an identification (ID) of the target device, the call parameter being generated based on the access standard; and

assigning, to the target device, a control ID based on a response signal that the target device transmits in response to receiving the call parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the access standard instruction comprises:

a reference point field, a call argument field, a movement argument field, or any combination thereof,

wherein the reference point field indicates a reference point used for generating an ID from a unique ID of the target device, the call argument field indicates predetermined n consecutive bits from the reference point, and the movement argument field indicates a number of bits corresponding to movement of the reference point.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the unique ID of the target device is set as a unique serial number or a short ID stored in a system information area of the target device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the system information area of the target device comprises:

a manufacturer ID zone, a product type zone, a battery type zone, a serial number zone, a short ID zone, a standard version ID zone, or any combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmitting of the call parameter comprises:

transmitting, at predetermined time intervals, the call parameter generated based on a value set in the call argument field.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the assigning comprises:

assigning the control ID to the target device having an ID identical to the call parameter in response to the target device transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) signal in response to receiving the call parameter.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the transmitting of the access standard instruction comprises:

changing a value set in the movement argument field, in response to an ACK signal being received from the target device having the same ID, so as to update the access standard instruction; and

transmitting an updated access standard instruction to the target device having the same ID.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the transmitting of the call parameter comprises:

changing the set value in the call argument field, so as to update the call parameter; and

transmitting, at predetermined time intervals, an updated call parameter to the target device having the same ID.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined n bits set in the call argument field are determined based on a number of target devices.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined n bits set in the call argument field are determined based on information associated with a maximum number of target devices that the source device is able to transmit power to, the information being stored in a system information area of the source device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the system information area of the source device comprises:

a manufacturer ID zone, a product type zone, a model type zone, a serial number zone, a short ID zone, a standard version ID zone, or any combination thereof.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sensing a plurality of target devices simultaneously accessing a wireless power transmission area of the source device.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, to the target device, a wake-up power based on a system information area of the source device.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting wireless power, data, or both to the target device that receives the control ID.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein the ID of the target device is a temporary ID.

15. An anti-collision method in wireless power transmission, the method comprising:

transmitting, from a source device to one or more target devices in a wireless power transmission area, an access standard instruction including an access standard to be used for identifying the one or more target devices;

transmitting, to the one or more target devices, a call parameter generated based on a value set in a call argument field;

determining whether at least one response signal is received from the one or more target devices in response to the call parameter;

determining whether overlapping identifications (IDs) exist among IDs of the one or more target devices based on a number of the at least one response signal, when the at least one response signal is received; and

assigning a control ID to a target device that transmits a response signal, when the number of the at least one response signal is one and the overlapping IDs are absent among the IDs of the one or more target devices.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining whether the call parameter is a last call parameter when the at least one response signal is not received;

changing the call parameter when the call parameter is not the last call parameter; and

transmitting, to the one or more target devices, the call parameter that is changed.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

changing a value set in a movement argument field when the overlapping IDs exist among the IDs of the one or more target devices;

transmitting, to one or more target devices having the same IDs, an updated access standard including the movement argument field in which the set value is changed; and

transmitting an updated call parameter to the one or more target devices having the same ID.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

determining whether at least one response signal is received from the one or more target devices having the same ID in response to the updated call parameter;

determining whether overlapping IDs exist among updated IDs of the one or more target devices based on a number of the at least one response signal, when the at least one response signal is received; and

assigning a control ID to a target device that transmits a response signal when the number of the updated IDs of the target devices is one and the overlapping IDs are absent among the updated IDs of the one or more target devices.

19. An anti-collision method in wireless power transmission, the method comprising:

receiving an access standard instruction including an access standard to be used for identifying one or more target devices;

generating an ID of a target device, based on values set in a reference field, call argument field, and a movement argument field included in the access standard instruction;

receiving a call parameter generated based on the value set in the call argument field;

comparing the ID and the call parameter;

transmitting, to a source device, a response signal in response to the call parameter, when the ID has the same value as the call parameter; and

assigning, from the source device, a control ID.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

receiving, from the source device, an updated access standard instruction, which is updated by changing a value set in the movement argument field, when the source device determines, based on at least one response signal, that one or more devices having the same ID exists; and

updating the ID of the target device, based on the updated access standard instruction.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

receiving an updated call parameter, based on a number of the one or more target devices having the same ID;

comparing the updated ID and the updated call parameter;

transmitting, to the source device, a response signal in response to the updated access standard instruction when the updated ID has the same value as the updated call parameter; and

receiving a control ID from the source device.

22. An anti-collision apparatus in wireless power transmission, the apparatus comprising:

a communication unit configured to transmit, from a source device to a target device sensed during a predetermined time, a call parameter and an access standard instruction including an access standard to be used for identifying the target device, and to receive a response signal from the target device in response to receiving the call parameter; and

a controller configured to determine the call parameter based on the access standard instruction, and to assign a control identification (ID) to the target device, based on the response signal from the target device in response to the call parameter.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising:

a power converter configured to generate a wake-up power to be used by the one or more target devices, based on a system information area of the source device.

24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the controller controls transmission of wireless power, data, or both to the target device that receives the control ID.

28. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the control ID denotes an ID that the source device assigns to the target device to independently control the target device.

29. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the call parameter is determined based on a call argument included in the access standard instruction.

25. An anti-collision apparatus in wireless power transmission, the apparatus comprising:

a target resonator configured to receive, from a source device, a wake-up power to be used for communication;

a communication unit configured to receive an access standard instruction including an access standard to be used for identifying one or more target devices, a call parameter generated based on the access standard instruction, and a control ID to be used for identifying the one or more devices, and to transmit a response signal to the source device in response to the call parameter when an ID of a target device has the same value as the call parameter; and

a controller configured to generate an ID of a target device, based on values set in a reference field included in the access standard instruction, a call argument field, and a movement argument field, and to determine whether the ID has the same value as the call parameter.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein, when the control ID is received, the communication unit transmits an acknowledgement (ACK) signal in response to the reception.