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System and method for smart registration of wireless power receivers in a wireless power network

  • US 9,537,354 B2
  • Filed: 07/21/2014
  • Issued: 01/03/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless power system configured to provide pocket-forming energy in three-dimensional space, the system comprising:

  • a plurality of wireless power transmitters, each wireless power transmitter comprising;

    a power transmitter manager comprising an antenna manager; and

    a storage comprising a device database, wherein the storage is operatively coupled to the power transmitter manager,wherein a wireless power transmitter of the plurality of wireless power transmitters is configured to receive authorization data from a device, and to determine an authorization state for the device based at least in part on the received authorization data, andwherein the wireless power transmitter is configured to control generation of pocket-forming power waves in three-dimensional space via the antenna manager based on the authorization state, andwherein the wireless power transmitter transmits and controls the power waves upon determining that the wireless power transmitter is receiving the strongest signal from the device according to a database record associated with the device and stored in a device database, wherein the database record indicates one or more signal strengths received from the device by one or more respective wireless power transmitters.

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