Wireless power supply system
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1. A wireless power supply system comprising:
- a power-supplying device having a power-supplying coil and a first cover covering the power-supplying coil;
a power-receiving device having a power-receiving coil and a second cover covering the power-receiving coil, electric power being wirelessly supplied from the power-supplying coil to the power-receiving coil; and
a plurality of receivers and a plurality of transmitters configured to perform communication between the power-supplying device and the power-receiving device using an acoustic signal,wherein the plurality of receivers are arranged at equal intervals on one of the first cover and the second cover along an outer circumference of the one of the first cover and the second cover, andthe plurality of transmitters are arranged at equal intervals on the other of the first cover and the second cover along an outer circumference of the other of the first cover and the second cover.
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A wireless power supply system includes a power-supplying device having a power-supplying coil and a power-receiving device having a power-receiving coil and wirelessly supplies electric power from the power-supplying coil to the power-receiving coil, and the power-supplying device and the power-receiving device communicate with each other using an acoustic signal.
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1. A wireless power supply system comprising:
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a power-supplying device having a power-supplying coil and a first cover covering the power-supplying coil; a power-receiving device having a power-receiving coil and a second cover covering the power-receiving coil, electric power being wirelessly supplied from the power-supplying coil to the power-receiving coil; and a plurality of receivers and a plurality of transmitters configured to perform communication between the power-supplying device and the power-receiving device using an acoustic signal, wherein the plurality of receivers are arranged at equal intervals on one of the first cover and the second cover along an outer circumference of the one of the first cover and the second cover, and the plurality of transmitters are arranged at equal intervals on the other of the first cover and the second cover along an outer circumference of the other of the first cover and the second cover. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A wireless power supply system that includes a power-supplying device having a power-supplying coil and a power-receiving device having a power-receiving coil and that wirelessly supplies electric power from the power-supplying coil to the power-receiving coil,
wherein the power-supplying device and the power-receiving device communicate with each other using an acoustic signal, and wherein a transmission diaphragm is installed in a part of at either or both of the cover covering the power-supplying coil and the cover covering the power-receiving coil, a sealing material having flexibility is installed in a boundary between the cover and the transmission diaphragm, and the acoustic signal is transmitted using the transmission diaphragm.
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10. A wireless power supply system that includes a power-supplying device having a power-supplying coil and a power-receiving device having a power-receiving coil and that wirelessly supplies electric power from the power-supplying coil to the power-receiving coil,
wherein the power-supplying device and the power-receiving device communicate with each other using an acoustic signal, wherein the power-receiving device periodically transmits the acoustic signal during wireless supply of electric power, and wherein the power-supplying device stops the supply of electric power when the periodic acoustic signal is not received during wireless supply of electric power.
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