Identifying receivers in a wireless charging transmission field
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1. A method comprising:
- transmitting, by a transmitter, to a plurality of segments of a transmission field sequentially, a respective exploratory power wave and a respective communications signal for each respective segment in the transmission field,wherein each respective communications signal transmitted to each respective segment contains data indicating a respective segment to which a respective exploratory power wave is transmitted;
upon receiving a response message from a receiver at a first location within a first segment of the transmission field;
transmitting, by the transmitter, sequentially to one or more sub-segments of the first segment, a respective additional exploratory power wave and a respective additional communications signal, for each respective sub-segment in the first segment,wherein the each respective additional communications signal transmitted to each respective sub-segment contains data indicating a respective sub-segment to which the a respective additional exploratory power wave is transmitted;
determining, by the transmitter, a set of one or more characteristics of one or more power waves to transmit to the receiver at the first location;
generating, by the transmitter, the one or more power waves having the one or more characteristics; and
identifying, by the transmitter, a rate of displacement of the receiver based upon a plurality of updated transmission responses indicating a plurality of new locations within the transmission field.
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein may generate and transmit power waves that, as result of their physical waveform characteristics (e.g., frequency, amplitude, phase, gain, direction), converge at a predetermined location in a transmission field to generate a pocket of energy. Receivers associated with an electronic device being powered by the wireless charging system, may extract energy from these pockets of energy and then convert that energy into usable electric power for the electronic device associated with a receiver. The pockets of energy may manifest as a three-dimensional field (e.g., transmission field) where energy may be harvested by a receiver positioned within or nearby the pocket of energy.
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1. A method comprising:
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transmitting, by a transmitter, to a plurality of segments of a transmission field sequentially, a respective exploratory power wave and a respective communications signal for each respective segment in the transmission field, wherein each respective communications signal transmitted to each respective segment contains data indicating a respective segment to which a respective exploratory power wave is transmitted; upon receiving a response message from a receiver at a first location within a first segment of the transmission field; transmitting, by the transmitter, sequentially to one or more sub-segments of the first segment, a respective additional exploratory power wave and a respective additional communications signal, for each respective sub-segment in the first segment, wherein the each respective additional communications signal transmitted to each respective sub-segment contains data indicating a respective sub-segment to which the a respective additional exploratory power wave is transmitted; determining, by the transmitter, a set of one or more characteristics of one or more power waves to transmit to the receiver at the first location; generating, by the transmitter, the one or more power waves having the one or more characteristics; and identifying, by the transmitter, a rate of displacement of the receiver based upon a plurality of updated transmission responses indicating a plurality of new locations within the transmission field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A wireless charging system comprising:
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a transmitter comprising; an array of one or more antennas configured to transmit one or more power waves having one or more characteristics according to a transmitter processor; a communications component configured to communicate one or more communications signals with one or more receivers according to the transmitter processor; and the transmitter processor comprising instructions for the transmitter to; transmit a plurality of segments of a transmission field sequentially, a respective exploratory power wave and a respective communications signal, for each respective segment in the transmission field, wherein each respective communications signal transmitted to each respective segment contains data indicating a respective segment to which a respective exploratory power wave is transmitted; upon receiving a response message from a receiver at a first location within a first segment of the transmission field, transmit sequentially to one or more sub-segments of the first segment, a respective additional exploratory power wave and a respective additional communications signal, for each respective sub-segment in the first segment, wherein each respective additional communications signal transmitted to each respective sub-segment contains data indicating a respective sub-segment to which a respective additional exploratory power wave is transmitted; determine a set of one or more characteristics of one or more power waves to transmit to the receiver at the first location; and generate the one or more power waves having the one or more characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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transmitting, by a transmitter, to a plurality of segments of the transmission field sequentially, a respective exploratory power wave and a respective communications signal for each respective segment in the transmission field, wherein each respective communications signal transmitted to each respective segment contains data indicating a respective segment to which a respective exploratory power wave is transmitted, wherein the transmitter comprises; an array of one or more antennas configured to transmit the respective exploratory power waves; and
a communications component configured to communicate the respective communications signals to one or more receivers; andupon receiving a response message from a receiver at a first location within a first segment of the transmission field; transmitting, by the transmitter, sequentially to one or more sub-segments of the first segment, a respective additional exploratory power wave and a respective additional communications signal, for each respective sub-segment in the first segment, wherein each respective additional communications signal transmitted to each respective sub-segment contains data indicating a respective sub-segment to which a respective additional exploratory power wave is transmitted; determining, by the transmitter, a set of one or more characteristics of one or more power waves to transmit to the receiver at the first location; and generating, by the transmitter, the one or more power waves having the one or more characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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