Wireless power supplying system

• US 10,122,213 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2015
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hashiguchi, Takaaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Borroto, Alfonso Perez
• Application Number:
  US14/854,313
• Publication Number:
  US 20160006269A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,148 Days
• Field of Search: 307104, 307149, 307151
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a wireless power supplying system, including a power transmission device adapted to transmit power supplied thereto, a repeater device adapted to repeat the transmission power of the power transmission device, and a power reception device adapted to receive the power repeated by said repeater device.

Claims

1. A power transmission device comprising:

a first resonance element;

a power generation section configured to generate power supplied to the first resonance element;

a variable matching section coupled between the power generation section and the first resonance element and having an impedance matching function configured to match the impedance at a power supplying point of the first resonance element in accordance with a control signal;

a directional coupler coupled between the power generation section and the variable matching section and having a detection section configured to detect a state of power transmission by detecting passing power and reflected power and generating a signal indicating a power transmission efficiency based on a comparison of the reflected power and the passing power; and

a first control section coupled to the directional coupler and configured to receive the signal generated by the detection section and coupled to the variable matching circuit and configured output the control signal to the variable matching section so as to raise a power transmission efficiency by impedance matching by the variable matching section based on the received result of the detection.

2. The power transmission device of claim 1 comprising a repeater device integrated with the power transmission device.

3. The power transmission device of claim 2, wherein the repeater device includes:

a second resonance element for receiving and retransmitting power transmitted thereto by way of a magnetic field relationship; and

a driving section capable of adjusting at least an angle or a position of the second resonance element in response to power transmission information of at least the power transmission device.

4. The power transmission device of claim 3, wherein the repeater device includes a second control section configured to receive control information regarding the power transmission from the first control section and control the driving section so as to adjust at least the angle or the position of the second resonance element based on the received control information.

5. The power transmission device of claim 4, wherein the control sections of the integrated devices are parts of a same device.

6. The power transmission device of claim 3, wherein the repeater device driving section adjusts the angle of the second resonance element in response to power transmission information of at least the power transmission device.

7. The power transmission device of claim 3, wherein the repeater device driving section adjusts the position of the second resonance element in response to power transmission information of at least the power transmission device.

8. A power reception device comprising:

a first resonance element for receiving power wirelessly transmitted thereto;

a load;

a variable matching section having an impedance matching function configured to match the impedance at a connection portion of the first resonance element to a load in response to a control signal;

a directional coupler coupled between the variable matching circuit and the load and having a detection section configured to detect a state of the transmitted power by detecting passing power and reflected power and generating a signal indicating a power reception efficiency based on a comparison of the passing power and the reflected power, the variable matching section coupled between the first resonance element and the directional coupler; and

a first control section coupled to the directional coupler and configured to receive the signal generated by the detection section and coupled to the variable matching circuit and coupled to output the control signal to the variable matching section so as to raise the power reception efficiency by impedance matching by the variable matching section based on the received result of the detection.

9. The power reception device of claim 8, wherein a repeater device is integrated with the power reception device.

10. The power reception device of claim 9, wherein the repeater device includes:

a second resonance element for receiving power transmitted thereto by way of a magnetic field relationship, and retransmitting the received power to the first resonance element; and

a driving section capable of adjusting at least an angle or a position of the second resonance element in response to power reception information of at least the power reception device.

11. The power reception device of claim 10, wherein the repeater device includes a second control section configured to receive control information regarding the power reception of the first control section and control the driving section so as to adjust at least the angle or the position of the second resonance element based on the received control information.

12. The power reception device of claim 11, wherein the control sections of the integrated devices are parts of a same device.

13. The power reception device of claim 10, wherein the repeater device driving section adjusts the angle of the second resonance element in response to power reception information of at least the power reception device.

14. The power reception device of claim 10, wherein the repeater device driving section adjusts the position of the second resonance element in response to power reception information of at least the power reception device.