Electricity transmission sending method and device, and system

• US 10,230,273 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2014
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Fuchao, Tian, Fan, Zhang, Yuchao
• Primary Examiner(s): Donovan, Lincoln D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cheng, Diana J.
• Application Number:
  US14/582,738
• Publication Number:
  US 20150188365A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,539 Days
• Field of Search: 307104, 320108
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/40 using two or more transmitting or receiving devices H02J50/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/263 Multiple coils at either side
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

An electricity transmission sending device includes: a transmission circuit and a coil, where the transmission circuit includes a signal sending unit and a controlling unit, and the coil includes at least two mutually perpendicular subcoils. The signal sending unit is configured to receive a required power signal and an actually received power signal that are sent by the electricity transmission receiving device; and the controlling unit is configured to adjust a magnetic field direction in which wireless electricity transmission to the electricity transmission receiving device is performed and control the coil to transmit electric energy to the electricity transmission receiving device in an optimal magnetic field direction, where the optimal magnetic field direction refers to a corresponding magnetic field direction when a power value of electric energy actually received by the electricity transmission receiving device is maximum in a case of specific output power of the coil.

Claims

1. An energy transmitter for wirelessly transmitting electrical energy to an energy receiving device, the energy transmitter comprising:

a coil comprising at least two mutually perpendicular subcoils, wherein the coil is configured to generate a magnetic field for transmitting electrical energy to the energy receiving device;

a signal sending unit configured to receive a required power signal and an actually received power signal from the energy receiving device, wherein the required power signal includes information of an amount of power required by the energy receiving device and the actually received power signal includes information of power actually received by the energy receiving device;

a controlling unit configured to (a) adjust an amplitude ratio and a phase difference between currents of the at least two mutually perpendicular subcoils in step-like changes towards a same direction at a fixed angle until a direction of the magnetic field returns to an initial position before the stepping;

a sampling and comparing unit configured to (a) obtain and compare the actually received power signals before and after each stepping, and (b) determine the direction of the magnetic field corresponding to a maximum power value of the actually received power signals as an optimal direction of the magnetic field; and

a power transmission unit configured to (a) control the coil to transmit the electrical energy to the energy receiving device in the optimal direction of the magnetic field and (b) adjust an output power so that the power received by the energy receiving device is equal to power represented by the required power signal.

2. The energy transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the step controlling unit comprises a delayer, a direct current voltage-adjustable power source, and a high frequency inverter, wherein:

the high frequency inverter is configured to convert a direct current output by the direct current voltage-adjustable power source into an alternating current and then output the alternating current to the at least two mutually perpendicular subcoils;

the delayer is configured to delay a frequency driving signal, wherein the delayed frequency driving signal is used to generate the phase difference between the currents of the at least two mutually perpendicular subcoils, wherein the phase difference is used to determine a range of a two-dimensional quadrant or a three-dimensional quadrant in which a direction of the magnetic field generated by the coil is located; and

the direct current voltage-adjustable power source is configured to output a direct current and adjust the amplitude ratio between the currents output to the at least two mutually perpendicular subcoils, so as to adjust the direction of the magnetic field generated by the coil to perform the step change within the range.

3. An electric energy transmission system comprising an energy transmitter and an energy receiving device according to claim 1 and the energy receiving device further comprises:

an energy receiving circuit configured to receive the wireless electrical energy transmission; and

a receiving coil comprising a signal sending unit configured to send the required power signal and the actually received power signal to the energy transmitter.

4. An electricity transmission sending method comprising:

receiving, by an energy transmitter, a required power signal and an actually received power signal that are from an energy receiving device, wherein the required power signal includes information of an amount of required power value of electrical energy required by the energy receiving device and the actually received power signal includes information of actually received power value;

adjusting, by the energy transmitter, an amplitude ratio and a phase difference between currents of the at least two mutually perpendicular subcoils so as to cause a direction of an associated magnetic field to perform step change at a fixed angle;

determining, an optimum direction of the associated magnetic field by;

a) controlling the direction of the associated magnetic field to step at the fixed angle until the direction returns to a starting direction while obtaining actually received power signals at each step;

b) selecting a largest value of the actually received power signals as a maximum power value; and

c) identifying a direction of the associated magnetic field providing the maximum power value as the optimal direction;

controlling, by the energy transmitter, the two subcoils to transmit electrical energy to the energy receiving device in the optimal magnetic field direction; and

adjusting, by the energy transmitter, output power of the coil, so that the power received by the energy receiving device is substantially equal to the power required by the energy receiving device.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein adjusting the magnetic field direction comprises:

adjusting a range of a two-dimensional quadrant or a three-dimensional quadrant in which the magnetic field direction is located by adjusting the phase difference; and

adjusting a deflection angle of the magnetic field direction within the range by adjusting the amplitude ratio between the currents, so as to cause the magnetic field direction to perform step change at the fixed angle.

6. An energy transmitter comprising:

a communications module configured to receive a required power signal and an actually received power signal from an energy receiving device, wherein the required power signal includes information of an amount of required power value required by the energy receiving device and the received power signal that includes information of a received power value actually received by the energy receiving device;

an optimal electricity transmission module configured to adjust an amplitude ratio and a phase difference between currents of the at least two mutually perpendicular subcoils so as to cause a direction of an associated magnetic field to perform step change at a fixed angle in order to determine an optimum direction of the associated magnetic field by;

a) controlling the direction of the associated magnetic field to step at the fixed angle until the direction returns to a starting direction while obtaining actually received power signals at each step;

b) selecting a largest value of the actually received power signals as a maximum power value; and

c) identifying a direction of the associated magnetic field providing the maximum power value as the optimal direction; and

an electric energy transmission module configured to control the two subcoils to transmit electrical energy to the energy receiving device in the optimal magnetic field direction and adjust output power of the coil so that the power received by the energy receiving device is substantially equal to the power required by the energy receiving device determined from the required power signal.

7. The energy transmitter according to claim 6, wherein the optimal electricity transmission module comprises:

a cyclic stepping unit configured to control the magnetic field direction to step towards a same direction at the fixed angle until the magnetic field direction returns to an initial position; and

a comparing and determining unit configured to

a) obtain a first power value of the power signal received by the receiving device before the stepping and obtain a second power value of the received power signal, which is obtained after each stepping;

b) compare both the obtained first and second power values of the received power signal; and

determine a magnetic field direction corresponding to a maximum power value of the received power signal as the optimal magnetic field direction.

8. The energy transmitter according to claim 6, wherein the optimal electricity transmission module is further configured to:

adjust a range of a two-dimensional quadrant or a three-dimensional quadrant in which the magnetic field direction is located by adjusting the phase difference; and

adjust a deflection angle of the magnetic field direction within the range by adjusting the amplitude ratio between the currents, so as to cause the magnetic field direction to perform step change at the fixed angle.