Method for distributing wireless charge power for multiple wireless power receivers

• US 10,454,308 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2014
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Hyuk-Choon, Kim, Nam-Yun, Jung, Soo-Yeon, Jung, Hee-Won, Han, Jae-Sung
• Primary Examiner(s): Borroto, Alfonso Perez
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yeshaw, Esayas G
• Application Number:
  US15/037,916
• Publication Number:
  US 20160294220A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,798 Days
• 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 50/60 responsive to the presence of foreign objects, e.g. detection of living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention is capable of providing a method for efficiently transmitting power for multiple wireless power receivers by distributing the power of the wireless power receivers as power which matches the respective wireless power receivers in accordance with demand power information from the multiple wireless power receivers.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a wireless power transmitter, the method comprising:

transmitting, through a power transmitting circuit of the wireless power transmitter, power for charging a first wireless power receiver;

receiving, through a communication unit of the wireless power transmitter, demand power information of a second wireless power receiver while transmitting the power for charging the first wireless power receiver, wherein the demand power information of the second wireless power receiver comprises a maximum power for the second wireless power receiver;

identifying, by a controller of the wireless power transmitter, whether the wireless power transmitter is capable of providing the maximum power for the second wireless power receiver;

transmitting, through the communication unit, a power adjustment command to the second wireless power receiver if the wireless power transmitter is not capable of providing the maximum power for the second wireless power receiver, wherein the power adjustment command requests to reduce an amount of power to be received by the second wireless power receiver to a range that the wireless power transmitter is capable of supporting; and

transmitting, through the power transmitting circuit, power for charging the first wireless power receiver and the second wireless power receiver based on at least the reduced amount of power.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the demand power information further contains limitation power information.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving, through the communication unit, demand power information that contains maximum power desired by the first wireless power receiver before transmitting the power for charging the first wireless power receiver.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the determining whether the wireless power transmitter is capable of providing the maximum power for by the second wireless power receiver comprises:

determining a maximum power provided by the wireless power transmitter is less than a sum of the maximum power desired by the first wireless power receiver and the maximum power for the second wireless power receiver.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting, through the communication unit, a communication signal to initiate wirelessly receiving power to the second wireless power receiver after transmitting the power for charging the first wireless power receiver and the second wireless power receiver.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving adjusted demand power information from the second wireless power receiver in response to informing the second wireless power receiver to decrease the power drawn by the second wireless power receiver.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising recalculating the power for the first wireless power receiver and the second wireless receiver and supplying the power when a charging mode of at least one of the first wireless power receiver and the second wireless power receiver is changed.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising informing, through the communication unit, the first wireless power receiver to decrease the power drawn by the first wireless power receiver, if the wireless power transmitter is not capable of providing the maximum power for the second wireless power receiver.

9. A wireless power transmitter comprising:

a power transmitting circuit configured to transmit power for charging a first wireless power receiver;

a communication unit; and

a controller configured to;

receive, through the communication unit, demand power information of a second wireless power receiver while transmitting the power for charging the first wireless power receiver, wherein the demand power information of the second wireless power receiver comprises a maximum power for the second wireless power receiver,

identify whether the wireless power transmitter is capable of providing the maximum power for the second wireless power receiver,

transmit, through the communication unit, a power adjustment command to the second wireless power receiver if the wireless power transmitter is not capable of providing the maximum power for the second wireless power receiver, wherein the power adjustment command requests to reduce an amount of power drawn by the second wireless power receiver to a range that the wireless power transmitter is capable of supporting, and

transmit, through the power transmitting circuit, power for charging the first wireless power receiver and the second wireless power receiver, respectively, based at least the reduced amount of power.

10. The wireless power transmitter according to claim 9, wherein the demand power information further contains limitation power information.

11. The wireless power transmitter according to claim 9, wherein the controller receives, through the communication unit, demand power information that contains maximum power information desired by the first wireless power receiver before transmitting the power for charging the first wireless power receiver.

12. The wireless power transmitter according to claim 11, wherein the controller determines whether a maximum power provided by the wireless power transmitter is less than a sum of the maximum power desired by the first wireless power receiver and the maximum power for the second wireless power receiver.

13. The wireless power transmitter according to claim 9, wherein the controller transmits, through the communication unit, a communication signal to initiate wirelessly receiving power to the second wireless power receiver after transmitting the power for charging the first wireless power receiver and the second wireless power receiver.

14. The wireless power transmitter according to claim 9, wherein the controller recalculates the power for the first wireless power receiver and the second wireless receiver and supplies the power when the charging mode of at least one of the first wireless power receiver and the second wireless power receiver is changed.

15. The wireless power transmitter according to claim 9, wherein the controller informs, through the communication unit, the first wireless power receiver to decrease the power drawn by the first wireless power receiver if the wireless power transmitter is not capable of providing the maximum power for the second wireless power receiver.