Power receiving device, power feeding device, and electronic apparatus

• US 10,523,061 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2015
• Issued: 12/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nakano, Hiroaki, Matsui, Ken, Takanohashi, Kazukuni, Tsuchiyama, Tomonori, Abe, Masayoshi, Kozakai, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Barnie, Rexford N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shiao, David A
• Application Number:
  US15/323,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20170149287A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,651 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction

Abstract

A power receiving device of the disclosure includes a power generator, a detector, and a controller. The power generator includes a power receiving element that receives a power signal supplied in a wireless manner from a power feeding device, and generates direct current power on the basis of the power signal. The detector includes a detection element, and drives the detection element and detects an alternating current signal generated in the detection element, during a power receiving period in which the power receiving element receives the power signal. The controller controls the power feeding device on the basis of a detection result of the detector.

Claims

1. A power feeding device comprising:

power feeding circuitry including a power feeding element, the power feeding circuitry generating a power signal to be supplied in a wireless manner to a power receiving device and outputting the power signal through the power feeding element;

a first detection circuitry connected to the power feeding circuitry, the first detection circuitry configured to detect a measured quality factor from the power feeding circuitry, compare the measured quality factor to a threshold quality factor corresponding to the power receiving device, and continue a power feeding period in which the power feeding element outputs the power signal if the measured quality factor exceeds the threshold quality factor;

a signal generator that generates a pulse signal;

a detection element that is connected to the signal generator to receive the pulse signal and generate an alternating current signal;

second detection circuitry connected to the detection element and configured to receive a detected signal that corresponds to the alternating current signal, the detected signal being received during the power feeding period in which the power feeding element outputs the power signal; and

a controller that determines a detection result corresponding to at least one of an amplitude or a phase of the detected signal, and that controls whether to continue the power feeding period on a basis of the detection result.

2. The power feeding device according to claim 1, wherein

the detection result is one of a plurality of detection results intermittently determined by the controller,

wherein the controller sets a determination condition on a basis of a first detection result of the plurality of detection results, and

controls the power feeding device to terminate the power feeding period if any of the plurality of detection results subsequent to the first detection result fails to satisfy the determination condition.

3. The feeding device according to claim 2, wherein

the power feeding device detects absence of a foreign matter between the power feeding device and the power receiving device, and

the controller determines the first detection result after the power feeding device has detected the absence of the foreign matter.

4. The power feeding device according to claim 2, wherein the determination condition is whether at least one of the amplitude or the phase of the detected signal of the corresponding detection result is outside of a range.

5. The power feeding device according to claim 4, wherein respective upper and lower threshold values of the range are determined on the basis of the first detection result of the plurality of detection results.

6. The power feeding device according to claim 4, wherein the determination condition comprises whether the amplitude of the detected signal of the corresponding detection result is outside of the range.

7. The power feeding device according to claim 4, wherein the determination condition comprises whether the phase of the detected signal of the corresponding detection result is outside of the range.

8. The power feeding device according to claim 1, wherein a frequency of the alternating current signal differs from a frequency of the power signal.

9. The power feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the detection element includes a coil.

10. The power feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the detection element includes an electrode.