Method and supplying-end module for detecting receiving-end module

• US 10,673,287 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2019
• Issued: 06/02/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tsai, Ming-Chiu, Chan, Chi-Che
• Primary Examiner(s): Cavallari, Daniel J
• Application Number:
  US16/248,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20190148993A1
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• 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: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source

Abstract

A method of detecting a receiving-end module for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system, wherein the supplying-end module includes a supplying-end coil, includes the steps of: detecting a resonant frequency of the supplying-end coil; determining a coil distance of the receiving-end module and the supplying-end module according to the resonant frequency; obtaining a maximum resonant voltage and a minimum resonant voltage corresponding to the coil distance; and determining whether there is a deviation between the supplying-end module and the receiving-end module according to the maximum resonant voltage and the minimum resonant voltage and an input current of the supplying-end coil.

Claims

1. A method of detecting a receiving-end module, for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system, the supplying-end module comprising a supplying-end coil, the method comprising:

detecting a resonant frequency of the supplying-end coil;

determining a coil distance of the receiving-end module and the supplying-end module according to the resonant frequency;

obtaining a maximum resonant voltage and a minimum resonant voltage corresponding to the coil distance; and

determining whether there is a deviation between the supplying-end module and the receiving-end module according to the maximum resonant voltage and the minimum resonant voltage and an input current of the supplying-end coil.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether there is a deviation between the supplying-end module and the receiving-end module according to the maximum resonant voltage and the minimum resonant voltage and the input current of the supplying-end coil comprises:

obtaining a present resonant voltage of the supplying-end coil;

calculating a threshold resonant voltage according to the maximum resonant voltage and the minimum resonant voltage and the input current of the supplying-end coil; and

determining that there is an excessively large deviation between the supplying-end module and the receiving-end module when determining that the present resonant voltage is greater than the threshold resonant voltage.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the maximum resonant voltage and the minimum resonant voltage corresponding to the coil distance comprises:

obtaining a furthest distance and a nearest distance within an operation range of the induction type power supply system;

setting a first maximum resonant voltage and a first minimum resonant voltage corresponding to the furthest distance, and setting a second maximum resonant voltage and a second minimum resonant voltage corresponding to the nearest distance; and

calculating the maximum resonant voltage corresponding to the coil distance according to the first maximum resonant voltage and the second maximum resonant voltage, and calculating the minimum resonant voltage corresponding to the coil distance according to the first minimum resonant voltage and the second minimum resonant voltage.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the maximum resonant voltage is an output voltage of the supplying-end module when the induction type power supply system has full load, and the minimum resonant voltage is an output voltage of the supplying-end module when the induction type power supply system has no load.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplying-end module stops outputting electric power when the supplying-end module and the receiving-end module are determined to have an excessively large deviation.

6. A supplying-end module for an induction type power supply system, comprising:

a supplying-end coil;

a current detector, for detecting an input current of the supplying-end coil; and

a processor, coupled to the supplying-end coil, for performing the following steps;

detecting a resonant frequency of the supplying-end coil;

determining a coil distance of the receiving-end module and the supplying-end module according to the resonant frequency;

obtaining a maximum resonant voltage and a minimum resonant voltage corresponding to the coil distance; and

determining whether there is a deviation between the supplying-end module and the receiving-end module according to the maximum resonant voltage and the minimum resonant voltage and the input current.

7. The supplying-end coil of claim 6, wherein the processor further performs the following steps to determine whether there is a deviation between the supplying-end module and the receiving-end module according to the maximum resonant voltage and the minimum resonant voltage and the input current:

obtaining a present resonant voltage of the supplying-end coil;

calculating a threshold resonant voltage according to the maximum resonant voltage and the minimum resonant voltage and the input current; and

determining that there is an excessively large deviation between the supplying-end module and the receiving-end module when determining that the present resonant voltage is greater than the threshold resonant voltage.

8. The supplying-end coil of claim 6, wherein the processor further performs the following steps to obtain the maximum resonant voltage and the minimum resonant voltage corresponding to the coil distance:

obtaining a furthest distance and a nearest distance within an operation range of the induction type power supply system;

setting a first maximum resonant voltage and a first minimum resonant voltage corresponding to the furthest distance, and setting a second maximum resonant voltage and a second minimum resonant voltage corresponding to the nearest distance; and

calculating the maximum resonant voltage corresponding to the coil distance according to the first maximum resonant voltage and the second maximum resonant voltage, and calculating the minimum resonant voltage corresponding to the coil distance according to the first minimum resonant voltage and the second minimum resonant voltage.

9. The supplying-end coil of claim 6, wherein the maximum resonant voltage is an output voltage of the supplying-end module when the induction type power supply system has full load, and the minimum resonant voltage is an output voltage of the supplying-end module when the induction type power supply system has no load.

10. The supplying-end coil of claim 6, wherein the supplying-end module stops outputting electric power when the supplying-end module and the receiving-end module are determined to have an excessively large deviation.