Power transmission and power receiving apparatus and method

• US 7,761,307 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2006
• Issued: 07/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoshikawa, Takashi, Hashida, Naoki, Ochi, Daisuke, Kinno, Akira, Hagino, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): BORISSOV, IGOR N
• Application Number:
  US11/454,195
• Publication Number:
  US 20060287763A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,495 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/400, 705/26, 705/35, 320/108, 307/104, 336/180, 363/21.02
• US Class Current: 705/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• 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 7/00036 Charger exchanging data with battery
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00047 with provisions for charging different types of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/50 Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications

Abstract

A power transmission and power receiving apparatus and method is disclosed. Charging while in a non-contact processing operation for the purpose other than charging is realized. An approach of a portable electronic device with a rapid bulk electricity storing module, which is a chargeable power source, is detected at the side of a power transmitting device, and power transmission for charging the rapid bulk electricity storing module is executed in response to the detection of the approach. A power source can be charged in operation for non-contact authentication which is executed when a device approaches an authentication device.

Claims

1. An electrical charging system, comprising:

a power transmitting device; and

a portable electronic device including a power source;

wherein said power transmitting device is configured to charge said power source in non-contact processing including a predetermined power providing policy including at least one of a fee setting, a billing system setting, an electrical charging system setting, a charging determination setting, and a security setting;

and wherein said power transmitting device is configured to charge said power source while in a non-contact processing operation of at least one of an admission operation and a payment operation with said portable electronic device and processing including at least one of said predetermined power providing policy of said power transmitting device and a predetermined power receiving policy of said portable electronic device, and wherein said admission operation is an operation other than an authorization for the power transmitting device to charge said power source.

2. The electrical charging system according to claim 1, wherein said power transmitting device is configured to charge said power source according to a history of said power receiving policy according to when power was received before.

3. The electrical charging system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an authentication device, wherein the authentication device causes another device to execute authentication of a user of the portable electronic device,

wherein said power transmitting device is configured to charge said power source when said another device authenticates the user.

4. The electrical charging system according to claim 3, wherein said authentication device issues authentication information to eliminate a next authentication if the authentication normally ends, and executes rapid authentication which is processing for executing authentication by using the authentication information.

5. The electrical charging system according to claim 3, further comprising a billing proxy device for executing billing according to an amount of said charging when said authentication device authenticated the user.

6. The electrical charging system according to claim 5, wherein said billing proxy device makes a payment for a bill by using electronic money.

7. A power transmitting method comprising:

detecting an approach of a power receiving device with a chargeable power source of a portable electronic device by a power transmitting device; and

transmitting power by said power transmitting device for charging said power source in non-contact processing, according to a predetermined power providing policy including at least one of a fee setting, a billing system setting, an electrical charging system setting, a charging determination setting, and a security setting, in response to said detecting of said approach of said power receiving device;

wherein said step of transmitting power by said power transmitting device is conducted while said power transmitting device is in a non-contact processing operation of at least one of an admission operation and a payment operation with said portable electronic device based on said predetermined power providing policy, and wherein said admission operation is an operation other than an authorization for the power transmitting step.

8. A power receiving method for charging a chargeable power source of a portable electronic device, said method comprising:

detecting an approach to a power transmitting device;

receiving power transmitted from said power transmitting device; and

charging said power source in non-contact processing, according to a predetermined power receiving policy including at least one of a fee setting, a billing system setting, an electrical charging system setting, a charging determination setting, and a security setting,

wherein said step of receiving power transmitted from said power transmitting device is conducted while said power transmitting device is in a non-contact processing operation of at least one of an admission operation and a payment operation with said portable electronic device based on said predetermined power receiving policy, and wherein said admission operation is an operation other than an authorization for the power receiving step.