Method for controlling contactless power supplying device and contactless power supplying device
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a contactless power supplying device, wherein the contactless power supplying device includes a setting surface on which an electric appliance is set, a plurality of power supplying areas that are adjacently defined in the setting surface, and a plurality of primary coils that are respectively arranged in the plurality of power supplying areas, and wherein the contactless power supplying device is configured to excite at least one of the primary coils and supply power using an electromagnetic induction effect to a secondary coil of a power receiving device arranged in the electric appliance, the method comprising:
- determining whether or not a metal piece is present in at least one of the power supplying areas;
full-bridge-operating a full-bridge circuit to excite at least one of the primary coils when the electric appliance is on the setting surface; and
half-bridge-operating the full-bridge circuit to excite at least one of the primary coils when the metal piece is present in at least one of the power supplying areas or when the electric appliance is not on the setting surface,wherein the half-bridge-operate includes continuing to half-bridge-operating the full-bridge circuit until the electric appliance is set on the setting surface.
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Abstract
A method for controlling a contactless power supplying device that excites a primary coil and supplies power using an electromagnetic induction effect to a secondary coil of a power receiving device arranged in an electric appliance is provided. A full-bridge circuit is full-bridge-operated to excite the primary coil when the electric appliance is on a setting surface. The full-bridge circuit is half-bridge-operated to excite the primary coil when the electric appliance is not on the setting surface.
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1. A method for controlling a contactless power supplying device, wherein the contactless power supplying device includes a setting surface on which an electric appliance is set, a plurality of power supplying areas that are adjacently defined in the setting surface, and a plurality of primary coils that are respectively arranged in the plurality of power supplying areas, and wherein the contactless power supplying device is configured to excite at least one of the primary coils and supply power using an electromagnetic induction effect to a secondary coil of a power receiving device arranged in the electric appliance, the method comprising:
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determining whether or not a metal piece is present in at least one of the power supplying areas; full-bridge-operating a full-bridge circuit to excite at least one of the primary coils when the electric appliance is on the setting surface; and half-bridge-operating the full-bridge circuit to excite at least one of the primary coils when the metal piece is present in at least one of the power supplying areas or when the electric appliance is not on the setting surface, wherein the half-bridge-operate includes continuing to half-bridge-operating the full-bridge circuit until the electric appliance is set on the setting surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A contactless power supplying device comprising:
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a setting surface on which an electric appliance is set; a plurality of power supplying areas that are adjacently defined in the setting surface; a plurality of primary coils that are respectively arranged in the plurality of power supplying areas, wherein the contactless power supplying device is configured to excite at least one of the primary coils and supply power using an electromagnetic induction effect to a secondary coil of a power receiving device arranged in the electric appliance; a plurality of full-bridge circuits, wherein each of the full-bridge circuits is arranged in a corresponding one of the power supplying areas and excites and drives a corresponding one of the primary coils; a detection circuit that detects whether or not an object is present on the setting surface and generates a detection signal; and a system control unit that drives and controls the full-bridge circuits, wherein the system control unit full-bridge-operates at least one of the full-bridge circuits to excite at least one of the primary coils when the detection signal indicates that the electric appliance is on the setting surface, and the system control unit half-bridge-operates at least one of the full-bridge circuits to excite at least one of the primary coils when the detection signal indicates that a metal piece is present in at least one of the power supplying areas or when the detection signal indicates that the electric appliance is not on the setting surface, wherein the half-bridge-operate includes continuing to half-bridge-operating the full-bridge circuit until the electric appliance is set on the setting surface. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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