Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power supply apparatus and power supply system
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Application No.: US17621316Application Date: 2019-07-19
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Publication No.: US11967835B2Publication Date: 2024-04-23
- Inventor: Manh Tai Nguyen , Kentaro Hamana , Akito Murai , Yoshiki Sugimoto
- Applicant: OMRON Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: CANTOR COLBURN LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/028473 2019.07.19
- International Announcement: WO2021/014496A 2021.01.28
- Date entered country: 2021-12-21
- Main IPC: H02J50/60
- IPC: H02J50/60 ; H02J50/23 ; H02J50/40

Abstract:
A power supply apparatus according to the present invention includes a power supply antenna, a directivity control unit, a position information acquisition unit, and a control unit. The power supply antenna emits, to a plurality of power reception apparatuses, a radio wave that is based on a power supply signal. The directivity control unit controls directivity of the power supply antenna. The position information acquisition unit acquires position information indicating a position of a moving obstruction. The control unit determines, based on the position information, a power reception apparatus, among the plurality of power reception apparatuses, to which power is supplied while avoiding the obstruction. The control unit controls the directivity control unit to steer the radio wave toward the determined power reception apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220360114A1 POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2022-11-10
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