Invention Publication
- Patent Title: WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND METHOD, PERFORMED BY WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, OF IDENTIFYING LOCATION OF COOKING APPLIANCE
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Application No.: US17984321Application Date: 2022-11-10
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Publication No.: US20230142856A1Publication Date: 2023-05-11
- Inventor: Jiwoong CHOI , Dongoh KANG , Hongjoo KANG , Heejun KANG , Byungduck SEO , Jonghun HA
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Priority: KR 20210153728 2021.11.10
- Main IPC: H05B6/12
- IPC: H05B6/12 ; H02J50/40 ; H02J50/10 ; H02J50/90 ; H02J50/80 ; H05B1/02 ; H02J13/00

Abstract:
A wireless power transmission apparatus including a plurality of cooking zones, a communication interface to communicate with a cooking appliance, an output interface, a wireless power transmitter comprising a plurality of working coils corresponding to the plurality of cooking zones, and an inverter circuit, and at least one processor configured to: control, upon detecting a first wireless communication signal transmitted from the cooking appliance, the inverter circuit to drive the plurality of working coils to generate a magnetic field according to a plurality of power transmission patterns; receive a second wireless communication signal from the cooking appliance, including information regarding the cooking zone detected at a location of the cooking appliance; and based on the second wireless communication signal, output, through the output interface, the information regarding the cooking zone in which the cooking appliance is located.
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