Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Foreign object detector, power transmitting device and power receiving device for wireless power transmission, and wireless power transmission system
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Application No.: US15118165Application Date: 2014-02-28
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Publication No.: US10170939B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Kenichi Asanuma , Atsushi Yamamoto , Hiroshi Yamamoto , Hiroshi Kanno
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/001094 WO 20140228
- International Announcement: WO2015/128901 WO 20150903
- Main IPC: H02J50/12
- IPC: H02J50/12 ; H02J7/02 ; H02J50/60 ; H02J50/90 ; H02J50/80 ; H02J17/00

Abstract:
A foreign object detector detects a metallic foreign object between a first resonator and a second resonator which is composed of a parallel resonant circuit including a coil and a capacitor. The foreign object detector includes the first resonator; an oscillator circuit capable of oscillating at a first frequency (f1) which is lower than a resonant frequency (fr) of the second resonator and at a second frequency (f2) which is higher than the resonant frequency (fr); and a measurement circuit to measure changes in input impedance of the first resonator. The measurement circuit detects a metallic foreign object between the first resonator and the second resonator based on: changes in input impedance of the first resonator as measured by the measurement circuit while the oscillator circuit is oscillating at the first frequency f1; and changes in input impedance of the first resonator as measured by the measurement circuit while the oscillator circuit is oscillating at the second frequency f2.
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