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- Patent Title: System, apparatus and method for supplying electric power, apparatus and method for receiving electric power, storage medium and program
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Application No.: US16879323Application Date: 2020-05-20
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Publication No.: US11095155B2Publication Date: 2021-08-17
- Inventor: Yosuke Kozuma , Shinpei Nishikawa , Shinji Kimura , Yusuke Hori , Goro Mikano , Yuuki Iwasaki , Shigetoshi Onitsuka
- Applicant: Sony Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Priority: JP2005-059747 20050303
- Main IPC: H02J50/80
- IPC: H02J50/80 ; H02J50/10 ; H02J7/02
Abstract:
An electric power supply system includes an electric power reception apparatus and an electric power supply apparatus adapted to supply electric power to the electric power reception apparatus when the electric power reception apparatus is placed on the electric power supply apparatus. The electric power supply apparatus includes a plurality of electric power supply units adapted to supply electric power by electromagnetic induction to the electric power reception apparatus. A selection unit of the electric power supply apparatus selects, from the total plurality of electric power supply units, a plurality of electric power supply units whose location corresponds to a position where the electric power reception apparatus is placed, and a control unit controls the supply of electric power such that electric power is supplied to the electric power reception apparatus from the selected plurality of electric power supply units.
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