Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detection of object location and orientation on a wireless charge mat
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Application No.: US16326883Application Date: 2017-09-20
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Publication No.: US11159065B2Publication Date: 2021-10-26
- Inventor: Chad A. Bossetti , Christopher S. Graham , David W. Ritter , Todd K. Moyer , Steven G. Herbst , Shimon Elkayam , Nileshbhai J. Shah , Stephen C. Terry , Zaki Moussaoui
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- International Application: PCT/US2017/052569 WO 20170920
- International Announcement: WO2018/057656 WO 20180329
- Main IPC: H02J50/90
- IPC: H02J50/90 ; H02J50/10 ; H02J50/12 ; H02J50/40 ; G01D5/16 ; G01D5/20 ; G01D5/24 ; H02J7/02 ; H01L41/113
Abstract:
A wireless charging mat and method of operating the same. The wireless charging mat includes a detection system configured to determine a location and an orientation of an electronic device on the wireless charging mat. The location and orientation are determined based on detected locations of one or more structural features of the electronic device. The wireless charging mat is operated according to the detected location and orientation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190190324A1 Detection of Object Location and Orientation on a Wireless Charge Mat Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
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