Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detection of device removal from a surface of a multi-coil wireless charging device
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Application No.: US16936361Application Date: 2020-07-22
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Publication No.: US11296550B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Eric Heindel Goodchild , John Winters , James Scott
- Applicant: AIRA, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US AZ Chandler
- Assignee: AIRA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: AIRA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Chandler
- Agency: Loza & Loza, LLP
- Agent Anthony Smyth
- Main IPC: H02J50/90
- IPC: H02J50/90 ; H02J50/12 ; G01L1/22 ; G01P15/00 ; G01V3/08 ; G01V8/12 ; G01V1/00 ; H02J7/04 ; H02J7/00 ; G01R19/12 ; H02J50/23 ; H02J50/40

Abstract:
Systems, methods and apparatus for wireless charging are disclosed. A charging device has a plurality of charging cells provided on a charging surface, a charging circuit and a controller. The controller may be configured to cause the charging circuit to provide a charging current to a resonant circuit when a receiving device is placed on the charging surface, provide a measurement slot by causing the charging circuit to decrease or terminate the charging current for a period of time and determine whether the receiving device has been removed from the charging surface based on measurement of a characteristic of the resonant circuit during the measurement slot. The characteristic of the resonant circuit may be representative of electromagnetic coupling between a transmitting coil in the resonant circuit and a receiving coil in the receiving device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210028651A1 DETECTION OF DEVICE REMOVAL FROM A SURFACE OF A MULTI-COIL WIRELESS CHARGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-01-28
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