Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power transmission apparatus, power reception apparatus, wireless power feeding system, and control method thereof
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Application No.: US14231424Application Date: 2014-03-31
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Publication No.: US09614402B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Ryohei Yamada
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2013-076983 20130402
- Main IPC: H02J17/00
- IPC: H02J17/00

Abstract:
There is provided a power transmission apparatus capable of selecting a power transmission apparatus for power feeding easily from among a plurality of power transmission apparatuses. A power transmission apparatus configured to feed power wirelessly to a power reception apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with another power transmission apparatus configured to feed power wirelessly to the power reception apparatus, an acquisition unit configured to acquire individual information about the power transmission apparatus and individual information about the another power transmission apparatus via the communication unit, a transmission unit configured to transmit the individual information about the power transmission apparatus and the individual information about the another power transmission apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit to the power reception apparatus, and a power feeding unit configured to feed power to the power reception apparatus in response to a power feeding request from the power reception apparatus.
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