Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for non-compliant object detection
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Application No.: US14335655Application Date: 2014-07-18
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Publication No.: US09793717B2Publication Date: 2017-10-17
- Inventor: Mark D. White, II , Edward Kenneth Kallal , Ryan Tseng , Joseph N. Maalouf
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: H02J5/00
- IPC: H02J5/00 ; G01R29/08 ; H02J7/02 ; G01R21/01 ; G01V3/12 ; H04B5/00 ; H02J7/00

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for lost power detection are described. In one implementation, an apparatus for wireless transferring power comprises a wireless power transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit power at a power level sufficient to power or charge a chargeable device. The apparatus further comprises a controller configured to determine a first and second power difference between a first and second power measurement and the second and a third power measurement of the power level provided by the wireless power transmitter at a first, second, and third sample time, respectively. The controller is further configured to determine a transmitter power difference between the first power difference and the second power difference. The controller is further configured to determine an absence or a presence of an object that affects consumption of power transmitted by the wireless power transmitter based at least on the transmitter power difference Δ_T.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150054453A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NON-COMPLIANT OBJECT DETECTION Public/Granted day:2015-02-26
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