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- Patent Title: Systems and methods of object detection in wireless power charging systems
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Application No.: US15053313Application Date: 2016-02-25
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Publication No.: US09941752B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Douglas Bell , Michael A. Leabman
- Applicant: ENERGOUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: ENERGOUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: ENERGOUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: H02J50/60
- IPC: H02J50/60 ; G01S15/06

Abstract:
Embodiments disclosed herein disclose a wireless charging system configured to generate and transmit power waves that, due to physical waveform characteristics, converge at a predetermined location in a transmission field to generate a pocket of energy. Receivers, associated with an electronic device being powered by the wireless charging system, may extract energy from these pocket of energy and then convert that energy into usable electric power for the electronic device associated with a receiver. The pocket of energy may manifest as a three-dimensional field (e.g., transmission field) where energy may be harvested by a receiver positioned within or nearby the pocket of energy. Video sensors capture actual video images of fields of view within the transmission field, and a processor identifies selected objects, selected events, and/or selected locations within the captured video images.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170077765A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OBJECT DETECTION IN WIRELESS POWER CHARGING SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2017-03-16
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