A power feeder is provided that comprises a power output signal generator, and a controller. The power output signal generator generates a plurality of power output signals of different strengths. The controller performs an increasing or decreasing control to increase or decrease at least one of the strengths of the power output signals based on the strengths of the power output signals at which an electronic device has been detected.
1. A power feeder comprising:
a power output signal generator that generates a plurality of power output signals of different strengths;
a controller that performs an increasing or decreasing control to increase or decrease at least one of the strengths of the power output signals based on the strengths of the power output signals at which an electronic device has been detected; and
a memory that stores the strengths of the power output signals at which the electronic device has been detected as detection results, respectively,
the controller performing the increasing or decreasing control based on a multiple number of the most recent detection results stored in the memory.
2. A power feeder comprising:
a power output signal generator that generates a plurality of power output signals of different strengths; and
a controller that performs an increasing or decreasing control to increase or decrease at least one of the strengths of the power output signals based on the strengths of the power output signals at which an electronic device has been detected,
the controller detecting the electronic device while repeatedly generating a sequence pattern of the power output signals, and performing the increasing or decreasing control based on detection frequency for each of the strengths of the power output signals at which the electronic device has been detected, with the detection frequency for each of the strength of the power output signals indicating a number of detections of the electronic device for each of the strengths of the power output signals at which the electronic device has been detected in a multiple number of recent detections of the electronic device.
3. The power feeder according to claim 2 , wherein
the strengths include a high output strength, and a low output strength that is smaller than the high output strength.
4. The power feeder according to claim 3 , wherein
the controller performs the increasing or decreasing control to increase or decrease the low output strength based on the detection frequency for each of the strengths of the power output signals.
5. The power feeder according to claim 3 , wherein
the sequence pattern includes one power output signal of the high output strength.
6. The power feeder according to claim 3 , wherein
the controller increases the low output strength by a first value if the detection frequency at the high output strength is greater than the detection frequency at the low output strength in the multiple number of the most recent detections.
7. The power feeder according to claim 6 , wherein
the controller increases or decreases the low output strength by a value that is less than the first value if the detection frequency at the high output strength is less than the detection frequency at the low output strength in the multiple number of the most recent detections.
8. The power feeder according to claim 6 , wherein
the low output strength has a medium output strength, and a small output strength that is smaller than the medium output strength.
9. The power feeder according to claim 8 , wherein
the controller decreases the medium output strength and the small output strength by a value that is less than the first value if the detection frequency at the high output strength is less than the detection frequency at the low output strength, and if the detection frequency at the small output strength is at least a specific detection frequency.
10. The power feeder according to claim 8 , wherein
the controller increases the medium output strength and the small output strength by a value that is less than the first value if the detection frequency at the high output strength is less than the detection frequency at the low output strength, and if the detection frequency at the small output strength is less than a specific detection frequency.
11. The power feeder according to claim 8 , wherein
the controller increases or decreases at least one of the number of the power output signals of the medium output strength and the number of the power output signals of the small output strength based on a multiple number of the most recent detections.
12. The power feeder according to claim 11 , wherein
the controller increases the number of the power output signals of the medium output strength and decreases the number of the power output signals of the small output strength in the sequence pattern if the electronic device has been detected by the power output signals of the medium output strength consecutively for a specific number, which is at least two, of the most recent detections.
13. The power feeder according to claim 11 , wherein
the controller decreases the number of the power output signals of the medium output strength and increases the number of the power output signals of the small output strength in the sequence pattern if the electronic device has been detected by the power output signals of the small output strength consecutively for a specific number, which is at least two, of the most recent detections.
14. The power feeder according to claim 8 , wherein
the controller increases or decreases at least one of the medium output strength and the small output strength based on the multiple number of the most recent detections.
15. The power feeder according to claim 14 , wherein
the controller expands the difference between the medium output strength and the small output strength if the number of times the electronic device has been detected by the power output signals of one of the strengths is at least one half of the multiple number.
16. The power feeder according to claim 14 , wherein
the controller sets the medium output strength and the small output strength to specific initial setting values if the numbers of times the electronic device has been detected by the power output signals of the strengths are each less than one half of the multiple number.
17. The power feeder according to claim 8 , wherein
the sequence pattern includes the power output signals of the medium output strength and the power output signals of the small output strength that are alternately arranged with respect to each other.
18. The power feeder according to claim 8 , wherein
the difference between the high output strength and the medium output strength is larger than the difference between the medium output strength and the small output strength.
19. The power feeder according to claim 3 , wherein
the controller maintains the high output strength to the same during the increasing or decreasing control.