Handheld-terminal charging device
View Patent ↗This handheld-terminal charging device has a plurality of charging coils, a plurality of detection coils, and a control unit that is electrically connected to said charging coils and detection coils. The control unit drives the plurality of detection coils and watches for impedance changes that said detection coils detect when thus driven. If a detection coil detects an impedance change, a charging coil corresponding to said detection coil is selected from among the plurality of charging coils and a magnetic field is outputted from the selected charging coil. If a response signal that has been agreed upon with a handheld terminal is received in response to said magnetic field, the selected charging coil is used to charge said handheld terminal.
1. A handheld-terminal charging device which wirelessly feeds charging power to a handheld-terminal, the handheld-terminal charging device comprising:
a plurality of charging coils;
a plurality of detecting coils; and
a controller which is electrically connected to the plurality of charging coils and the plurality of detecting coils, wherein
the plurality of charging coils is disposed under the plurality of detecting coils, and
the controller is configured to:
control output of pulse waves to the plurality of detecting coils to drive the plurality of detecting coils,
monitor a change in an impedance detected by the plurality of detecting coils when the plurality of detecting coils is driven,
select a charging coil associated with a detecting coil which has detected the change in the impedance, from the plurality of charging coils, and control the selected charging coil to output a magnetic field by a ping operation, the magnetic field being larger than a magnetic field generated by the plurality of detecting coils as a result of the pulse waves, and
charge the handheld-terminal by using the selected charging coil when the controller receives a response signal determined between the handheld-terminal charging device and the handheld-terminal in response to the magnetic field.
2. The handheld-terminal charging device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of each of the plurality of detecting coils in an alignment direction of the plurality of detecting coils is half or more of a width of each of the plurality of charging coils in an alignment direction of the plurality of charging coils.
3. The handheld-terminal charging device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of detecting coils is configured of a first set and a second set, and an end of each detecting coil belonging to the first set in an alignment direction of detecting coils belonging to the first set, and a center of each detecting coil belonging to the second set in an alignment direction of detecting coils belonging to the second set are collinearly positioned from a plan view.
4. The handheld-terminal charging device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of detecting coils is configured of a first set and a second set, a center of each detecting coil belonging to the first set in an alignment direction of detecting coils belonging to the first set, and a center of one of the plurality of charging coils in the alignment direction of the plurality of charging coils are collinearly positioned from a plan view, and
a center of each detecting coil belonging to the second set in an alignment direction of detecting coils belonging to the second set, and an end of one of the plurality of charging coils in the alignment direction of the plurality of charging coils overlap from a plan view.
5. The handheld-terminal charging device according to claim 4 , wherein, in a case where one of the detecting coils belonging to the first set has detected a maximum change in an impedance, the controller selects a charging coil positioned right below the detecting coil which has detected the maximum change in the impedance.
6. The handheld-terminal charging device according to claim 4 , wherein, in a case where one of the detecting coils belonging to the second set has detected a maximum change in an impedance, the controller refers to changes in impedances of both neighboring detecting coils of the detecting coil which has detected the maximum change in the impedance, and selects a charging coil positioned right below of one of the both neighboring detecting coils having detected a larger change in the impedance.
7. The handheld-terminal charging device according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the controller has not received the response signal determined between the handheld-terminal charging device and the handheld-terminal in response to the magnetic field transmitted from the charging coils, the controller monitors the change in the impedance detected by the plurality of detecting coils again.