IP Library Granted Patent US 12,322,983
Granted Patent B2
US 12,322,983 · App. 18/313,693 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Power transmission apparatus, control method of power transmission apparatus, and storage medium

Inventors: Takahiro Shichino (Tokyo, JP); Kazuo Moritomo (Kanagawa, JP); Hajime Iwase (Kanagawa, JP); Tomoki Hiramatsu (Tokyo, JP); Hajime Shimura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H02J50/40H02J50/10H02J50/60H02J50/80H02J50/90
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Patent No.
US 12,322,983
App. No.
18/313,693
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power transmission apparatus includes a first power transmission unit configured to perform wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus in a first region by using at least one of a plurality of coils, a second power transmission unit configured to perform wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus in a second region by using at least one of the plurality of coils. In a case where, while the first power transmission unit performs wireless power transmission to a first power receiving apparatus in a common region where the first region and the second region overlap, a second power receiving apparatus is placed in a region of the first region other than the common region, the first power transmission unit stops the wireless power transmission to the first power receiving apparatus and the second power transmission unit performs wireless power transmission to the first power receiving apparatus.

Claims (27)

1. A power transmission apparatus comprising:

a first power transmission unit configured to perform wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus in a first region by using at least one of a plurality of coils; and

a second power transmission unit configured to perform wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus in a second region by using at least one of the plurality of coils,

wherein, while the first power transmission unit performs wireless power transmission to a first power receiving apparatus in a common region where the first region and the second region overlap, a detection of a second power receiving apparatus occurs in a region of the first region other than the common region, the first power transmission unit stops the wireless power transmission to the first power receiving apparatus and the second power transmission unit performs wireless power transmission to the first power receiving apparatus,

wherein the plurality of coils is included in at least one of the first region and the second region,

wherein a coil that is included in the common region among the plurality of coils is used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus by the first power transmission unit and the second power transmission unit,

wherein a coil that is included in the first region and not included in the common region among the plurality of coils is used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus by the first power transmission unit and is not used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus by the second power transmission unit, and

wherein a coil that is included in the second region and not included in the common region among the plurality of coils is used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus by the second power transmission unit and is not used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus by the first power transmission unit.

2. The power transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first power transmission unit performs wireless power transmission to the second power receiving apparatus placed in a region of the first region other than the common region.

3. The power transmission apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first power transmission unit is configured to perform wireless power transmission to a first number of power receiving apparatuses in the first region, and

wherein, while the first power transmission unit performs wireless power transmission to the first number of power receiving apparatuses in the first region including the first power receiving apparatus in the common region, a detection of the second power receiving apparatus occurs in a region of the first region other than the common region, the second power transmission unit performs wireless power transmission to the first power receiving apparatus.

4. A control method of a power transmission apparatus, the control method comprising:

performing first power transmission to wirelessly transmit power to a power receiving apparatus in a first region by using at least one of a plurality of coils for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus; performing second power transmission to wirelessly transmit power to a power receiving apparatus in a second region by using at least one of the plurality of coils; and

in performing the first power transmission to a first power receiving apparatus in a common region where the first region and the second region overlap,

a detection of a second power receiving apparatus occurs in a region of the first region other than the common region, stopping the first power transmission to the first power receiving apparatus and performing the second power transmission to the first receiving apparatus;

wherein the plurality of coils is included in at least one of the first region and the second region,

wherein a coil that is included in the common region among the plurality of coils is used for performing wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus in performing the first power transmission and the second power transmission,

wherein a coil that is included in the first region and not included in the common region among the plurality of coils is used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus in performing the first power transmission and is not used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus in performing the second power transmission, and wherein a coil that is included in the second region and not included in the common region among the plurality of coils is used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus in performing the second power transmission and is not used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus in performing the first power transmission.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as a power transmission apparatus comprising:

a first power transmission unit configured to perform wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus in a first region by using at least one of a plurality of coils; and

a second power transmission unit configured to perform wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus in a second region by using at least one of the plurality of coils,

wherein, while the first power transmission unit performs wireless power transmission to a first power receiving apparatus in a common region where the first region and the second region overlap, a detection of a second power receiving apparatus occurs in a region of the first region other than the common region, the first power transmission unit stops the wireless power transmission to the first power receiving apparatus and the second power transmission unit performs wireless power transmission to the first power receiving apparatus,

wherein the plurality of coils is included in at least one of the first region and the second region,

wherein a coil that is included in the common region among the plurality of coils is used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus by the first power transmission unit and the second power transmission unit,

wherein a coil that is included in the first region and not included in the common region among the plurality of coils is used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus by the first power transmission unit and is not used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus by the second power transmission unit, and

wherein a coil that is included in the second region and not included in the common region among the plurality of coils is used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus by the second power transmission unit and is not used for wireless power transmission to a power receiving apparatus by the first power transmission unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2023
From: SHICHINO, TAKAHIRO; MORITOMO, KAZUO; IWASE, HAJIME; HIRAMATSU, TOMOKI; SHIMURA, HAJIME
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 064193/0475 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-188572 · Nov 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021040528 · Nov 4, 2021
Related Publication 20230318362A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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