Wireless power device with interference mitigation

1. An electronic device comprising:

processor circuitry configured to:

control a detection module to execute a first carrier sense by performing at least one of phase control and amplitude control corresponding to a first beam pattern for a received wireless signal, and execute a second carrier sense by performing at least one of phase control and amplitude control corresponding to a second beam pattern for the received wireless signal; and

control a power supply module to supply power by an electromagnetic wave with the first beam pattern based on a result of the first carrier sense, and supply power by an electromagnetic wave with the second beam pattern based on a result of the second carrier sense.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor circuitry is configured to:

control the detection module to execute the first carrier sense based on a first wireless signal obtained by multiplying the received wireless signal by at least one of first phase information and first amplitude information for forming the first beam pattern, and

control the detection module to execute the second carrier sense based on a second wireless signal obtained by multiplying the received wireless signal by at least one of second phase information and second amplitude information for forming the second beam pattern.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , further comprising a phased array antenna,

wherein:

at least one of the first phase information and the first amplitude information is obtained by receiving, via the phased array antenna, a beacon signal transmitted from a first power reception device to which power is supplied with the first beam pattern, and

at least one of the second phase information and the second amplitude information is obtained by receiving, via the phased array antenna, a beacon signal transmitted from a second power reception device to which power is supplied with the second beam pattern.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor circuitry is configured to control the power supply module to determine whether power should be supplied with the first beam pattern or the second beam pattern based on first information related to a first power reception device to which power is supplied with the first beam pattern and second information related to a second power reception device to which power is supplied with the second beam pattern.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein:

the first information includes at least one of a power reception amount requested by the first power reception device, a remaining amount of a battery provided in the first power reception device, and an energy level when power is received in the first power reception device, and

the second information includes at least one of a power reception amount requested by the second power reception device, a remaining amount of a battery provided in the second reception device, and an energy level when power is received in the second power reception device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:

the processor circuitry is configured to control the power supply module to supply power with the first beam pattern in a first period of a power supply period allocated to the power supply module, and supply power with the second beam pattern in a second period of the power supply period, and

a ratio between the first period and the second period is determined based on first information related to a first power reception device to which power is supplied with the first beam pattern and second information related to a second power reception device to which power is supplied with the second beam pattern.

7. An electronic device which supplies power to first to N-th power reception devices by an electromagnetic wave, where N is a natural number, the electronic device comprising:

processor circuitry configured to:

control a detection module to execute first to k-th carrier senses by performing at least one of phase control and amplitude control corresponding to first to k-th beam patterns, respectively, for a received wireless signal, where k is a natural number less than N; and

control a power supply module to supply power to the first to k-th power reception devices by an electromagnetic wave with the first to k-th beam patterns based on results of the first to k-th carrier senses, respectively,

wherein the first to k-th power reception devices to which power is supplied are determined based on first to N-th information related to the first to N-th power reception devices, respectively.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein:

the processor circuitry is configured to control the power supply module to supply power with the first to k-th beam patterns in first to k-th periods of a first power supply period allocated to the power supply module, and

each of the first to k-th periods is determined based on the first to N-th information.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor circuitry is configured to:

control the detection module to execute k+1-th to N-th carrier senses by performing at least one of phase control and amplitude control corresponding to k+1-th to N-th beam patterns for the received wireless signal in a second carrier sense period different from a first carrier sense period for executing the first to k-th carrier senses, and

control the power supply module to supply power with the k+1-th to N-th beam patterns to the k+1-th to N-th power reception devices based on results of the k+1-th to N-th carrier senses, respectively, in a second power supply period different from the first power supply period.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor circuitry is configured to:

control the detection module to execute k+1-th to N-th carrier senses in series by performing at least one of phase control and amplitude control corresponding to k+1-th to N-th beam patterns, respectively, for the received wireless signal in a plurality of second carrier sense periods different from a first carrier sense period for executing the first to k-th carrier senses, and

control the power supply module to supply power with the k+1-th to N-th beam patterns to k+1-th to N-th power reception devices based on results of the k+1-th to N-th carrier senses in a plurality of second power supply periods different from the first power supply period.

11. An electronic device comprising processor circuitry configured to control a power reception module to receive, after executing both (i) a first carrier sense by performing at least one of phase control and amplitude control corresponding to a first beam pattern for a wireless signal received in a transmission source of an electromagnetic wave and (ii) a second carrier sense by performing at least one of phase control and amplitude control corresponding to a second beam pattern for the received wireless signal, at least one of power transmitted by an electromagnetic wave with the first beam pattern based on a result of the first carrier sense and power transmitted by an electromagnetic wave with the second beam pattern based on a result of the second carrier sense.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , further comprising a power storage configured to store at least a part of the received power.

13. A method comprising:

executing a first carrier sense by performing at least one of phase control and amplitude control corresponding to a first beam pattern for a received wireless signal, and a second carrier sense by performing at least one of phase control and amplitude control corresponding to a second beam pattern for the received wireless signal;

supplying power with the first beam pattern by an electromagnetic wave based on a result of the first carrier sense; and

supplying power with the second beam pattern by an electromagnetic wave based on a result of the second carrier sense.