Lg Innotek Co., Ltd.

Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Lg Innotekco., Ltd.

Scramoge Technology Limited

Jae Hee Park

Yong Il Kwon

Yong Ii Kwon

In Seok Seo

A method of transmitting power by a wireless power transmitter, the method including receiving a plurality of packets including a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet from a wireless power receiver; determining whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of the FOD status packet; and transmitting, to the wireless power receiver, a response signal indicating whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of a result of the determination, wherein the response signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power receiver, wherein the plurality of packets further include at least one of a signal strength packet, an end power transfer packet, a power control hold-off packet, a configuration packet, an identification packet for transmitting receiver identification information, an extended identification packet, a general request packet, a special request packet, a control error packet, a renegotiation packet, a 24-bit received power packet, an eight-bit received power packet, and a charging status packet.

Method for detecting foreign material, and device and system therefor

A method of receiving power by a wireless power receiver, the method including transmitting, to a wireless power transmitter, a plurality of packets including a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet; and receiving, from the wireless power transmitter, a response signal indicating whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter, wherein the response signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power receiver, wherein each of the plurality of packets includes a preamble, a header, a message, and a checksum for identifying whether an error occurs in each packet, and wherein a size of the message included in the each packet is identified on the basis of a value of the header.

A wireless power transmitter that transmits power to a wireless power receiver, the wireless power transmitter including a communication unit configured to communicate with the wireless power receiver; and a controller, wherein the communication unit receives a plurality of packets including a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet from the wireless power receiver, wherein the controller determines whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of the FOD status packet, wherein the communication unit transmits, to the wireless power receiver, a response signal indicating whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of a result of the determination, wherein the response signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power receiver, wherein each of the plurality of packets includes a preamble, a header, a message, and a checksum for identifying whether an error occurs in each packet, and wherein a size of the message included in the each packet is identified on the basis of a value of the header.

A wireless power transmitter that transmits power to a wireless power receiver, the wireless power transmitter including a communication unit configured to communicate with the wireless power receiver; and a controller, wherein the communication unit receives a plurality of packets including a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet from the wireless power receiver, wherein the controller determines whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of the FOD status packet, wherein the communication unit transmits, to the wireless power receiver, a response signal indicating whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of a result of the determination, wherein the response signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power receiver, wherein each of the plurality of packets includes a preamble, a header, a message, and a checksum for identifying whether an error occurs in each packet, and wherein the header is configured to identify a type of the each packet.

A wireless power receiver that receives power from a wireless power transmitter, the wireless power receiver including a communication unit configured to communicate with the wireless power transmitter; and a main controller, wherein the main controller generates a plurality of packets including a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet, wherein the communication unit transmits the FOD status packet to the wireless power transmitter, and the communication unit receives, from the wireless power transmitter, a response signal indicating whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter, wherein the response signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power receiver, wherein each of the plurality of packets includes a preamble, a header, a message, and a checksum for identifying whether an error occurs in each packet, and wherein a size of the message included in the each packet is identified on the basis of a value of the header.

A method of transmitting power by a wireless power transmitter, the method including receiving a plurality of packets including a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet from a wireless power receiver; determining whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of the FOD status packet; and transmitting, to the wireless power receiver, a response signal indicating whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of a result of the determination, wherein the response signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power receiver, wherein each of the plurality of packets includes a preamble, a header, a message, and a checksum for identifying whether an error occurs in each packet, and wherein a size of the message included in the each packet is identified on the basis of a value of the header.

A wireless power receiver that receives power from a wireless power transmitter, the wireless power receiver including a communication unit configured to communicate with the wireless power transmitter; and a main controller, wherein the main controller generates a plurality of packets including a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet, wherein the communication unit transmits the FOD status packet to the wireless power transmitter, and the communication unit receives, from the wireless power transmitter, a response signal indicating whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter, wherein the response signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power receiver, wherein each of the plurality of packets includes a preamble, a header, a message, and a checksum for identifying whether an error occurs in each packet, and wherein the header is configured to identify a type of the each packet.

A method of receiving power by a wireless power receiver, the method including transmitting, to a wireless power transmitter, a plurality of packets including a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet; and receiving, from the wireless power transmitter, a response signal indicating whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter, wherein the response signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power receiver, wherein each of the plurality of packets includes a preamble, a header, a message, and a checksum for identifying whether an error occurs in each packet, and wherein the header is configured to identify a type of the each packet.

A method of transmitting power by a wireless power transmitter, the method including receiving a plurality of packets including a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet from a wireless power receiver; determining whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of the FOD status packet; and transmitting, to the wireless power receiver, a response signal indicating whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of a result of the determination, wherein the response signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power receiver, wherein each of the plurality of packets includes a preamble, a header, a message, and a checksum for identifying whether an error occurs in each packet, and wherein the header is configured to identify a type of the each packet.

A method of transmitting power by a wireless power transmitter, the method including receiving a plurality of packets including a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet from a wireless power receiver; determining whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of the FOD status packet; and transmitting, to the wireless power receiver, a response signal indicating whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of a result of the determination, wherein the response signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power receiver, wherein the plurality of packets further include at least one of a signal strength packet, an end power transfer packet, a power control hold-off packet, a control error packet, a renegotiation packet, an eight-bit received power packet, and a charging status packet, to which a byte encoding technique is applied, and wherein the byte encoding technique is a technique of inserting a start bit, a stop bit, and a parity bit into an encoded binary bit stream of a packet having a length of eight bits.

A method of transmitting power by a wireless power transmitter, the method including sequentially transmitting a sensing signal a plurality of times to a wireless power receiver through a plurality of transmission coils to sense the presence of the wireless power receiver; identifying transmission coils that receive a signal strength indictor transmitted by the wireless power receiver in response to the plurality of sensing signals; and selecting, as a power transmission coil, the transmission coil that has received the signal strength indicator having the largest amount or the largest value among the transmission coils that have received the signal strength indicator, receiving a plurality of packets including a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet from the wireless power receiver; determining whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of the FOD status packet; and transmitting, to the wireless power receiver, a response signal indicating whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of a result of the determination, wherein the response signal is determined using a measured peak frequency of a power signal transmitted by the wireless power transmitter and a reference peak frequency included in the FOD status packet received from the wireless power receiver.

A power transmission method for a wireless power transmitter, the power transmission method including transmitting sequentially a plurality of sensing signals to a wireless power receiver through transmission coils to sense a presence of the wireless power receiver; identifying transmission coils that receives a signal strength indictor transmitted from the wireless power receiver in response to the plurality of sensing signals; selecting, as a power transmission coil, a transmission coil that receives a signal strength indicator having the largest amount or the largest value among the transmission coils, receiving, from a wireless power receiver, a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet including information on a reference quality factor or a reference peak frequency; determining whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter based on the FOD status packet; and generating a foreign object detection indicator indicating whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter based on a result of the determination and transmitting the generated foreign object detection indicator to the wireless power receiver.

Method for detecting foreign material, and apparatus and system therefor

A wireless power transmitter that transmits power to a wireless power receiver, the wireless power transmitter including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with the wireless power receiver; and a controller, wherein the wireless communication unit receives a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet, and at least one of a signal strength packet, an end power transfer packet, a power control hold-off packet, a control error packet, a renegotiation packet, an eight-bit reception power packet, and a charging status packet to which a byte encoding technique is applied from the wireless power receiver, wherein the controller determines whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of the FOD status packet, wherein the wireless communication unit transmits, to the wireless power receiver, a foreign object detection indicator indicating whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter on the basis of a result of the determination, wherein the FOD status packet includes information on a reference quality factor or a reference peak frequency, wherein the byte encoding technique is a technique of inserting a start bit, a stop bit, and a parity bit into an encoded binary bit stream of a packet having a length of 8 bits.

A power transmission method for a wireless power transmitter, the power transmission method including receiving, from a wireless power receiver, a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet including information on a reference quality factor or a reference peak frequency, and at least one of a signal strength packet, an end power transfer packet, a power control hold-off packet, a control error packet, a renegotiation packet, an eight-bit reception power packet, and a charging status packet to which a byte encoding technique is applied; determining whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter based on the FOD status packet; and generating a foreign object detection indicator indicating whether the foreign object is present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter based on a result of the determination and transmitting the generated foreign object detection indicator to the wireless power receiver, wherein the byte encoding technique is a technique of inserting a start bit, a stop bit, and a parity bit into an encoded binary bit stream of a packet having a length of 8 bits.

A power reception method for a wireless power receiver, the power reception method including storing information on a reference quality factor and a reference peak frequency; generating a foreign object detection (FOD) status packet including the information on the reference quality factor and the reference peak frequency and a packet having a length of eight bits; transmitting the FOD status packet to a wireless power transmitter; receiving a foreign object detection indicator indicating whether a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter in response to the FOD status packet; performing differential bi-phase encoding for binary data of the packet having a length of eight bits; performing byte encoding for binary data of the differential bi-phase encoded packet; and transmitting the byte encoded packet to the wireless power transmitter, wherein the byte encoding is inserting a start bit, a stop bit, and a parity bit into binary bit stream of the differential bi-phase encoded packet.

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Jae Hee Park