Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Oxford University Innovation Limited

The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford

Kyung-Woo Lee

Kang-Ho Byun

Hee-Won Jung

Se-Ho Park

Sung-Bum Park

Hyuk-Choon Kwon

Dae-Kwang Jung

Young-Min Lee

Hong-Seok Shin

Sung-Ku Yeo

Yu-Su Kim

Chong-Min Lee

Jeong-seok Choi

Keum-Su Song

Dong-jae Shin

Ho-Seong Lee

Ho-Dong Kim

Sang-Wook Kwon

Yun-Je Oh

Jae-Hyun Park

Sang-Wook Lee

Nam-Yun Kim

Ki-Uk Song

Jae-Hyuck Shin

Hyo-Seok Han

Yoo-Jeong Hyun

Soo-Yeon Jung

Jeong-Seok Choi

Yu-su Kim

Yeong-Cheol Lee

Min-Cheol Ha

Seong Hoon Hyun, Legal Representative

Joo-Byoung Yoon

Jin-sung Kim

Sung-Kweon Park

Young-Ho Ryu

Joon-Il Kim

Seung-Woo Han

Sang-Jun Park

Eun-Tae Won

Seho Park

Noh-Gyoung Kang

Hong-Kweun Kim

Jae-Seok Park

Min-Ho Kang

Dominic O'Brien

Han-Seok Park

Hee-Kyeong Jeon

Saeng-Hee Lee

Jae-Yeon Song

Chang-Hyun Kim

Jong-Hwa Lee

Hae-Young Jun

Jin-Hee Kim

Jin-Sung Kim

Ki Hyun Kim

Jin-Hyoung Park

Do-Won Kim

Se-Youn Lim

Sang-wook Lee

Sang-jun Park

Kil-Soo Ko

Jae-hak Kim

Seo-Won Kwon

Soo-geun Lee

Kyu-sub Kwak

Yoon-Sun Lee

Jae-Hun Cho

Hwan-Shik Park

Hye-Sun Kim

Yun-Jeong Noh

Jae-hyuck Shin

Basha Shaik

Yoo Jeong Hyun

Provided is a portable communication device which transmits manufacturer information and capability information to a wireless power transmitter, the manufacturer information being indicative of a manufacturer of the portable communication device and the capability information being indicative of a charging function of the portable communication device, receives a response from the wireless power transmitter including one or more characteristics with respect to the charging function allowed for the portable communication device, the one or more characteristics being determined by the wireless power transmitter based at least in part on the manufacturer information and the capability information received from the portable communication device, transmits a request for updating at least one of the one or more characteristics with respect to the charging function, and performs the charging function to charge the battery using power received from the wireless power transmitter and determined based on the at least one updated characteristic.

Wireless power transmitter, wireless power receiver, and operating method thereof

A method of controlling a wireless power receiver. The method includes receiving, by a power receiver, power from a wireless power transmitter; receiving, from the wireless power transmitter, a time set value that is set for checking cross connection; in response to receiving the time set value, generating a power variation in the wireless power receiver by converting a load status from a first load status to a second load status; and maintaining the second load status for a time corresponding to the received time set value.

Method of generating load variation for detecting wireless power receiving unit in wireless charging, and wireless power receiving unit

A wireless power receiver is for receiving power from a wireless power transmitter, the wireless power receiver may include at least one of: resonant circuitry; communication circuitry; and a controller configured to at least one of: enable a charging function to receive, through the resonant circuitry from the wireless power transmitter, first power for charging the wireless power receive, transmit, through the communication circuitry, a first signal indicating complete charge to the wireless power receiver while receiving the first power, receive, through the communication circuitry, a first charging function control signal that disables a charging function from the wireless power transmitter, based on the receiving of the first charging function control signal, disable the charging function, after disabling the charging function, identify that charging is required, transmit, through the communication circuitry, a second signal including information which is, by the wireless power receiver, set based on identifying that the charging is required to the wireless power transmitter, receive, through the communication circuitry, a second charging function control signal, and based on the receiving of the second charging function control signal, enable the charging function without outputting the indication related to the charging.

Wireless power transmitter and wireless power receiver, and operation methods therefor

A wireless power receiver, and control methods thereof are provided. The wireless power receiver includes a communication module; and a controller. The controller is configured to identify whether a near-field communication (NFC) tag is detected, wherein the NFC tag is external to a wireless power transmitter and the wireless power receiver, and transmit, by using the communication module, a signal indicating whether the NFC tag is detected to the wireless power transmitter.

Wireless power transmitter, wireless power receiver, and control methods thereof

A method for transmitting wireless power in a wireless charging system and a wireless power transmitting unit (PTU) are provided. The method for transmitting wireless power in a wireless charging system includes receiving information related to a voltage from each of a plurality of power receiving units (PRUs), identifying a voltage ratio of each of the plurality of PRUs based on the received information where the voltage ratio is a current voltage relative to a first voltage, determining a PRU among the plurality of PRUs based on the identified voltage ratio, and adjusting transmission power according to a voltage setting value of the determined PRU.

Method for transmitting wireless power in wireless charging system including a wireless power transmitting unit and wireless power receiving unit

A control method of a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power transmitter. The method includes transmitting a first power with a first cycle; transmitting a second power with a second cycle, wherein the second cycle is greater than the first cycle; when a wireless power receiver is placed within a charging area and is detected by the first power, upon detecting the wireless power receiver by the first power, transmitting a third power to drive the wireless power receiver to transmit a search signal to the wireless power transmitter; and when the wireless power receiver is placed within the charging area and is not detected by the first power, using the second power to detect the wireless power receiver and drive the wireless power receiver to transmit the search signal to the wireless power transmitter.

Method and apparatus for providing wireless charging power to a wireless power receiver

A wireless power transmitter includes an antenna and a processor configured to control the antenna to respectively transmit detection powers in a plurality of directions, the detection powers including a first detection power and a second detection power, the first detection power including a first direction information and identification information of the wireless power transmitter, the first detection power being transmitted in a first direction, the second detection power including a second direction information and the identification information of the wireless power transmitter, the second detection power being transmitted in a second direction different from the first direction; control to receive a communication signal including the first direction information and the identification information of the wireless power transmitter from an electronic device which received the first detection power; and based on receiving the communication signal, control the antenna to transmit power for charging in the first direction.

Wireless power transmitter, electronic device and controlling method thereof

Provided is a method of a wireless power transmitter, including transmitting a detection power, detecting a variation of a load impedance, the variation being greater than a predetermined value, receiving a first signal including an identifier and a load characteristic of the wireless power receiver, the load characteristic including load information indicating the variation of the load impedance, transmitting a first response to form a communication connection with a wireless power receiver in response to the first signal, receiving a second signal including required power information of the wireless power receiver, determining whether power is available to the wireless power receiver based on the required power information, and transmitting a second response including permission information indicating a standby mode or a charging mode based on a result of the determining.

Wireless power system comprising power transmitter and power receiver and method for receiving and transmitting power of the apparatuses

A method of transmitting a signal by a wireless power transmitter in a wireless charging system, wireless power transmitter, and a wireless power receiver are provided. The method includes receiving, from a wireless power transmitter, a first beacon power for a first duration time in every first period; receiving, from the wireless power transmitter, a second beacon power for a second duration time in every second period; if the wireless power receiver determines that an extension of the second beacon power is required, generating load changes while receiving the second beacon power for the second duration time; in response to the generated load changes, continually receiving, from the wireless power transmitter, the second beacon power until a predetermined third duration time, wherein the predetermined third duration time is determined before the second beacon power is transmitted by the wireless power transmitter; and transmitting an advertisement signal to the wireless power transmitter while receiving the second beacon power for the predetermined third duration time.

Method for transmitting signal by wireless power transmitter in wireless charging system, wireless power transmitter and wireless power receiver

A method and apparatus for controlling a wireless power transmitter configured to transmit power to a wireless power receiver is provided. The method includes receiving a first signal from the wireless power receiver, wherein the first signal comprises load detection indication bits, detecting a change in load of the wireless power transmitter caused by placement of the wireless power receiver in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter, based on the load detection indication bits, and determining whether to transmit a second signal to the wireless power receiver based on detecting the change in load of the wireless power transmitter.

Wireless power transmitter for excluding cross-connected wireless power receiver and method for controlling the same

A wireless power transmitter and method are provided for transmitting charging power to a wireless power receiver. The method includes transmitting, to the wireless power receiver, a control signal including first time information and load change information; detecting a load change of the wireless power receiver during a period of time corresponding to the first time information; and determining that the wireless power receiver is authorized for charging, if the detected load change of the wireless power receiver corresponds to the load change information included in the control signal.

A wireless power transmitter, a wireless power receiver, and control methods thereof are provided. The wireless power transmitter includes a Near-Field Communication (NFC) antenna for NFC, a power supply, a NFC module, a resonator that wirelessly transmits power to a wireless power receiver, and a controller that controls the power supply to apply a beacon power for detecting an impedance change that is caused by placement of the wireless power receiver on the wireless power transmitter, to the resonator during a first time period, and controls the NFC module to apply NFC tag detection power to the NFC antenna during a second time period.

A method and power transmitter for efficiently controlling power transmission to one or more power receivers in a wireless multi-power transmission system are provided. The method includes performing, when a predetermined measurement cycle arrives, a load measurement; comparing a current load measurement value with a previous load measurement value; determining whether the current load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as a first predetermined threshold; gradually increasing, when the load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as the first threshold, a transmission power value until a request for a subscription to a wireless multi-power transmission network from a power reception target within a predetermined time limit; and stopping, when the request for the subscription is not received before the time limit is exceeded, power transmission to the power reception target.

Power transmitting method and power transmitter for communication with power receiver

Disclosed are a wireless power transmission device and a control method thereof. The wireless power transmission device includes a communication circuit that receives information transmitted by an electronic device that receives wireless power; an array antenna including multiple cells that radiate wireless power; and a controller that receives the information transmitted by the electronic device through the communication circuit, combines cells of the multiple cells included in the array antenna based on the information and creates a group of cells corresponding to the electronic device, and controls the cells included in the group to radiate the wireless power towards the electronic device.

Wireless power transmission device and control method thereof

A method and an apparatus for wireless power transmission by a power transmitting apparatus is provided. The method includes transmitting detection power towards a power receiving apparatus, detecting an impedance change made by the power receiving apparatus, transmitting driving power for communication with the power receiving apparatus towards the power receiving apparatus, receiving a search signal from the power receiving apparatus within a preset time, and determining whether the impedance change is within a first acceptable range based on the received search signal.

Power transmitting and receiving apparatus and method for performing a wireless multi-power transmission

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Kyung-Woo Lee