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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Washiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Takemura, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Soma, Saitama, JP;
Kuniya Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kayoko Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Taro Tadano, Chiba, JP;
Satoshi Higano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazutoshi Serita, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Devices and methods for supply or receiving electric power. A power supply method may include specifying a type of a power source, specifying a power receiving capability of a power receiving device, performing collation of the specified type of the power source with the specified power receiving capability, and controlling transmission of electric power from the power source of the specified type to the power receiving device based on the collation. A power receiving method may include specifying a type of a power source, specifying a power receiving capability of a power receiving device, performing collation of the specified type of the power source with the specified power receiving capability, and controlling, based on the collation, selective conversion of electric power transmitted from the power source of the specified type to the power receiving device.