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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ali Abdolkhani, Auckland, NZ;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/60 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H01F 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/60 (2016.02); G06K 19/07758 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H01F 7/02 (2013.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02);
Abstract
An inductive power transmitter comprising: at least one power transmitting coil configured to generate an inductive power transfer (IPT) field; and an object detection system configured to detect objects in or adjacent a space occupied by the IPT field when generated; wherein the object detection system is configured to detect a receiver object based on a tag associated with the receiver object.