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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 7/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H04W 52/0225 (2013.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04W 52/0245 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for determining, by a wireless power transmitter, whether a wireless power receiver is removed from a wireless power network managed by the wireless power transmitter. The method includes transmitting a command signal to report power information of the wireless power receiver at stated periods; determining whether a report signal corresponding to the command signal is received from the wireless power receiver; and determining that the wireless power receiver is removed from the wireless power network, if the report signal is not received after transmitting the command signal a predetermined number of times at the stated periods.