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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Chad A. Bossetti, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Christopher S. Graham, San Francisco, CA (US);
David W. Ritter, San Jose, CA (US);
Todd K. Moyer, Portland, OR (US);
Steven G. Herbst, Berkeley, CA (US);
Shimon Elkayam, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nileshbhai J. Shah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen C. Terry, Cupertino, CA (US);
Zaki Moussaoui, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A wireless charging mat and method of operating the same. The wireless charging mat includes a detection system configured to determine a location and an orientation of an electronic device on the wireless charging mat. The location and orientation are determined based on detected locations of one or more structural features of the electronic device. The wireless charging mat is operated according to the detected location and orientation.