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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Spark Connected Llc, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Petru Emanuel Stingu, Dallas, TX (US);

Ruwanga Dassanayake, Dallas, TX (US);

Yulong Hou, Shanghai, CN;

Kenneth Moore, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:

SPARK CONNECTED LLC, Dallas, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H02J 50/70 (2016.01); H04L 1/16 (2006.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01); H02J 50/60 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H02J 50/60 (2016.02); H02J 50/70 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02); H04L 1/1657 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a method includes: wirelessly transmitting power using a transmitter LC tank to a wireless power receiver having a receiver LC tank; receiving a first received power packet from the wireless power receiver, the first received power packet including a received power value field indicative of a power level; determining a first power difference between transmitted power and received power based on the first received power packet; calculating a first received power compensation factor based on the first power difference; interrupting wirelessly transmitting power for a first slot period after receiving the first received power packet; performing a first measurement of a first signal associated with the transmitter LC tank during the first slot period; determining a first Q factor value based on the first measurement; comparing the first Q factor value with a reference Q factor value; and detecting a metallic object based on the comparison.


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