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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2021
Stmicroelectronics Ltd, Kowloon, HK;
Stmicroelectronics (Rousset) Sas, Rousset, FR;
Chia Hao Chen, Taipei, TW;
Nicolas Cordier, Aix-en-Provence, FR;
STMICROELECTRONICS LTD, Kowloon, HK;
STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS, Rousset, FR;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for aligning a smartphone providing NFC wireless power for charging a battery of a device, the method comprising: emitting, with a first NFC antenna of the smartphone, an NFC field for wirelessly charging the battery of the device comprising a second NFC antenna; obtaining, with the smartphone, a measured value of a signal representative of the NFC field strength between the smartphone and the device; determining, by the smartphone, a range of values of a plurality of ranges of values the measured value belongs; and emitting, by the smartphone, at least one notification signal to a user with a frequency determined by the determined range of values.