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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:
Jan. 23, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2021
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Mingi Song, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Dohyeon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Seho Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Wooram Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H02J 50/60 (2016.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/402 (2020.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/60 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H02J 2310/22 (2020.01);
Abstract

Provided are a wireless charging device and method. The wireless charging device may include: a first group of coils; a second group of coils; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: transmit a first ping signal through the first group of coils and the second group of coils; sense a change in current, voltage, and/or frequency occurring in the first group of coils and the second group of coils in response to the first ping signal to detect that an electronic device is placed on the wireless charging device; select at least one coil from the first group of coils and at least one coil from the second group of coils at which the change is sensed; transmit a second ping signal through the selected coils; and wirelessly transmit power to the electronic device by using the selected coils. Various other embodiments are also disclosed.


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