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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:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Energous Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Cesar Johnston, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Alister Hoss, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Erik Heinke, San Jose, CA (US);

Deepak Jain, San Ramon, CA (US);

William M. Wiese, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);

Fay Yew, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

ENERGOUS CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/40 (2016.01); G01S 13/04 (2006.01); G01V 3/02 (2006.01); H01Q 3/28 (2006.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.01); H02J 50/60 (2016.01); H03F 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/04 (2013.01); G01V 3/02 (2013.01); H01Q 3/28 (2013.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.02); H02J 50/40 (2016.02); H02J 50/60 (2016.02); H03F 3/20 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wireless-power transmission system (WPTS) includes sensors, antennas, a power amplifier (PA), and integrated circuits (ICs). The antennas, upon receiving an amplified signal for the PA, are configured to radiate energy within a transmission field (TF) of the WPTS. The ICs are configured to receive sensor data indicating presence of an object within a keep-out zone (KOZ). The ICs are configured to classify using the sensor data the object as a sensitive object. While detecting presence of the sensitive object, the ICs are configured to forgo providing an instruction to the PA to amplify the signal. In accordance with a determination that the sensitive object is no longer detected the ICs are configured to determine whether an electronic device is within the TF and in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is within the TF the ICs are configured to instruct the PA to amplify the signal.


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