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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2025
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Bingyao Sun, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen C Terry, San Jose, CA (US);
Ye Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zaid A Abukhalaf, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Detecting an object proximate an electronic device operable in a wireless power receiver (PRx) mode to receive power from a wireless power transmitter (PTx) or in a PTx mode to transmit power to an accessory can include using the wireless power transfer (WPT) coil to transmit a plurality of low power object detection (LPOD) pulses and detect a response thereto associated with the object, wherein the LPOD pulses can be generated without using a rectifier or an inverter of a WPT system associated with the device; responsive to detecting the object, identifying the object as a PRx or a PTx; responsive to identifying the object as a PRx, activating the PTx mode and transmitting power to the accessory using WPT circuitry of the electronic device; and responsive to identifying the object as a PTx, activating the PRx mode and receiving power from the PTx using the WPT circuitry.