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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2011
Method and apparatus for locating a portable device and then transmitting power over wireless signal
Applicants:
Eric Liu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Manjirnath Chatterjee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nathaniel Wolf, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eric Liu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Manjirnath Chatterjee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nathaniel Wolf, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device with a sensor to detect a location of a portable device within proximity of the device and a controller to identify an amount of power to transmit to the portable device and reposition a directional antenna to transmit to the portable device an identified amount of power over a wireless signal based on the location of the portable device.