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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Yuji Tawaragi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Tawaragi, Kanagawa, JP;
PIONEER CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A power theft inspection apparatus () is mounted on a power transmitting apparatus () which has a power transmission unit () and a power supply unit () configured to supply alternating current (AC) power to the power transmission unit. The power theft inspection apparatus has a controlling device () configured to (i) control the short-circuiting device (SW, SW) to electrically cut off the power transmission unit from the power supply unit and to short-circuit the input unit of the power transmission unit, and further (ii) transmit, to the power receiving apparatus (), a signal indicating a request to open the power reception unit (), upon power theft inspection, and a determining device () configured to determine whether or not there is power theft according to current detected by a current detecting device () upon the power theft inspection.