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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2011
Shinya Masaoka, Hiroshima, JP;
Katsuhiko Mito, Hiroshima, JP;
Akira Hirano, Hiroshima, JP;
Norihiro Okubo, Hiroshima, JP;
Masaki Naito, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasunori Takeuchi, Hiroshima, JP;
Shinya Masaoka, Hiroshima, JP;
Katsuhiko Mito, Hiroshima, JP;
Akira Hirano, Hiroshima, JP;
Norihiro Okubo, Hiroshima, JP;
Masaki Naito, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasunori Takeuchi, Hiroshima, JP;
THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A wireless power transfer system includes a power receiving device that receives transmission by wireless power transfer, a transmission device that has a transmission element that transmits transmission power to the power receiving device, the transmission device having a control mechanism that controls an oriented direction of the transmission element, and a positioning device that is connected communicably with the transmission device, the positioning device receiving with a plurality of antennas arranged adjacent to each other a positioning signal that is a wireless signal transmitted from the power receiving device, the positioning device having a positioning function that calculates a direction α in which the power receiving device exists when seen from the positioning device itself and a position of the power receiving device, based on a phase difference between the received positioning signals.