Charging miniature devices
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsOleg Pogorelik, Avi Priev, Shahar Porat, Songnan Yang, Boyan Yanakiev
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Abstract
Techniques for wirelessly charging small power receiving units are disclosed. An example power receiving unit includes a transportation mechanism to enable the power receiving unit to move and a wireless communication system that enables the power receiving unit to communicate with a plurality of other power receiving units. The power receiving unit is a master unit and the other power receiving units are nodes that take commands from the master unit. The power receiving unit also includes a controller to command the nodes to form a composite receive coil over a power transmitting unit and communicate with the power transmitting unit to start a charging session.
Claims25
A power receiving unit comprising:
- a transportation mechanism to enable the power receiving unit to move;
- a wireless communication system to enable the power receiving unit to communicate with a plurality of other power receiving units, wherein the power receiving unit is a master unit and the plurality of other power receiving units are nodes that take commands from the master unit;
- and
- a controller to:
- command the nodes to form a composite receive coil over a power transmitting unit;
- and
- communicate with the power transmitting unit to start a charging session.
A method of wirelessly charging a plurality of power receiving units, comprising:
- monitoring a charge level of each one of the plurality of power receiving units;
- determining that the charge level of at least one of the power receiving units is below a threshold;
- arranging the plurality of power receiving units to form a composite receive coil over a transmitting coil of a power transmitting unit;
- and
- starting a charge session with the power transmitting unit.
A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, direct the processor to control a wireless charging session, the instructions to control the processor to:
- monitor a charge level of each one of a plurality of power receiving units;
- determine that the charge level of at least one of the power receiving units is below a threshold;
- arrange the plurality of power receiving units to form a composite receive coil over a transmitting coil of a power transmitting unit;
- and
- start a charge session with the power transmitting unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.