Wireless power transfer system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshiya Hashimoto, Masato Maemura, Shogo Tsuge, Ryosuke Ikemura
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Abstract
A wireless power transfer system includes: a supply device that is provided on a road and transfers power; and a vehicle that is equipped with a power reception device and travels on the road, so that the power reception device wirelessly receives power from the supply. Further, the vehicle includes a processor, which determines whether a total number of circuits having an interruption function related to power transfer is two or more in the vehicle and the supply device; and reduces an amount of power to be transferred by the supply device to the vehicle in a case where the total number of the circuits having the interruption function is less than two.
Claims4
A wireless power transfer system comprising:
- a supply device that is provided on a road and transfers power;
- and
- a vehicle that is equipped with a power reception device and travels on the road, the wireless power transfer system having a configuration in which the power reception device receives power from the supply device in a manner that the power is wirelessly transferred to the vehicle,
- wherein the vehicle includes:
- a processor, which is configured to:
- determine whether a total number of circuits having an interruption function related to power transfer is two or more in the vehicle and the supply device;
- and
- reduce an amount of power to be transferred by the supply device to the vehicle in a case where the total number of the circuits having the interruption function is less than two.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.