Inductive power supply system with battery type detection

A remote device separable from an inductive power supply, said remote device comprising:

• a secondary for wirelessly receiving power from said inductive power supply;
• a battery having a battery type;
• a battery characteristic detection system for detecting a characteristic of said battery indicative of said battery type of said battery;
• a communication system for wirelessly communicating with said inductive power supply;
• a controller adapted to communicate with a memory including a plurality of wireless power charging algorithms, said controller programmed to at least one of:
• 1) select a wireless power charging algorithm from said plurality of wireless power charging algorithms in said memory based at least in part on said detected battery characteristic indicative of said battery type detected by said battery characteristic detection system;
• and
• 2) communicate said detected battery characteristic to said inductive power supply for use in selecting a wireless power charging algorithm;
• wherein said secondary wirelessly receives power from said inductive power supply according to said selected wireless power charging algorithm.

An inductive power supply separable from a remote device, said inductive power supply comprising:

• a primary for wirelessly transferring power to said remote device;
• a communication system for receiving from said remote device a detected battery characteristic indicative of a battery type;
• a memory including a plurality of wireless power charging algorithms;
• a controller adapted to communicate with said memory, said controller programmed to select a wireless power charging algorithm from said plurality of wireless power charging algorithms in said memory based at least in part on said detected battery characteristic indicative of said battery type;
• wherein said primary wirelessly transfers power from said inductive power supply to said remote device according to said selected wireless power charging algorithm.