Communication terminal apparatus and method for supplying terminal power source
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.
InventorsKuniharu Suzuki, Katsuya Suzuki
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Abstract
A communication terminal that includes a wireless communication unit used to communicate with another communication terminal, a power transmitting unit that transmits contactless electric power to the another communication terminal, and a control unit that controls the wireless communication unit to transmit, to the another communication terminal, an instruction for receiving the contactless electric power transmitted from the power transmitting unit.
Claims20
A communication terminal comprising:
- a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with another communication terminal;
- a power transmitting unit configured to transmit contactless electric power to the another communication terminal;
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- a control unit configured control the wireless communication unit to transmit, to the another communication terminal, an instruction for receiving the contactless electric power transmitted from the power transmitting unit.
A power transfer method performed by a communication terminal, the method comprising:
- transmitting, from a wireless communication unit of the communication terminal to another communication terminal, an instruction for receiving contactless electric power transmitted from a power transmitting unit of the communication terminal;
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- transmitting, by the power transmitting unit of the communication terminal, contactless electric power to the another terminal in accordance with the instruction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.