Wireless power supply control system, wireless power supply control apparatus, method for controlling wireless power supply, and method for producing directivity information

A wireless power supply control apparatus that controls predetermined wireless power supply performed by a first radio configured to be capable of performing the predetermined wireless power supply to a second radio via a directional antenna in a predetermined environment in which driving of one or more driving devices is controlled by a control apparatus in accordance with a plurality of predetermined driving patterns,

• the second radio being formed to be capable of receiving power supply radio waves for the predetermined wireless power supply and being driven by power of the power supply radio waves, the power supply radio waves being transmitted from the first radio,
• the wireless power supply control apparatus comprising:
• a directivity information storage unit that stores driving directivity information relating to a directivity, the driving directivity information being applied to the directional antenna of the first radio in relation to the predetermined wireless power supply from the first radio to the second radio in accordance with the plurality of driving patterns in a state in which driving of the one or more driving devices is controlled by the control apparatus in accordance with the plurality of driving patterns;
• an acquisition unit that acquires, from the control apparatus, a target driving pattern that is the driving pattern among the plurality of driving patterns that the control apparatus applies to the one or more driving devices;
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• an execution unit that selects, from among pieces of the driving directivity information stored in the directivity information storage unit, target driving directivity information corresponding to the target driving pattern acquired by the acquisition unit, applies the selected target driving directivity information to the directional antenna of the first radio, and executes the predetermined wireless power supply from the first radio to the second radio.

A wireless power supply control method for controlling predetermined wireless power supply performed by a first radio configured to be capable of performing the predetermined wireless power supply to a second radio via a directional antenna in a predetermined environment in which driving of one or more driving devices is controlled by a control apparatus in accordance with a plurality of predetermined driving patterns,

• the second radio being formed to be capable of receiving power supply radio waves for the predetermined wireless power supply and being driven by power of the power supply radio waves, the power supply radio waves being transmitted from the first radio,
• the wireless power supply control method comprising:
• acquiring, from the control apparatus, a target driving pattern that is the driving pattern among the plurality of driving patterns that the control apparatus applies to the one or more driving devices;
• selecting, from among pieces of driving directivity information relating to a directivity, target driving directivity information corresponding to the acquired target driving pattern, the target driving directivity information being applied to the directional antenna of the first radio in relation to the predetermined wireless power supply from the first radio to the second radio in accordance with the plurality of driving patterns in a state in which driving of the one or more driving devices is controlled by the control apparatus in accordance with the plurality of driving patterns;
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• applying the selected target driving directivity information to the directional antenna of the first radio and executing the predetermined wireless power supply from the first radio to the second radio.

A directivity information production method for producing directivity information that is applied to a directional antenna in predetermined wireless power supply control performed by a first radio configured to be capable of performing the predetermined wireless power supply to a second radio via the directional antenna in a predetermined environment in which driving of one or more driving devices is controlled by a control apparatus in accordance with a plurality of predetermined driving patterns,

• the second radio being formed to be capable of receiving power supply radio waves for the predetermined wireless power supply and being driven by power of the power supply radio waves, the power supply radio waves being transmitted from the first radio,
• the directivity information production method comprising:
• transmitting test radio waves at a plurality of control times that are set in an execution period during which a driving pattern is executed, from the first radio to the second radio, in a state in which driving of the one or more driving devices is controlled by the control apparatus in accordance with the plurality of driving patterns;
• measuring a received signal intensity for the test radio waves when the second radio receives the test radio waves transmitted from the first radio;
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• producing driving directivity information relating to a directivity in accordance with the plurality of driving patterns, the driving directivity information being applied to the directional antenna of the first radio in relation to the predetermined wireless power supply from the first radio to the second radio in a state in which driving of the one or more driving devices is controlled by the control apparatus in accordance with the plurality of driving patterns such that a received signal measured at the plurality of control times has a maximum intensity or is in a predetermined received signal intensity range.