Tone Power Scheduler For Wireless Environmental Applications

A method for wireless power transmission comprising:

• sending, via an antenna of a first wireless power receiver client and during a first tone time block, a beacon signal to a wireless power transmission system;
• during a first power tick time block of a plurality of power tick time blocks following the first tone time block, receiving a wireless power signal from an antenna array of the wireless power transmission system, wherein the plurality of power tick time blocks occurs before a second tone time block subsequent to the first tone time block;
• and
• when not sending the beacon signal and when not receiving the wireless power signal, entering into a low power mode configured to consume less power than a power consumed by the first wireless power receiver during either the sending of the beacon signal or the receiving of the wireless power signal.

A wireless power transmission system comprising:

• a wireless power transmission system comprising an antenna array;
• a plurality of wireless power receiver clients configured to receive wireless power delivery from the wireless power transmission system and comprising:
• a first wireless power receiver client comprising a first antenna;
• and
• a second wireless power receiver client comprising a second antenna;
• wherein the first wireless power receiver client is configured to:
• send, via the first antenna and during a first tone time block, a beacon signal to the wireless power transmission system;
• during a first power tick time block of a plurality of power tick time blocks following the first tone time block, receive a wireless power signal from the antenna array, wherein the plurality of power tick time blocks occurs before a second tone time block subsequent to the first tone time block;
• and
• when not sending the beacon signal and when not receiving the wireless power signal, enter into a low power mode configured to consume less power than a power consumed by the first wireless power receiver during either the sending of the beacon signal or the receiving of the wireless power signal;
• and
• wherein the wireless power transmission system is configured to:
• receive the beacon signal from the first wireless power receiver client;
• calculate a first power transmission configuration for the first wireless power receiver client;
• control the antenna array according to the first power transmission configuration to deliver wireless power to the first wireless power receiver client during a first power tick time block of a plurality of power tick time blocks following the first tone time block, wherein the plurality of power tick time blocks occurs before a second tone time block subsequent to the first tone time block;
• and
• control the antenna array according to a second power transmission configuration calculated for the second wireless power receiver client to deliver wireless power thereto during a second power tick time block of the plurality of power tick time blocks following the first tone time block.