System, measuring instrument, and method
AssigneeAeterlink Corp.
InventorsRyosuke KUMAGAI, Naoto KODATE
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Abstract
A system includes one or more transmitters installed in a measurement target space and configured to transmit a wireless signal for supplying power, one or more receivers configured to generate electric power, using the wireless signal for supplying power, a plurality of measuring instruments configured to measure electric field intensity at respective positions at which the plurality of measuring instruments are disposed. An information processing apparatus configured to: store, in advance, space information of the measurement target space, and generate an electric field intensity distribution in the measurement target space based on (i) the space information and (ii) electric field intensity measured by the plurality of measuring instruments.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- one or more transmitters installed in a measurement target space and configured to transmit a wireless signal for supplying power;
- one or more receivers configured to generate electric power, using the wireless signal for supplying power;
- a plurality of measuring instruments configured to measure electric field intensity at respective positions at which the plurality of measuring instruments are disposed;
- and
- an information processing apparatus configured to:
- store, in advance, space information of the measurement target space;
- and
- generate an electric field intensity distribution in the measurement target space, based on (i) the space information and (ii) electric field intensity measured by the plurality of measuring instruments.
A measuring instrument comprising:
- an antenna configured to receive radio waves transmitted from one or more transmitters configured to supply electric power wirelessly;
- an electric field intensity measurement circuit configured to measure electric field intensity multiple times per second, based on the received radio waves;
- a microcontroller configured to generate information based on the measured electric field intensity;
- and
- a transmission antenna configured to transmit the generated information,
- wherein the measuring instrument is configured to be used with an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus being configured to:
- store space information regarding a measurement target space;
- and
- generate an electric field intensity distribution in the measurement target space, based on (i) the space information and (ii) electric field intensity measured by a plurality of measuring instruments including the measuring instrument.
A method executed by a measuring instrument used in a system,
- the system including:
- a plurality of measuring instruments disposed in a measurement target space and configured to measure electric field intensity at respective positions;
- and
- an information processing apparatus configured to generate an electric field intensity distribution in the measurement target space, based on (i) space information regarding the measurement target space and (ii) electric field intensity measured by the plurality of measuring instruments,
- the method comprising:
- receiving, by an antenna, radio waves transmitted from one or more transmitters configured to supply electric power wirelessly;
- measuring electric field intensity multiple times per second, based on the received radio waves;
- generating information based on the measured electric field intensity;
- and
- transmitting the generated information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.