US 12,003,121 B2
Detection of object location and orientation on a wireless charge mat
Chad A. Bossetti, Santa Clara, CA (US); Christopher S. Graham, San Francisco, CA (US); David W. Ritter, San Jose, CA (US); Todd K. Moyer, Portland, OR (US); Steven G. Herbst, Berkeley, CA (US); Shimon Elkayam, San Jose, CA (US); Nileshbhai J. Shah, Irvine, CA (US); Stephen C. Terry, San Jose, CA (US); and Zaki Moussaoui, San Carlos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/389,124.
Application 17/389,124 is a continuation of application No. 16/326,883, granted, now 11,159,065, previously published as PCT/US2017/052569, filed on Sep. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/397,616, filed on Sep. 21, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0359556 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H02J 50/90 (2016.01); G01D 5/16 (2006.01); G01D 5/20 (2006.01); G01D 5/24 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H10N 30/30 (2023.01)
CPC H02J 50/90 (2016.02) [G01D 5/16 (2013.01); G01D 5/20 (2013.01); G01D 5/24 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H10N 30/302 (2023.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless power transmitting device configured to transmit wireless power to an electronic device having first and second resonant structures, comprising:
a surface configured to receive the electronic device;
a detection system configured to detect the first and second resonant structures in the electronic device and to detect a foreign object on the surface; and
circuitry configured to transmit wireless power to charge the electronic device in response to the detection system detecting the first and second resonant structures and the absence of a foreign object.