US 12,034,316 B2
Power transmitting apparatus, control method for power transmitting apparatus, and storage medium
Takahiro Shichino, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/061,647.
Application 18/061,647 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/015023, filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-101076 (JP), filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099616 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 50/60 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01)
CPC H02J 50/60 (2016.02) [H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/402 (2020.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H04W 76/11 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power transmitting apparatus comprising:
a first power transmitting unit configured to wirelessly transmit power to a first power receiving apparatus;
a second power transmitting unit configured to wirelessly transmit power to a second power receiving apparatus;
a first obtaining unit configured to obtain first data indicating a relationship between transmission power of the first power transmitting unit and reception power of the first power receiving apparatus when power is transmitted to the first power receiving apparatus using the first power transmitting unit;
a second obtaining unit configured to obtain second data indicating a relationship between transmission power of the second power transmitting unit and reception power of the second power receiving apparatus when power is transmitted to the second power receiving apparatus using the second power transmitting unit;
a third obtaining unit configured to obtain third data indicating a relationship between transmission power of the first power transmitting unit and the second power transmitting unit and reception power of the first power receiving apparatus and the second power receiving apparatus when power is transmitted to the first power receiving apparatus and the second power receiving apparatus simultaneously using the first power transmitting unit and the second power transmitting unit; and
a detecting unit configured to detect an object that is not the first power receiving apparatus or the second power receiving apparatus using the first data, the second data, and the third data.