US 12,409,752 B2
Communication controller
Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Mishima (JP); and Midori Sugiyama, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/072,816.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-013200 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278450 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/63 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/66 (2019.02) [B60L 53/63 (2019.02)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication controller comprising:
an activation control unit configured to activate signal output processes of respective first communication units of a plurality of noncontact power supply devices so that signals output from the respective first communication units cause no radio frequency interference with each other; and
a pairing control unit configured to pair a vehicle with the noncontact power supply device including a first communication unit corresponding to a signal having a highest radio field intensity among the signals output from the respective first communication units and received by a second communication unit of the vehicle,
wherein the activation control unit sequentially activates the signal output processes of the respective first communication units at different activation timings.