Wireless power transmission system, control method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11211825-B2
Application number	US-202016940185-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2020
Priority date	Jun 30, 2016
Publication date	Dec 28, 2021
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021

Abstract

A wireless power transmission system includes a first antenna, a second antenna configured to perform wireless power transmission with the first antenna, and a movement unit configured to move a position of the second antenna relative to the first antenna in a predetermined moving direction, wherein the second antenna is shorter in length in the moving direction than the first antenna, wherein a distance between at least one end portion of the first antenna in the moving direction and the second antenna at a position where the second antenna faces the end portion is longer than a distance between an intermediate portion of the first antenna and the second antenna at a position where the second antenna faces the intermediate portion, and wherein the intermediate portion of the first antenna is a portion of the first antenna excluding both end portions of the first antenna.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless power transmission system comprising:
a first antenna having a shape of a first loop, wherein a length of the first loop in a first direction is longer than a length of the first loop in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction;
a second antenna having a shape of a second loop;
a movement control unit configured to cause a relative position between the first antenna and the second antenna to move in a moving direction that is substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the first loop, in a situation where the first loop and the second loop at least partially overlap as viewed from a specific direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the first loop, wherein a length of the second loop is shorter than a length of the first loop in the moving direction in the situation; and
a communication control unit configured to control wireless power transmission between the first antenna and the second antenna,
wherein the shape of the first loop is formed such that a first distance between an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the first loop and an end portion of the second antenna, in a first case where the end portion of the second antenna has come closest to the end portion of the first loop according to control by the movement control unit, is greater than a second distance between a central portion of the first loop and a central portion of the second antenna, in a second case where the central portion of the second antenna has come closest to the central portion of the first loop according to control by the movement control unit, and is formed such that a distance, in a first direction perpendicular to a plane where the first loop exists, between the end portion of the first loop and an end portion of the second antenna in the first case is greater than a distance in the first direction between the central portion of the first antenna and a central portion of the second antenna in the second case.

2. The wireless power transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein
the communication control unit is configured to output power generated in the second antenna by the wireless power transmission to a print head of a printer,
wherein the print head is moved in association with the second antenna.

3. A control method for controlling a wireless power transmission system comprising a first antenna having a shape of a first loop and a second antenna having a shape of a second loop, the control method comprising:
moving a relative position between the first antenna and the second antenna in a moving direction that is substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the first loop, in a situation where the first loop and the second loop at least partially overlap as viewed from a specific direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the first loop, wherein a length of the second loop is shorter than a length of the first loop in the moving direction in the situation; and
controlling wireless power transmission between the first antenna and the second antenna,
wherein the shape of the first loop is formed such that a first distance between an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the first loop and an end portion of the second antenna, in a first case where the end portion of the second antenna has come closest to the end portion of the first loop according to the moving, is greater than a second distance between a central portion of the first loop and a central portion of the second antenna, in a second case where the central portion of the second antenna has come closest to the central portion of the first loop according to the moving, and is formed such that a distance, in a first direction perpendicular to a plane where the first loop exists, between the end portion of the first loop and an end portion of the second antenna in the first case is greater than a distance in the first direction between the central portion of the first antenna and a central portion of the second antenna in the second case.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Morita Jun

Classifications

• H02J50/27

  characterised by the type of receiving antennas, e.g. rectennas · CPC title

• H02J50/23

  characterised by the type of transmitting antennas, e.g. directional array antennas or Yagi antennas · CPC title

• H02J50/80

  involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices · CPC title

• H02J50/12 Primary

  of the resonant type · CPC title

• H04B5/0037

  Electricity · mapped topic