Device and method enabling out-band communication in wireless charging device, method and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12095280-B2
Application number	US-202017594430-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2020
Priority date	Apr 15, 2019
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

The present specification relates to a device and a method enabling in-band communication and out-band communication between a wireless power transmission device and a wireless power receiving device. The present specification discloses a wireless power transmission device, a wireless power transmission method, a wireless power receiving device, a wireless power receiving method and a wireless power transmission system, whereby the existence or not of an inter-device communication connection history is checked using whitelist information of an out-band communication module, and when corresponding to a reconnection, out-band communication is connected, and data exchange for wireless power transmission is carried out via the out-band communication.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless power receiver comprising:
a power pick-up unit configured to receive a wireless power from a wireless power transmitter by magnetic coupling with the wireless power transmitter on an operating frequency, and convert an AC signal generated by the wireless power into a DC signal; and
a communication/control unit communicating with the wireless power transmitter using an in-band communication using the operating frequency and an out-band communication using a frequency other than the operating frequency,
wherein, the wireless power receiver:
receives, from the wireless power transmitter via the out-band communication, a scan or connection request message including address information of the wireless power transmitter; and
determines whether a communication connection history between the wireless power receiver and the wireless power transmitter is present or not based on a white list of the wireless power receiver and a received signal strength indicator (RSSI),
wherein, based on that the white list of the wireless power receiver includes the address information of the wireless power transmitter and the RSSI is greater than or equal to a specific value, the wireless power receiver:
determines that the communication connection history is present;
performs a reconnection with the wireless power transmitter; and
performs a ping phase based on the out-band communication, a configuration phase based on the out-band communication, a negotiation phase based on the out-band communication and a power transfer phase based on the out-band communication without performing a ping phase based on the in-band communication and a configuration phase based on the in-band communication, and
wherein, based on that the white list of the wireless power receiver does not include the address information of the wireless power transmitter or the RSSI is not greater than or equal to the specific value, the wireless power receiver:
determines that the communication connection history is not present;
performs the ping phase based on the in-band communication and the configuration phase based on the in-band communication;
performs a handover from the in-band communication to the out-band communication; and
performs the negotiation phase based on the out-band communication and the power transfer phase based on the out-band communication.

2. A method for receiving a wireless power from a wireless power transmitter, the method performed by a wireless power receiver and comprising:
receiving, from the wireless power transmitter via an out-band communication, a scan or connection request message including address information of the wireless power transmitter; and
determining whether a communication connection history between the wireless power receiver and the wireless power transmitter is present or not based on a white list of the wireless power receiver and a received signal strength indicator (RSSI),
wherein, based on that the white list of the wireless power receiver includes the address information of the wireless power transmitter and the RSSI is greater than or equal to a specific value, the method includes:
determining that the communication connection history is present;
performing a reconnection with the wireless power transmitter; and
performing a ping phase based on the out-band communication, a configuration phase based on the out-band communication, a negotiation phase based on the out-band communication and a power transfer phase based on the out-band communication without performing a ping phase based on an in-band communication and a configuration phase based on the in-band communication, and
wherein, based on that the white list of the wireless power receiver does not include the address information of the wireless power transmitter or the RSSI is not greater than or equal to the specific value, the method includes:
determining that the communication connection history is not present;
performing the ping phase based on the in-band communication and the configuration phase based on the in-band communication;
performing a handover from the in-band communication to the out-band communication; and
performing the negotiation phase based on the out-band communication and the power transfer phase based on the out-band communication.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Joonho
• Lee Minsoo
• Lim Jinkwon
• Choi Jingu

Classifications

• H02J7/42

  with electronic devices having internal batteries, e.g. mobile phones · CPC title

• H01F2038/143

  for signals · CPC title

• H01F38/14

  Inductive couplings {(for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10)} · CPC title

• H02J50/40

  using two or more transmitting or receiving devices (H02J50/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J50/80

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