Method and apparatus for wirelessly transmitting energy based on frame

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9774373-B2
Application number	US-201313733664-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2013
Priority date	Jan 10, 2012
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

An apparatus for wirelessly transmitting energy based on a frame is provided. The apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit, to at least one reception device, energy in a frame unit through a mutual resonance between a source resonator and a plurality of target resonators, and a controller configured to determine information included in the frame based on whether energy is transmitted to the at least one reception device, or based on whether data is transmitted to the at least one reception device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for wirelessly transmitting energy based on a frame, the apparatus comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit, to at least one reception device, energy for charging the at least one reception device in a frame through a mutual resonance between a source resonator and at least one target resonator;
a controller configured to determine whether energy is transmitted to the at least one reception device, or whether the energy and data are transmitted to the at least one reception device,
wherein:
the frame comprises a preamble and an energy frame body (EFB),
the EFB comprises the energy and at least one data frame, and
the at least one data frame comprises a data frame body (DFB) including data information, and
wherein the transmitter transmits the frame comprising the EFB and the DFB inserted in the EFB, in response to the determination that the energy and the data in the at least one data frame are transmitted to the at least one reception device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit, subsequent to transmission of the frame being completed, a second frame after maintaining an idle state for a time period of an inter energy frame space (IEFS).

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first energy frame comprises a preamble comprising advance information used for the at least one reception device to receive the energy frame, an energy frame header (EFH) including control information, and the energy frame body (EFB) including energy transmitted to the at least one reception device.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the preamble comprises information used to detect the first energy frame, and to estimate a channel through which the energy is transmitted.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the EFH comprises information on a length of the first energy frame, an identification (ID) of a transmission device that transmits the first energy frame, an ID of a reception device that receives the first energy frame, and an ID of the at least one reception device.

6. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to control contention for occupying an energy transmission channel among at least one transmission device after the time period of the IEFS.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the contention is performed by setting a basic time unit to a slot time, and the slot time corresponds to the IEFS.

8. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein:
the controller is configured to insert the data frame into the EFB in a super-frame structure, and
the transmitter is configured to transmit the energy and the data in a frame.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein:
the transmitter is configured to transmit, subsequent to transmission of the first data frame being completed within a section of the EFB, a second data frame after maintaining an idle state for a time period of an inter data frame space (IDFS).

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a response signal from the at least one reception device that receives the first data frame after maintaining an idle state for a time period of the IDFS.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first data frame comprises a start of frame (SoF) indicating a start of the first data frame and a data frame header (DFH) including control information, and the data frame body (DFB) including data information.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the data frame header comprises information on a length of the first data frame, a type of the first data frame, an ID of a transmission device that transmits the first data frame, an ID of a reception device that receives the first data frame, and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS).

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to control contention for occupying a data transmission channel between a transmission device that transmits the first data frame and a reception device that receives the first data frame after the time period of the IDFS.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the contention is performed by setting a basic time unit to a slot time, and the slot time corresponds to the IDFS.

15. The apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:
a training unit configured to use information included in the preamble to perform a downlink training from a transmission device to a reception device, and an uplink training from the reception device to the transmission device.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the training unit is configured to perform the downlink training and the uplink training substantially simultaneously in response to communication being performed between the transmission device and the reception device in a full duplex scheme.

17. An apparatus for wirelessly receiving energy based on a frame, the apparatus comprising:
a receiver configured to receive, from a transmission device, energy in a frame through a mutual resonance between a source resonator and a target resonator; and
a controller configured to control an operation of a reception device based on information included in a frame received by the receiver, wherein:
the frame comprises an energy frame body (EFB) including the energy,
the EFB comprises a first data frame and a second data frame, the second data frame being transmitted after a period of time following transmission of the first data frame, and
the at first data frame comprises a data frame body (DFB), including data information,

wherein the transmission device determines whether the energy is transmitted to the receiver, or whether the energy and data are transmitted to the receiver, and
wherein the transmitter transmits the frame comprising the EFB and the DFB inserted in the EFB, in response to the energy and the data being transmitted to the receiver.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the receiver is configured to receive the energy frame in a minimum inter energy frame space (IEFS).

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the controller comprises:
a detector configured to detect the energy frame based on information included in a preamble of the energy frame; and
a channel estimator configured to estimate a channel through which the energy frame is transmitted based on information included in a preamble of the energy frame.

20. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the receiver is configured to receive the first data frame in a minimum inter data frame space (IDFS) within a section of the EFB.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , further comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit the first data frame from the reception device to the transmission device after maintaining an idle state during the time period of the minimum IDFS.

22. A method of wirelessly transmitting energy based on a frame, the method comprising:
transmitting, to at least one reception device, energy in a frame through a mutual resonance between a source resonator and at least one target resonator; and
determining information included in the frame based on whether energy is transmitted to the at least one reception device, or based on whether the energy and data are transmitted to the at least one reception device,
wherein:
the frame comprises an energy frame body (EFB) including the energy,
the EFB comprises at least one data frame, and
the at least one data frame comprises a data frame body (DFB) including data information, and

wherein the frame comprises the EFB and the DFB inserted in

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kwon Ui Kun
• Kim Sang Joon
• Yoon Seung Keun

Classifications

• H02J7/42

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

• H02J50/80 Primary

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

• H02J50/12

  of the resonant type · CPC title

• H02J5/005

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B5/0037 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic