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APPLICATION 19082867:
Claims 2-6 rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-5 of U.S. Patent No.12288998. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the claims are directed to the same inventive concept.
US PATENT 12288998:
Claims 1-5 rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No.11962167. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the claims are directed to the same inventive concept, the detection of a foreign object between a receiving apparatus and a transmitting apparatus.
App.19082867
2. (New) A power receiving apparatus comprising: a power receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive power transmitted from a power transmitting apparatus; and a communication unit configured to communicate with the power transmitting apparatus; wherein the communication unit transmits a request for predetermined processing to the power transmitting apparatus, the communication unit receives, after transmitting the request, from the power transmitting apparatus, information corresponding to the request and corresponding to a result of a measurement performed by the power transmitting apparatus in a state where a load in the power receiving apparatus is not connected, the communication unit transmits, after the load is connected, a packet requesting for reducing voltage to the power transmitting apparatus according to the information, and the communication unit transmits identification information on the power receiving apparatus.
3. (New) The power receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the packet is a packet for requesting for stopping power transmission.
4. (New) The power receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the communication unit transmits the packet in a case where the information indicates that a foreign object is detected.
5. (New) The power receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined processing is processing for Quality Factor measuring.
6. (New) A method executed by a power receiving apparatus, the method comprising: transmitting, to a power transmitting apparatus, a request for predetermined processing; receiving, after transmitting the request, from the power transmitting apparatus, information corresponding to the request according to a result of a measurement performed by the power transmitting apparatus in a state where a load in the power receiving apparatus is not connected, transmitting, to the power transmitting apparatus, after the load is connected, a packet requesting for reducing voltage according to the information, and transmitting identification information on the power receiving apparatus.
US 12288998
1.A power receiving apparatus comprising: power receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive power transmitted from a power transmitting apparatus; and communication unit configured to communicate with the power transmitting apparatus; wherein the communication unit transmits a request for predetermined processing to the power transmitting apparatus, the communication unit receives, after transmitting the request, from the power transmitting apparatus, information corresponding to the request and corresponding to a result of a measurement performed by the power transmitting apparatus in a state where a load in the power receiving apparatus is not connected, and the communication unit transmits, after the load is connected, a packet requesting for reducing voltage to the power transmitting apparatus according to the information.
2. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the packet is a packet for requesting for stopping power transmission.
3. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit transmits the packet in a case where the information indicates that a foreign object is detected.
4. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined processing is processing for Quality Factor measuring.
5. A method executed by a power receiving apparatus comprising: transmitting, to a power transmitting apparatus, a request for predetermined processing; receiving, after transmitting the request, from the power transmitting apparatus, information corresponding to the request according to a result of a measurement performed by the power transmitting apparatus in a state where a load in the power receiving apparatus is not connected, and transmitting, to the power transmitting apparatus, after the load is connected, a packet requesting for reducing voltage according to the information.
US 11962167
1.A power receiving apparatus comprising: power receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive power transmitted from a power transmitting apparatus capable of executing first foreign object detection and second foreign object detection; first transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the power transmitting apparatus, data to be used by the power transmitting apparatus to execute the first foreign object detection; determination unit configured to, before the first transmitting unit transmits the data, determine whether a predetermined condition for the power transmitting apparatus to execute the second foreign object detection different from the first foreign object detection is satisfied; and second transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the power transmitting apparatus, a signal for causing the power transmitting apparatus to execute the second foreign object detection in accordance with the determination of the determination unit.
2. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second transmitting unit transmits the signal before the first transmitting unit transmits the data.
3. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second transmitting unit transmits the signal after the first transmitting unit transmits the data.
4. The power receiving
apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the predetermined
condition includes that a
predetermined time has
elapsed after previous
transmission of the signal by
the second transmitting unit.
5. The power receiving
apparatus according to claim 1,
further comprising a
temperature sensor configured
to detect temperature of the
power receiving apparatus
, wherein the predetermined
condition includes that the
temperature detected by the
temperature sensor has
changed by not less than a
predetermined value after the
previous transmission of the
signal by the second
transmitting unit
6. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data includes a value corresponding to received power received by the power receiving apparatus.
7. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the signal includes a plurality of received power packets continuously transmitted within a predetermined time.
8. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the signal is a received power packet in which one of a maximum value and a minimum value of a received power value settable by the received power packet is set.
9. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second transmitting unit transmits an End Power Transfer packet for requesting the power transmitting apparatus to stop power transmission, thereby causing the power transmitting apparatus to execute the second foreign object detection.
10. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein before a request to execute the second foreign object detection is transmitted, the second transmitting unit transmits, to the power transmitting apparatus, a signal for temporarily stopping power transmission.
11. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising result receiving unit configured to receive a result of the second foreign object detection, wherein if the result receiving unit receives a notification representing that no foreign object is detected, the second transmitting unit transmits, to the power transmitting apparatus, a signal for causing the power transmitting apparatus to resume power transmission.
12. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an antenna, a load, and switching unit configured to switch whether to disconnect connection between the antenna and the load, wherein after the second transmitting unit transmits, to the power transmitting apparatus, the request to execute the second foreign object detection, the switching unit disconnects connection between the antenna and the load.
13. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first foreign object detection is foreign object detection by a Power Loss method, and the data is received power information used in calibration processing for the foreign object detection by the Power Loss method.
14. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second foreign object detection is foreign object detection by a Quality Factor method.
15. The power receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first foreign object detection and the second foreign object detection are executed in a Power Transfer phase of the Wireless Power Consortium standard.
16. A power transmitting apparatus comprising: first transmitting unit configured to wirelessly transmit power to a power receiving apparatus; receiving unit configured to receive, from the power receiving apparatus, data to be used for first foreign object detection; determination unit configured to determine, based on the data received by the receiving unit, whether to execute second foreign object detection different from the first foreign object detection; second transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the power receiving apparatus, a response to the data received by the receiving unit; and foreign object detection unit configured to execute at least one of the first foreign object detection and the second foreign object detection in accordance with the determination of the determination unit.
17. A control method of a power receiving apparatus capable of receiving power transmitted from a power transmitting apparatus capable of executing first foreign object detection and second foreign object detection, the method comprising: transmitting, to the power transmitting apparatus, data to be used by the power transmitting apparatus to execute the first foreign object detection; before the data is transmitted, determining whether a predetermined condition for the power transmitting apparatus to execute the second foreign object detection different from the first foreign object detection is satisfied; and transmitting, to the power transmitting apparatus, a signal for causing the power transmitting apparatus to execute the second foreign object detection in accordance with the determination.
18. A control method executed by a power transmitting apparatus capable of transmitting power to a power receiving apparatus, the method comprising: receiving, from the power receiving apparatus, data to be used for first foreign object detection; determining, based on the received data, whether to execute second foreign object detection different from the first foreign object detection; transmitting, to the power receiving apparatus, a response to the received data received; and executing at least one of the first foreign object detection and the second foreign object detection.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program configured to cause a computer to operate a control method of a power receiving apparatus capable of receiving power transmitted from a power transmitting apparatus capable of executing first foreign object detection and second foreign object detection, the method comprising: transmitting, to the power transmitting apparatus, data to be used by the power transmitting apparatus to execute the first foreign object detection; before the data is transmitted, determining whether a predetermined condition for the power transmitting apparatus to execute the second foreign object detection different from the first foreign object detection is satisfied; and transmitting, to the power transmitting apparatus, a signal for causing the power transmitting apparatus to execute the second foreign object detection in accordance with the determination.
20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program configured to cause a computer to operate a control method of a power transmitting apparatus capable of transmitting power to a power receiving apparatus, the method comprising: receiving, from the power receiving apparatus, data to be used for first foreign object detection; determining, based on the received data, whether to execute second foreign object detection different from the first foreign object detection; transmitting, to the power receiving apparatus, a response to the received data; and executing at least one of the first foreign object detection and the second foreign object detection.
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February 20, 2026
/ROBERT L DEBERADINIS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2836