Wireless Power Credit Allocation Through Enhancement Nodes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless power transmission systems lack efficient monetization and incentivization techniques, leading to suboptimal power distribution and usage.
Innovation Solution
A system that distributes wireless power from a base station through intermediate enhancement devices, assigning monetary credits and debits based on device usage, ownership, and power sources, utilizing a control system and smart contracts on a blockchain for efficient management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If wireless power transmission systems use intermediate enhancement devices to improve power distribution, then power transmission efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases due to need for monetization tracking and smart contract management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces intermediate wireless power enhancement devices as mediators between the base station and end users. These devices receive power wirelessly, store it temporarily, and retransmit it to multiple users, thereby improving power distribution efficiency and extending coverage area without requiring direct connection to the base station for every user.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the wireless power transmission system into multiple independent components: base station, intermediate enhancement devices, and end user devices. Each segment operates semi-autonomously with its own power management and billing logic, allowing the system to scale without proportional increases in overall complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system implements monetization with credits and debits for each device, then revenue generation capability is improved, but operational complexity increases due to tracking and billing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements automated billing where the system itself tracks power consumption, calculates credits and debits, and manages transactions without human intervention. Smart contracts automatically execute billing logic based on pre-defined rules, eliminating manual tracking and simplifying operations despite the complexity of monetization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors power transmission parameters, device usage, and credit balances, providing real-time feedback to all participants. This automated feedback loop ensures accurate billing while reducing operational burden through transparent, algorithm-driven decision-making.
3Reliability
If the system uses blockchain smart contracts for power distribution management, then reliability and transparency are improved, but processing time and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-configures smart contracts with all necessary billing logic, pricing rules, and transaction parameters before power transmission begins. This preliminary setup eliminates the need for complex real-time negotiations and calculations, reducing processing time while maintaining blockchain's reliability advantages.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system enables efficient power distribution, monetization, and incentivization, ensuring fair compensation for power providers and users, while optimizing power usage and storage.
Implementation Method 1
a remote energy-transmitting coil creates a magnetic field, which then induces electricity in a local, energy-receiving coil
Implementation Method 2
wireless transmission techniques have implemented resonance—in which the receiving coil is tuned to the same natural frequency as the transmitting coil, improving the efficiency of wireless power transmission
Data Source
AI summary
New wireless power distribution and payment techniques are disclosed. In some aspects of the invention, a system distributes wireless power through a network of wireless power transmission devices, which may be independently owned and controlled. The system may create monetary payments and charges based on each device's use and/or facilitation of the wireless power provided through the network, and incentives required to increase performance of the system. In some embodiments, the system may determine monetary credits and/or debits based on the type and amount of power provided by, or other qualities of, wireless power enhancement devices implemented by the network, and users thereof. For example, in some embodiments, the system determines a rating (e.g., based on efficiency or superiority of the power source) of at least one of wireless power transmission devices. Such ratings may be determined by consensus, and recorded, on a distributed ledger, such as a blockchain. Other power storage and transmission techniques are also disclosed. In some embodiments, at least some of the wireless power transmission devices are included within personal electronics devices.