Wireless Power Transmitter Coordination for 3D Energy Pockets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless power transmission methods are inefficient and cumbersome, requiring direct connection to power sources, frequent recharging, and are wasteful due to energy attenuation with distance, often hazardous and interfering with nearby devices.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses transmitters to form 'pockets' of energy through constructive interference patterns, allowing receivers to capture and convert wireless power transmission waves into usable energy, with adaptive pocket-forming to adjust power levels and device movement, and a management system for smart registration and communication between transmitters and receivers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If electromagnetic power transmission is used to charge devices wirelessly, then charging convenience is improved, but energy loss increases due to attenuation proportional to the square of the distance
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the wireless power transmission into multiple transmitters distributed throughout the environment, each serving a local zone. This reduces the distance each transmitter must cover, minimizing energy attenuation while maintaining wireless charging convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local power transmission zones where each transmitter provides focused power delivery to devices in its immediate vicinity. This local approach ensures high power density where needed while reducing overall energy waste across the entire system.
2Loss of energy
If transmission power is boosted to increase received signal power over distance, then power reception efficiency is improved, but harmful effects increase including hazard to living tissue and interference with electronic devices
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the power transmission task across multiple transmitters, each operating at lower power levels in localized zones, the system achieves effective power delivery without the harmful effects associated with high-power long-distance transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces communication protocols and coordination mechanisms as intermediaries between transmitters and receivers, enabling intelligent power management that optimizes transmission levels to avoid harmful effects while maintaining efficiency.
3Area of stationary object
If multiple transmitters operate in a wireless power network, then power distribution coverage is improved, but communication coordination complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs universal communication protocols and standardized interfaces that enable multiple transmitters to coordinate efficiently. This multi-functional approach allows the same communication framework to handle power management, device registration, and coordination tasks across the entire network.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where transmitters and receivers continuously exchange information about power levels, device presence, and transmission conditions. This feedback enables automatic coordination and optimization, reducing the perceived complexity of managing multiple transmitters.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient, safe, and convenient wireless power transmission with reduced energy wastage, allowing devices to be charged without direct connection, and manages power distribution effectively across a network.
Implementation Method 1
transmitters to form 'pockets' of energy through constructive interference patterns
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AI summary
The embodiments described herein include a transmitter that transmits a power transmission signal (e.g., radio frequency (RF) signal waves) to create a three-dimensional pocket of energy. At least one receiver can be connected to or integrated into electronic devices and receive power from the pocket of energy. A wireless power network may include a plurality of wireless power transmitters each with an embedded wireless power transmitter manager, including a wireless power manager application. The wireless power network may include a plurality of client devices with wireless power receivers. Wireless power receivers may include a power receiver application configured to communicate with the wireless power manager application. The wireless power manager application may include a device database where information about the wireless power network may be stored.