Patent ID: 11945318
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  A  Y | IPC A  B  H

Claim 3:
4. A power supply method, comprising:
transmitting power from a power transmission apparatus of a power supply apparatus to a power reception apparatus of a vehicle by non-contact to supply power from the power supply apparatus to the vehicle by non-contact;
while the power is being supplied by non-contact from the power supply apparatus to the vehicle, detecting a pickup/dropoff operation at the vehicle based on a result of detection of the pickup/dropoff operation transmitted from the vehicle to the power supply apparatus;
detecting a number of surrounding vehicles being supplied with power by non-contact in a predetermined range at the surroundings of the power supply apparatus; and
in response to the pickup/dropoff operation being detected,
determining, based on the number of surrounding vehicles, an amount of decrease of the power transmitted from the power transmission apparatus to the power reception apparatus, and
decreasing the power transmitted from the power transmission apparatus to the power reception apparatus by the determined amount.