Patent ID: 11936202
Assignee: GE HYBRID TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method for wireless power transfer, the method comprising:
transmitting both of a first object detection signal associated with a first power transmitting unit and a second object detection signal associated with a second power transmitting unit, wherein the first power transmitting unit is capable of transmitting a first wireless power signal and the second power transmitting unit is capable of transmitting a second wireless power signal;
receiving a response signal from a wireless power receiving apparatus, wherein the response signal is either a first type in response to the first object detection signal or a second type in response to the second object detection signal;
selecting, from among the first power transmitting unit and the second power transmitting unit, a selected power transmitting unit based, at least in part, on the response signal, wherein the first power transmitting unit is selected as the selected power transmitting unit when the response signal is the first type, wherein the second power transmitting unit is selected as the selected power transmitting unit when the response signal is the second type; and
causing a transmission of the first wireless power signal or the second wireless power signal to the wireless power receiving apparatus via the selected power transmitting unit.