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

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for wireless power transfer, comprising:
a first power transmitting unit capable of transmitting a first wireless power signal;
a second power transmitting unit capable of transmitting a second wireless power signal; and
a controller configured to:
transmit both of a first object detection signal associated with the first power transmitting unit and a second object detection signal associated with the second power transmitting unit,
receive 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,
select, 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
cause 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.