Patent ID: 11967835
Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A power supply apparatus comprising:
a power supply antenna configured to emit, to one or more of a plurality of power reception apparatuses, a radio wave that is based on a power supply signal;
a directivity control unit configured to control directivity of the power supply antenna;
a position information acquisition unit configured to dynamically acquire position information indicating a position of an obstruction moving between the power supply antenna and the plurality of power reception apparatuses; and
a control unit configured to:
based on the position information, determine a power reception apparatus, among the plurality of power reception apparatuses, to which power is to be supplied based on the position the obstruction; and
control the directivity control unit to steer the radio wave toward the determined power reception apparatus; and
dynamically change the determined power reception apparatus as a result of detection of movement of the obstruction between the power supply antenna and the plurality of power reception apparatuses.