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 0:
1. A power supply apparatus for supplying power to a vehicle by non-contact, comprising:
a power transmission apparatus configured to transmit power to a power reception apparatus of the vehicle by non-contact; and
a processor configured to
control the power transmission apparatus,
while the power is being supplied by non-contact from the power supply apparatus to the vehicle, detect 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, and
detect a number of surrounding vehicles being supplied with power by non-contact in a predetermined range at surroundings of the power supply apparatus,

wherein the processor is configured to, in response to the pickup/dropoff operation being detected,
determine, 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
decrease the power transmitted from the power transmission apparatus to the power reception apparatus by the determined amount.