Patent ID: 9601930
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H02J

Claim:
1. A power station capable of wireless power transfer (WPT) within a WPT environment, the power station comprising: a communication module configured to transmit and receive signals of a first communication protocol to and from the environment; a coil module that includes a plurality of coils; a coil driving module configured to drive the plurality of coils with WPT signals using WPT communication that is different from the first communication protocol; and a load detection module configured to detect signals loaded onto the coils from the environment, wherein a response signal is received from the environment in response to a transmitted beacon signal via at least one of the communication module and the coil module, and wherein the coil driving module is configured to drive more than one of the plurality of coils with the beacon signal simultaneously so as to transmit the beacon signal to the environment via magnetic coupling of the more than one of the plurality of coils.