Patent ID: 8766592
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H02J

Abstract:
1. A power supply apparatus comprising: a power supply unit configured to supply power to at least one of a first power receiving apparatus and a second power receiving apparatus if the first and the second power receiving apparatuses are in a predetermined range; an acquisition unit configured to acquire first and second information; and a control unit configured to select, based on the first and the second information, one of the first and the second power receiving apparatuses if the first and the second power receiving apparatuses are in the predetermined range, wherein the control unit causes a selected apparatus to perform a predetermined process, wherein the predetermined process includes a process for charging a battery, wherein the first information includes information indicating that a first number of times it has been detected the first power receiving apparatus is in the predetermined range, and wherein the second information includes information indicating that a second number of times it has been detected the second power receiving apparatus is in the predetermined range.