Patent ID: 7952320

Claim:
An electronic apparatus comprising: a portable electronic device and a charger for capacitively charging said portable electronic device; said portable electronic device comprising a housing, a device data communication unit and an associated power pack carried by the housing, and at least one pair of device capacitive electrodes carried by said housing to receive a charging signal to charge said power pack, the at least one pair of device capacitive electrodes defining a device conductive footprint; said charger comprising a base having an area larger than the device conductive footprint and able to receive said portable electronic device thereon in a plurality of different positions, an array of charger capacitive electrodes carried by said base, a charger controller for selectively driving said charger capacitive electrodes within the device conductive footprint with a charging signal to capacitively charge said power pack of said portable electronic device when said portable electronic device is positioned on said base of said charger, and a charger data communication unit to communicate with said device data communication unit via said charger capacitive electrodes and device capacitive electrodes.