Abstract: A portable apparatus includes a case, a coil situated inside the case, a circuit disposed inside the case to receive power based on a first frequency via the coil and to perform communication based on a second frequency higher than the first frequency, and a magnetic shield having a first portion and a second portion stacked one over another in a direction perpendicular to the coil between the coil and an inside of the case, the second portion being closer to the coil than the first portion, wherein permeability of the first portion is higher than permeability of the second portion situated toward the coil with respect to the first frequency.

Abstract: A non-contact charging apparatus configured to, vary the inductance and the capacitance of the matching unit for matching the impedance of the power supply system that supplies alternate current power and the impedance of the power transmitting/receiving system including a power transmitting unit and a power receiving apparatus according to the variable information.

Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a primary coil connected to an AC source; a primary resonance coil configured to receive power from the primary coil; a secondary resonance coil configured to receive power from the primary resonance coil by magnetic field resonance occurred between the primary resonance coil and the secondary resonance coil; a secondary coil configured to receive power from the secondary resonance coil; a phase difference detector detect a phase difference between a phase of voltage supplied to the primary resonance coil and a phase of current flowing through the primary resonance coil; a variable capacitor provided on the primary resonance coil; and a determination part determining a coupling degree between the primary resonance coil and the secondary resonance coil based on a change degree of the phase difference relative to a change amount of capacitance when the capacitance of the variable capacitor changes.

Abstract: A wireless power supply system has a power sending resonance coil, a power receiving resonance coil, and a relay resonance coil. The power sending resonance coil has a predetermined resonance frequency characteristic, and transmits power wirelessly. The power receiving resonance coil has the same resonance frequency characteristic as the power sending resonance coil, and receives power wirelessly with a magnetic field resonance mode generated by synchronization of the resonance frequency. The relay resonance coil has the same resonance frequency characteristic as the power sending resonance coil and the power receiving resonance coil, and relay power from the power sending resonance coil to the power receiving resonance coil wirelessly with the magnetic field resonance mode generated by synchronization of the resonance frequency with them.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: a battery body including a cylindrical outer peripheral side surface; and a power receiving coil wound in at most a single layer around the outer peripheral side surface, and electrically connected to the battery body. The power receiving coil is helically wound around the outer peripheral side surface while forming a space from which the outer peripheral side surface is exposed.

Abstract: A power receiver includes a resonance coil, an oscillation unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The resonance coil is configured to wirelessly receive power from a power source using magnetic field resonance or electric field resonance, the oscillation unit is configured to output a voltage which oscillates at a predetermined frequency, and the communication unit is configured to communicate with the power source. The control unit is configured to receive an output from the communication unit, and adjust a resonance frequency of the resonance coil using an output voltage from the oscillation unit.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device includes a housing configured to have a feeding surface on which a power receiving device is to be placed; a power transmitting coil disposed inside the housing and configured to have a central axis that intersects with the feeding surface; and an alternating-current power supply configured to supply power to the power transmitting coil, wherein the feeding surface has raised and recessed portions in an area corresponding to a region inside an outer region of the power transmitting coil.

Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a plurality of power sources and at least one power receiver, in which power transfer from the power sources to the power receiver is performed in wireless by using magnetic field resonance or electric field resonance. In the system, one of the plurality of power sources is designated as a master power source and the other one or more power sources are designated as slave power sources. In addition, the master power source controls the plurality of power sources and the at least one power receiver to perform the power transfer. This allows the system to perform the power transfer in an optimum state.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a power supply circuit that generates an alternating voltage; a power transmission coil that receives an alternating voltage generated by the power supply circuit to thereby generate a magnetic field; a power transmission resonator that includes: a resonant coil; and a resonant capacitor and through which electromagnetic induction causes an electric current to flow when a magnetic field is generated by the power transmission coil to enter a resonance state; and a control circuit that controls the position or the orientation of the power transmission coil with respect to the power transmission resonator in the direction in which a standing wave ratio in a transmission line from the power supply circuit to the power transmission coil decreases.

Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus includes a power transmission or reception circuit, a first coil connected to the power transmission or reception circuit through wires, a plurality of resonance coils having respective, different diameters one of which is selectively coupled to the first coil through electromagnetic induction, and a position control apparatus configured to control the positions of the resonance coils, wherein the position control apparatus is configured to selectively align an axial direction of one of the resonance coils with an axial direction of the first coil.

Abstract: A wireless power supply apparatus includes a power supplying unit that supplies electric power to a power transmission coil at a resonance frequency at which magnetic field resonance is generated between the power transmission coil and a power reception coil, the power transmission coil sending out electric power as magnetic field energy, using the magnetic field resonance; a detecting unit that detects a phase difference of current flowing in the power transmission coil for voltage applied to the power transmission coil; and a control unit that switches an amount of the electric power supplied by the power supplying unit, based on the phase difference.

Abstract: A non-contact charging apparatus configured to, vary the inductance and the capacitance of the matching unit for matching the impedance of the power supply system that supplies alternate current power and the impedance of the power transmitting/receiving system including a power transmitting unit and a power receiving apparatus according to the variable information.

Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a cover part attached to one of a power transmitter and an electronic apparatus, the power transmitter including a primary-side coil connected to an alternating-current power supply and a primary-side resonant coil configured to receive power from the primary-side coil by electromagnetic induction, the electronic apparatus including a secondary-side coil; and a secondary-side resonant coil disposed in the cover part, and configured to transmit to the secondary-side coil the power received from the primary-side resonant coil by magnetic field resonance generated between the primary-side resonant coil and the secondary-side resonant coil.

Abstract: Cellular phones include a power reception resonance coil arranged inside a first outer surface side of a housing, a power extracting unit for extracting power of an induction current of the power reception resonance coil, a magnetic core that has one end arranged inside the first outer surface side and the other end arranged inside a second outer surface side of the housing, and penetrates into the power reception resonance coil, and a printed board that is arranged in a space between the first outer surface and the second outer surface and has an area where circuit elements are not arranged on a periphery of the core.

Abstract: A portable apparatus includes a case, a coil situated inside the case, a circuit disposed inside the case to receive power based on a first frequency via the coil and to perform communication based on a second frequency higher than the first frequency, and a magnetic shield having a first portion and a second portion stacked one over another in a direction perpendicular to the coil between the coil and an inside of the case, the second portion being closer to the coil than the first portion, wherein permeability of the first portion is higher than permeability of the second portion situated toward the coil with respect to the first frequency.

Abstract: A wireless power supply apparatus includes: a transmitting coil configured to transmit power in the form of magnetic field energy using magnetic resonance; and a power transmitter configured to supply power at a resonant frequency that produces magnetic resonance between the transmitting coil and a receiving coil; wherein the power transmitter includes a detector configured to detect current flowing into the transmitting coil, a controller configured to control the frequency of the power supplied to the transmitting coil, and a determining unit configured to determine the coupling strength between the transmitting coil and the receiving coil on the basis of the frequency of the current detected by the detector as well as the frequency of the supplied power.

Abstract: A wireless power apparatus includes: a power receiver coil which receives power, as magnetic field energy, from a power transmitter coil by magnetic field resonance produced between the power transmitter coil and the power receiver coil; a power pickup coil which derives power from the power receiver coil by electromagnetic induction; a detector which detects current flowing through the power pickup coil; and a controller which controls a coupling strength between the power pickup coil and the power receiver coil based on the current detected by the detector.

Abstract: In a resonant frequency control method in a magnetic field resonant coupling type power transmission system transmitting an electric power from a power transmitting coil to a power receiving coil using magnetic field resonance, a high-speed, accurate and real-time adjustment of the resonant frequency of a coil is realized. The phase of a voltage supplied to a power transmitting coil and the phase of a current that flows in the power transmitting coil or a power receiving coil is detected and the resonant frequency of the power transmitting coil or the power receiving coil is varied such that the phase difference between them becomes a target value.

Abstract: Cellular phones include a power reception resonance coil arranged inside a first outer surface side of a housing, a power extracting unit for extracting power of an induction current of the power reception resonance coil, a magnetic core that has one end arranged inside the first outer surface side and the other end arranged inside a second outer surface side of the housing, and penetrates into the power reception resonance coil, and a printed board that is arranged in a space between the first outer surface and the second outer surface and has an area where circuit elements are not arranged on a periphery of the core.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance electric power-transmitting apparatus in the magnetic resonance wireless electric power transmission system includes a resonance coil, an electric power-supplying unit which supplies electric power to the resonance coil to cause the resonance coil to generate a magnetic field, a magnetic material which varies a magnetic field generated by the resonance coil, and a position adjustment unit which adjusts a positional relationship between the resonance coil and the magnetic material.