MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514079966 A) filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, U.S.A., on Aug. 22, 2025, for 'coupling estimation in wireless charging systems.'
Inventor(s) include Abukhalaf, Zaid A; Gherghescu, Alin I; and Kato, Gerard B.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Handling k-estimation errors in a wireless power transfer system can include performing k-estimation during a digital ping phase of a wireless power transfer negotiation; determining that an error occurred while performing k-estimation; determining whether the wireless power receiver is available to assist in correcting the error; responsive to determining that an error occurred while performing k- estimation and the wireless power receiver being available to assist in correcting the error, performing a full mode error correction procedure in which the wireless 10 power transmitter cooperates with the wireless power receiver to correct the error that occurred during k-estimation; and responsive to determining that an error occurred while performing k-estimation and the wireless power receiver being unavailable to assist in correcting the error, performing a restricted mode error correction procedure in which the wireless power transmitter attempts to correct the 15 error that occurred during the k-estimation without cooperation from the wireless power receiver."
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