NON-CONTACT CHARGING SYSTEM AND PAIRING METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT CHARGING SYSTEM

摘要

A plurality of power transmission units (31) in this non-contact charging system each supply electric power in a non-contact manner to devices to be charged (20). A communication unit (12) is configured so as to be capable of acquiring information transmitted from each device to be charged. A power supply control unit (11) controls, on a per-power-transmission-unit basis, the electric power to be transmitted by each of the plurality of power transmission units. The presence of a device to be charged is detected, and in response to the detection of the presence of the device to be charged, the power supply control unit sets the pattern of electric power to be transmitted from the power transmission unit to a specific pattern. The specific pattern differs for every power transmission unit. The communication unit receives information about a specific pattern as transmitted from the device to be charged. The device to be charged acquires the specific pattern from the received electric power. The power transmission unit and the device to be charged corresponding to said power transmission unit form a combination. The power supply control unit specifies the combination between the power transmission unit and the device to be charged on the basis of the correspondence between information about the specific pattern that has been set, and the received information about the specific pattern.