Patent attributes
An example method disclosed herein includes: acquiring, by at least one sensor in communication with a transmitter, data indicating a location of an electrical apparatus within a transmission field of the transmitter. The transmitter is in communication with a mapping memory that stores information that identifies a set of receivers that has each been designated to receive power waves from the transmitter. The method also includes: determining, by the transmitter, using the mapping memory and the data indicating the location of the electrical apparatus, whether the electrical apparatus is a respective receiver of the set of receivers. The method further includes: transmitting, by the transmitter, power waves to the electrical apparatus upon determining that the electrical apparatus is the respective receiver, wherein the power waves are transmitted to converge in a three dimensional space to form one or more pockets of energy at the location associated with the electrical apparatus.