Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for positioning a vehicle
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Application No.: US15449718Application Date: 2017-03-03
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Publication No.: US10343537B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Hans Peter Widmer , Andreas Daetwyler
- Applicant: WiTricity Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Watertown
- Assignee: WiTricity Corporation
- Current Assignee: WiTricity Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Watertown
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; B60L11/18 ; G01S1/00 ; H02J50/00 ; G01S13/00 ; G05D1/00

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are discloses for position a vehicle. In one aspect, an apparatus for positioning a vehicle is provided. The apparatus comprises a plurality of receive, each configured to generate a respective voltage signal from a wireless magnetic field generated by a field generator. The apparatus further comprises a processor configured to determine a first set of data based on the respective voltage signals generated by the plurality of receive coils, and reduce the first set of data to a second set of data that is substantially constant regardless of relative rotation between the plurality of receive coils and the field generator. The apparatus is further configured to determine a plurality of candidate positions based upon the second set of data, which are used to determine a position and an orientation with respect to the field generator based on the first set of data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170259679A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING A VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2017-09-14
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