Vehicle control system and method for automated driving of a specific lane for continuous supply with electrical energy

US10108201B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Henrik Engdahl · Skintebo, SE
• Juergen Francke · Berlin, DE
• Frank Gerstenberg · Berlin, DE
• OLIVER GRAEBNER · Neubiberg, DE
• Michael Lehmann · Mount Vernon, US
• Goeran Saenger · Berlin, DE
• Florian Buehs · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/16
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle control facility for the automated control of an electrical road vehicle for a route system with an energy-supply system that includes a lane-bound energy supply line, in particular an overhead line system. A position-determining unit determines a geographical position of the electrical road vehicle. A specific-lane-determining unit determines position data for a specific lane assigned to the lane-bound energy supply line. A communication interface transmits current relative positions of infrastructure features with respect to the electrical road vehicle to an external central specific-lane-determining facility and receives position data. A vehicle-control unit controls the electrical road vehicle with respect to the determined specific lane in dependence on the determined relative position of the specific lane.