Device and method for determining a position of a vehicle relative to a charging module

US11951861B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daimler AG · DE

Inventors

• Christoph SCHWILL · Stuttgart, DE
• Stefan Weis · Rötteln, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2024
• Expiry date: Nov 7, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/14
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for determining a position of a vehicle includes a camera system, a digital headlight system having a left digital headlight and a right digital headlight, and a data processing unit. The data processing unit is configured to assign a first detected reflected light beam by the camera system to the left digital headlight with a first angle, assign a second detected reflected light beam by the camera system to the right digital headlight with a second angle, and trigonometrically determine a distance of the vehicle from a charging module in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the vehicle and an offset in a transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal axis on a basis of the first and second angles and a distance between the left digital headlight and the right digital headlight.