Imaging system for locating a moving object in relation to another object
First Claim
1. A vehicle comprising:
- a video camera configured to provide an image stream of an area outside a vehicle footprint; and
a controller configured to receive the stream and a predetermined relative position between a target and a transmit coil wirelessly from the transmit coil, augment the stream with receive and transmit coil symbols representing positions of respective transmit and receive coils based on the target and the position to generate an augmented stream for display.
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Abstract
Electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles include a rechargeable traction battery. An automated vehicle charging system is configured to charge the traction battery with minimal operator intervention. The vehicle charging system includes at least one tire pad including a plurality of pressure-sensitive sensors arranged at known locations of the tire pad and outputting signals having a magnitude indicative of a pressure applied by a tire at the known locations. The vehicle charging system also includes at least one controller programmed to receive the signals and control movement of a transmit coil according to a position of the tire on the tire pad that is derived from the signals. The known locations may be generally equally spaced or unevenly spaced across the tire pad. The tire pad may include a tire stop to limit motion of the tire in one direction.
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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a video camera configured to provide an image stream of an area outside a vehicle footprint; and a controller configured to receive the stream and a predetermined relative position between a target and a transmit coil wirelessly from the transmit coil, augment the stream with receive and transmit coil symbols representing positions of respective transmit and receive coils based on the target and the position to generate an augmented stream for display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of positioning a vehicle, comprising:
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generating an image stream of an area outside a footprint of the vehicle from visible-light vehicle video cameras; augmenting the image stream with a receive coil symbol and a transmit coil symbol based on a target detected in the stream and defined received predetermined relative position between a target and a transmit coil wirelessly from the transmit coil defined according to a data set associated with the transmit coil while the transmit coil is within a field of view of at least one of the visible-light vehicle video cameras; and operating the vehicle such that the receive coil symbol overlaps with the transmit coil symbol. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for positioning a vehicle, comprising:
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one or more visible-light video cameras configured to provide a stream of camera images of an area outside a footprint of the vehicle; a controller configured to receive the stream from the one or more cameras, augment the stream with a vehicle receive coil positioning symbol, a transmit coil positioning symbol, and a vehicle positioning symbol based on a target in the stream and predetermined relative position data between a target and a transmit coil received wirelessly from the transmit coil to generate an augmented stream, and transmit the augmented stream to a vehicle display; and the receive coil positioning symbol being located within the vehicle positioning symbol. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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