Method of Communication Between a Vehicle and a Wayside Control Unit for Controlling an Inductive Energy Transfer to the Vehicle, A Vehicle, A Wayside Control Unit and an Arrangement of a Vehicle and a Wayside Control Unit
First Claim
1. A method of detecting a correct position and/or orientation of a secondary winding structure of a secondary unit relative to a primary winding structure of a primary unit of a system for inductive power transfer to a vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a vehicle comprising primary unit, a secondary unit, at least a first transmitter and a second transmitter;
generating, by the primary unit, an alternating electromagnetic field;
receiving, by the secondary unit, the alternating electromagnetic field;
transmitting, by the at least a first transmitter, a first signal;
transmitting, by the second transmitter, a second signal;
providing a wayside control unit comprising at least one receiving means for receiving the first and the second signal;
detecting, depending on the first and second signal, the correct position and/or orientation of the secondary winding structure of the secondary unit relative to the primary winding structure of the primary unit;
determining, depending on the carrier signal level of the received signal, a correct position and/or orientation of the secondary winding structure of the secondary unit relative to the primary winding structure of the primary unit; and
determining a signal level of the received signal.
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Abstract
A method of detecting a correct position and/or orientation of a secondary winding structure of a secondary unit relative to a primary winding structure of a primary unit of a system for inductive power transfer to a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes the secondary unit for receiving an alternating electromagnetic field which is generated by the primary unit, wherein the vehicle includes at least a first transmitter for transmitting a first signal and a second transmitter for transmitting a second signal, wherein a wayside control unit includes at least one receiving means for receiving the first and the second signal, and wherein the correct position and/or orientation of the secondary winding structure of the secondary unit relative to the primary winding structure of the primary unit is detected depending on the first and the second signal.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of detecting a correct position and/or orientation of a secondary winding structure of a secondary unit relative to a primary winding structure of a primary unit of a system for inductive power transfer to a vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a vehicle comprising primary unit, a secondary unit, at least a first transmitter and a second transmitter;
generating, by the primary unit, an alternating electromagnetic field;
receiving, by the secondary unit, the alternating electromagnetic field;
transmitting, by the at least a first transmitter, a first signal;
transmitting, by the second transmitter, a second signal;
providing a wayside control unit comprising at least one receiving means for receiving the first and the second signal;detecting, depending on the first and second signal, the correct position and/or orientation of the secondary winding structure of the secondary unit relative to the primary winding structure of the primary unit; determining, depending on the carrier signal level of the received signal, a correct position and/or orientation of the secondary winding structure of the secondary unit relative to the primary winding structure of the primary unit; and determining a signal level of the received signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- providing a vehicle comprising primary unit, a secondary unit, at least a first transmitter and a second transmitter;
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14. A vehicle comprising a secondary unit of a system for inductive power transfer for receiving an alternating electromagnetic field, wherein the vehicle comprises at least a first transmitter for transmitting a first signal and a second transmitter for transmitting a second signal,
wherein the at least first and second transmitter are designed and/or arranged with respect to a secondary winding structure of the secondary unit and with respect to at least one receiving means of a wayside control unit such that a correct or an incorrect position and/or orientation of the secondary winding structure relative to a primary winding structure is unambiguously determinable depending at least on the first and the second signal, wherein a signal level of the received signal is determinable, wherein a correct position and/or orientation of the secondary winding structure of the secondary unit relative to the primary winding structure of a primary unit is determinable depending on the carrier signal level of the received signal.
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15. A wayside control unit of a system for inductive power transfer to a vehicle,
wherein the control unit comprises at least one receiving means for receiving at least a first and a second signal, wherein the first signal is transmitted by a first transmitter the vehicle and the second signal is transmitted by a second transmitter of the vehicle, wherein the at least one receiving means is designed and/or arranged with respect to a primary winding structured of a primary unit and with respect to the at least first and second transmitter such that a correct or an incorrect position and/or orientation of a secondary winding structure relative to the primary winding structure is unambiguously determinable depending at least on the first and the second signal, wherein a signal level of the received signal determinable, wherein a correct position and/or orientation of the secondary winding structure of a secondary unit relative to the primary winding structure of the primary unit is determinable depending on the carrier signal level of the received signal.
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