Vehicular charging and protection systems
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1. A charging system for a vehicular battery, comprising:
- an on-board wireless receiver for collecting a charging signal from an off-board charger to charge the battery;
a charger region produced by the receiver and charger;
a plurality of sensors located to sense living beings and foreign objects near the charger region; and
a controller for differentiating between the beings, objects and transient conditions comprising motion of a vehicle comprising the receiver to terminate the charging signal.
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Abstract
A charging system for a vehicle. The charging system includes an on-board battery, a charger region and a wireless receiver for generating a charging signal in the charger region to charge a battery. The system also includes a plurality of sensors located to sense living beings and foreign objects in proximity to the charger region. The system further includes a controller for filtering transient conditions and terminating the charging signal when a being or a foreign object is near the charger region.
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1. A charging system for a vehicular battery, comprising:
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an on-board wireless receiver for collecting a charging signal from an off-board charger to charge the battery; a charger region produced by the receiver and charger; a plurality of sensors located to sense living beings and foreign objects near the charger region; and a controller for differentiating between the beings, objects and transient conditions comprising motion of a vehicle comprising the receiver to terminate the charging signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A vehicular protection system, comprising:
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a vehicular battery; a catalytic converter; an on-board, wireless receiver that collects a charging signal from an off-board charger to charge the battery; a plurality of sensors located to sense living beings near the converter and a charger region defined by the receiver and charger and unrelated transient conditions comprising motion of a vehicle comprising the receiver; and a controller coupled to the sensors for differentiating between the transient conditions and living beings, terminating the charging signal when a being is near the charger region and activating an alarm when a being is near the converter. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A charging system for a vehicle, comprising:
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a vehicular battery; an on-board wireless receiver that collects a charging signal from an off-board charger to charge the battery; a charger region produced by the receiver and charger; and an on-board controller coupled to a plurality of sensors that wirelessly terminates the charging signal from the charger upon detecting living beings and foreign objects near the charger region and differentiates unrelated transient conditions comprising motion of a vehicle comprising the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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