Systems and methods for the localization and navigation of a vehicle to a charge station
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMeghna Menon, Smruti Panigrahi, Gregory P. Linkowski, Mario Anthony Santillo
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Abstract
A method of marshaling an autonomously operated vehicle including the maneuvering of a vehicle toward a position and orientation associated with a charging station, the receipt of location data associated with a first position of the vehicle, and the initiation of an approach to engage the charging station based on updated location data associated with a second position of the vehicle.
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A method of marshaling an autonomously operated vehicle, the method comprising:
- maneuvering, by a vehicle control system, the vehicle toward a position and orientation associated with a charging station, wherein the maneuvering of the vehicle toward the position and orientation associated with the charging station is based on one or more instructions received from an infrastructure system;
- receiving, from one or more in-ground positioning sensors over which the vehicle travels, location data associated with a first position of the vehicle;
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- initiating, based on updated location data associated with a second position of the vehicle, an approach to engage the charging station, wherein the updated location data is received from the one or more in-ground positioning sensors, and wherein the updated location data is based on the location data.
A method of marshaling an autonomously operated vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving location data from one or more in-ground positioning sensors over which the vehicle travels;
- determining, based on a deep learning model and the location data, positional data associated with the vehicle, wherein the deep learning model is used to detect a charging station via a camera associated with the vehicle, wherein the determination of the positional data associated with the vehicle is made by a vehicle control system;
- initiating, based on the positional data and an identification of the charging station, an approach to engage the charging station;
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- maneuvering the vehicle, by a vehicle control system, toward a position and orientation associated with the charging station based on one or more instructions received from an infrastructure system.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- maneuver a vehicle toward a position and orientation associated with a charging station, wherein the maneuvering of the vehicle toward the position and orientation associated with the charging station is based on one or more instructions received from an infrastructure system;
- receive, from one or more in-ground positioning sensors over which the vehicle travels, location data associated with a first position of the vehicle;
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- initiate, based on updated location data associated with a second position of the vehicle, an approach to engage the charging station, wherein the updated location data is received from the one or more in-ground positioning sensors, and wherein the updated location data is based on the location data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.