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AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsJan Riedel, Tobias Diekhans
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The invention relates to a method for the contactless charging or discharging of a battery-operated object (4) via a magnetically coupled coil pair, comprising a primary coil (6) of a charging/discharging station (2) and a secondary coil (8) of the object (4), wherein: in a first step, the object (4) is transferred into a reference position in relation to the charging/discharging station (2); in a second step, a reference parameter is determined in the reference position; in a third step, a lateral desired offset of the object (4) to the charging/discharging station (2) is determined, based on the reference parameter; and in a fourth step, based on the lateral desired offset, the object (4) is transferred into a charging/discharging position in relation to the charging/discharging station (2) in which position the contactless charging or discharging is carried out. The invention also relates to a computer program, a system (100), a charging/discharging station (2) and an object (4), which are designed to carry out the method.
A method for the contactless charging or discharging of a battery-operated object (4) by means of a magnetically coupled coil pair which comprises a primary coil (6) of a charging/discharging station (2) and a secondary coil (8) of the object (4), the method comprising:
A computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions that when run on a programmable computer cause the computer to
A system (100) comprising a charging/discharging station (2), a battery-operated object (4) and a control unit (10), wherein the control unit (10) is designed to move the object (4) to a reference position with respect to the charging/discharging station (2), to ascertain a reference parameter in the reference position, to ascertain a lateral desired offset a vertical desired height of the object, of both in relation to the charging/discharging station (2) on the basis of the reference parameter, to move the object (4) to a charging/discharging position with respect to the charging/discharging station (2) on the basis of the lateral desired offset, the vertical desired height, or both and to initiate contactless charging or discharging of the object (4) by means of a magnetically coupled coil pair, wherein the charging/discharging station (2) has a primary coil (6) and the object (4) has a secondary coil (8), which primary coil and secondary coil form the coil pair.
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A battery-operated object (4) for use in a system (100) comprising a charging/discharging station (2), a battery-operated object (4) and a control unit (10), wherein the control unit (10) is designed to move the object (4) to a reference position with respect to the charging/discharging station (2), to ascertain a reference parameter in the reference position, to ascertain a lateral desired offset, a vertical desired height of the object, of both in relation to the charging/discharging station (2) on the basis of the reference parameter, to move the object (4) to a charging/discharging position with respect to the charging/discharging station (2) on the basis of the lateral desired offset, the vertical desired height, or both and to initiate contactless charging or discharging of the object (4) by means of a magnetically coupled coil pair, wherein the charging/discharging station (2) has a primary coil (6) and the object (4) has a secondary coil (8), which primary coil and secondary coil form the coil pair.
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