Electric vehicle charging device obstacle avoidance and warning system and method of use
AssigneeNextEV USA, Inc.
InventorChristopher P. Ricci
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Abstract
Techniques for electric vehicle systems, and in particular to an electric vehicle charging device obstacle avoidance system and method of use. In one embodiment, a system for obstacle avoidance of a charging panel of an electrical vehicle is disclosed, the system comprising: a charging panel interconnected to the electric vehicle; an actuator interconnected to the charging panel, the actuator configured to position the charging panel; at least one sensor configured to sense an obstacle location measurement in a predicted travel path of the electric vehicle; and an obstacle avoidance controller that receives the obstacle location measurement and determines if an obstacle avoidance action is recommended.
Claims20
A system for obstacle avoidance of a charging panel of an electrical vehicle, the system comprising:
- a charging panel interconnected to the electric vehicle;
- an actuator interconnected to the charging panel, the actuator configured to position the charging panel;
- at least one sensor configured to sense an obstacle location measurement in a predicted travel path of the electric vehicle;
- an obstacle avoidance controller that receives the obstacle location measurement and determines if an obstacle avoidance action is recommended,
- wherein the obstacle avoidance controller determines a sensor configuration of the at least one sensor based on at least one of obstacle risk, roadway type, and environmental condition, and
- wherein the sensor configuration indicates at least a sensor type and an initial position of the at least one sensor.
A method for obstacle avoidance of a charging panel of an electric vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining, by a microprocessor, a positioning of a charging panel interconnected to the electric vehicle;
- determining, by the microprocessor, a sensor configuration of at least one sensor based on at least one of obstacle risk, roadway type, and environmental condition, wherein the sensor configuration indicates at least a sensor type and an initial position of the at least one sensor;
- measuring, by the at least one sensor, an obstacle location measurement in a predicted travel path of the electric vehicle;
- transmitting, by the microprocessor, the obstacle location measurement to an obstacle avoidance controller;
- receiving by the obstacle avoidance controller, the obstacle location measurement;
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- determining, by the microprocessor, an obstacle avoidance action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.