# US 9,751,419 B2 · Vehicle wireless charging guidance system and method

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- Number: US 9,751,419 B2
- Document ID: US9751419B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/937,560
- Filed: 2015-11-10
- Published: 2016-05-12
- Granted: 2017-09-05
- Earliest claimed: 2014-11-10
- Assignees: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Young In Kwon
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751419B2

## CPC

- B60L 53/12: Inductive energy transfer
- B60L 53/36: by positioning the vehicle
- B60L 53/38: specially adapted for charging by inductive energy transfer
- B60L 53/60: Monitoring or controlling charging stations
- Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
- Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
- Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations
- Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles
- Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
- B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A vehicle wireless charging guidance system and method are provided. The system includes a power transmission module, which is installed in a charging station and configured to receive a voltage and switch a transmission coil, a power reception module, which is installed in a vehicle and configured to switch energy transmitted from the power transmission module so as to correspond to a battery arranged in the vehicle, and an around view monitoring unit, which is arranged in the vehicle and configured to receive position information of the power transmission module form the power transmission module and position information of the power reception module from the power reception module, and display the received position information of the power transmission module and the received position information of the power reception module and image information around the vehicle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle wireless charging guidance system, comprising:
a power transmission module, which is installed in a charging station and configured to receive a voltage and switch a transmission coil;
a power reception module, which is installed in a vehicle and configured to switch energy transmitted from the power transmission module so as to correspond to a battery arranged in the vehicle; and
an around view monitoring unit, which is arranged in the vehicle and configured to receive position information of the power transmission module from the power transmission module and position information of the power reception module from the power reception module, and display the received position information of the power transmission module, the received position information of the power reception module, and image information around the vehicle.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle wireless charging guidance system of claim 1, wherein the power transmission module transmits wireless communication state information, charging state information, the position information of the power transmission module to the power reception module.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The vehicle wireless charging guidance system of claim 2, wherein the power reception module transmits the position information of the power transmission module received from the power transmission module and the position information of the power reception module to the around view monitoring unit.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The vehicle wireless charging guidance system of claim 3, wherein the around view monitoring unit displays the image information around the vehicle obtained from a camera sensor arranged in the vehicle, and the position information of the power transmission module and the position information of the power reception module, according to movement of the vehicle, and displays a completion message when a matching degree of position of the power transmission module and position of the power reception module is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The vehicle wireless charging guidance system of claim 2, wherein the around view monitoring unit displays charging amount information, estimated charging efficiency information, estimated charging time information of the battery transmitted from the power reception module.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The vehicle wireless charging guidance system of claim 1, further comprising:
a navigation unit configured to display charging state information transmitted from the power reception module, and display a charging power setting tap.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The vehicle wireless charging guidance system of claim 1, further comprising:
a parking assistance system (PAS) configured to move the vehicle so that the power reception module arranged in the vehicle corresponds to the power transmission module using the position information of the power transmission module when a charging command signal is received.

### Claim 8

A vehicle wireless charging guidance method, comprising:
(a) obtaining position information of a power transmission module which is installed in a charging station and configured to receive a voltage and switch a transmission coil, and position information of a power reception module, which is installed in a vehicle and configured to receive energy from the power transmission module;
(b) obtaining image information around the vehicle according to movement of the vehicle, and obtaining around view information; and
(c) displaying the position information of the power transmission module and the position information of the power reception module, and the around view information.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The vehicle wireless charging guidance method of claim 8, after the operation (c), further comprising:
displaying a completion message when a matching degree of the power transmission module and the power reception module changed according to the movement of the vehicle is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The vehicle wireless charging guidance method of claim 8, after the operation (c), further comprising:
displaying charging amount information, estimated charging efficiency information, estimated charging time information of the battery transmitted from the power reception module.
