Robert Boschgmbh

Christopher Bulla

Petko Faber

Tobias Kress

Paul Mercea

Benedikt Schaller

A method for positioning a vehicle, having an inductive charging coil, at a stationary inductive charging station. The method includes: recognizing an operating state of the vehicle, and/or a state of the environment of the vehicle, based on an acquired first camera image; ascertaining a suitable illumination signal for at least one illumination device of a reference element of the inductive charging station based on the recognized operating state or environmental state; emitting a control signal to the inductive charging station based on the ascertained suitable illumination signal; recognizing the reference element based on an acquired second camera image and of the ascertained suitable illumination signal; determining a relative position and/or an orientation of the vehicle based on the recognized reference element in the second camera image; and controlling the vehicle based on the determined relative position and/or of the orientation.

Method for positioning a vehicle, control device of the vehicle, and vehicle, and method for controlling an inductive charging station, control device of the charging station, and charging station

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Pforzheim, Germany

Christopher Bulla