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Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2014
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hanspeter Widmer, Wohlenschwil, CH;

Lukas Sieber, Olten, CH;

Andreas Daetwyler, Unterenfelden, CH;

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2013.01); G01C 21/3635 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for guiding and aligning an electric vehicle with a charging station. In one aspect, a method of guiding an electric vehicle is provided, including determining a location of a charging spot associated to a charging base in relation to a charging coupler of the electric vehicle. The method further includes displaying an indicator of the location of the charging spot in a three dimensional perspective view, the indicator displayed for guiding a user of the electric vehicle to position a charging coupler of the electric vehicle over the charging base within a tolerance area. The method further includes transitioning to displaying the indicator of the location of the charging spot in a two dimensional top-down view based on determining that an angle between a reference point and a point on ground related to the location of the charging spot satisfies a threshold.


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