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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
May. 28, 2015
Siemens Mobility Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Florian Buehs, Berlin, DE;
Andre Rompe, Berlin Kaulsdorf, DE;
Siemens Mobility GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A positioning system for determining the position of a vehicle when driving into a charging station for charging an energy accumulator of the vehicle includes a vehicle-side marking having at least one marking property changing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A route-side sensor device measures a distance from the marking to the sensor device when the vehicle passes the sensor device and generates a distance signal indicating a distance from the marking to the sensor device in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The sensor device reads out the marking property in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and generates a longitudinal vehicle direction signal indicating the position of the marking and/or the vehicle relative to the sensor device in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A charging station, a vehicle and a method for determining the position of a vehicle, are also provided.