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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10744882 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2018

Electric power transmission apparatus and electric power transmission system

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Toshiya Hashimoto, Miyoshi, JP;

Takahiro Misawa, Okazaki, JP;

Hideo Nagata, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Primary Examiner:

Shefali D Goradia

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 50/60 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01); B60L 53/37 (2019.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.01); B60L 53/38 (2019.01); B60L 53/124 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1835 (2013.01); B60L 53/12 (2019.02); B60L 53/124 (2019.02); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); B60L 53/37 (2019.02); B60L 53/38 (2019.02); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/60 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02);
Abstract

A control unit of an electric power transmission apparatus is configured to perform alignment processing in which an electric power transmission unit and an electric power reception unit are aligned with each other and foreign matter sensing processing for sensing whether or not a foreign matter is present between the electric power transmission unit and the electric power reception unit, by using an image shot by a camera. The control unit selects an alignment prioritized mode in which alignment processing is performed in preference to foreign matter sensing processing before start of electric power transmission, and selects a foreign matter sensing prioritized mode in which foreign matter sensing processing is performed in preference to alignment processing during electric power transmission.

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