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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hamid M. Golgiri, Dearborn, MI (US);
Anthony Melatti, Dearborn, MI (US);
Danielle Rosenblatt, Dearborn, MI (US);
Patrick Lawrence Jackson Van Hoecke, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for preventing damage to an object within a charging field of a wireless vehicle battery charger. An example vehicle includes a wireless vehicle battery charger having a charging field, a plurality of Bluetooth antennas, and a processor. The processor is configured to identify a location of an object using one or more of the plurality of Bluetooth antennas, and, responsive to determining that the object is within the charging field, disable the wireless vehicle battery charger.