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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 27, 2020
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Utah State University, Logan, UT (US);
Zeljko Pantic, Raleigh, NC (US);
Seyed Mohammad Reza Tavakoli, Raleigh, NC (US);
Chungchih Chou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ercan Mehmet Dede, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Utah State University, Logan, UT (US);
Abstract
A vehicle including a power receiving pad for wirelessly receiving power, a plurality of magnetic sensors for measuring a magnetic field of a power transmitting pad and obtaining magnetic field data, one or more processors, and one or more memory modules are provided. The one or more memory modules include a computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive the magnetic field data from the plurality of magnetic sensors, and estimate a lateral misalignment of the power receiving pad with respect to a magnetic axis of the power transmitting pad. The magnetic sensors are arranged to detect at least an X-component and a Y-component of a magnetic field produced by a power transmitting pad.