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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Daiki Yokoyama, Gotemba, JP;
Toshiya Hashimoto, Miyoshi, JP;
Shuntaro Okazaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Shogo Tsuge, Fuji, JP;
Kazuhisa Matsuda, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A control device for a ground power supply apparatus judges if it has received from one moving body among a plurality of moving bodies a first signal notifying it that the one moving body has become an immobilized state on an electrified road at which a ground power supply apparatus has been installed. The control device, if receiving the first signal, when receiving from another moving body among the plurality of moving bodies, a power supply request signal requesting noncontact power supply at the ground power supply apparatus or an approach signal notifying it of approach the ground power supply apparatus, sends to the other moving body originating the power supply request signal or approach signal a second signal notifying it that there is a moving body in an immobilized state present on the electrified road.