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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Michel Findeisen, Erlau ot Milkau, DE;
Markus Hess, Sehmatal-Sehma, DE;
Gangolf Hirtz, Kronach, DE;
Rainer Knorr, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/00 (2011.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); B60L 11/1829 (2013.01); B60L 11/1833 (2013.01); B60L 11/1835 (2013.01); B62D 15/028 (2013.01); B62D 15/0285 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/122 (2013.01); Y02T 90/125 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A positioning system for a vehicle includes a camera, a processor unit and a data storage device. A length relating to a feature of the vehicle is stored in the data storage device. The vehicle is positioned for an inductive charging process in that the vehicle is recorded by a camera and a feature of the vehicle is detected. The position relating to a feature is calculated.