Parking Assistance Device and Parking Assistance Method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016332575-A1
Application number	US-201415111259-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 30, 2014
Priority date	Jan 30, 2014
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

In a parking assistance device, a ground mark indicating the coil axis direction and position of a ground coil is placed at a parking space, and a vehicle mark indicating the coil axis direction and position of a vehicle coil is displayed in an image displayed on a display unit. Then, the vehicle mark is displayed in the image in such a way as to be superimposed on the ground mark when the vehicle on which the vehicle coil is mounted reaches a position and angle at which the vehicle can be wirelessly charged.

First claim

1 . A parking assistance device for providing parking assistance in parking a vehicle into a parking space with a ground coil placed at the parking space, the ground coil being configured to wirelessly supply power to a vehicle coil mounted on the vehicle, wherein
a ground mark indicating a coil axis direction of the ground coil and a position of the ground coil is placed at the parking space, the parking assistance device comprises
an imaging unit configured to capture an image of the parking space including the ground mark,
a display unit configured to display the image captured by the imaging unit, and
an image control unit configured to display a vehicle mark in the image displayed on the display unit, the vehicle mark indicating a coil axis direction of the vehicle coil and a position of the vehicle coil, and
the image control unit displays the vehicle mark in the image such that the vehicle mark and the ground mark are superimposed on each other, when the vehicle on which the vehicle coil is mounted reaches a position and angle at which the vehicle is capable of being wirelessly charged.

2 . The parking assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein
the vehicle coil and the ground coil are solenoid type coils, the ground mark has a shape of a line segment indicating the coil axis direction of the ground coil, and the vehicle mark has a shape of a line segment indicating the coil axis direction of the vehicle coil.

3 . The parking assistance device according to claim 2 , wherein the vehicle mark has a width corresponding to a range within which a predetermined charge efficiency is capable of being achieved.

4 . The parking assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein the image control unit detects change in coil-to-coil distance between the ground coil and the vehicle coil from change in attitude of the vehicle on which the vehicle coil is mounted, and corrects a position and shape of the vehicle mark in accordance with the change in coil-to-coil distance.

5 . The parking assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein the image control unit displays a track prediction line on the image and changes the track prediction line in accordance with a steering angle of the vehicle on which the vehicle coil is mounted, the track prediction line predicting a track of the vehicle mark.

6 . A parking assistance method in parking a vehicle into a parking space with a ground coil placed at the parking space, the ground coil being configured to wirelessly supply power to a vehicle coil mounted on the vehicle, comprising:
placing a ground mark at the parking space, the ground mark indicating a coil axis direction of the ground coil and a position of the ground coil; capturing an image of the parking space including the ground mark by using an imaging unit; displaying the image captured by the imaging unit on a display unit, and performing an image control process that displays a vehicle mark in the image displayed on the display unit, the vehicle mark indicating a coil axis direction of the vehicle coil and a position of the vehicle coil; and the image control process displays the vehicle mark in the image such that the vehicle mark and the ground mark are superimposed on each other, when the vehicle on which the vehicle coil is mounted reaches a position and angle at which the vehicle is capable of being wirelessly charged.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Fukushima Yoshitake

Classifications

• H02J50/10

  using inductive coupling · CPC title

• H02J50/90

  involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment · CPC title

• H02J2105/37

  exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] · CPC title

• Y02T10/7072

  Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors · CPC title

• B60L2250/16

  by display · CPC title