Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Antenna alignment and vehicle guidance for wireless charging of electric vehicles
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Application No.: US13330517Application Date: 2011-12-19
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Publication No.: US10090885B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Hanspeter Widmer , Lukas Sieber , Nigel P. Cook
- Applicant: Hanspeter Widmer , Lukas Sieber , Nigel P. Cook
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: H02J50/12
- IPC: H02J50/12 ; H04B5/00 ; H02J50/20 ; B60L3/00 ; B60L3/04 ; B60L11/18 ; H02J7/00 ; H02J5/00 ; H02J7/02

Abstract:
Embodiments are directed to a wireless power antenna alignment systems and methods for electric vehicles. A system may include a sensor configured to detect the strength of an electromagnetic field in multiple dimensions and a processor configured to determine at least one of a direction and a position of a transmitted beacon signal based on an output of the sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120262002A1 ANTENNA ALIGNMENT AND VEHICLE GUIDANCE FOR WIRELESS CHARGING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2012-10-18
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