Patent ID: 11904714
Assignee: EASELINK GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for establishing an electrical connection of a vehicle contact unit of a vehicle which is at least in part electrically powered, to a ground contact unit of an electric charging infrastructure which has a plurality of electrical contact surfaces, at least two of which have to be contacted by the vehicle contact unit for charging a battery of the vehicle, wherein the method comprises steps of:
detecting visual features on the ground contact unit with aid of at least one camera on the vehicle, wherein the visual features comprise the electrical contact surfaces of the ground contact unit, and
at least one of
a) autonomously steering the vehicle in a position in which the vehicle contact unit can be coupled to a selected area of the ground contact unit, and
b) outputting visual signals in an interior of the vehicle to a driver to indicate to the driver where the driver has to steer the vehicle so that the electrical connection of the vehicle contact unit of the vehicle to the ground unit can be established.