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

Claim 15:
16. A vehicle comprising a vehicle connection device for electrically connecting 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, the vehicle connection device comprising the vehicle contact unit, at least one camera and a controller coupled to the camera, wherein the controller is configured such that it can detect visual features on the ground contact unit with aid of the at least one camera, the controller or a further controller provided each are constituted to
autonomously steer the vehicle in a position in which the vehicle contact unit can be coupled to selected contact surfaces, and/or
output 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,
wherein the electrical contact surfaces of the ground contact unit constitute the visual features for the controller.