Patent ID: 9477893
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: B60L,B62D,G06K,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A positioning system for positioning a vehicle relative to a charging station for inductively charging an energy storage device of the vehicle, comprising: a processor unit and a camera connected to said processor unit; and a data storage device connected to said processor unit and configured to store therein an item of information relating to a feature of the vehicle acquired by said camera; the feature of the vehicle being selected from the group consisting of a license plate, a headlamp, an exterior rear-view mirror, a front headlamp, reversing lights, a fog lamp, and a front tire of the vehicle; and said processor being configured to calculate a position of the vehicle relative to a charging station based on the feature of the vehicle acquired by said camera and to generate driving instructions based on the position of the vehicle relative to the charging station.