Patent ID: 9666359
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B60L,H01F,H02J,H04L,H04W,Y02T,Y04S

Claim:
1. A vehicle that contactlessly receives electric power from a power transmitting device, comprising: a power receiving unit configured to contactlessly receive electric power from the power transmitting device; an electric load configured to operate by utilizing electric power received by the power receiving unit; a communication unit configured to carry out wireless communication with the power transmitting device, the communication unit being configured to switch a spatially communicable communication range between a first range and a second range narrower than the first range; and a control unit configured to, at the time of identifying the power transmitting device from which electric power should be received, control the communication unit such that the communication unit communicates with the power transmitting device using the second range, wherein the control unit is configured to switch the communication range from the first range to the second range on the basis of information indicating that a distance to the power transmitting device has become a predetermined distance, and the control unit is configured to, after identifying the power transmitting device, switch the communication range from the second range to the first range.