Patent Publication Number: US-10787085-B2

Title: Vehicle, power transmission device, and power feeding system

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a vehicle, a power transmission device, and a power feeding system, and particularly to a pairing technique between a power transmission device and a vehicle in a power feeding system configured to supply electric power from the power transmission device to the vehicle contactlessly. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     A contactless wireless power transmission without a power cord or a power transmission cable has been attracting attention, and its application to an electric vehicle, which receives a supply of power from a power supply outside of a vehicle (hereinafter, also referred to as “external power supply”), a hybrid vehicle, or the like has been proposed. In such a contactless power feeding system, it is necessary to suitably perform identification (pairing) between a power transmission device and a power receiving device (vehicle). 
     Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2007-19719 (PTD 1) discloses a technique that, in a system including a mobile terminal device and a portable wireless communication unit for identifying a user of the mobile terminal device for the purpose of theft prevention, the presence of a mobile terminal device subjected to authentication in a specified area is determined based on a signal from an RFID provided in the wireless communication unit (refer to PTD 1). 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Document 
     PTD 1: Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2007-19719 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     An RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) is a technique of performing an object recognition with use of an RFID tag, which stores ID information, and an RFID reader, which reads the information from the RFID tag through a wireless communication with the RFID tag. When such an RFID technique is applied to the pairing between a power transmission device and a vehicle in a contactless power feeding system, the following problem arises. 
     In other words, since a communicable distance of an RFID is generally small, a situation may occur in which, before a pairing between a power transmission device and a vehicle is established, parking to a parking frame provided with a power transmission unit of the power transmission device is completed. In such a case, since the pairing between the power transmission device and the vehicle is established after the completion of the parking, and determination on whether or not parking is made at an appropriate position can be performed after the pairing, it would be necessary to perform the parking operation again when the parking is not made at the appropriate position, thus it lacks convenience. 
     The present invention was achieved to solve the problem described above, and its object is to enable establishment of the pairing between the power transmission device and the vehicle at an early stage in the power feeding system for supplying electric power from the power transmission device to the vehicle contactlessly. 
     Solution to Problem 
     According to the present invention, a vehicle is a vehicle which receives electric power from a power transmission device, and the includes a power receiving unit and an ID tag. The power receiving unit contactlessly receives electric power output from the power transmission device. The ID tag preliminarily stores information which is identification information for the power transmission device to identify the vehicle and can be contactlessly read by the power transmission device. Here, the ID tag is arranged at a vehicle body front end in a vehicle traveling direction of the vehicle being guided into a parking frame in which the vehicle receives electric power from the power transmission device. 
     Preferably, the vehicle further includes another ID tag. The another ID tag is arranged at a vehicle body end on a side opposite to the ID tag in vehicle body forward and backward directions and preliminarily stores the identification information which can be contactlessly read by the power transmission device. 
     Preferably, the vehicle further includes another ID tag. This yet another ID tag is arranged close to the power receiving unit and preliminarily stores the identification information which can be contactlessly read by the power transmission device. 
     More preferably, the power receiving unit is provided at a vehicle body underneath part. The another ID tag is arranged close to the power receiving unit on a vehicle body end side having a larger distance among a distance from the power receiving unit to a vehicle body leading end and a distance from the power receiving unit to a vehicle body trailing end. 
     With such an arrangement, when the ID tag is arranged on the vehicle body end side having a larger distance among the distance from the power receiving unit to the vehicle body leading end and the distance from the power receiving unit to the vehicle body trailing end, a distance between the ID tag and the another ID tag can be reduced. Accordingly, even when the reading range of the ID tag and the another ID tag is narrow, the range of reading any one of the ID tag and the another ID tag can be increased. Therefore, the pairing between the power transmission device and the vehicle becomes less likely to be interrupted when the vehicle enters into the parking frame. 
     Preferably, the ID tag is arranged substantially at a center in vehicle body leftward and rightward directions. 
     Preferably, the vehicle further includes a communication unit which performs a wireless communication with the power transmission device. When the vehicle information indicated in the identification information read by the power transmission device corresponds to the vehicle information indicated in the information transmitted from the communication unit to the power transmission device, the vehicle is identified as a vehicle which should be supplied with electric power from the power transmission device. 
     More preferably, a communicable distance between the ID tag and the power transmission device is smaller than a communicable distance between the communication unit and the power transmission device. 
     Preferably, a difference between a natural frequency of the power receiving unit and a natural frequency of the power transmission device is less than or equal to ±10% of the natural frequency of the power receiving unit or the natural frequency of the power transmission unit. 
     Preferably, a coupling coefficient between the power receiving unit and a power transmission unit of the power transmission device is less than or equal to 0.3. 
     Preferably, the power receiving unit receives electric power from the power transmission unit through at least one of a magnetic field and an electric field. The magnetic field is formed between the power receiving unit and a power transmission unit of the power transmission device. The electric field is formed between the power receiving unit and the power transmission unit. The magnetic field and the electric field are formed between the power receiving unit and the power transmission unit and oscillate at a particular frequency. 
     Moreover, according to the present invention, the power transmission device is a power transmission device which supplies electric power to a vehicle and includes a power transmission unit and a reading unit. The power transmission unit contactlessly outputs electric power to the vehicle. The reading unit contactlessly reads identification information from an ID tag. The ID tag preliminarily stores the identification information and is provided in the vehicle to identify the vehicle. Here, the reading unit is arranged in a parking frame and close to a vehicle entering end of the parking frame, electric power is supplied to the vehicle in the parking frame. 
     Preferably, the power transmission device further includes another reading unit. This another reading unit is arranged close to the power transmission unit and contactlessly reads from the ID tag the identification information preliminarily stored in the ID tag. 
     Moreover, according to the present invention, the power feeding system is a power feeding system which contactlessly supplies electric power from a power transmission device to a vehicle. The vehicle includes a power receiving unit and an ID tag. The power receiving unit contactlessly receives electric power output from the power transmission device. The ID tag preliminarily stores identification information for identifying the vehicle in the power transmission device. The power transmission device includes a power transmission unit and a reading unit. The power transmission unit contactlessly outputs electric power to the power receiving unit. The reading unit contactlessly reads the identification information from the ID tag. Here, the ID tag is arranged at a vehicle body front end in a vehicle traveling direction when the vehicle is guided into a parking frame in which electric power is supplied from the power transmission device to the vehicle. 
     Preferably, the reading unit is arranged in the parking frame and close to a vehicle entering end of the parking frame. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     According to the present invention, an ID tag is arranged at a vehicle body front end in a vehicle traveling direction when the vehicle is guided into a parking frame in which the vehicle receives electric power from the power transmission device. Therefore, the vehicle identification information stored in the ID tag can be read by the power transmission device at an early stage. Thus, according to the present invention, the pairing between the power transmission device and the vehicle can be established at an early stage. Consequently, it allows for the alignment or the like during the parking operation. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  represents an overall configuration of a power feeding system according to the embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  represents an overall configuration of another example of the power feeding system. 
         FIG. 3  represents an equivalent circuit diagram during the transfer of electric power from the power transmission device to the vehicle. 
         FIG. 4  represents a simulation model of the power transfer system. 
         FIG. 5  represents a relationship between the deviation of natural frequencies of the power transmission unit and power receiving unit, and the power transfer efficiency. 
         FIG. 6  is a graph representing a relationship between the power transfer efficiency and the frequency of a current supplied to the power transmission unit when an air gap is changed in the state where the natural frequency is fixed. 
         FIG. 7  represents a relationship between a distance from a current source or a magnetic current source and an intensity of an electromagnetic field. 
         FIG. 8  represents an arrangement example of an RFID tag and an RFID reader. 
         FIG. 9  is a first flowchart for explanation of an authentication processing executed in the vehicle and the power transmission device. 
         FIG. 10  is a second flowchart for explanation of the authentication processing executed in the vehicle and the power transmission device. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENT 
     In the following, the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the same or corresponding parts have the same reference numerals allotted, and description thereof will not be repeated. 
     (Configuration of Power Feeding System) 
       FIG. 1  represents an entire configuration of a power feeding system  10  according to the embodiment of the present invention. Referring to  FIG. 1 , power feeding system  10  includes a vehicle  100  and a power transmission device  200 . Power transmission device  200  includes a power supply device  210 , a power transmission unit  220 , and an RFID reader  270 . 
     Power supply device  210  generates alternating current power having a predetermined frequency. As one example, power supply device  210  receives electric power from a commercial power supply  400  to generate high-frequency alternating current power, and supplies the generated alternating current power to power transmission unit  220 . Power transmission unit  220  contactlessly supplies electric power to power receiving unit  110  of vehicle  100  through an electromagnetic field generated around power transmission unit  220 . 
     Power supply device  210  includes a communication unit  230 , a power transmission ECU (Electronic Control Unit)  240 , a power supply unit  250 , and a matching device  260 . Power transmission unit  220  includes a coil  221  (hereinafter, also referred to as “resonant coil” or may be suitably referred to as “resonance coil” or the like), a capacitor  222 , and a coil  223  (hereinafter, also referred to as “electromagnetic induction coil”). 
     Power supply unit  250  is controlled by a control signal MOD from power transmission ECU  240 , and converts electric power received from an alternating current power supply such as commercial power supply  400  or the like into high-frequency electric power. Power supply unit  250  supplies the converted high-frequency electric power to electromagnetic induction coil  223  through matching device  260 . Moreover, power supply unit  250  outputs each detection value of a power transmission voltage Vtr and a power transmission current Itr respectively detected by a voltage sensor and a current sensor, which are not illustrated, to power transmission ECU  240 . 
     Matching device  260  is configured to adjust an impedance of power transmission unit  220 , and is typically constituted of a circuit including a reactor and a capacitor. The impedance adjustment by matching device  260  may be fixed or variable. When matching device  260  is variable, the impedance is adjusted based on a control signal SE 10  from power transmission ECU  240 . It should be noted that power supply unit  250  may be configured to include a function of matching device  260 . 
     Electromagnetic induction coil  223  can be magnetically coupled to resonant coil  221  by electromagnetic induction. Electromagnetic induction coil  223  transmits the high-frequency power supplied from power supply unit  250  to resonant coil  221  by electromagnetic induction. 
     Resonant coil  221  contactlessly transfers the electric power transmitted from electromagnetic induction coil  223  to a resonant coil  111  included in power receiving unit  110  of vehicle  100 . It should be noted that the contactless power transmission between power receiving unit  110  and power transmission unit  220  will be described later in detail. 
     Communication unit  230  is a communication interface configured to perform a wireless communication between power transmission device  200  and vehicle  100 , and performs transmission and reception of information INFO with a communication unit  160  of vehicle  100 . Communication unit  230  receives vehicle information, a signal for commanding starting and stopping of power transmission, and the like transmitted from communication unit  160  of vehicle  100 , and outputs the received information, signal, and the like to power transmission ECU  240 . Moreover, communication unit  230  transmits information of power transmission voltage Vtr, power transmission current Itr, and the like received from power transmission ECU  240 , to vehicle  100 . 
     RFID reader  270  is a reading unit configured to contactlessly read information of an RFID tag  155  provided at vehicle  100 . RFID reader  270  includes an antenna which is not illustrated in the drawing, and uses this antenna to, for example, transmit electric power to RFID tag  155  of vehicle  100  by electromagnetic induction and receives information transmitted from RFID tag  155  in response to the transmission of power. The communication with use of the RFID has a smaller communicable distance as compared to the communication by communication unit  230 . Then, RFID reader  270  outputs information SIG 10  received from RFID tag  155  to power transmission ECU  240 . 
     Power transmission ECU  240  includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a storage device, an input-output buffer, and the like (none of these are illustrated), performs input of a signal from each sensor or the like and output of a control signal to each equipment, and performs a control of each device in power transmission device  200 . It should be noted that these controls are not limited to the processing by software but can be processed with a dedicated hardware (electronic circuit). 
     On the other hand, vehicle  100  includes, in addition to RFID tag  155  described above, power receiving unit  110 , matching device  170 , a rectifier  180 , a charging relay (hereinafter, also referred to as “CHR (CHarging Relay)”)  185 , and a power storage device  190 . Moreover, vehicle  100  further includes a system main relay (hereinafter, also referred to as “SMR (System Main Relay)”)  115 , a power control unit (hereinafter, also referred to as “PCU (Power Control Unit)”)  120 , a motor generator  130 , a drive power transmission gear  140 , drive wheels  150 , a communication unit  160 , a voltage sensor  195 , a current sensor  196 , and a vehicle ECU  300 . Power receiving unit  110  includes a coil  111  (hereinafter, also referred to as “resonant coil” and may be suitable referred to as “resonance coil” or the like), a capacitor  112 , and a coil  113  (hereinafter, also referred to as “electromagnetic induction coil”). 
     It should be noted that, although vehicle  100  is described as an electric vehicle representatively in the present embodiment, the configuration of vehicle  100  is not limited to this as long as it is a vehicle which can travel with use of electric power stored in power storage device  190 . Another examples of vehicle  100  include a hybrid vehicle having an engine, a fuel cell vehicle having a fuel cell, and the like. 
     Resonant coil  111  contactlessly receives electric power from resonant coil  221  of power transmission device  200 . Electromagnetic induction coil  113  can be magnetically coupled to resonant coil  111  by electromagnetic induction. Electromagnetic induction coil  113  extracts by electromagnetic induction the electric power received by resonant coil  111  and outputs the electric power to rectifier  180  through matching device  170 . 
     Matching device  170  is configured to adjust an input impedance of a load which receives the electric power received by resonant coil  111 , and has for example a circuit (not illustrated) including a capacitor and a reactor as with matching device  260  of power transmission device  200 . 
     Rectifier  180  rectifies alternating current power received from electromagnetic induction coil  113  through matching device  170 , and outputs the rectified direct current power to power storage device  190 . Rectifier  180  may have a static circuit configuration including for example a diode bridge and a smoothing capacitor (none of these are illustrated). As rectifier  180 , so-called switching regulator can be used which performs rectification by means of a switching control. When rectifier  180  is included in power receiving unit  110 , it is preferable to have a static rectifier such as a diode bridge to prevent an incorrect operation of the switching element due to an electromagnetic field. 
     CHR  185  is electrically connected between rectifier  180  and power storage device  190 . CHR  185  is controlled by a control signal SE 2  from vehicle ECU  300  and switches supplying and cutting of electric power from rectifier  180  to power storage device  190 . 
     Power storage device  190  is a power storage element configured to be rechargeable. Power storage device  190  is configured to include, for example, a rechargeable battery such as a lithium-ion battery, a nickel hydride battery, or a lead battery, or a storage element such as an electric double layer capacitor. 
     Power storage device  190  stores electric power received by power receiving unit  110  and rectified by rectifier  180 . Moreover, power storage device  190  is connected also to PCU  120  through SMR  115 . Then, power storage device  190  supplies electric power for generating a vehicle driving force to PCU  120 . Further, power storage device  190  receives electric power generated by motor generator  130  from PCU  120  and stores the electric power. 
     Moreover, power storage device  190  is provided with a voltage sensor and a current sensor (neither illustrated in the drawing) for detecting a voltage VB and a current IB of power storage device  190  respectively. A detection value of each of these sensors is outputted to vehicle ECU  300 . Vehicle ECU  300  calculates a state of charge (also referred to as “SOC (State Of Charge)” and expressed as 0% to 100% with a fully charged state of 100%) of power storage device  190  based on each detection value of voltage VB and current IB. 
     SMR  115  is electrically connected between power storage device  190  and PCU  120 . SMR  115  is controlled by a control signal SE 1  from vehicle ECU  300  and switches supplying and cutting of electric power between power storage device  190  and PCU  120 . 
     PCU  120  includes a converter and an inverter (neither illustrated in the drawing). The converter is controlled by a control signal PWC from vehicle ECU  300  and performs a voltage conversion between power storage device  190  and the inverter. The inverter is controlled by a control signal PWI from vehicle ECU  300  and uses the electric power having a voltage converted by the converter to drive motor generator  130 . 
     Motor generator  130  is an alternating-current rotating electrical machine and is constituted of, for example, a permanent-magnet type synchronous motor including a rotor having a permanent magnet buried therein. Output torque of motor generator  130  is transmitted to drive wheels  150  through drive power transmission gear  140 . Vehicle  100  travels with use of this torque. Motor generator  130  can generate electric power by a rotational force of drive wheels  150  during the regenerative braking of vehicle  100 . Then, the voltage of the electric power generated by motor generator  130  is converted by PCU  120 , and the electric power is then stored in power storage device  190 . 
     It should be noted that, in a hybrid vehicle having an engine (not illustrated) in addition to motor generator  130 , the engine and motor generator  130  are operated cooperatively to generate a required vehicle driving force. In this case, power storage device  190  can be charged by generating electric power with use of power of the engine. 
     Communication unit  160  is a communication interface for performing a wireless communication between vehicle  100  and power transmission device  200  and performs transmission and reception of information INFO with communication unit  230  of power transmission device  200 . Information INFO outputted from communication unit  160  to power transmission device  200  includes vehicle information from vehicle ECU  300  and a signal commanding starting and stopping of power transmission. 
     RFID tag  155  includes an antenna and a storage unit preliminarily storing the vehicle information (neither illustrated in the drawing). When electric power is supplied from RFID reader  270  of power transmission device  200  through the antenna, RFID tag  155  transmits information stored in the storage unit through the antenna. It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, a plurality of RFID tags  155  are provided, and the RFID tags are arranged at a leading end and a trailing end of vehicle  100  as well as close to power receiving unit  220 . The arrangement configuration of RFID tags  155  and RFID reader  270  of power transmission device  200  will be described later in detail. 
     Vehicle ECU  300  includes a CPU, a storage device, an input-output buffer, and the like (none of these are illustrated in the drawing), performs input of a signal from each sensor and output of a control signal to each device, and performs a control of each device in vehicle  100 . These controls are not limited to the processing by software but can be processed with a dedicated hardware (electronic circuit). 
     Voltage sensor  195  detects a receiving voltage Vre of power receiving unit  110 . Current sensor  196  detects a receiving current Ire of power receiving unit  110 . Each detection value of receiving voltage Vre and receiving current Ire is transmitted to vehicle ECU  300  and used for calculation of a power transfer efficiency. 
     It should be noted that, although  FIG. 1  shows the configuration in which power receiving unit  110  and power transmission unit  220  respectively have electromagnetic induction cols  113 ,  223 , it is also possible to employ another configuration like a power feeding system  10 A shown in  FIG. 2  in which a power receiving unit  110 A and a power transmission unit  220 A do not include electromagnetic induction coils. In this case, resonant coil  221  is connected to matching device  260  in power transmission unit  220 A, and resonant coil  111  is connected to rectifier  180  in power receiving unit  110 A. 
     It should be noted that, although capacitor  224  is connected to resonant coil  221  in series to form an LC resonant circuit with resonant coil  221  in power transmission unit  220 A, capacitor  224  may be connected to resonant coil  221  in parallel. Moreover, although capacitor  114  is connected to resonant coil  111  in series to form an LC resonant circuit with resonant coil  111  also in power receiving unit  110 A, capacitor  114  may be connected to resonant coil  111  in parallel. 
     Moreover, as shown in  FIG. 2 , as impedance adjustment means in the vehicle, a DC/DC converter  170 A for converting the direct current voltage rectified by rectifier  180  may be provided in place of matching device  170  in  FIG. 1 . 
     (Principle of Power Transfer) 
       FIG. 3  is an equivalent circuit diagram representing the power transfer from power transmission device  200  to vehicle  100 . Referring to  FIG. 3 , in power transmission device  200 , electromagnetic induction coil  223  of power transmission unit  220  is provided, for example, substantially coaxially with resonant coil  221  and is spaced apart by a predetermined gap from resonant coil  221 . Electromagnetic induction coil  223  magnetically couples with resonant coil  221  by electromagnetic induction, and supplies high-frequency electric power supplied from power supply device  210  to resonant coil  221  by electromagnetic induction. 
     Resonant coil  221  forms an LC resonant circuit with capacitor  222 . It should be noted that, as will be described later, an LC resonant circuit is formed also in power receiving unit  110  of vehicle  100 . A difference between the natural frequency of the LC resonant circuit formed by resonant coil  221  and capacitor  222  and the natural frequency of the LC resonant circuit of power receiving unit  110  is less than or equal to ±10% of the natural frequency of the former or the natural frequency of the latter. Resonant coil  221  receives electric power from electromagnetic induction coil  223  by electromagnetic induction and contactlessly transmits the electric power to power receiving unit  110  of vehicle  100 . 
     It should be noted that electromagnetic induction coil  223  is provided so as to facilitate a supply of power from power supply device  210  to resonant coil  221  and that, as shown in  FIG. 2 , power supply device  210  may be directly connected to resonant coil  221  without providing electromagnetic induction coil  223 . Moreover, since capacitor  222  is provided to adjust the natural frequency of the resonant circuit, the configuration without capacitor  222  may be employed when a desired natural frequency can be obtained with use of a stray capacity of resonant coil  221 . 
     On the other hand, in vehicle  100 , resonant coil  111  of power receiving unit  110  forms an LC resonant circuit with capacitor  112 . As described above, the difference between the natural frequency of the LC resonant circuit formed by resonant coil  111  and capacitor  112  and the natural frequency of the LC resonant circuit formed by resonant coil  221  and capacitor  222  in power transmission unit  220  of power transmission device  200  is ±10% of the natural frequency of the former or the natural frequency of the latter. Then, resonant coil  111  contactlessly receives electric power from power transmission unit  220  of power transmission device  200 . 
     Electromagnetic induction coil  113  is provided, for example, substantially coaxially with resonant coil  111  and spaced apart by a predetermined gap from resonant coil  111 . Electromagnetic induction coil  113  is magnetically coupled with resonant coil  111  by electromagnetic induction, extracts by electromagnetic induction the electric power received by resonant coil  111 , and outputs the electric power to an electric load  118 . It should be noted that electric load  118  is electric equipment using the electric power received by power receiving unit  110 . Specifically, electric load  118  collectively represents electric equipment provided subsequently to matching device  170  ( FIG. 1 ). 
     It should be noted that electromagnetic induction coil  113  is provided to facilitate the extraction of the electric power from resonant coil  111 , and resonant coil  111  may be directly connected to electric load  118  without providing electromagnetic induction coil  113  as shown in  FIG. 2 . Moreover, since capacitor  112  is provided to adjust the natural frequency of the resonant circuit, the configuration without capacitor  112  may be employed when a desired natural frequency can be obtained by using the stray capacity of resonant coil  111 . 
     In power transmission device  200 , the high-frequency alternating-current power is supplied from power supply device  210  to electromagnetic induction coil  223 , and the electric power is supplied to resonant coil  221  with use of electromagnetic induction coil  223 . Then, energy (electric power) is transferred from resonant coil  221  to resonant coil  111  through a magnetic field formed between resonant coil  221  and resonant coil  111  of vehicle  100 . The energy (electric power) transferred to resonant coil  111  is extracted with use of electromagnetic induction coil  113  and transferred to electric load  118  of vehicle  100 . 
     As described above, in this power transfer system, the difference between the natural frequency of power transmission unit  220  of power transmission device  200  and the natural frequency of power receiving unit  110  of vehicle  100  is less than or equal to ±10% of the natural frequency of power transmission unit  220  or the natural frequency of power receiving unit  110 . Setting the natural frequencies of power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  to be within such a range can improve the power transfer efficiency. On the other hand, when the difference between the natural frequencies described above becomes greater than ±10%, the power transfer efficiency becomes less than 10%, so that there is a possibility that the negative effect such as lengthening of the power transfer time may occur. 
     It should be noted that the natural frequency of power transmission unit  220  (power receiving unit  110 ) means the oscillation frequency which is provided when the electrical circuit (resonant circuit) constituting power transmission unit  220  (power receiving unit  110 ) oscillates. It should be noted that, in the electrical circuit (resonant circuit) constituting power transmission unit  220  (power receiving unit  110 ), the natural frequency which is provided when the damping force or electric resistance is substantially zero is also referred to as a resonant frequency of power transmission unit  220  (power receiving unit  110 ). 
     Referring to  FIGS. 4 and 5 , a simulation result of analyzing the relationship between the difference in the natural frequencies and the power transfer efficiency will be described.  FIG. 4  represents a simulation model of the power transfer system. Moreover,  FIG. 5  represents a relationship between the deviation in the natural frequencies of the power transmission unit and power receiving unit and the power transfer efficiency. 
     Referring to  FIG. 4 , a power transfer system  89  includes a power transmission unit  90  and a power receiving unit  91 . Power transmission unit  90  includes a first coil  92  and a second coil  93 . Second coil  93  includes a resonant coil  94  and a capacitor  95  provided in resonant coil  94 . Power receiving unit  91  includes a third coil  96  and a fourth coil  97 . Third coil  96  includes a resonant coil  99  and a capacitor  98  connected to this resonant coil  99 . 
     It is defined that an inductance of resonant coil  94  is an inductance Lt, and a capacitance of capacitor  95  is a capacitance C 1 . Moreover, it is defined that an inductance of resonant coil  99  is an inductance Lt, and a capacitance of capacitor  98  is a capacitance C 2 . With such a setting of each parameter, a natural frequency f 1  of second coil  93  is expressed by the following formula (1), and a natural frequency f 2  of third coil  96  is expressed by the following formula (2).
 
 f 1=1/{2π( Lt×C 1) 1/2 }  (1)
 
 f 2=1/{2π( Lr×C 2) 1/2 }  (2)
 
     Here, in the case where inductance Lr and capacitance C 1 , C 2  are fixed, and only inductance Lt is changed, the relationship between the deviation in the natural frequencies of second coil  93  and third coil  96  and the power transfer efficiency is shown in  FIG. 5 . It should be noted that, in this simulation, the relative positional relationship between resonant coil  94  and resonant coil  99  is fixed, and the frequency of the current supplied to second coil  93  is constant. 
     In the graph shown in  FIG. 5 , the horizontal axis denotes the deviation in the natural frequencies (%), and the vertical axis denotes the power transfer efficiency (%) in the current of the constant frequency (%). The deviation in the natural frequencies (%) is expressed by the following formula (3).
 
(deviation in natural frequencies)={( f 1 −f 2)/ f 2}×100(%)  (3)
 
     As is apparent from  FIG. 5 , when the deviation in the natural frequencies (%) is 0%, the power transfer efficiency is close to 100%. When the deviation in the natural frequencies (%) is ±5%, the power transfer efficiency is about 40%. When the deviation in the natural frequencies (%) is ±10%, the power transfer efficiency is about 10%. When the deviation in the natural frequencies (%) is ±15%, the power transfer efficiency is about 5%. In other words, it can be understood that the power transfer efficiency can be enhanced to a practical level by setting the natural frequencies of second coil  93  and third coil  96  so that an absolute value of the deviation in the natural frequencies (%) (the difference between the natural frequencies) falls within the range of less than or equal to 10% of the natural frequency of third coil  96 . Further, it is more preferable to set the natural frequencies of second coil  93  and third coil  96  so that the absolute value of the deviation in the natural frequencies (%) becomes less than or equal to 5% of the natural frequency of third coil  96  since the power transfer efficiency can be further enhanced. It should be noted that electromagnetic field analyzing software (JMAG (registered trademark) manufactured by JSOL Corporation) is employed as simulation software. 
     Referring back to  FIG. 3 , power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  contactlessly transmit and receive electric power through at least one of a magnetic field and an electric field formed between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110 . The magnetic field and/or electric field formed between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  oscillates at a particular frequency. Then, by allowing power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  to resonate by the electromagnetic field, electric power is transferred from power transmission unit  220  to power receiving unit  110 . 
     Here, the magnetic field having the particular frequency formed around power transmission unit  220  will be described. The “magnetic field having the particular frequency” typically has a relevance between the power transfer efficiency and the frequency of the current supplied to power transmission unit  220 . Therefore, firstly, the relationship between the power transfer efficiency and the frequency of the current supplied to power transmission unit  220  will be described. The power transfer efficiency which is provided when the electric power is transferred from power transmission unit  220  to power receiving unit  110  changes due to various factors such as a distance between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110 . For example, the natural frequencies (resonant frequencies) of power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  are f 0 , and the frequency of the current supplied to power transmission unit  220  is f 3 , and an air gap between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  is an air gap AG. 
       FIG. 6  is a graph representing a relationship between the power transfer efficiency and frequency f 3  of a current supplied to power transmission unit  220  when air gap AG is changed in the state where a natural frequency f 0  is fixed. Referring to  FIG. 6 , the horizontal axis denotes frequency f 3  of the current supplied to power transmission unit  220 , and the vertical axis denotes the power transfer efficiency (%). An efficiency curve L 1  schematically represents a relationship between the power transfer efficiency and frequency f 3  of the current supplied to power transmission unit  220  when air gap AG is small. As indicated by this efficiency curve L 1 , when air gap AG is small, peaks of the power transfer efficiency occur at frequencies f 4 , f 5  (f 4 &lt;f 5 ). When air gap is set larger, the two peaks of high power transfer efficiency are changed so as to come close to each other. Then, as indicated by an efficiency curve L 2 , when air gap AG is set larger than a predetermined distance, one peak of the power transfer efficiency is provided, and the power transfer efficiency reaches a peak when the frequency of the current supplied to power transmission unit  220  is at frequency f 6 . When air gap AG is set larger than the state of efficiency curve L 2 , the peak of the power transfer efficiency becomes small as indicated by efficiency curve L 3 . 
     For example, the following approaches can be considered as approaches for improving the power transfer efficiency. As a first approach, it can be considered to fix the frequency of the current supplied to power transmission unit  220  in accordance with air gap AG and change the capacitance of capacitor  222  and capacitor  112  to thereby change the characteristics of the power transfer efficiency between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110 . Specifically, the capacitance of capacitor  222  and capacitor  112  is adjusted so that the power transfer efficiency reaches a peak in the state where the frequency of the current supplied to power transmission unit  220  is fixed. In this approach, the frequency of the current flowing to power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  is fixed regardless of the size of air gap AG. 
     Moreover, as a second approach, the frequency of the current supplied to power transmission unit  220  is adjusted based on the size of air gap AG. For example, in the state where the power transfer characteristics takes efficiency curve L 1 , the current of frequency f 4  or f 5  is supplied to power transmission unit  220 . When the frequency characteristic takes efficiency curves L 2 , L 3 , the current of frequency f 6  is supplied to power transmission unit  220 . In this case, the frequency of the current flowing to power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  is changed in accordance with the size of air gap AG. 
     In the first approach, the frequency of the current flowing to power transmission unit  220  has a fixed constant frequency. In the second approach, the frequency flowing to power transmission unit  220  is suitably changed in accordance with air gap AG. With the first approach and the second approach, a current having a particular frequency set so as to raise the power transfer efficiency is supplied to power transmission unit  220 . With a flow of the current having a particular frequency to power transmission unit  220 , a magnetic field (electromagnetic field) oscillating at a particular frequency is formed around power transmission unit  220 . Power receiving unit  110  receives electric power from power transmission unit  220  through a magnetic field which is formed between power receiving unit  110  and power transmission unit  220  and oscillates at a particular frequency. Thus, the “magnetic field oscillating at a particular frequency” is not necessarily a magnetic field having a fixed frequency. It should be noted that, although the frequency of the current supplied to power transmission  220  is set by focusing on air gap AG in the example described above, the power transfer efficiency is changed due to other factors such as the deviation of power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  in the horizontal direction, thus there is a case where the frequency of the current supplied to power transmission unit  220  is adjusted based on the other factors. 
     It should be noted that, although the coil (for example, a helical coil) is employed in power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  in the description above, an antenna such as a meander line may be employed in place of the coil. In the case where an antenna such as a meander line is employed, a flow of the current having a particular frequency to power transmission unit  220  forms an electric field having a particular frequency around power transmission unit  220 . Then, the power transfer is performed between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  through this electric field. 
     In this power transfer system, the improvement in the power transmission and power reception efficiency is attempted by using a near field (evanescent field) in which a “static magnetic field” of an electromagnetic field is dominant. 
       FIG. 7  represents a relationship between a distance from a current source or magnetic current source and an intensity of the electromagnetic field. Referring to  FIG. 7 , the electromagnetic field is constituted of three components. A curve k 1  is a component which is inversely proportional to a wave source, and it is referred to as a “radiation electromagnetic field.” A curve k 2  is a component which is inversely proportional to a square of the distance from the wave source, and it is referred to as an “induction electromagnetic field.” Moreover, a curve k 3  is a component which is inversely proportional to a cube of the distance from the wave source, and it is referred to as a “static electromagnetic field.” It should be noted that, when a wavelength of the magnetic field is provided as “λ,” a distance at which the intensities of the “radiation electromagnetic field,” “induction electromagnetic field,” and “static electromagnetic field” are substantially equal can be expressed by λ/2π. 
     The “static electromagnetic field” is a region in which the intensity of the electromagnetic wave is drastically reduced with a distance form the wave source. In the power transfer system of the present embodiment, the transfer of energy (electric power) is performed with use of a near field (evanescent field) in which this “static electromagnetic field” is dominant. In other words, in the near field in which the “static electromagnetic field” is dominant, power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  (for example, a pair of LC resonant coils) having a close natural frequency are resonated to transfer energy (electric power) from power transmission unit  220  to power receiving unit  110 . Since this “static electromagnetic field” does not propagate energy to a distant place, the resonance method can transmit electric power with a less energy loss as compared to the electromagnetic wave which transfers energy (electric power) by means of “radiation electromagnetic field” propagating energy to a distant place. 
     As described above, in this power transfer system, power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  are resonated by means of the electromagnetic field to contactlessly transfer electric power between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110 . Such an electromagnetic field formed between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  is sometimes referred to as a near field resonant (resonance) coupling field. A coupling coefficient (κ) between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  is, for example, about less than or equal to 0.3, preferably less than or equal to 0.1. As a matter of course, a coupling coefficient (κ) within the range of about 0.1 to 0.3 can be employed. Coupling coefficient (κ) is not limited to such values, and it may take various values providing a favorable power transfer. 
     It should be noted that, the coupling of power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  described above in the power transfer is referred to as, for example, “magnetic resonance coupling,” “magnetic field resonance coupling,” “magnetic field resonant (resonance) coupling,” “near field resonant (resonance) coupling,” “electromagnetic field resonant coupling,” “electric field resonant coupling,” or the like. The “electromagnetic field resonant coupling” means coupling including any of “magnetic resonance coupling,” “magnetic field resonance coupling,” and “electric field resonant coupling.” 
     When power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  are formed in the manner described above, power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  are coupled mainly by the magnetic field, and “magnetic resonance coupling” or “magnetic field resonance coupling” is formed. It should be noted that, for example, an antenna such as a meander line can be employed for power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110 , and in this case power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  are coupled mainly by an electric field to form “electric field resonance coupling.” 
     (Description of Authentication Processing between Power Transmission Device and Vehicle) 
     In the power feeding system described above, the power transfer is contactlessly performed. Therefore, the transmission of various information between the power transmission device and the vehicle is also generally performed by a wireless communication by the communication unit. The wireless communication with use of the communication unit is generally designed to have a relatively wide range of a communicable range to notify a plurality of vehicles that the power transmission device can be used or to allow a vehicle to search a power transmission device which can be used among a plurality of power transmission devices. 
     However, the wide communicable range may cause a mismatch between a vehicle identified by the power transmission device as a subject to be supplied with power and a vehicle which is about to be parked in a parking frame provided with the power transmission unit of the power transmission device and receive a supply of power. Specifically, the power transmission device may identify a vehicle which is parked in an adjacent parking frame provided with other power transmission device as a subject to the supply of power. When such a mismatch occurs, a specification of a vehicle and a state of charge of a power storage device actually receiving a supply of power from the power transmission device cannot be grasped appropriately, so that the charging operation is not performed correctly. 
     Or, in the case where the parking operation to the parking frame provided with the power transmission device is started, and thereafter the parking operation is stopped for some reason and the vehicle is moved from the parking frame, the wide range of the communicable range of the wireless communication with use of the communication unit causes unnecessary identification (pairing) to be continued between the power transmission device and the vehicle, and may reduce the opportunity for other vehicle to use the power transmission device. 
     Thus, in such a power feeding system, it would be necessary to appropriately set pairing between the power transmission device and the vehicle and a timing of setting and releasing. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in  FIGS. 1 and 2 , a communication with use of an RFID tag  155  and an RFID reader  270  having a narrower communicable range than the communication with use of communication units  160 ,  230  is used together with the communication with use of communication unit  160 ,  230  to improve a reliability of the pairing between power transmission device  200  and vehicle  100 . 
     On the other hand, in the communication with use of the RFID, the narrow communicable range may cause the situation where parking into the parking frame provided with power transmission unit  220  of power transmission device  200  is completed before the pairing between power transmission device  200  and vehicle  100  is established. In such a case, pairing between power transmission device  200  and vehicle  100  is established after the completion of the parking, and the determination on whether or not the parking is performed at an appropriate position can be made after the pairing is established. Therefore, it would be necessary to perform the parking operation again when the parking is not performed at an appropriate position. 
     Therefore, in the present embodiment, to allow the pairing between power transmission device  200  and vehicle  100  to be established at an early stage, RFID tag  155  is arranged at a vehicle body front end in the vehicle traveling direction when vehicle  100  is guided to the parking frame provided with power transmission unit  220 . Specifically, in the present embodiment, RFID tag  155  is provided at each of a vehicle body leading end and a vehicle body trailing end of vehicle  100 , assuming the case where vehicle  100  is parked forward in the parking frame and the case where vehicle  100  is parked backward in the parking frame. 
     It should be noted that the “front end” of the vehicle body does not mean only the most front end of the vehicle body, and in the vehicle body leading end it means, for example, the portion of the vehicle body on a more front side than front wheels, and in the vehicle body trailing end it means the portion on a more rear side than the rear wheels. 
     Moreover, in the present embodiment, RFID tag  155  is provided also near power receiving unit  110  to detect a position of power receiving unit  110  of vehicle  100  with a high accuracy. In other words, the communication with use of the RFID uses a known distance estimating approach to detect a distance between the RFID reader and the RFID tag. Thus, a distance of the RFID tag provided close to power receiving unit  110  is detected from, for example, three RFID readers to allow detection of a position of power receiving unit  110  through a principle of trilateration. 
     It should be noted that RFID tags  155  arranged at the vehicle body leading end, the vehicle body trailing end, and the location close to the power receiving unit are preferably arranged substantially at a center in the vehicle body leftward and rightward directions to avoid incorrect pairing with a power transmission device associated with an adjacent parking frame. 
       FIG. 8  represents an arrangement example of RFID tags  155  and RFID readers  270 . It should be noted that, in this  FIG. 8 , the case where vehicle  100  is parked backward to parking frame  280  will be described representatively. 
     Referring to  FIG. 8 , vehicle  100  includes power receiving unit  110  and three RFID tags  155 - 1  to  155 - 3 . RFID tag  155 - 1  is arranged at the vehicle body trailing end. In other words, RFID tag  155 - 1  is arranged at a vehicle body front end in the vehicle traveling direction when vehicle  100  is guided to a parking frame  280  provided with power transmission unit  220 . RFID tag  155 - 2  is arranged at the vehicle body leading end. If vehicle  100  is parked forward into the parking frame, RFID tag  155 - 2  is an RFID tag arranged at the vehicle body front end in the vehicle traveling direction. 
     In the present embodiment, power receiving unit  110  is arranged in a vehicle body lower part and closer to the rear part of the vehicle body. RFID tag  155 - 3  is arranged on a side of power receiving unit  110  closer to the vehicle body front end. In other words, RFID tag  155 - 3  is arranged close to power receiving unit  110  on the vehicle body front side having a longer distance among a distance from power receiving unit  110  to the vehicle body leading end and a distance from power receiving unit  110  to the vehicle body trailing end. Accordingly, the interruption of the communication of the RFID due to an excessively large gap between RFID tag  155 - 2  and RFID tag  155 - 3  is avoided. 
     On the other hand, power transmission device  200  includes power transmission unit  220  and RFID readers  270 - 1  to  270 - 6 . Power transmission unit  220  is arranged at an appropriate location in parking frame  280  correspondingly to the arrangement of power receiving unit  110  of vehicle  100 . RFID reader  270 - 1  is arranged on a side closer to the vehicle entering end of parking frame  280  than power transmission unit  220 . In the present embodiment, RFID reader  270 - 1  is arranged near the vehicle entering end of parking frame  280 . As described above, while RFID tag  155 - 1  is arranged at the vehicle body trailing end in vehicle  100  so that the pairing between power transmission device  200  and vehicle  100  during the parking operation can be completed at an early stage, RFID reader  270 - 1  is further arranged near the vehicle entering end of parking frames  280 , thus the pairing between power transmission device  200  and vehicle  100  can be completed at an earliest stage. It should be noted that arranging RFID reader  270 - 1  outside of parking frame  280  is not preferable since it may raise the possibility of detection of a vehicle parked in other parking frame. 
     RFID readers  270 - 2 ,  270 - 3  are arranged relatively close to RFID reader  270 - 1 , and these are respectively arranged on left and right sides of RFID reader  270 - 1 . RFID readers  270 - 2 ,  270 - 3  are provided to calculate a vehicle height (a height of power receiving unit  110  from the ground) by means of RFID readers  270 - 1  to  270 - 3  when RFID tag  155 - 3  arranged at an end of power receiving unit  110  comes close. In other words, a distance of RFID tag  155 - 3  is detected from each of RFID readers  270 - 1  to  270 - 3 , so that a position (height) of RFID tag  155 - 3  can be calculated with use of the principle of trilateration, and a vehicle height (a height of power receiving unit  110  from the ground) can be calculated with use of the calculation result. 
     It should be noted that the vehicle height affects an impedance between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110 , assuming a distance between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110 . Therefore, in the present embodiment, the impedance is adjusted by adjusting matching device  170  (it may be matching device  260  of power transmission device  200 ) in accordance with the vehicle height, so that improvement of the power transfer efficiency between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  can be made. 
     RFID readers  270 - 4  to  270 - 6  are arranged close to power transmission unit  220 , and provided to detect a relative positional relationship of power receiving unit  110  with respect to power transmission unit  220 . As one example, RFID reader  270 - 4  is arranged at an end of power transmission unit  220 , and RFID readers  270 - 5 ,  270 - 6  are arranged respectively on left and right of RFID reader  270 - 4  relatively close to RFID reader  270 - 1 . As with the principle of the position detection of the RFID tag by means of RFID readers  270 - 1  to  270 - 3 , RFID readers  270 - 4  to  270 - 6  detect the relative positions of power receiving unit  110  with respect to power transmission unit  220 , and an alignment processing of power receiving unit  110  with respect to power transmission unit  220  is executed based on the detection result. 
     It should be noted that the alignment with use of the communication by the RFID cannot find out the position at which the power transfer efficiency between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  is actually appropriate. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a test power transmission (power transmission smaller than the transmission of power for actually charging power storage device  190 ) from power transmission unit  220  to power receiving unit  110  is performed during the parking operation to supplement the alignment processing based on the power transfer efficiency during the test power transmission. 
       FIGS. 9 and 10  represent flowcharts for explanation of an authentication processing executed in vehicle  100  and power transmission device  200 . Each step in the flowcharts can be achieved by calling a program preliminarily stored mainly in vehicle ECU  300  and power transmission ECU  240  from the main routine and executing the program at predetermined cycles or in response to meeting a predetermined condition. Alternatively, processing of all or some of the steps can be achieved by constructing a dedicated hardware (electronic circuit). 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 8  with  FIG. 9 , the processing in vehicle  100  will be described. Vehicle  100  starts searching for a power transmission device (in the following, also referred to as a “charging stand” or “stand”) by a wireless communication with use of communication unit  160  (Step S 100 ). Specifically, vehicle  100  transmits, for example, continuously at predetermined intervals, response request information including a vehicle ID for identifying the vehicle without specifying a mate stand. 
     Then, vehicle  100  is operated by a user to start a parking operation to a parking frame of a particular stand to perform contactless charging (Step S 105 ). It should be noted that vehicle  100  is parked backward into parking frame  280  also herein as shown in  FIG. 8 . During the parking operation, RFID reader  270  of power transmission device  200  (specifically, RFID reader  270 - 1  arranged at the vehicle entering end of parking frame  280 ) reads tag information stored in RFID tag  155 - 1  provided at the vehicle body trailing end of vehicle  100  (Step S 125 ). This tag information includes a vehicle ID of vehicle  100  and ID information of RFID tag  155 - 1 . 
     It should be noted that, as will be described later, in power transmission device  200 , when the vehicle information wirelessly transmitted from vehicle  100  and vehicle information read from RFID tag  155 - 1  correspond to each other and it is identified as the same vehicle, a wireless transmission (polling) of connection request information, which specifies a mate vehicle for example by adding a vehicle ID of the vehicle and a stand ID of the stand itself, is executed (Steps S 205 , S 210 ). 
     Next, vehicle  100  determines whether or not the connection request information specifying the vehicle itself is received from the stand (Step S 110 ). When the connection request information is not received (NO in Step S 110 ), the process returns to Step S 100 , and vehicle  100  continues the parking operation while transmitting response request information to the stand. 
     When the connection request information is received (YES in Step S 110 ), vehicle  100  determines that the vehicle itself is a vehicle subjected to a supply of electric power in the stand where the parking is currently performed, and transmits a connection completion notification to the stand (Step S 115 ). Then, vehicle  100  starts a wireless communication specifying the mate stand. Accordingly, one-to-one communication between power transmission device  200  and vehicle  100  is started (Step S 120 ). 
     On the other hand, when the response request information is received from vehicle  100 , power transmission device  200  starts searching for RFID tag  155  by means of RFID reader  270  (specifically, RFID reader  270 - 1  arranged at the vehicle entering end of parking frame  280 ) (step S 200 ). When RFID tag  155 - 1  provided at a near end of vehicle  100  (a rear end of the vehicle) receives electric power from RFID reader  270 - 1 , RFID tag  155 - 1  transmits tag information stored therein (Step S 125 ). 
     After searching for RFID tag  155  is started, power transmission device  200  determines whether or not tag information is received which includes a vehicle ID matching with a vehicle ID included in the response request information from vehicle  100  (Step S 205 ). When such tag information is not received (NO in Step S 205 ), the process returns to step S 200 , and power transmission device  200  continues searching for the RFID tag. 
     When the tag information including the vehicle ID included in the response request information is received (YES in Step S 205 ), power transmission device  200  transmits connection request information having the stand ID of the stand itself and the received vehicle ID through a wireless communication (Step S 210 ). When vehicle  100  receives the connection request information, a connection completion notification is transmitted from vehicle  100  through a wireless communication (Step S 115 ). Then, when the connection completion notification is received at power transmission device  200  (YES in Step S 215 ), power transmission device  200  starts a wireless communication specifying the vehicle. Accordingly, one-to-one communication between vehicle  100  and power transmission device  200  is established (Step S 220 ). 
     Referring to  FIG. 10 , the description as to power transmission device  200  will be continued. Even after RFID tag  155 - 1  provided at the near end of vehicle  100  (the rear end of the vehicle) is detected, and the one-to-one communication with vehicle  100  is started, power transmission device  200  continuously executes the searching for RFID tag  155  (Step S 225 ). Then, as the parking operation proceeds, and when RFID tag  155 - 3  provided close to power receiving unit  110  receives electric power from RFID reader  270 - 1  subsequently to RFID tag  155 - 1 , RFID tag  155 - 3  transmits tag information stored therein (Step S 155 ). It should be noted that the tag information includes, in addition to vehicle ID of vehicle  100 , the ID information for specifying RFID tag  155 - 3 . 
     When the tag information of RFID tag  155 - 3  is received (YES in Step S 230 ), power transmission device  200  calculates a vehicle height of vehicle  100  (a height of power receiving unit  110  from the ground) (Step S 235 ). In the present embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 8 , RFID readers  270 - 2 ,  270 - 3  are provided at positions relatively close to RFID reader  270 - 1 , and a distance of RFID tag  155 - 3  from each of RFID readers  270 - 1  to  270 - 3  is detected, so that a position of RFID tag  155 - 3  (a height from the ground) is calculated with use of the principle of trilateration. Then, a vehicle height (a height of power receiving unit  110  from the ground) is calculated with use of the calculation result. The calculation result of the vehicle height is transmitted to vehicle  100 , and matching device  170  is adjusted in vehicle  100  in accordance with the vehicle height. It should be noted that, although it is not illustrated in the drawing, matching device  260  of power transmission device  200  may be adjusted in accordance with the vehicle height. 
     Next, power transmission device  200  starts test power transmission for supporting the alignment process of power receiving unit  110  with respect to power transmission unit  220  (Step S 240 ). Next, power transmission device  200  detects a relative position of power receiving unit  110  with respect to power transmission unit  220  (Step S 245 ). In the present embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 8 , RFID reader  270 - 4  is provided close to power transmission unit  220 , and RFID readers  270 - 5 ,  270 - 6  are further provided at positions relatively close to RFID reader  270 - 4 . Then, a distance from each of RFID readers  270 - 4  to  270 - 6  to RFID tag  155 - 3  provided close to power receiving unit  110  is detected, so that the position of RFID tag  155 - 3  is calculated with use of the principle of trilateration, and the relative position of power receiving unit  110  with respect to power transmission unit  220  is detected based on the calculation result. 
     The result of detecting the position of power receiving unit  110  is transmitted to vehicle  100 , and the alignment processing of power receiving unit  110  with respect to power transmission unit  220  is executed based on the result of detection of the position (Step S 135 ). It should be noted that, since the position detection with use of the communication by means of the RFID cannot find out the position at which the power transfer efficiency between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  actually becomes optimum as described above, the alignment processing between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  is supplemented based on the power transfer efficiency involved in the test power transmission started in step S 240 . 
     Power transmission device  200  continuously executes searching for RFID tag  155  (Step S 250 ). Then, as the parking operation proceeds, and when RFID tag  155 - 2  arranged at a far end of vehicle  100  (the vehicle leading end) receives electric power from RFID reader  270 - 1  subsequently to RFID tag  155 - 3 , RFID tag  155 - 2  transmits tag information stored therein (Step S 160 ). It should be noted that this tag information also includes, in addition to the vehicle ID of vehicle  100 , the ID information for specifying RFID tag  155 - 2 . 
     Then, when the tag information of RFID tag  155 - 2  is received (YES in Step S 255 ), and further the parking of vehicle  100  is completed (YES in step S 260 ), power transmission device  200  stops the test power transmission (Step S 265 ) and executes the power transmission processing for charging power storage device  190  of vehicle  100  (Step S 270 ). 
     On the other hand, in vehicle  100 , matching device  170  is adjusted based on the calculation result of the vehicle height (Step S 130 ). It should be noted that the adjustment of matching device  170  can be made by, for example, preliminarily obtaining a relationship between a vehicle height and an adjusted value, preparing a map or the like, and adjusting matching device  170  based on the calculation result of the vehicle height with use of the map. 
     Moreover, vehicle  100  executes the alignment processing of power receiving unit  110  with respect to power transmission unit  220  based on the detection result of the position of power receiving unit  110  (Step S 135 ). It should be noted that, in vehicle  100 , the test power transmission is received from power transmission device  200 , and the alignment processing is supplemented based on the power transmission efficiency in the test power transmission (it may be simply the received power). 
     Next, vehicle  100  determines whether or not the parking position of vehicle  100  in parking frame  280  is appropriate (Step S 140 ). For example, when the deviation amount in the relative position between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  is within a predetermined range, and the power transfer efficiency by the test power transmission exceeds a predetermined value, it is determined that the parking position is appropriate. 
     When the parking position is not appropriate (NO in Step S 140 ), the process returns to Step S 135 , and the alignment processing is executed continuously. On the other hand, when the parking position is appropriate (YES in Step S 140 ), vehicle  100  transmits a completion notification of the parking operation to power transmission device  200  (Step S 145 ). After that, the process proceeds to Step S 150 , and the power receiving processing is executed in vehicle  100  with the execution of the power transmission processing in power transmission device  200  (Step S 150 ). 
     As described above, in the present embodiment, since RFID tag  155  (RFID tag  155 - 1 ) is arranged at the vehicle body front end (the vehicle body trailing end) in vehicle  100  in the vehicle traveling direction when the vehicle is guided to parking frame  280 , the vehicle ID stored in RFID tag  155  can be read by power transmission device  200  at an early stage. Thus, according to the present embodiment, the pairing between power transmission device  200  and vehicle  100  can be established at an early stage. Consequently, it allows for the alignment during the parking operation. 
     Moreover, in the present embodiment, since RFID tag  155  (RFID tag  155 - 2 ) is provided also at the vehicle body leading end, the pairing between power transmission device  200  and vehicle  100  can be established at an early stage also during the forward parking. 
     Further, in the present embodiment, since RFID tag  155  (RFID tag  155 - 3 ) is further provided close to power receiving unit  110 , a height of power receiving unit  110  from the ground and the relative position between power transmission unit  220  and power receiving unit  110  can be detected with a high accuracy by detecting a distance from the RFID reader to RFID tag  155 - 3 . 
     Further, RFID tag  155 - 3  is provided close to power receiving unit  110  on the vehicle body end side having a larger distance (in the present embodiment, it is the vehicle front side) among a distance from power receiving unit  110  to the vehicle body leading end and a distance from power receiving unit  110  to the vehicle body trailing end. Accordingly, the interruption of communication of the RFID due to excessively large gap between RFID tag  155 - 3  and RFID tag  155 - 2  during the parking operation can be avoided. 
     Moreover, in the present embodiment, each of RFID tags  155 - 1  to  155 - 3  is arranged substantially at a center in the vehicle body leftward and rightward directions, incorrect pairing with the power transmission device corresponding to the adjacent parking frame can be avoided. 
     Further, according to the present embodiment, a wide area communication with use of the communication unit and the narrow area communication with use of the RFID are used together to perform the pairing between power transmission device  200  and vehicle  100 , so that a highly reliable pairing can be achieved. 
     Moreover, in the present embodiment, RFID reader  270 - 1  is arranged near the vehicle entering end of parking frame  280  in parking frame  280  also in power transmission device  200 . Accordingly, the pairing between power transmission device  200  and vehicle  100  can be completed at an earliest stage. 
     It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, RFID tag  155 - 1  corresponds to one example of the “ID tag” in the present invention, and each of RFID tags  155 - 2 ,  155 - 3  corresponds to one example of “another ID tag” in the present invention. Moreover, RFID reader  270 - 1  corresponds to one example of the “reading unit” in the present invention, and RFID reader  270 - 4  corresponds to one example of “another reading unit” in the present invention. 
     It should be understood that the embodiments disclosed herein are illustrative and non-restrictive in every respect. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description of the embodiments set forth above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims. 
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       10 ,  10 A power feeding system;  100 ,  100 A vehicle;  110 ,  110 A power receiving unit;  111 ,  113 ,  221 ,  223  coil;  112 ,  114 ,  222 ,  224  capacitor;  115  SMR;  118  electric load;  120  PCU;  130  motor generator;  140  power transmission gear;  150  drive wheel;  155  RFID tag;  160 ,  230  communication unit;  170 ,  260  matching device;  180  rectifier;  185  CHR;  190  power storage device;  195  voltage sensor;  196  current sensor;  200  power transmission device;  210  power supply device;  220 ,  220 A power transmission unit;  240  power transmission ECU;  250  power supply unit;  270  RFID reader;  280  parking frame;  300  vehicle ECU;  400  commercial power supply.