IP Library Granted Patent US 12,409,748
Granted Patent B2
US 12,409,748 · App. 18/487,298 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Vehicle control device

Inventor: Masato Shigenaga (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60L53/36B60L53/126B60L53/38
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,409,748
App. No.
18/487,298
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle control device mounted on a vehicle, includes: an automatic parking control unit that performs automatic parking control, and a non-contact charging control unit that performs non-contact charging control. Further, while the automatic parking control unit performs the automatic parking control, the non-contact charging control unit specifies radio communication information associated with a parking space of a parking target with reference to map information, and performs pairing between a power transmission device and a power receiving device by using the specified radio communication information.

Claims (8)

1. A vehicle control device mounted on a vehicle, the vehicle control device having a map information-providing system for use in automatic operation and comprising:

an automatic parking control unit that performs automatic parking control for automatically parking the vehicle in a parking space which is a parking target selected by a user of the vehicle from among a plurality of parking spaces provided in a parking lot, and

a non-contact charging control unit that performs non-contact charging control for transmitting power from a power transmission device installed in the parking space to a power receiving device provided in the vehicle in a non-contact manner and stores the power in a battery mounted on the vehicle, wherein

while the automatic parking control unit performs the automatic parking control, the non-contact charging control unit specifies radio communication information associated with the parking space of the parking target with reference to map information, and performs pairing between the power transmission device and the power receiving device by using the specified radio communication information, and

the map information is provided by the map information-providing system and is used in an automated driving control of the vehicle, and

the map information-providing system adds additional information to the map information, the additional information including at least the radio communication information of the power transmission device corresponding to the parking space.

2. A vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein

while the automatic parking control unit performs the automatic parking control, when the vehicle receives a plurality of radio wave signals transmitted from a plurality of power transmission devices, the non-contact charging control unit automatically selects a radio wave signal transmitted from the power transmission device installed in the parking space of the parking target on a basis of the specified radio communication information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2023
From: SHIGENAGA, MASATO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065231/0126 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-200595 · Dec 15, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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