18965538. VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE (DENSO CORPORATION)
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Kazuyoshi Obayashi of Kariya-city JP
Keisuke Tani of Kariya-city JP
Nobuhisa Yamaguchi of Kariya-city JP
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18965538 titled 'VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE
Original Abstract Submitted
A vehicle control device for an in-motion power transfer system that wirelessly powers a vehicle during travel is provided, where the in-motion power transfer system is equipped with power transmitting coils installed to a road and a power receiving coil installed to the vehicle. The vehicle control device includes a travel route setting unit configured to use a HD map to set a travel route that includes information regarding a lateral travel position of the vehicle on the road. The travel route setting unit is configured to set the travel route of the vehicle so that the vehicle is in a powerable state where the power receiving coil faces any one of the power transmitting coils when the vehicle travels in a powerable section, which is a section of the road where the power transmitting coils are embedded.