Charging control device and contactless charging system

Abstract

To realize non-contact charging of a vehicle with high efficiency while minimizing load on its driver with a simple configuration.SOLUTION: A charging control device 110 to control a power transmitting device 120 that performs charging by transmitting electric power in a non-contact manner to a power receiving device 910 mounted on a vehicle 900 in a predetermined chargeable region 310, comprises: a driving unit 114 that performs control so that the power receiving device 910 and the power transmitting device 120 face each other on the basis of a position of the power receiving device 910 in the chargeable region 310 identified on the basis of a result of analysis of a surroundings image 430 including the entire chargeable region 310; and a power transmission control unit 115 that starts power transmission from the power transmitting device 120 after the power receiving device 910 and the power transmitting device 120 are arranged to face each other by the driving unit 114.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Claims

1. A charging control device that controls a power transmission device that charges a vehicle by non-contact transmission of power to a power receiving device mounted on a vehicle within a predetermined charging area, A drive unit controls the power receiving device and the power transmitting device to face each other based on the position of the power receiving device within the chargeable area, which is determined based on the results of an analysis of the surrounding image including the entire chargeable area, After the drive unit arranges the power receiving device and the power transmitting device so that they face each other, a power transmission control unit starts transmitting power from the power transmitting device, An image identification unit analyzes the surrounding image, identifies the parking position and vehicle type of the vehicle within the surrounding image, and identifies the position of the vehicle's power receiving device within the charging area. A position determination unit that determines the position of the power transmission device based on the identified position of the power receiving device, A vehicle number database that registers the vehicle type for each vehicle number, and Equipped with, The drive unit moves the power transmission device to the position of the power receiving device, The image recognition unit identifies the vehicle type based on the shape data, and if the vehicle's license plate number is not registered, it adds a new record. A charging control device characterized by the following.

2. A charging control device according to claim 1, The system further includes a vehicle database that stores the location of the on-vehicle power receiving device, which is the location of the power receiving device on the vehicle for each vehicle model. The image recognition unit identifies the location of the power receiving device from the location of the on-vehicle power receiving device stored in the vehicle database in association with the identified vehicle model and the identified parking location. A charging control device characterized by the following.

3. A charging control device according to claim 2, The image recognition unit analyzes the surrounding image, identifies the vehicle number of the vehicle, and if a record with the identified vehicle number exists in the vehicle number database, it sets the vehicle type of the record to the vehicle type of the vehicle. A charging control device characterized by the following.

4. A charging control device according to claim 3, The power transmission control unit shall start power transmission if a record having the vehicle number exists in the vehicle number database. A charging control device characterized by the following.

5. A charging control device according to claim 4, Furthermore, it includes a billing management unit that charges based on the amount of electricity transmitted. The aforementioned power transmission control unit measures the amount of power transmitted from the start to the end of power transmission, The billing management unit performs the billing based on the amount of power transmitted measured by the power transmission control unit. A charging control device characterized by the following.

6. A charging control device according to claim 5, The aforementioned vehicle number database stores information about the billing destination in association with the vehicle number, The aforementioned billing management unit shall charge the aforementioned billing destination according to the vehicle number. A charging control device characterized by the following.

7. A charging control device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, The position determination unit outputs a message if the vehicle's parking position is outside the charging area. A charging control device characterized by the following.

8. A power transmission device that transmits power to a power receiving device mounted on a vehicle in a non-contact manner, A contactless charging system comprising a charging control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 for controlling the power transmission device.

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