Image-Guided Battery Swapping for Random Vehicle Parking
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing battery swapping technologies require vehicles to be stopped at precise locations, making the process complicated and inconvenient, especially when users park randomly in the battery swapping area.
Innovation Solution
A method that uses image acquisition and processing to determine the location of a vehicle's battery within a swapping area, allowing the battery swapping device to move to the correct location for swapping, even if the vehicle is parked randomly, by calculating the target location based on the vehicle's and battery's relative positions, and optionally using signal strength updates for improved accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the vehicle is required to stop at a fixed location through a vehicle limit slot, then the battery swapping operation can be performed at a fixed point, but the user convenience deteriorates and the process becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring the vehicle to stop at a fixed location and the battery swapping device to move to a fixed point, the patent inverts the approach by enabling the battery swapping device to move to any location within the swapping area based on the vehicle's actual parked position. The vehicle limit slot is removed, and the system calculates the battery location dynamically based on image recognition of the vehicle's position and the predetermined relative relationship between vehicle and battery.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the static fixed-location swapping system into a dynamic system where the battery swapping device can adapt its movement destination based on the vehicle's actual position. The system uses real-time image recognition to determine vehicle location and dynamically calculates the corresponding battery location, allowing the swapping device to navigate to the correct position regardless of where the user parks within the swapping area.
2Ease of operation
If the user parks the vehicle randomly in the battery swapping area, then the user convenience is improved, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring the battery location increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary computational model that establishes a predetermined relative location relationship between the vehicle and the battery. This model acts as a mediator that translates the detected vehicle position into the corresponding battery position. The battery swapping device uses this intermediary relationship to calculate the battery's exact location based on the vehicle's detected position, eliminating the need for direct battery detection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces direct mechanical detection of battery location with an optical detection system (image recognition) combined with computational geometry. Instead of using mechanical sensors or direct physical measurement to locate the battery, the system captures images of the vehicle, recognizes its position, and computationally derives the battery location based on the predetermined spatial relationship between vehicle and battery.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a fixed vehicle limit slot and fixed swapping point are used, then the swapping process is standardized, but the productivity decreases due to complicated operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-establishing the relative location relationship model between vehicle and battery before the actual swapping operation. This predetermined model allows the system to quickly calculate battery position once the vehicle is detected, eliminating the need for complex real-time adjustments or manual positioning procedures during the swapping process itself.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach simplifies the battery swapping process by enabling it to be completed regardless of the vehicle's parking position, improving convenience and accuracy while ensuring safety by detecting vehicle slippage and biological interference.
Implementation Method 1
acquiring a first image captured for a vehicle within a battery swapping area
Implementation Method 2
acquiring, by the signal receiving module, strength values of signals at a plurality of third locations within the target area; the signals being transmitted by the signal transmitting module
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the present application provide a battery swapping method, module, device and medium. The method includes: acquiring a first image captured for a vehicle within a battery swapping area, and acquiring a first location of a battery on the vehicle; determining a second location of the vehicle in the battery swapping area according to the first image; determining, according to the first location and the second location, a target location of the battery in the battery swapping area to control a battery swapping device to move to the target location for battery swapping. According to the embodiments of the present application, battery swapping can be completed in a case where a user parks the vehicle randomly in the battery swapping area. Thus, convenience of the battery swapping process is improved.