A vehicle control system, a surface marking for a surface upon which a vehicle 1 can be positioned and a method of positioning a vehicle 1, wherein the vehicle control system is configured to position a vehicle 1, the vehicle comprising a mobile inductive charging point 2, wherein the vehicle control system comprises: one or more parking sensors 3 configured to determine the position of the vehicle 1 relative to a surface upon which the vehicle 1 is positioned and/or obstacles around the vehicle 1, wherein the one or more parking sensors 3 are further configured to locate a visual indicator indicating the position of a fixed inductive charging point 9 relative to the vehicle 1; and a parking assistance controller 6 configured to automatically park the vehicle 1 in a parking space on the surface based on data from the one or more parking sensors 3, wherein the parking assistance controller 6 is further configured to use data from the one or more parking sensors 3 to position the vehicle 1 in an aligned position in which the fixed inductive charging point 9 and the mobile inductive charging point 2 are substantially aligned.


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    Title :

    Vehicle control system for aligning inductive charging connection



    Publication date :

    2015-08-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion



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