| CPC B60L 53/12 (2019.02) [H02J 7/342 (2020.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/40 (2016.02)] | 6 Claims |
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1. A charging system that contactlessly charges a vehicle with power, the charging system comprising:
a first vehicle that stops to wait for a traffic light at a traveling lane leading to an intersection;
a second vehicle that stops to wait for the traffic light at the traveling lane; and
a power transmitting facility that contactlessly transmits power to each of the first vehicle and the second vehicle, the power transmitting facility being provided in the traveling lane, wherein
when the first vehicle stops at a position at which the power from the power transmitting facility is unable to be contactlessly received and a distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle is less than or equal to a distance in which power can be contactlessly transmitted from the second vehicle to the first vehicle, the first vehicle requests the second vehicle to output the power in accordance with an instruction input by the user of the first vehicle,
when the second vehicle stops at a position at which the power from the power transmitting facility is able to be contactlessly received and a power transmission permission condition is satisfied, the second vehicle contactlessly outputs, to the first vehicle, the power received from the power transmitting facility in accordance with the request from the first vehicle, and
the first vehicle contactlessly receives the power from the second vehicle.
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