Device for providing electric-moving-body information and method for providing electric-moving-body information

• US 10,139,245 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2017
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Inventors: Adachi, Tetsuya, Ishii, Shinya, Owari, Nobuyuki, Ono, Hidekazu, Kozawa, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Paige, Tyler D
• Application Number:
  US15/649,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20170307400A1
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 701429
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/2045 for optimising the use of energy
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/12 Bikes
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/72 Charging station selection relying on external data
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/52 drive range estimation, e.g. of estimation of available travel distance
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/54 Energy consumption estimation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/12 responding to state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/167 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A device for providing electric-moving-body information is provided with a calculation unit for calculating, upon receiving a departure point and state of charge (SOC) of an electric vehicle, a plurality of reachable points capable of being reached if an electric vehicle departs from a destination after reaching the destination from the departure point and a display data generation unit for generating display data for displaying a reachable range display screen that makes it possible to visually recognize the plurality of reachable points. Information that is more useful for determining actions that can be taken after arriving at a destination is provided to an electric-moving-body user.

Claims

1. A route searching terminal device configured to:

request an electric vehicle (EV) management server for information relating to whether or not a vehicle is able to reach a destination from a departure point based on a remaining state of charge (SOC) of said vehicle, and

receive a display data from said EV management server, wherein said display data includes an information of locations which are reachable by said vehicle departing from said destination, after traveling from said departure point to said destination in response to a determination by said EV management server that said vehicle is able to reach said destination; and

display, in response to the determination by the EV management server that said vehicle is able to reach said destination, said locations and routes to said locations from said destination based on said display data.

2. The route searching device according to claim 1, wherein said display data further includes an information of area which are reachable by said vehicle departing from said destination.

3. The route searching terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said route searching terminal device is an on-board navigation device.

4. The route searching terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said route searching terminal device is a smart phone.

5. The route searching terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said route searching terminal device is configured to display at least one location of said locations.

6. The route searching terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said route searching terminal device is configured to receive said locations from a remote traffic flow simulator in response to said request.

7. The route searching terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said route searching terminal device is configured to display routes from said destination to said locations.

8. The route searching terminal device according to claim 7, wherein said route searching terminal device is configured to display a route from said departure point to said destination.

9. The route searching terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said route searching terminal device is configured to display an area inside a reachable range in a color tone different from an area outside said reachable range.

10. The route searching terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said route searching terminal device is configured to display a maximum reachable distance in response to the received information indicating that said vehicle cannot reach said destination from said departure point.