Information output method, information presentation device, and information output system
First Claim
1. A method, for determining when a first battery within a vehicle should be swapped with a second battery at a swap station, performed by a server apparatus, the server apparatus including a processor and a memory storing identification information that identifies the swap station and location information that indicates a location of the swap station, the method comprising:
- acquiring, using the processor, first battery information from an information presentation device within the vehicle, wherein the first battery information includes i) a charge level of the first battery within the vehicle, and ii) first history information about the first battery, wherein the first history information indicates a first value related to performance of the first battery;
assessing, using the processor, a first rank of the first battery based on the first value indicated by the acquired first history information when the charge level of the first battery is lower than a predetermined level;
acquiring, using the processor, the identification information and second battery information from an information processing device that manages the second battery that is placed at the swap station, wherein the second battery information includes second history information about the second battery, wherein the second history information indicates the second value related to performance of the second battery, and wherein the second battery is installable in the vehicle in place of the first battery;
assessing, using the processor, a second rank of the second battery based on the second value indicated by the acquired second history information;
comparing, using the processor, the assessed first rank of the first battery within the vehicle to the assessed second rank of the second battery placed at the swap station;
generating, using the processor, output information that includes information indicating the location of the swap station based on the location information stored in the memory when the processor determines that the assessed second rank is equal to or higher than the assessed first rank; and
outputting, using the processor, the generated output information to the information presentation device of the vehicle to guide the vehicle to the swap station.
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Abstract
Provided is an information output method that outputs information when swapping a secondary battery for powering a vehicle. The information output method includes comparing a rank related to the performance of a first battery unit (battery unit A) on board a vehicle to a rank related to the performance of a second battery unit (battery unit B) that is installable in the vehicle in place of the first battery unit, and outputting output information according to a result of the comparison in the comparing step.
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21 Claims
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1. A method, for determining when a first battery within a vehicle should be swapped with a second battery at a swap station, performed by a server apparatus, the server apparatus including a processor and a memory storing identification information that identifies the swap station and location information that indicates a location of the swap station, the method comprising:
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acquiring, using the processor, first battery information from an information presentation device within the vehicle, wherein the first battery information includes i) a charge level of the first battery within the vehicle, and ii) first history information about the first battery, wherein the first history information indicates a first value related to performance of the first battery; assessing, using the processor, a first rank of the first battery based on the first value indicated by the acquired first history information when the charge level of the first battery is lower than a predetermined level; acquiring, using the processor, the identification information and second battery information from an information processing device that manages the second battery that is placed at the swap station, wherein the second battery information includes second history information about the second battery, wherein the second history information indicates the second value related to performance of the second battery, and wherein the second battery is installable in the vehicle in place of the first battery; assessing, using the processor, a second rank of the second battery based on the second value indicated by the acquired second history information; comparing, using the processor, the assessed first rank of the first battery within the vehicle to the assessed second rank of the second battery placed at the swap station; generating, using the processor, output information that includes information indicating the location of the swap station based on the location information stored in the memory when the processor determines that the assessed second rank is equal to or higher than the assessed first rank; and outputting, using the processor, the generated output information to the information presentation device of the vehicle to guide the vehicle to the swap station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method, for determining when a first battery within a vehicle should be swapped with a second battery at a swap station, performed by a server apparatus, the server apparatus including a processor and a memory storing identification information that identifies the swap station and location information that indicates a location of the swap station, the method comprising:
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acquiring, using a processor, first battery information from an information presentation device within the vehicle, wherein first battery information includes i) charge levels of first batteries within the vehicle, and ii) first history information about the first batteries, wherein the first history information indicating first values relates to performances of the first batteries; selecting, using the processor, two first batteries from among the first batteries within the vehicle, wherein charge levels of the two first batteries are lower than a predetermined level, and wherein the charge levels of the two first batteries are included in the acquired first battery information; assessing respective first ranks of the two first batteries, based on the first values, related to performances of the two first batteries, indicated by the acquired first history information; acquiring, using the processor, the identification information and second battery information from an information processing device that manages second batteries that are placed at the swap station, wherein second battery information includes second history information about the second batteries, wherein the second history information indicates second values related to performances of the second batteries, wherein the second batteries are installable in the vehicle in place of the first batteries; assessing second ranks of the second batteries, based on the second values indicated by the acquired second history information; comparing the assessed first ranks of the two first batteries within the vehicle to the assessed second ranks of second batteries placed at the swap station; determining, using the processor, whether the swap station places third batteries, wherein the third batteries are at least two second batteries among the second batteries, wherein each of the assessed second ranks of the at least two second batteries is equal to or higher than the highest rank in the assessed first ranks of the two first batteries; generating, using the processor, output information that includes information indicating the location of the swap station based on the location information stored in the memory when the processor determines that the swap station places the third batteries; and outputting, using the processor, the generated output information to the information presentation device of the vehicle to guide the vehicle to the swap station.
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18. A server apparatus for determining when a first battery within a vehicle should be swapped with a second battery at a swap station, the server apparatus comprising:
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a memory that stores identification information that identifies the swap station and location information that indicates a location of the swap station; and a processor, wherein the memory further stores a computer program, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations including acquiring first battery information from an information presentation device within the vehicle, wherein the first battery information includes i) a charge level of the first battery within the vehicle, and ii) history information about the first battery, wherein the history information indicates a first value related to performance of the first battery; assessing assess a first rank of the first battery, based on the first value indicated by the acquired history information when the charge level of the first battery is lower than a predetermined level; acquiring the identification information and second battery information from an information processing device that manages the second battery that is placed at the swap station, wherein the second battery information includes second history information about the second battery, wherein the second history information indicates a second value related to performance of the second battery, and wherein the second battery is installable in the vehicle in place of the first battery; assessing a second rank of the second battery based on the second value indicated by the acquired second history information; comparing the assessed first rank of the first battery within the vehicle to the assessed second rank of the second battery placed at the swap station; generating, using the processor, output information that includes information indicating the location of the swap station based on the location information stored in the memory when the processor determines that assessed second rank is equal to or higher than the assessed first rank; and outputting the generated output information to the information presentation device of the vehicle to guide the vehicle to the swap station.
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19. An information presentation device, for determining when a first battery within a vehicle should be swapped with a second battery at a swap station, comprising:
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a storage medium storing first battery information including i) a charge level of the first battery within the vehicle, and ii) history information about the first battery, wherein the history information indicating the first value related to performance of the first battery; a processor; and a memory storing thereon a computer program, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operation including transmitting to a server apparatus, the first battery information when the charge level of the first battery is lower than a predetermined level; receiving from the server apparatus, rank information indicating a second rank of the second battery and location information indicating a location of the swap station at which the second battery is placed, wherein the second rank of the second battery is assessed based on a second value related to performance of the second battery, wherein the second battery is a battery that is installable in the vehicle in place of the first battery, and that is placed at the swap station; assessing a first rank of the first battery based on the first value indicated by the history information read out from the storage medium; comparing the assessed first rank of the first battery within the vehicle to the second rank of the second battery that is placed at the swap station and that is indicated by the received rank information; generating presentation information that includes information indicating the location of the swap station based on the received location information when the processor determines that the assessed second rank is equal to higher than the assessed first rank; and controlling a display device to display the generated presentation information to guide the vehicle to the swap station. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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