Information processing device

• US 10,415,972 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2011
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Sagata, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): Richardson, James E
• Application Number:
  US13/978,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20130282718A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,171 Days
• Field of Search: 707724, 707918, 707921, 701412, 701468
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/622 by satellite navigation
• 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 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/68 Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3811 Point data, e.g. Point of Interest [POI]
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3878 Hierarchical structures, e.g. layering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• 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 30/12 Remote or cooperative charging

Abstract

The present invention is an information processing device which registers in a map database, a charging point in which charging equipment is located at the time of charging of an electric vehicle, including a registration section that, in a case where the charging point is located within a facility area registered in the map database, registers in the map database, the charging point in association with positional information of the facility area.

Claims

1. An information processing device which registers in a map database, a charging point in which charging equipment is located at the time of charging of a mobile object, comprising:

a registration unit that receives positional information of the charging point from a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiving section of the mobile object and, in a case where the charging point is located within one of a parking lot and a shopping mall which is registered in the map database, registers in the map database at the time of charging of the mobile object, the charging point in association with positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall; and

a registration prohibition determination unit that, if the charging point is located within one of the parking lot and the shopping mall, determines whether the charging point has been registered or whether the charging point is prohibited from being registered; and

wherein the registration unit stores information pertaining to positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall and charging point hierarchically such that information pertaining to positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall is stored into an upper level of the map database and positional information of the charging point is stored into a lower level, under said positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall, in the map database, and registers the hierarchized data in the map database.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the registration unit registers a current position of the mobile object at the time of charging as the charging point in the map database.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein, if the charging point is located in a parking lot, the registration prohibition determination unit determines that the charging point is prohibited from being registered if the parking lot is a private facility.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit, and if the charging point is located in a parking lot, the display unit displays the positional information of the parking lot and the charging point that are registered in the map database,

wherein the display unit simultaneously displays the positional information of the parking lot and the charging point associated with the positional information of the parking lot.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4,

wherein, if the charging point is located in a parking lot, the display unit displays the charging point associated with the positional information of the parking lot, in a case where the mobile object enters within the parking lot.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a position determination unit to determine whether the charging point is located within one of the parking lot and the shopping mall.

7. An information processing device which registers in a map database, a charging point in which charging equipment is located at the time of charging of a mobile object, comprising:

a registration unit that, in a case where the charging point is located within one of a parking lot and a shopping mall which is registered in the map database, registers in the map database at the time of charging of the mobile object, the charging point in association with positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall; and

a registration prohibition determination unit that, if the charging point is located within one of the parking lot and the shopping mall, determines whether the charging point has been registered or whether the charging point is prohibited from being registered; and

wherein the registration unit stores information pertaining to positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall and charging point hierarchically such that information pertaining to positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall is stored into an upper level of the map database and positional information of the charging point is stored into a lower level, under said positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall, in the map database, and registers the hierarchized data in the map database.

8. The information processing device of claim 7, wherein said map database is searched by matching positional information of a destination for said mobile object with the positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall in the upper level of the map database and retrieving positional information of one or more charging points that are in a lower level to the matched positional information of one of the parking lot and shopping mall.

9. The information processing device according to claim 8,

wherein the registration unit registers a current position of the mobile object at the time of charging as the charging point in the map database.

10. The information processing device according to claim 8,

wherein, if the charging point is located in a parking lot, the registration prohibition determination unit determines that the charging point is prohibited from being registered if the parking lot is a private facility.

11. The information processing device according to claim 8, further comprising:

a display unit, and if the charging point is located in a parking lot, the display unit displays the positional information of the parking lot and the charging point that are registered in the map database,

wherein the display unit simultaneously displays the positional information of the parking lot and the charging point associated with the positional information of the parking lot.

12. The information processing device according to claim 11,

wherein, if the charging point is located in a parking lot, the display unit displays the charging point associated with the positional information of the parking lot, in a case where the mobile object enters within the parking lot.

13. The information processing device according to claim 8, further comprising:

a position determination unit to determine whether the charging point is located within one of the parking lot and the shopping mall.

14. An information processing device which registers in a map database, a charging point in which charging equipment is located at the time of charging of a mobile object, comprising:

a battery, a charging equipment connecting portion, a charging electronic control unit (ECU), a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiving section, and a communication device of the mobile object, wherein if a plug of said charging equipment is connected to the charging equipment connecting portion and the charging ECU recognizes a start of charging from a change in a charging amount of the battery, the charging ECU is to make a charging flag for charging point registration and transmit a current position of the mobile object detected by the GPS receiving section as positional information of the charging point via said communication device;

a registration unit that, in a case where the charging point is located within one of a parking lot and a shopping mall which is registered in the map database, registers in the map database at the time of charging of the mobile object, the charging point in association with positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall; and

a registration prohibition determination unit that, if the charging point is located within one of the parking lot and the shopping mall, determines whether the charging point has been registered or whether the charging point is prohibited from being registered; and

wherein the registration unit respectively hierarchizes positional information of one of the parking lot and the shopping mall and the charging point into an upper level and a lower level of the map database, and registers the hierarchized data in the map database.

15. The information processing device according to claim 14,

wherein the registration unit registers a current position of the mobile object at the time of charging as the charging point in the map database.

16. The information processing device according to claim 14,

wherein, if the charging point is located in a parking lot, the registration prohibition determination unit determines that the charging point is prohibited from being registered if the parking lot is a private facility.

17. The information processing device according to claim 14, further comprising:

a display unit, and if the charging point is located in a parking lot, the display unit that displays the positional information of the parking lot and the charging point that are registered in the map database,

wherein the display unit simultaneously displays the positional information of the parking lot and the charging point associated with the positional information of the parking lot.

18. The information processing device according to claim 17,

wherein, if the charging point is located in a parking lot, the display unit displays the charging point associated with the positional information of the parking lot, in a case where the mobile object enters within the parking lot.

19. The information processing device according to claim 14, further comprising:

a position determination unit to determine whether the charging point is located within one of the parking lot and the shopping mall.