Hydrogen station loading control unit, vehicle onboard terminal unit, hydrogen station, method for controlling hydrogen station loading and software for the vehicle onboard terminal unit
First Claim
1. A hydrogen station loading control unit which is capable of communicating through a communication network with a plurality of hydrogen vehicles that drive with hydrogen in vehicle onboard hydrogen containers loaded at a hydrogen station, comprising:
- a receiver which receives a signal relating to hydrogen volume remaining in each of said hydrogen containers from each of said hydrogen vehicles through said communication network; and
a plan generator which generates a hydrogen loading plan for each of said hydrogen vehicles for said hydrogen station based upon said hydrogen volume remaining.
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Abstract
A hydrogen station loading control unit, which is capable of loading hydrogen vehicles with hydrogen, thereby promoting the wide use of hydrogen vehicles which are advantageous for the earth environment. The hydrogen station loading control unit communicates through a communication network with a plurality of hydrogen vehicles that drive with hydrogen in vehicle onboard hydrogen containers loaded at a plurality of hydrogen stations equipped with hydrogen loading units. The hydrogen station loading control unit includes a communication unit for receiving information relating to residual volume in each of the vehicle onboard hydrogen containers as transmitted by each of the hydrogen vehicles through the communication network, a data receiving function, a hydrogen vehicle DB which stores a regular hydrogen station for each of the hydrogen vehicles, a loading plan generating function for generating a loading plan for each of the hydrogen stations based on the residual volume information and a loading time setting & notifying function for transmitting the loading plan for each of the hydrogen stations through the communication network.
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37 Claims
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1. A hydrogen station loading control unit which is capable of communicating through a communication network with a plurality of hydrogen vehicles that drive with hydrogen in vehicle onboard hydrogen containers loaded at a hydrogen station, comprising:
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a receiver which receives a signal relating to hydrogen volume remaining in each of said hydrogen containers from each of said hydrogen vehicles through said communication network; and
a plan generator which generates a hydrogen loading plan for each of said hydrogen vehicles for said hydrogen station based upon said hydrogen volume remaining. - View Dependent Claims (3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14)
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2. A hydrogen station loading control unit which is capable of communicating through a communication network with both a plurality of hydrogen vehicles that drive with hydrogen in vehicle onboard hydrogen containers loaded at a plurality of hydrogen stations and said plurality of hydrogen stations equipped with hydrogen loading units, comprising:
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a receiver which receives a signal relating to hydrogen volume remaining in each of said hydrogen containers from each of said hydrogen vehicles through said communication network;
a plan generator which generates a hydrogen loading plan for each of said hydrogen vehicles for each of said hydrogen stations based upon said hydrogen volume remaining; and
a transmitter for transmitting said hydrogen loading plan to each of said hydrogen stations. - View Dependent Claims (4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15)
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16. A hydrogen station having hydrogen for loading a vehicle onboard hydrogen container on each of a plurality of hydrogen vehicles, said hydrogen station communicating through a communication network with said each of said plurality of hydrogen vehicles, said hydrogen station comprising a hydrogen station loading control unit including:
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a receiver which receives a signal relating to hydrogen volume remaining in each of said hydrogen containers from each of said hydrogen vehicles through said communication network; and
a plan generator which generates a hydrogen loading plan for each of said hydrogen vehicles based upon said hydrogen volume remaining. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. Hydrogen stations having hydrogen for loading a vehicle onboard hydrogen container on each of a plurality of hydrogen vehicles, said hydrogen stations communicating through a communication network with each other and with said each of said plurality of hydrogen vehicles, each of said hydrogen stations comprising a hydrogen station loading control unit including:
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a receiver which receives a signal relating to hydrogen volume remaining in each of said hydrogen containers from each of said hydrogen vehicles through said communication network;
a plan generator which generates hydrogen loading plan for each of said hydrogen vehicles for each of said hydrogen stations based upon said hydrogen volume remaining; and
a transmitter for transmitting said hydrogen loading plan to each of said hydrogen stations. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A vehicle onboard terminal which is mounted on a hydrogen vehicle driving with hydrogen as a fuel loaded at a hydrogen station, comprising:
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detecting means for detecting hydrogen volume remaining in a hydrogen container situated on said hydrogen vehicle; and
transmission means for transmitting a signal relating to said hydrogen volume remaining at a predetermined timing through a wireless communication network. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for controlling hydrogen station loading with a hydrogen station loading control unit, comprising the steps of:
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receiving from a plurality of hydrogen vehicles, which drive with hydrogen in vehicle onboard hydrogen containers loaded at a plurality of hydrogen stations, a signal relating to hydrogen volume remaining in each of said hydrogen containers through a communication network;
generating a hydrogen loading plan for each of said hydrogen stations based upon said signal relating to hydrogen volume remaining;
determining one of a hydrogen loading time and hydrogen loading volume for each of said hydrogen vehicles based upon said hydrogen loading plan; and
transmitting said one of said hydrogen loading time and hydrogen loading volume for each of said hydrogen vehicles through said communication network.
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36. A computer program for a computer of a vehicle onboard terminal which is mounted on a hydrogen vehicle driving with hydrogen in a hydrogen container loaded at a plurality of hydrogen stations, wherein said computer program executes said computer in a process comprising receiving information relating to hydrogen volume remaining in said hydrogen container of said hydrogen vehicle and transmitting information relating to said hydrogen volume remaining at a predetermined timing through a wireless communication network.
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37. A propagated signal on a carrier detectable by a main control unit of a hydrogen station and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process for generating a hydrogen loading plan for hydrogen vehicles, said hydrogen vehicles driving with hydrogen in vehicle onboard hydrogen containers loaded at hydrogen stations, said computer process comprising:
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receiving through a communication network information relating to hydrogen volume remaining in each of said hydrogen containers from said hydrogen vehicles; and
generating a hydrogen loading plan for each of said hydrogen vehicles.
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