VEHICLE, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION GATHERING SYSTEM WITH THE SAME

• US 20090318774A1
• Filed: 07/26/2007
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Tetsuhiro, Ichikawa, Shinji
• Application Number:
  US12/310,045
• Publication Number:
  US 20090318774A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/445 Differential gearing distribution type
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/007 Physical arrangements or structures of drive train converters specially adapted for the propulsion motors of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/14 Synchronous machines
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/54 Windings for different functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/16 with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/61 by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/22 Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/24 Using the vehicle's propulsion converter for charging
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• 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 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles

Abstract

Sensors detect physiological data of an occupant of a vehicle. A storage device accumulates the physiological data of the occupant detected by each of the sensors for storage. When a charging cable for charging a power storage device in a motive power output device is connected, a vehicle ECU transmits the physiological data stored in the storage device to an element external to the vehicle through electric power lines and the charging cable, employing a modem.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

a power storage device which is rechargeable;

an electric power input part to input electric power for charging said power storage device from a source external to the vehicle;

a voltage conversion device configured to allow the electric power input through said electric power input part to be converted into a voltage level of said power storage device for output to said power storage device;

a detection device detecting physiological data of an occupant of the vehicle;

a storage device accumulating the physiological data detected by said detection device for storage;

a communication device configured to allow communication with an element external to the vehicle through said electric power input part; and

a control unit transmitting the physiological data accumulated in said storage device to the element external to the vehicle through said electric power input part, employing said communication device.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

said detection device continually detects said physiological data while the occupant is seated on a seat, and

when said power storage device is charged by the electric power input through said electric power input part, said control unit collectively transmits the physiological data accumulated in said storage device to the element external to the vehicle through said electric power input part, employing said communication device.

3. A physiological information gathering system comprising:

the vehicle as recited in claim 1;

a power feeding device configured to allow supply of electric power to said vehicle from a source external to said vehicle; and

a server receiving physiological data transmitted out from said electric power input part of the vehicle through said power feeding device during charging of the power storage device of said vehicle from said power feeding device.

4. The physiological information gathering system according to claim 3, wherein said power feeding device includes an electric power line electrically connected to said electric power input part during charging of said power storage device.

5. A physiological information gathering system comprising:

the vehicle as recited in claim 2;

a power feeding device configured to allow supply of electric power to said, vehicle from a source external to said vehicle; and

a server receiving physiological data transmitted out from said electric power input part of the vehicle through said power feeding device during charging of the power storage device of said vehicle from said power feeding device.