CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROL APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A charge/discharge control apparatus for monitoring and controlling a charging or a discharging of one or more electric power installations, comprising:
- a memory unit for memorizingcharge/discharge reward information received from an external computer and specifying a reward received by a user of the electric power installation for a charge action or a discharge action of the electric power installation, and a restriction in conducting a charging or a discharging of the electric power installation, andindividual identification information for identifying the charge/discharge control apparatus itself; and
a control unit for providing controls ofcreating a charge/discharge plan, such that the reward is maximized, based on the charge/discharge reward information, and including a total charging quantity when a charging is conducted for a time period covering a certain time zone for charging, a total discharging quantity when a discharging is conducted for a time period covering a certain time zone for discharging, and an estimated usage start time which is a estimated time when the user starts usage of the electric power installation and is set at a time after the time zone for charging and before the time zone for discharging,instructing the electric power installation to start or finish a charging in the time zone for charging or a discharging in the time zone for discharging according to the created charge/discharge plan,monitoring the charging or discharging conducted for the electric power installation and creating, based on the monitoring, results of charging/discharging including individual identification information including contents of the conducted charging or discharging and the individual identification information, andtransmitting the created results of charging/discharging to the external computer.
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Abstract
A charge/discharge control apparatus includes: a charge/discharge reward information receiving unit for receiving charge/discharge reward information representing a reward given to a charge/discharge action of a customer and a restriction in conducting a charging/discharging from a charge management central server; a computing unit for creating a charge/discharge plan including a total charging quantity in a time zone and an estimated use start time of an electric vehicle such that a reward is maximized, based on the charge/discharge reward information; a charge/discharge instruction transmitting unit for instructing the electric vehicle to start or finish a charging/discharging according to the charge/discharge plan; a charge/discharge quantity monitoring unit for monitoring the charging/discharging; and a charge/discharge results transmitting unit for transmitting results of monitored charging/discharging including contents of the conducted charging/discharging and individual identification information for identifying itself, to a charge management central server.
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1. A charge/discharge control apparatus for monitoring and controlling a charging or a discharging of one or more electric power installations, comprising:
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a memory unit for memorizing charge/discharge reward information received from an external computer and specifying a reward received by a user of the electric power installation for a charge action or a discharge action of the electric power installation, and a restriction in conducting a charging or a discharging of the electric power installation, and individual identification information for identifying the charge/discharge control apparatus itself; and a control unit for providing controls of creating a charge/discharge plan, such that the reward is maximized, based on the charge/discharge reward information, and including a total charging quantity when a charging is conducted for a time period covering a certain time zone for charging, a total discharging quantity when a discharging is conducted for a time period covering a certain time zone for discharging, and an estimated usage start time which is a estimated time when the user starts usage of the electric power installation and is set at a time after the time zone for charging and before the time zone for discharging, instructing the electric power installation to start or finish a charging in the time zone for charging or a discharging in the time zone for discharging according to the created charge/discharge plan, monitoring the charging or discharging conducted for the electric power installation and creating, based on the monitoring, results of charging/discharging including individual identification information including contents of the conducted charging or discharging and the individual identification information, and transmitting the created results of charging/discharging to the external computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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