ELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN APPARATUS CHARGING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20100185357A1
• Filed: 01/23/2009
• Published: 07/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyushu Electric Power Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Kyushu Electric Power Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Mizumachi, Yutaka
• Application Number:
  US12/664,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20100185357A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/33
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/12 of exhaust
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/36 of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/11 DC charging controlled by the charging station, e.g. mode 4
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/62 in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/66 Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

The degrees of exhaust emission suppression and contribution to the environment are evaluated, and a point is added according to the degree of contribution. A system is configured by including an electric vehicle (100), an electric power company (110), a management center (120), a network (130) that connects these, and the like. A battery of the electric vehicle (100) is charged with electric power supplied mainly by the electric power company (110), and various kinds of charge-related information are transmitted to and received from the management center (120) or the like via the network (130) or the like. At the time of charging, the electric vehicle (100) uses wireless communications, for example, to transmit and receive various kinds of data to and from a server (121) via a radio base station (131) and the network (130).

Claims

1. An electrically-driven apparatus charging system for charging a driven apparatus driven by electric power supplied by power supply means, comprising:

charging amount detection means for detecting the charging amount to the power supply means, when the power supply means is charged;

driving amount calculation means for calculating a driving amount of the electrically-driven apparatus after the last charging, the driving amount calculation means being provided in a chassis of the electrically-driven apparatus; and

a management terminal that acquires an amount of exhaust emission reduction, by calculating a reference amount of non-electrical exhaust emissions based on a preset amount of exhaust emissions from a non-electrically driven apparatus per unit driving amount and the driving amount calculated by the driving amount calculation means, and by calculating an actual amount of exhaust emissions required to generate electric power to be used for the charging based on a preset amount of exhaust emissions to be emitted to generate a per-unit amount of electric power for the charging and the charging amount detected by the charging amount detection means.

2. The electrically-driven apparatus charging system according to claim 1, further comprising:

power supply information transmission means for transmitting power supply means identification information for identifying the power supply means, the power supply information transmission means being connected to the power supply means; and

chassis information transmission means for transmitting chassis identification information for identifying the chassis, the chassis information transmission means being provided in the chassis of the electrically-driven apparatus, wherein

the management terminal includes charge management means for receiving the transmitted power supply means identification information and the transmitted chassis identification information, and inputted user identification information, for comparing the received identification information with prestored identification information, and for permitting charging the power supply means if there is a match.

3. The electrically-driven apparatus charging system according to claim 1, wherein the management terminal further includes reference information acquisition means for downloading, from a management center server, the preset amount of exhaust emissions from the non-electrically driven apparatus per unit driving amount and the preset amount of exhaust emissions to be emitted to generate the per-unit amount of electric power for the charging.

4. The electrically-driven apparatus charging system according to claim 3, wherein the reference information acquisition means receives, from the management center server via a wireless network, the preset amount of exhaust emissions from the non-electrically driven apparatus per unit driving amount and the preset amount of exhaust emissions to be emitted to generate the per-unit amount of electric power for the charging.

5. The electrically-driven apparatus charging system according to claim 1, wherein the management terminal includes Eco-point calculation means for calculating an Eco-point from the amount of acquired exhaust emission reduction.

6. The electrically-driven apparatus charging system according to claim 5, wherein the management terminal downloads an Eco-point coefficient for calculation of the Eco-point from the management center server.

7. The electrically-driven apparatus charging system according to claim 6, wherein the management terminal receives the Eco-point coefficient for calculation of the Eco-point from the management center server via the wireless network.

8. The electrically-driven apparatus charging system according to claim 5, wherein the management terminal further comprises Eco-point transmission means for transmitting the calculated Eco-point to the management center server, and the management center server includes Eco-point management means for storing the transmitted Eco-point and managing the use and accumulation of the Eco-point.

9. An electrically-driven apparatus charging method for charging an electrically-driven apparatus driven by electric power supplied by power supply means, comprising:

a charging amount detecting step of detecting the charging amount to the power supply means when the power supply means is charged;

a driving amount calculating step of calculating the driving amount of the electrically-driven apparatus after the last charging by the driving amount calculation means being provided in a chassis of the electrically-driven apparatus; and

an amount-of-reduction calculating step of acquiring an amount of exhaust emission reduction, by calculating a reference amount of non-electrical exhaust emissions based on a preset amount of exhaust emissions from a non-electrically driven apparatus per unit driving amount and the driving amount calculated by the driving amount calculating step, and by calculating an actual amount of exhaust emissions required to generate electric power to be used for the charging based on a preset amount of exhaust emissions to be emitted to generate a per-unit amount of electric power for the charging and the charging amount detected by the charging amount detecting step.