VEHICLE CHARGING ALLOCATION MANAGING SERVER AND VEHICLE CHARGING ALLOCATION MANAGING SYSTEM

• US 20110246252A1
• Filed: 05/31/2011
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kanematsu Communications Ltd. (Kanematsu Corporation), Kanematsu Corporation, Motion Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Kanematsu Communications Ltd. (Kanematsu Corporation), Kanematsu Corporation, Motion Company Limited
• Inventors: UESUGI, Kenichiro
• Application Number:
  US13/118,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20110246252A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/622 by satellite navigation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/72 Charging station selection relying on external data
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/80 Time limits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/44 by parameter estimation
• 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 2260/58 Departure time prediction
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/32 of electricity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/64 Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/665 Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/12 responding to state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/28 : Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading, distribution or shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 15/005 : dispensed for the electrical charging of vehicles electrical charging as such, B60L50/00
• 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 30/14 : Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A vehicle charging allocation managing system containing plural charging stations each having a battery charger to charge a vehicle, a charging station managing server for managing the charging stations, and a vehicle charging allocation managing server that is connected to the charging station managing server through a communication network, and instructs vehicle allocation to allocate each of the vehicles to an appropriate one of the charging stations for charging. The vehicle charging allocation managing server has a controller for setting a vehicle charging allocation schedule for specifying a charging station and a charting time zone to charge each of the vehicles on the basis of a battery residual capacity and a battery capacity consumption plan, thereby performing vehicle allocation for charging.

Claims

1. A vehicle charging allocation managing server for managing charging of a plurality of vehicles each of which has a vehicle driving battery mounted therein, comprising a controller for setting a vehicle charging allocation schedule for specifying a charging station and a charting time zone to charge each of the vehicles on the basis of a battery residual capacity and a battery capacity consumption plan, thereby performing vehicle allocation for charging.

2. The vehicle charging allocation managing server according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines the battery capacity consumption plan for each of the vehicles on the basis of a predetermined working schedule for the vehicle.

3. The vehicle charging allocation managing server according to claim 2, wherein each of the vehicles is a business vehicle for which an operation schedule containing the working schedule and a rest schedule is managed, and the controller obtains the operation schedule and determines the battery capacity consumption plan on the basis of the obtained operation schedule.

4. The vehicle charging allocation managing server according to claim 3, wherein when the operation schedule of any one of the vehicles is changed and thus a vehicle charging allocation schedule of the vehicle is required to be changed, the controller adjusts and changes the vehicle charging allocation schedule and vehicle charging allocation schedules of the other vehicles.

5. The vehicle charging allocation managing server according to claim 1, wherein the charging station is managed by a charging station managing server, and the controller inquires to the charging station managing server about a usage status of the charging station corresponding to the charging station managing server through a communication network to specify the charging station and the time zone for charging.

6. The vehicle charging allocation managing server according to claim 1, wherein the controller calculates the battery capacity consumption plan for each of the vehicles on the basis of at least one of a travel condition containing season, weather or a time zone, a device construction of the vehicle, a crewmember of the vehicle or a travel route.

7. The vehicle charging allocation managing server according to claim 1, wherein the controller notifies a vehicle charging allocation schedule to an in-vehicle mount device mounted in each of the vehicles through a radio communication network.

8. A vehicle charging allocation managing system for managing charging of a plurality of vehicles each of which has a vehicle driving battery, comprising:

a plurality of charging stations each of which has a battery charger for charging the battery of each of the vehicles;

a charging station managing server for managing the charging stations; and

a vehicle charging allocation managing server that is connected to the charging station managing server through a communication network, and instructs vehicle allocation to allocate each of the vehicles to an appropriate one of the charging stations for charging, wherein the vehicle charging allocation managing server comprises a controller for setting a vehicle charging allocation schedule for specifying a charging station and a charting time zone to charge each of the vehicles on the basis of a battery residual capacity and a battery capacity consumption plan, thereby performing vehicle allocation for charging.