VEHICLE ELECTRIC POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, VEHICLE ELECTRIC POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE ELECTRIC POWER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A vehicle electric power management apparatus for a vehicle electric power supply system, the vehicle electric power supply system including vehicles each equipped with a battery, facilities each for supplying battery electric power to each of the vehicles, the vehicle electric power management apparatus for collecting information on a residual amount of useable vehicle-mounted battery electric power, and a terminal unit for receiving the residual-power information from the vehicle electric power management apparatus, the vehicle electric power management apparatus comprising:
- vehicle information storing means for internally holding the information relating to the residual available electric power of each vehicle;
search means for a user, before changing vehicles at one of the facilities to travel therefrom to a destination, to retrieve the residual-power information from the vehicle information storing means and search for a vehicle having a residual amount of available electric power sufficient for traveling through a distance to the destination;
processing means for calculating a relative increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power between the vehicle that the user has traveled to the facility, and the vehicle searched for as a vehicle to be next used; and
output means for delivering, as a notification to the user, information on the calculated increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power due to the vehicle change, and information on the vehicle to be next used, to the terminal unit.
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Abstract
A vehicle electric power management apparatus calculates a distance from a facility to a destination, from received vehicle-change request information. Distances through which vehicles parked at the facility can travel are calculated and vehicle information on parked vehicles capable of traveling through a distance longer than the distance to the destination are selected as next-useable vehicles in descending order of a residual amount of available battery power. A surplus distance indicating how far in kilometers the selected vehicles can each further travel on beyond the destination away from the facility is additionally calculated and this information is transmitted. After the selection of the next-useable vehicles by a computer of the facility, increment/decrements in the residual amount of available battery power between each selected next-useable vehicle and the vehicle that a user has used to arrive at the facility, and incentive information are calculated and displayed at the computer.
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Citations
7 Claims
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1. A vehicle electric power management apparatus for a vehicle electric power supply system, the vehicle electric power supply system including vehicles each equipped with a battery, facilities each for supplying battery electric power to each of the vehicles, the vehicle electric power management apparatus for collecting information on a residual amount of useable vehicle-mounted battery electric power, and a terminal unit for receiving the residual-power information from the vehicle electric power management apparatus, the vehicle electric power management apparatus comprising:
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vehicle information storing means for internally holding the information relating to the residual available electric power of each vehicle; search means for a user, before changing vehicles at one of the facilities to travel therefrom to a destination, to retrieve the residual-power information from the vehicle information storing means and search for a vehicle having a residual amount of available electric power sufficient for traveling through a distance to the destination; processing means for calculating a relative increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power between the vehicle that the user has traveled to the facility, and the vehicle searched for as a vehicle to be next used; and output means for delivering, as a notification to the user, information on the calculated increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power due to the vehicle change, and information on the vehicle to be next used, to the terminal unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A vehicle electric power management system for a vehicle electric power supply system, the vehicle electric power supply system including vehicles each equipped with a battery, facilities each for supplying battery electric power to each of the vehicles, the vehicle electric power management apparatus for collecting information on a residual amount of useable vehicle-mounted battery electric power, and a terminal unit for receiving the residual-power information from the vehicle electric power management apparatus;
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wherein; the vehicle electric power management apparatus includes vehicle information storing means for internally holding the information relating to the residual available electric power of the vehicle, search means for a user, before changing vehicles at one of the facilities to travel therefrom to a destination, to retrieve the residual-power information from the vehicle information storing means and search for a vehicle having a residual amount of available electric power sufficient for traveling through a distance to the destination, processing means for calculating a relative increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power between the vehicle that the user has traveled to the facility, and the vehicle searched for as a vehicle to be next used, and output means for delivering, to the terminal unit, information on the calculated increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power due to the vehicle change, and information on the vehicle to be next used; the terminal unit includes receiving means for receiving the residual-power increment/decrement information delivered from the vehicle electric power management apparatus, and the information relating to the vehicle to be next used, display means for displaying the received residual-power increment/decrement information and the information relating to the vehicle to be next used, input means for selecting, in response to specification by the user, the displayed information relating to the vehicle to be next used, and transmission means for transmitting the selected vehicle information to the vehicle electric power management apparatus; and the vehicle electric power management apparatus stores and manages increments/decrements in residual amounts of available electric power, on a user-by-user basis, in accordance with the vehicle information selected by users using the terminal unit.
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7. A vehicle electric power management program for controlling a computer used for a vehicle electric power management apparatus for a vehicle electric power supply system, the vehicle electric power supply system including vehicles each equipped with a battery, facilities each for supplying battery electric power to each of the vehicles, the vehicle electric power management apparatus for collecting information on a residual amount of useable vehicle-mounted battery electric power, and a terminal unit for receiving the residual-power information from the vehicle electric power management apparatus, the program causing the computer to function as:
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means for storing the residual-power information on the vehicle into vehicle information storing means; search means for a user, before changing vehicles at one of the facilities to travel therefrom to a destination, to retrieve the residual-power information from the vehicle information storing means and search for a vehicle having a residual amount of available electric power sufficient for traveling through a distance to the destination; processing means for calculating a relative increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power between the vehicle that the user has traveled to the facility, and the vehicle searched for as a vehicle to be next used; and means for delivering, as a notification to the user, information on the calculated increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power due to the vehicle change, and information on the vehicle to be next used, to the terminal unit.
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