CHARGING SERVICE SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, AND CHARGING SERVICE METHOD

• US 20130346166A1
• Filed: 03/07/2012
• Published: 12/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Chihara, Shinpei
• Application Number:
  US14/003,702
• Publication Number:
  US 20130346166A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/13
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• 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 53/68 Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0284 Time or distance, e.g. usage of parking meters or taximeters
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 15/005 dispensed for the electrical charging of vehicles electrical charging as such, B60L50/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• 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 charger 20 includes a charging unit 22 that charges a secondary battery of an EV 50, and a charger condition acquisition unit 23 that detects completion of a charging operation performed on the secondary battery and detects an operation relating to departure of the EV 50 from a charging space following the charging operation. A server apparatus 40 includes a charger condition monitoring unit 45 that monitors a condition of the charger 20 upon reception of a notification from the charger 20 indicating that completion of the charging operation and the operation relating to departure of the EV 50 from the charging space have been detected, and a parking fee calculation unit 43 that calculates a parking time of the EV 50 on the basis of a timing at which completion of the charging operation is detected and a timing at which the operation relating to departure of the electric vehicle from the charging space is detected, and calculates a parking fee to be charged to a user on the basis of the parking time.

Claims

1. A charging service system including a charger that charges a secondary battery installed in an electric vehicle, comprising:

a charging unit that charges the secondary battery;

a charger condition acquisition unit that detects completion of a charging operation performed on the secondary battery and detects an operation relating to departure of the electric vehicle from a charging space following the charging operation;

a charger condition monitoring unit that monitors a condition of the charging unit upon reception of a notification from the charger condition acquisition unit indicating that completion of the charging operation and the operation relating to departure of the electric vehicle from the charging space have been detected; and

a parking fee calculation unit that calculates a parking time of the electric vehicle on the basis of a timing at which completion of the charging operation is detected and a timing at which the operation relating to departure of the electric vehicle from the charging space is detected.

2. The charging service system according to claim 1, wherein the parking fee calculation unit calculates a parking fee to be charged to a user on the basis of the parking time.

3. The charging service system according to claim 1, wherein the parking fee calculation unit calculates the parking time from a time at which completion of the charging operation is detected.

4. The charging service system according to claim 1, wherein the parking fee calculation unit calculates the parking time following the elapse of a predetermined time after completion of the charging operation is detected.

5. The charging service system according to claim 1, wherein the parking fee calculation unit calculates the parking time from a time at which the operation relating to departure of the electric vehicle from the charging space is detected.

6. The charging service system according to claim 1, wherein the operation relating to departure of the electric vehicle from the charging space is an operation to disconnect the electric vehicle from a charging cable of the charger.

7. The charging service system according to claim 1, wherein the operation relating to departure of the electric vehicle from the charging space is an operation to store a charging cable of the charger in a storage holder.

8. The charging service system according to claim 1, wherein the operation relating to departure of the electric vehicle from the charging space is an operation to input predetermined information into the charger.

9. A server apparatus connected via a communication network to a charger that charges a secondary battery installed in an electric vehicle, comprising:

a charger condition monitoring unit that monitors a condition of the charger upon reception of a notification from the charger indicating that completion of a charging operation and an operation relating to departure of the electric vehicle from a charging space have been detected; and

a parking fee calculation unit that calculates a parking time of the electric vehicle on the basis of a timing at which completion of the charging operation is detected and a timing at which the operation relating to departure of the electric vehicle from the charging space is detected.

10. A charging service method for charging a secondary battery installed in an electric vehicle, comprising the steps of:

detecting completion of a charging operation performed on the secondary battery by a charger;

detecting an operation relating to departure of the electric vehicle from a charging space following the charging operation; and

calculating a parking time of the electric vehicle on the basis of a timing at which completion of the charging operation is detected and a timing at which the operation relating to departure of the electric vehicle from the charging space is detected.