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VEHICLE CHARGING CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE CHARGING CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION TERMINAL

  • US 20130346308A1
  • Filed: 08/23/2013
  • Published: 12/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle charging control apparatus which controls charging of vehicles parked at a charging station, the apparatus comprising:

  • a power charging information presentation unit configured to present, to a user of each of the vehicles, unit prices of charging power each of which is associated with a request amount of the charging power and an allowable time which is an amount of time that the user allows for the charging, the unit prices associated with equal ones of the request amounts being set lower when associated with a longer one of the allowable times, and the unit prices associated with equal ones of the allowable times being set lower when associated with a smaller one of the request amounts;

    a power charging request receiving unit configured to receive power charging requests from the users, each of the power charging requests specifying a request amount of the charging power and an allowable time for the charging;

    a power charging control unit configured to issue an instruction for preferentially charging a vehicle among the vehicles for which the specified allowable time is short in proportion to the request amount, based on the power charging requests received by the power charging request receiving unit; and

    a determination unit configured to determine, with reference to the set unit prices, whether or not there is another allowable time which is associated with the request amount specified in the power charging request and meets a first condition that (i) the other allowable time is longer than the allowable time specified in the power charging request and (ii) the unit price associated with the other allowable time is lower than the unit price associated with the request amount and the allowable time specified in the power charging request, wherein when the determination unit determines that there is the other allowable time which meets the first condition, the power charging information presentation unit is further configured to present, to the user, the other allowable time which meets the first condition and the unit price associated with the other allowable time which meets the first condition.

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