CHARGER RESERVATION SYSTEM, CHARGER RESERVATION APPARATUS, CHARGER RESERVATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20150046200A1
• Filed: 03/05/2013
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Chihara, Shinpei
• Application Number:
  US14/384,691
• Publication Number:
  US 20150046200A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/00 Registering, indicating or recording the time of events or elapsed time, e.g. time-recorders for work people registering or indicating the working of machines or vehicles G07C3/00, G07C5/00

Abstract

The charger reservation system has: a reservation processing unit that receives a use reservation registration for a charger and manages reservation information containing a use starting date/time and a temporary use ending date/time; and a charge required time calculation unit that calculates a time required for charging when a user starts using the charger based on the use reservation registration, wherein the reservation processing unit calculates a new use ending date/time based on the time required for charging and updates the temporary use ending date/time to the new use ending date/time.

Claims

1. A charger reservation system, comprising:

a reservation processing unit that receives a use reservation registration for a charger and manages reservation information containing a use starting date/time and a temporary use ending date/time; and

a charge required time calculation unit that calculates a time required for charging when a user starts using the charger based on the use reservation registration,

wherein the reservation processing unit calculates a new use ending date/time based on the time required for charging and updates the temporary use ending date/time to the new use ending date/time.

2. The charger reservation system according to claim 1, wherein, when the new use ending date/time is later than a use starting date/time set for a next reservation for the charger, the reservation processing unit updates the temporary use ending date/time to the use starting date/time set for the next reservation or a date/time that is earlier than the use starting date/time set for the next reservation by a certain time period.

3. The charger reservation system according to claim 1, wherein, when the new use ending date/time is earlier than the temporary use ending date/time, the reservation processing unit notifies a user, who has a reservation for the charger next, that a use starting date/time of the user can be pushed forward.

4. The charger reservation system according to claim 3, wherein, when a reservation for the use of the charger is registered, and a registration of a desired use starting date/time that overlaps with a usage time of other reservation is received, then the usage time no longer overlaps as a result of updating a temporary use ending date/time of the other reservation, the reservation processing unit updates the use starting date/time of the user to the desired use starting date/time.

5. The charger reservation system according to claim 1, wherein the charge required time calculation unit calculates the time required for charging based on at least one of a remaining capacity of a rechargeable battery to be charged, a temperature, and an output status of the charger.

9. The charger reservation system according to claim 2, wherein, when the new use ending date/time is earlier than the temporary use ending date/time, the reservation processing unit notifies a user, who has a reservation for the charger next, that a use starting date/time of the user can be pushed forward.

10. The charger reservation system according to claim 9, wherein, when a reservation for the use of the charger is registered, and a registration of a desired use starting date/time that overlaps with a usage time of other reservation is received, then the usage time no longer overlaps as a result of updating a temporary use ending date/time of the other reservation, the reservation processing unit updates the use starting date/time of the user to the desired use starting date/time.

11. The charger reservation system according to claim 2, wherein the charge required time calculation unit calculates the time required for charging based on at least one of a remaining capacity of a rechargeable battery to be charged, a temperature, and an output status of the charger.

6. A charger reservation apparatus, comprising:

a reservation processing unit that receives a use reservation registration for a charger and manages reservation information containing a use starting date/time and a temporary use ending date/time; and

a charge required time calculation unit that calculates a time required for charging when a user starts using the charger based on the use reservation registration,

wherein the reservation processing unit calculates a new use ending date/time based on the time required for charging and updates the temporary use ending date/time to the new use ending date/time.

7. A charger reservation method:

receiving a use reservation registration for a charger and managing reservation information containing a use starting date/time and a temporary use ending date/time;

calculating a time required for charging when a user starts using the charger based on the use reservation registration; and

calculating a new use ending date/time based on the time required for charging and then updating the temporary use ending date/time to the new use ending date/time.

8. A program that causes a computer to function as:

a reservation processing unit that receives a use reservation registration for a charger and manages reservation information containing a use starting date/time and a temporary use ending date/time; and

a charge required time calculation unit that calculates a time required for charging when a user starts using the charger based on the use reservation registration,

wherein the reservation processing unit calculates a new use ending date/time based on the time required for charging and updates the temporary use ending date/time to the new use ending date/time.