VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A vehicle configured to carry out external charging operation in which an in-vehicle battery is charged with electric power from a device outside the vehicle, the vehicle comprising:
- the in-vehicle battery;
a charger configured to output electric power from the device outside the vehicle to the in-vehicle battery; and
a control device configured to control the charger so that the external charging operation is completed by time set by a user, and configured to preferentially allocate a period of time during which the-external-charging, operation is carried out in order of a priority time period set by the user, an immediate time period immediately after the priority time period and a preceding time period immediately before the priority time period, whereinthe control device is configured to, when the priority time period includes a plurality of priority time periods, preferentially allocate the period of time during which the external charging operation is carried out in order of the plurality of priority time periods, and a time period immediately before the latest priority time period.
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Abstract
A vehicle is configured to carry out external charging operation in which an in-vehicle battery is charged with electric power from a device outside the vehicle. The vehicle includes the in-vehicle battery, a charger and a control device. The charger is configured to output electric power from the device outside the vehicle to the in-vehicle battery. The control device is configured to control the charger so that the external charging operation is completed by time set by a user. Furthermore, the control device is configured to preferentially allocate a period of time during which the external charging operation is carried out in order of a priority time period set by the user, an immediate time period immediately after the priority time period and a preceding time period immediately before the priority time period.
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19 Claims
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1. A vehicle configured to carry out external charging operation in which an in-vehicle battery is charged with electric power from a device outside the vehicle, the vehicle comprising:
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the in-vehicle battery; a charger configured to output electric power from the device outside the vehicle to the in-vehicle battery; and a control device configured to control the charger so that the external charging operation is completed by time set by a user, and configured to preferentially allocate a period of time during which the-external-charging, operation is carried out in order of a priority time period set by the user, an immediate time period immediately after the priority time period and a preceding time period immediately before the priority time period, wherein the control device is configured to, when the priority time period includes a plurality of priority time periods, preferentially allocate the period of time during which the external charging operation is carried out in order of the plurality of priority time periods, and a time period immediately before the latest priority time period. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16)
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17. A vehicle configured to carry out external charging operation in which an in-vehicle battery is charged with electric power from a device outside the vehicle, the vehicle characterized by comprising:
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the in-vehicle battery; a charger configured to output electric power from the device outside the vehicle to the in-vehicle battery; and a control device configured to control the charger so that the external charging operation is completed by time set by a user, and configured to preferentially allocate a period of time during which the external charging operation is carried out in order of a priority time period set by the user, an immediate time period immediately after the priority time period and a preceding time period immediately before the priority time period, preferentially allocate the period of time during which the external charging operation is carried out to a later part of the priority time period when a period of time required to complete the external charging operation is shorter than a period of time of the priority time period, allocate the period of time during which the external charging operation is carried out to an entirety of the priority time period, an entirety of the immediate time period, an entirety of the preceding time period and a later part of another time period when the required period of time is longer than a total time of the priority time period, the immediate time period and the preceding time period and is shorter than the total time of the priority time period, the immediate time period, the preceding time period and the another time period, and set the another time period as a time period that excludes the entirety of the priority time periods, the entirety of the immediate time periods, the entirety of the preceding time periods and a charging prohibited time period set by the user from a time period between present time and estimated charging completion time. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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