ON-BOARD UNIT AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An on-board unit mounted on an electric vehicle which travels using an externally rechargeable battery comprising:
- a current location detecting unit configured to detect a current location of the electric vehicle;
a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a server managing a charging schedule via a wireless communication network, the server provided on an external network; and
a display unit configured to display whether or not a charging operation is allowed at the current location at a current time based on the charging schedule.
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Abstract
An electric vehicle management system which controls a charging amount for an electric vehicle by way of peak shift, and an on-board unit used for the electric vehicle management system are provided. Thereby, the on-board unit mounted on the electric vehicle detects a current location, and an electric vehicle management center provided on a network manages a charging schedule created in advance. Propriety of a charging operation at a current time is checked via communications between them. Charging of the electric vehicle is managed based on the charging schedule by notifying a driver of the check result through a display of the on-board unit.
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17 Claims
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1. An on-board unit mounted on an electric vehicle which travels using an externally rechargeable battery comprising:
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a current location detecting unit configured to detect a current location of the electric vehicle; a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a server managing a charging schedule via a wireless communication network, the server provided on an external network; and a display unit configured to display whether or not a charging operation is allowed at the current location at a current time based on the charging schedule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An electric vehicle management system comprising:
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an electric vehicle management center provided on a network and configured to manage a charging schedule; and an on-board unit mounted on an electric vehicle which travels using an externally rechargeable battery and configured to communicate with the electric vehicle management center via the wireless communication network, wherein the on-board unit comprises; a current location detecting unit configured to detect a current location of the electric vehicle; and a display unit configured to display whether or not a charging operation is allowed at the current location at a current time based on the charging schedule. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electric vehicle management method comprising:
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managing a charging schedule by an electric vehicle management center provided on a network; detecting a current location by an on-board unit mounted on an electric vehicle which travels using an externally rechargeable battery; communicating between the electric vehicle management center and the on-board unit via a wireless communication network; and displaying on the on-board unit whether or not a charging operation at the current location at a current time is allowed based on the charging schedule. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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