CHARGING CONTROL SYSTEM AND CHARGING CONTROL METHOD

• US 20160039303A1
• Filed: 10/24/2015
• Published: 02/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kuribayashi, Ryosuke, Yano, Hitoshi, Kudo, Koji
• Application Number:
  US14/922,139
• Publication Number:
  US 20160039303A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/80 Time limits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/52 drive range estimation, e.g. of estimation of available travel distance
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/54 Energy consumption estimation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/58 Departure time prediction
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/11 DC charging controlled by the charging station, e.g. mode 4
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/30 Constructional details of charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/53 Batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/64 Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/68 Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 55/00 Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/322 the battery being on-board an electric or hybrid vehicle, e.g. vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G], power aggregation, use of the battery for network load balancing, coordinated or cooperative battery charging
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0013 acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially H02J7/1423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0071 with a programmable schedule
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• 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 10/126 : the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/12 : Remote or cooperative charging
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 : Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A charging control system that controls charging for a vehicle that runs on electricity, including at least one rechargeable unit; a charging unit that charges the vehicle or the rechargeable unit with electricity; and a charging control unit that controls charging such that when the charging time for the vehicle by the charging unit is a predetermined time or shorter than the predetermined time, the vehicle is charged with electricity from the rechargeable unit.

Claims

1. A charging control system that controls charging for a vehicle that runs on electricity, comprising:

at least one rechargeable means;

charging means that charges said vehicle or said rechargeable means with electricity; and

charging control means that controls charging such that when a charging time for said vehicle by said charging means is a predetermined time or shorter than the predetermined time, said vehicle is charged with electricity from said rechargeable means.

2. The charging control system according to claim 1,

wherein said charging control means controls charging such that when the charging for said vehicle by said charging means is longer than the predetermined time, said rechargeable means is charged with electricity by said charging means based on a state of stored electricity of said rechargeable means.

3. The charging control system according to claim 1, further comprising:

charging scheduling means that performs scheduling in which said charging means charges said vehicle based on an electric power demand that causes said charging means to charge said vehicle with electricity.

4. A charging control system that controls charging for a vehicle that runs on electricity, comprising:

at least one rechargeable means;

charging means that charges said vehicle or said rechargeable means with electricity;

charging scheduling means that performs scheduling in which said charging means charges said vehicle based on an electric power demand that causes said charging means to charge said vehicle with electricity; and

charging control means that controls charging such that when a charging time for said vehicle cannot be predicted, said vehicle is charged with electricity from said rechargeable means.

5. A charging control method for a charging control system, including:

at least one rechargeable means; and

charging means that charges a vehicle that runs on electricity, said method comprising;

controlling charging such that when a charging time for said vehicle by said charging means is a predetermined time or shorter than the predetermined time, said vehicle is charged with electricity from said rechargeable means.