Monitoring system for automatic charging apparatus for vehicle
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring an automatic charging apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- an automatic charging apparatus mounted on the vehicle and including charge-amount calculation means for calculating an amount to be charged to the vehicle on the basis of at least position information representing a position of the vehicle; and
a monitor apparatus disposed on the ground and adapted to monitor a status of said automatic charging apparatus, whereinsaid automatic charting apparatus and said monitor apparatus are configured to communicate with each other;
said automatic charging apparatus includes transmission means for transmitting, to the outside of the vehicle, information corresponding to an internal status of said automatic charging apparatus; and
said monitor apparatus includes anomaly judgment means for judging whether said automatic charging apparatus is in at anomalous state, on the basis of the information transmitted from said transmission means of said automatic charging apparatus only when the vehicle stays at a predetermined position,wherein said anomaly judgment means of said monitor apparatus comprises vehicle-stoppage judgment means for judging whether the vehicle has stopped at the predetermined position.
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Abstract
When a monitor apparatus judges that a vehicle has stopped at a predetermined position (step 705), the monitor apparatus transmits pseudo position information of the vehicle (dummy data) to an automatic charging apparatus (step 725). The automatic charging apparatus calculates a charge amount on the basis of the dummy data, and transmits the result of the calculation to the monitor apparatus. The monitor apparatus receives the result (step 735) and judges on the basis of the result whether the automatic charging apparatus is in an anomalous state (step 740). Since the above-described successive operations are performed only when the vehicle stays, the status of another automatic charging apparatus not monitored is not misidentified as the status of an automatic charging apparatus to be monitored.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring an automatic charging apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
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an automatic charging apparatus mounted on the vehicle and including charge-amount calculation means for calculating an amount to be charged to the vehicle on the basis of at least position information representing a position of the vehicle; and a monitor apparatus disposed on the ground and adapted to monitor a status of said automatic charging apparatus, wherein said automatic charting apparatus and said monitor apparatus are configured to communicate with each other; said automatic charging apparatus includes transmission means for transmitting, to the outside of the vehicle, information corresponding to an internal status of said automatic charging apparatus; and said monitor apparatus includes anomaly judgment means for judging whether said automatic charging apparatus is in at anomalous state, on the basis of the information transmitted from said transmission means of said automatic charging apparatus only when the vehicle stays at a predetermined position, wherein said anomaly judgment means of said monitor apparatus comprises vehicle-stoppage judgment means for judging whether the vehicle has stopped at the predetermined position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for monitoring an automatic charging apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
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an automatic charging apparatus mounted on the vehicle and including charge-amount calculation means for calculating an amount to be charged to the vehicle on the basis of at least position information representing a position of the vehicle; and a monitor apparatus disposed on the ground and adapted to monitor a status of said automatic charging apparatus, wherein said automatic charging apparatus and said monitor apparatus are configured to communicate with each other; said charge-amount calculation means is configured to calculate the charge amount by determining a present area in which the vehicle is present on the basis of position information representing an actual position of the vehicle and area information specifying each area; said automatic charging apparatus includes transmission means for transmitting, to the outside of the vehicle, information corresponding to an internal status of said automatic charging apparatus; said monitor apparatus includes anomaly judgment means for judging whether said automatic charging apparatus is in an anomalous state, on the basis of the information transmitted from said transmission means of said automatic charging apparatus only when the vehicle stays at a predetermined position; said charge-amount calculation means of said automatic charging apparatus is configured to use pseudo position information, which is transmitted from said monitor apparatus and which is representing a pseudo position of the vehicle, instead of said position information representing the actual position of the vehicle, in calculating the charge amount; said transmission means of said automatic charging apparatus is configured to transmit to said monitor apparatus information which relates to the result of calculation of the charge amount performed on the basis of the pseudo position information and serves as information representing the internal status of said automatic charging apparatus; and said anomaly judgment means of said monitor apparatus is configured to transmit the pseudo position information to said automatic charging apparatus, receive the information transmitted from said transmission means of said automatic charging apparatus and relating to the result of the calculation, and judge whether said automatic charging apparatus is in an anomalous state on the basis of the received information relating to the result of the calculation. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for monitoring an automatic charging apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
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an automatic charging apparatus mounted on the vehicle and including charge-amount calculation means for calculating amount to be charged to the vehicle by determining a present area in which the vehicle is present on the basis of position information representing an actual position of the vehicle and area information specifying each area; and a monitor apparatus, including anomaly judgment means, disposed on the ground and adapted to monitor a status of said automatic charging apparatus, wherein said automatic charging apparatus and said monitor are configured to communicate with each other; said charge-amount calculation means of said automatic charging apparatus is configured to receive pseudo position information, which is transmitted from said monitor apparatus and which is representing position of the vehicle, calculate the charge amount on the basis of the received pseudo position information instead of said position information representing the actual position of the vehicle, and transmit to said monitor apparatus information which relates to the result of the calculation; and said anomaly judgment means of said monitor apparatus is configured to transmit the pseudo position information to said automatic charging apparatus, receive the information transmitted from said automatic charging apparatus and relating to the result of the calculation, and judge whether said automatic charging apparatus is in an anomalous state on the basis of the received information relating to the result of the calculation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. An automatic charging apparatus mounted on the vehicle and including charge-amount calculation means for calculating amount to be charged to the vehicle by determining a present area in which the vehicle is present on the basis of position information representing an actual position of the vehicle and area information specifying each area, said apparatus comprising:
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communication means for communicating with a monitor apparatus disposed on the ground and adapted to judge whether the automatic charging apparatus is normal; and diagnosis calculation means for receiving via said communication means predetermined dummy data which is transmitted from said monitor apparatus only when the vehicle stays at a predetermined position, performing calculation on the basis of the received, predetermined dummy data, and transmitting information regarding the result of the calculation to said monitor apparatus via said communication means.
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18. An automatic charging apparatus mounted on the vehicle and including charge-amount calculation means for calculating amount to be charged to the vehicle by determining a present area in which the vehicle is present on the basis of position information representing an actual position of the vehicle and area information specifying each area, said apparatus comprising:
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communication means for communicating with a monitor apparatus disposed on the ground and adapted to judge whether the automatic charging apparatus is normal, wherein said charge-amount calculation means is configured to receive via said communication means pseudo position information transmitted from said monitor apparatus, calculate the charge amount on the basis of the received pseudo position information instead of said position information representing the actual position of the vehicle, and transmit information relating to the result of die calculation to said monitor apparatus via said communication means.
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19. A monitor apparatus disposed on the ground and adapted to judge whether an automatic charging apparatus is in an anomalous state, said automatic charging apparatus being mounted on a vehicle and adapted to calculate amount to be charged to the vehicle by determining a present area in which the vehicle is present on the basis of position information representing an actual position of the vehicle and area information specifying each area, said monitor apparatus comprising:
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communication means for communicating with said automatic charging apparatus; and anomaly judgment means for transmitting pseudo position information to said automatic charging apparatus via said communication means, receiving via said communication means information relating to the result of charge-amount calculation which is performed by said automatic charging apparatus on the basis of the pseudo position information instead of the position information representing the actual position of the vehicle, and judging whether said automatic charging apparatus is an anomalous state, on the basis of the received information relating to the result of the calculation. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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