Vehicle battery charging site registration device and method

• US 8,405,345 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2009
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.), DENSO Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.), DENSO Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Suganuma, Hideaki, Kuraishi, Mamoru, Yamada, Kazunao, Naitou, Takashi, Niwa, Toshiaki, Ogawa, Fumiharu, Takahara, Masatoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Fantu, Yalkew
• Application Number:
  US13/126,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20110213780A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: 320/104
• US Class Current: 320/104
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/12 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/622 by satellite navigation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/21 having the same nominal voltage
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3811 Point data, e.g. Point of Interest [POI]
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3844 Data obtained from position sensors only, e.g. from inertial navigation
• 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 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

A site registering device that registers a site allowing charging where a vehicle battery can be charged, the device including: a position acquisition unit that acquires position information on a charging site where charging of the battery has been conducted; and a registering unit that specifies, on the basis of an actual charging result in the charging site, a category to which the charging site belongs among a plurality of categories, associates the charging site with the specified category and the position information, and registers the thus associated charging site as the site allowing charging.

Claims

1. A site registering device that registers a site allowing charging where a vehicle battery can be charged,

the device comprising:

a position acquisition unit that acquires position information on a charging site where charging of the battery has been conducted; and

a registering unit that specifies, on the basis of an actual charging result in the charging site, a category to which the charging site belongs among a plurality of predetermined categories, the predetermined categories include at least one of a category based on a charging frequency at the charging site or a category based on an amount of charging time at the charging site, the registering unit associates the charging site with the specified category and the position information, and registers the thus associated charging site as the site allowing charging.

2. The site registering device according to claim 1, wherein the actual charging result is at least one of a charging time in the charging site and a charging frequency in the charging site.

3. The site registering device according to claim 2, wherein the charging time is calculated based on a variation amount of SOC of the battery.

4. The site registering device according to claim 1, wherein the category is a class relating to a charging mode.

5. The site registering device according to claim 4, wherein the category is a class relating to a charging frequency.

6. The site registering device according to claim 4, wherein the category is a class relating to a charging time.

7. A site registering method for registering a site allowing charging where a vehicle battery can be charged,

the method comprising:

acquiring position information on a charging site where charging of the battery has been conducted;

specifying, on the basis of an actual charging result in the charging site, a category to which the charging site belongs among a plurality of predetermined categories, the predetermined categories include at least one of a category based on a charging frequency at the charging site or a category based on an amount of charging time at the charging site; and

associating the charging site with the specified category and the position information, and registering the thus associated charging site as the site allowing charging.