Power charging station administration device

• US 8,483,901 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2011
• Issued: 07/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Ichihara, Masaaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Mawari, Redhwan K
• Application Number:
  US13/577,749
• Publication Number:
  US 20120303257A1
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• Field of Search: 701/29.1, 701/438, 701/439, 701/411, 701/32.9, 701/533, 903/903, 903/915, 903/930, 700/291, 700/296, 700/297
• US Class Current: 701/29.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

A power charging station administration device administrates available time slot information and installation site information set by an administrator of an in-vehicle battery charger, that is, the available time slot information representing time slots at which the in-vehicle battery charger is available and the installation site information representing the installation site of the in-vehicle battery charger using an administration. An information publication unit publishes the available time slot information and the installation site information administrated by the administration unit on a homepage. An occupant of a vehicle A other than the administrator of the in-vehicle battery charger can use the in-vehicle battery charger by verifying the published information during time slots at which the in-vehicle battery charger is available.

Claims

1. A power charging station administration device comprising:

vehicle position information acquisition means for acquiring vehicle position information representing the position of a vehicle;

administration means for administrating registration information including installation site information representing the installation site of an in-vehicle battery charger which is able to charge an in-vehicle battery of the vehicle and information relating to whether or not a vehicle other than a vehicle registered in the in-vehicle battery charger is permitted to use the in-vehicle battery charger; and

information publication means for, when there is a request for publication of the registration information from the vehicle, on the basis of the vehicle position information acquired by the vehicle position information acquisition means and the registration information administrated by the administration means, publishing the registration information in the in-vehicle battery charger which is within a predetermine range from the vehicle which requests for the registration information and is permitted for a vehicle other than the vehicle which is registered in the in-vehicle battery charger to use, to the vehicle which requests for the registration information,

wherein the registration information further includes available time slot information representing time slots at which the in-vehicle battery charger is available,

the vehicle position information acquisition means acquires the vehicle position information representing the position of the vehicle which is registered in the in-vehicle battery charger, and

the information publication means changes the available time slots of the in-vehicle battery charger in the available time slot information on the basis of the position of the vehicle registered in the in-vehicle battery charger acquired by the vehicle position information acquisition means and the installation site of the in-vehicle battery charger, and publishes the changed available time slot information and installation site information to the vehicle which requests for the registration information.

2. The power charging station administration device according to claim 1,

wherein the available time slot information is input from an input device connected to the in-vehicle battery charger.

3. The power charging station administration device according to claim 1,

wherein the information publication means changes the available time slot information such that the available time slots of the in-vehicle battery charger in the available time slot information are shortened when the distance between the position of the vehicle registered in the in-vehicle battery charger acquired by the vehicle position information acquisition means and the installation site of the in-vehicle battery charger is shorter than a predetermined distance, and publishes the changed available time slot information to the vehicle which requests for the registration information.

4. The power charging station administration device according to claim 1,

wherein the administration means further administrates exceptional usage information representing whether or not the in-vehicle battery charger is available when a predetermined condition is satisfied during a time slot other than the available time slots of the in-vehicle battery charger, and

the information publication means publishes the exceptional usage information administrated by the administration means to the vehicle which requests for the registration information, in addition to the registration information.

5. The power charging station administration device according to claim 1,

wherein at least one of the available time slot information and the installation site information is input by the administrator of the in-vehicle battery charger.

6. A power charging station administration device comprising:

vehicle position information acquisition unit that acquires vehicle position information representing the position of a vehicle;

administration unit that administrates registration information including installation site information representing the installation site of an in-vehicle battery charger which is able to charge an in-vehicle battery of the vehicle and information relating to whether or not a vehicle other than a vehicle registered in the in-vehicle battery charger is permitted to use the in-vehicle battery charger; and

information publication unit that, when there is a request for publication of the registration information from the vehicle, on the basis of the vehicle position information acquired by the vehicle position information acquisition unit and the registration information administrated by the administration unit, publishes the registration information in the in-vehicle battery charger which is within a predetermine range from the vehicle which requests for the registration information and is permitted for a vehicle other than the vehicle which is registered in the in-vehicle battery charger to use, to the vehicle which requests for the registration information,

wherein the registration information further includes available time slot information representing time slots at which the in-vehicle battery charger is available,

the vehicle position information acquisition unit acquires the vehicle position information representing the position of the vehicle which is registered in the in-vehicle battery charger, and

the information publication unit changes the available time slots of the in-vehicle battery charger in the available time slot information on the basis of the position of the vehicle registered in the in-vehicle battery charger acquired by the vehicle position information acquisition unit and the installation site of the in-vehicle battery charger, and publishes the changed available time slot information and installation site information to the vehicle which requests for the registration information.