Onboard charging control apparatus for controlling charge to secondary battery
First Claim
1. An on-board charging control apparatus being suitable for charging an on-board secondary battery using an on-board charger, wherein the charger, the charging control apparatus, and the secondary battery are mounted on a vehicle having a motor driven by electric power of the secondary battery, comprising:
- a present time outputting unit configured to output a time signal indicating a present time;
a charging start signal receiving unit configured to receive a charging start signal outputted from the charger when off-board electricity is supplied to the charger and then charging of the secondary batter b the charger starts;
an operation signal receiving unit configured to receive an operation signal indicating that an operation state setting switch for supplying of the secondary battery'"'"'s power to each of running system ECUs and ignition system ECUs has been turned ON;
a charging end target time setting unit configured to receive the time signal from the present time outputting unit in response to the reception of the operation signal in the operation signal receiving unit, and set a charging end target time based on the present time of the received time signal; and
a charging control unit configured to receive the time signal from the present time outputting unit in response to the reception of the charging start signal in the charging start signal receiving unit, set a charging schedule, based on the charging end target time and the present time being indicated by the time signal received in response to the reception of the charging start signal, such that the secondary battery can be charged by the charger according to the charging schedule until the charging end target time, produce a charging control signal according to the charging schedule, and output the charging control signal to the charger such that the charger performs charging of the secondary battery according to the charging schedule.
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Abstract
A vehicle has an ECU, a battery being chargeable with off-board electricity and a motor driven by electric power of the battery. The ECU has a microcomputer to receive an operation time each time a user sets the ECU in an operation state, prepare a frequency of operation times for each time zone, and set a time of the time zone corresponding to the high frequency as a charging end target time. When the microcomputer receives a signal from an onboard charger connected with an off-board power source, the microcomputer sets a charging schedule such that the battery charged by the charger according to the schedule is set in a fully-charged state at the charging end target time. The microcomputer controls the charger to charge the battery according to the schedule and to set the battery in the fully-charged state at the charging end target time.
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1. An on-board charging control apparatus being suitable for charging an on-board secondary battery using an on-board charger, wherein the charger, the charging control apparatus, and the secondary battery are mounted on a vehicle having a motor driven by electric power of the secondary battery, comprising:
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a present time outputting unit configured to output a time signal indicating a present time; a charging start signal receiving unit configured to receive a charging start signal outputted from the charger when off-board electricity is supplied to the charger and then charging of the secondary batter b the charger starts; an operation signal receiving unit configured to receive an operation signal indicating that an operation state setting switch for supplying of the secondary battery'"'"'s power to each of running system ECUs and ignition system ECUs has been turned ON; a charging end target time setting unit configured to receive the time signal from the present time outputting unit in response to the reception of the operation signal in the operation signal receiving unit, and set a charging end target time based on the present time of the received time signal; and a charging control unit configured to receive the time signal from the present time outputting unit in response to the reception of the charging start signal in the charging start signal receiving unit, set a charging schedule, based on the charging end target time and the present time being indicated by the time signal received in response to the reception of the charging start signal, such that the secondary battery can be charged by the charger according to the charging schedule until the charging end target time, produce a charging control signal according to the charging schedule, and output the charging control signal to the charger such that the charger performs charging of the secondary battery according to the charging schedule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A charging method being suitable for charging an on-board secondary battery by an on-board charging control apparatus using an on-board charger, wherein the charger, the charging control apparatus, and the secondary battery are mounted on a vehicle having a motor driven by electric power of the secondary battery, comprising:
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receiving an operation signal indicating that an operation state setting switch for supplying the secondary battery'"'"'s power to each of running system ECUs and ignition system ECUs has been turned ON and obtaining a time that the operation signal has been received; setting a charging end target time based on the received time of the operation signal; receiving a charging start signal outputted from the charger when off-board electricity is supplied to the charger, and obtaining a charging start time; setting a charging schedule, based on the charging start time and the charging end target time, such that the secondary battery can be charged by the charger according to the charging schedule until a predetermined charging amount until the charging end target time; and charging the secondary battery by the charger according to the charging schedule. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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