Vehicle electric power management apparatus, vehicle electric power management system, and vehicle electric power management program
First Claim
1. A vehicle electric power management apparatus for a vehicle electric power supply system, the vehicle electric power supply system including vehicles each equipped with a battery, facilities each configured to supply battery electric power to each of the vehicles, the vehicle electric power management apparatus configured to collect information on a residual amount of useable vehicle-mounted battery electric power, and a terminal unit configured to receive the residual-power information from the vehicle electric power management apparatus, the vehicle electric power management apparatus comprising:
- vehicle information storing unit configured to hold internally the information relating to the residual available electric power of each vehicle;
search unit for a user, before changing vehicles at one of the facilities to travel therefrom to a destination, configured to retrieve the residual-power information from the vehicle information storing unit and to search for a vehicle having a residual amount of available electric power sufficient for traveling through a distance to the destination;
processing unit configured to calculate a relative increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power between the vehicle that the user has traveled to the facility, and the vehicle searched for as a vehicle to be next used; and
output unit configured to deliver, as a notification to the user, information on the calculated increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power due to the vehicle change, and information on the vehicle to be next used, to the terminal unit.
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Abstract
A vehicle electric power management apparatus calculates a distance from a facility to a destination, from received vehicle-change request information. Distances through which vehicles parked at the facility can travel are calculated and vehicle information on parked vehicles capable of traveling through a distance longer than the distance to the destination are selected as next-useable vehicles in descending order of a residual amount of available battery power. A surplus distance indicating how far in kilometers the selected vehicles can each further travel on beyond the destination away from the facility is additionally calculated and this information is transmitted. After the selection of the next-useable vehicles by a computer of the facility, increment/decrements in the residual amount of available battery power between each selected next-useable vehicle and the vehicle that a user has used to arrive at the facility, and incentive information are calculated and displayed at the computer.
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7 Claims
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1. A vehicle electric power management apparatus for a vehicle electric power supply system, the vehicle electric power supply system including vehicles each equipped with a battery, facilities each configured to supply battery electric power to each of the vehicles, the vehicle electric power management apparatus configured to collect information on a residual amount of useable vehicle-mounted battery electric power, and a terminal unit configured to receive the residual-power information from the vehicle electric power management apparatus, the vehicle electric power management apparatus comprising:
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vehicle information storing unit configured to hold internally the information relating to the residual available electric power of each vehicle; search unit for a user, before changing vehicles at one of the facilities to travel therefrom to a destination, configured to retrieve the residual-power information from the vehicle information storing unit and to search for a vehicle having a residual amount of available electric power sufficient for traveling through a distance to the destination; processing unit configured to calculate a relative increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power between the vehicle that the user has traveled to the facility, and the vehicle searched for as a vehicle to be next used; and output unit configured to deliver, as a notification to the user, information on the calculated increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power due to the vehicle change, and information on the vehicle to be next used, to the terminal unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A vehicle electric power management system for a vehicle electric power supply system, the vehicle electric power supply system including vehicles each equipped with a battery, facilities each configured to supply battery electric power to each of the vehicles, the vehicle electric power management apparatus configured to collect information on a residual amount of useable vehicle-mounted battery electric power, and a terminal unit configured to receive the residual-power information from the vehicle electric power management apparatus;
wherein; the vehicle electric power management apparatus includes vehicle information storing unit configured to hold internally the information relating to the residual available electric power of the vehicle, search unit for a user, before changing vehicles at one of the facilities to travel therefrom to a destination, configured to retrieve the residual-power information from the vehicle information storing unit and to search for a vehicle having a residual amount of available electric power sufficient for traveling through a distance to the destination, processing unit configured to calculate a relative increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power between the vehicle that the user has traveled to the facility, and the vehicle searched for as a vehicle to be next used, and output unit configured to deliver, to the terminal unit, information on the calculated increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power due to the vehicle change, and information on the vehicle to be next used; the terminal unit includes receiving unit configured to receive the residual-power increment/decrement information delivered from the vehicle electric power management apparatus, and the information relating to the vehicle to be next used, display unit configured to display the received residual-power increment/decrement information and the information relating to the vehicle to be next used, input unit configured to select, in response to specification by the user, the displayed information relating to the vehicle to be next used, and transmission unit configured to transmit the selected vehicle information to the vehicle electric power management apparatus; and the vehicle electric power management apparatus is configured to store and manage increments/decrements in residual amounts of available electric power, on a user-by-user basis, in accordance with the vehicle information selected by users using the terminal unit.
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7. A method of managing a vehicle electric power management apparatus for a vehicle electric power supply system, the vehicle electric power supply system including vehicles each equipped with a battery, facilities each configured to supply battery electric power to each of the vehicles, the vehicle electric power management apparatus configured to collect information on a residual amount of useable vehicle-mounted battery electric power, and a terminal unit configured to receive the residual-power information from the vehicle electric power management apparatus, the method comprising:
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storing, using a computer, the residual-power information; searching, using the computer, for a user, before changing vehicles at one of the facilities to travel therefrom to a destination, to retrieve the stored residual-power information and searching, using the computer, for a vehicle having a residual amount of available electric power sufficient for traveling through a distance to the destination; calculating, using the computer, a relative increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power between the vehicle that the user has traveled to the facility, and the vehicle searched for as a vehicle to be next used; and delivering, using the computer, as a notification to the user, information on the calculated increment/decrement in the residual amount of available electric power due to the vehicle change, and information on the vehicle to be next used, to the terminal unit.
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