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BATTERY RESERVATION DEVICE AND BATTERY RESERVATION METHOD

  • US 20180253788A1
  • Filed: 11/02/2016
  • Published: 09/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A battery reservation device that accepts reservations for battery packs that are rented out from a battery station and are installed in a power consumption element, the device comprising:

  • a battery state acquisition component configured to acquire a current remaining battery charge of the battery packs scheduled to be returned to the battery station;

    a scheduled return time acquisition component configured to acquire a scheduled return time at which the battery packs scheduled to be returned will be returned to the battery station;

    a remaining battery charge prediction component configured to predict a remaining battery charge of the battery packs when they are returned to the battery station, on the basis of the current remaining battery charge of the battery packs acquired by the battery state acquisition component and the scheduled return time of the battery packs acquired by the scheduled return time acquisition component;

    a charging speed acquisition component configured to acquire a charging speed of a charger configured to charge the battery packs at the battery station; and

    a reservation acceptance component configured to accept a rental reservation for the battery packs scheduled to be returned on the basis of the remaining battery charge at the time of return predicted by the remaining battery charge prediction component and the charging speed by the charger acquired by the charging speed acquisition component.

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