IP Library Granted Patent US 12676485
Granted Patent B2
US 12676485 · App. 18/937,033 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Controller, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and control method

Inventor: Seiichiro Kondo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
H02J3/322B60L53/60G06Q30/0236G06Q50/06
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Patent No.
US 12676485
App. No.
18/937,033
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A controller according to an embodiment includes a determiner and an output controller. The determiner determines a number of participants representing a number of electric power sources that are able to actually participate in supplying of electric power to an electric system. The output controller causes each of the electric power sources that are able to actually participate in the supplying to output, to the electric system, an electric energy determined by dividing a predetermined electric energy by the number of participants. The controller according to the embodiment may further include a granter. The granter grants an incentive to users who use the electric power sources that actually participate in the supply.

Claims (17)

1 . A controller comprising:

a determiner that determines a number of participants representing a number of electric power sources that are able to actually participate in supplying of electric power to an electric system;

an output controller that causes each of the electric power sources that are able to actually participate in the supplying to output, to the electric system, an electric energy determined by dividing a predetermined electric energy by the number of participants; and

a granter that grants an incentive to users which use the electric power sources that actually participate in the supplying,

wherein the granter increases an amount of the incentive as a participation ratio, which is a ratio of the electric power sources that actually participate in the supplying to the electric power sources that have registered to participate, increases.

2 . The controller according to claim 1 , wherein the granter Increases the amount of the incentive as the participation ratio during a first predetermined period of time increases, and increases the amount of the incentive as the participation ratio during a second predetermined period of time that is longer than the first predetermined period of time increases.

3 . The controller according to claim 1 , wherein the granter increases an amount of the incentive as a number of times of actual participation in the supplying increases.

4 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a processor included in a controller to function as:

a determiner that determines a number of participants representing a number of electric power sources that are able to actually participate in supplying of electric power to an electric system;

an output controller that causes each of the electric power sources to output, to the electric system, an electric energy determined by dividing a predetermined electric energy by the number of participants; and

a granter that grants an incentive to users which use the electric power sources that actually participate in the supplying,

wherein the granter increases an amount of the incentive as a participation ratio, which is a ratio of the electric power sources that actually participate in the supplying to the electric power sources that have registered to participate, increases.

5 . A control method comprising:

determining a number of participants representing a number of electric power sources that are able to actually participate in supplying of electric power to an electric system;

causing each of the electric power sources to output, to the electric system, an electric energy determined by dividing a predetermined electric energy by the number of participants; and

granting an incentive to users which use the electric power sources that actually participate in the supplying,

the granting comprises increasing an amount of the incentive as a participation ratio, which is a ratio of the electric power sources that actually participate in the supplying to the electric power sources that have registered to participate, increases.