IP Library Granted Patent US 9,071,082
Granted Patent B2
US 9,071,082 · App. 13/526,655 · Granted Jun 30, 2015

Charge/discharge determination apparatus, charge/discharge determination method and charge/discharge determination program

Inventors: Yasuyuki Nishibayashi (Kanagawa, JP); Keiichi Teramoto (Tokyo, JP); Kotaro Ise (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
H02J3/32H02J3/38Y04S10/126Y02E60/721B60L11/1816B60L11/1857B60L11/1862B60L2210/30B60L2210/40B60L2240/72Y02T10/7044Y02T10/7005Y02T10/705Y02T10/7241Y02T90/16Y02T90/163Y02T90/14Y02T90/127Y02T10/7291
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Patent No.
US 9,071,082
App. No.
13/526,655
Granted
Jun 30, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a charge/discharge determination apparatus for performing a charge/discharge control of a battery based on instructions given from charge/discharge instruction apparatuses, including: a battery information storage unit which stores battery information concerned with the battery; a charge/discharge information storage unit which stores charge/discharge information for charging/discharging the battery; a communication unit which receives a communication message concerned with an access request from each charge/discharge instruction apparatus; and a control unit which controls access from each charge/discharge instruction apparatus based on the battery information, the charge/discharge information and contents of the access request.

Claims (28)

1. A charge/discharge determination apparatus, comprising:

a communication unit that is communicable with a battery and a plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses, each of the plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses issuing an access request for requiring an access to the battery;

a storage unit that stores

accessibility information that indicates whether the access of each of the plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses with the battery is permitted or not, and

charge/discharge performance information that indicates a performance available to each of the plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses in charging/discharging the battery; and

a control unit that performs a charge/discharge control simultaneously between each of the plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses and the battery, based on the accessibility information and the charge/discharge performance information.

2. The charge/discharge determination apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the accessibility information identifies a remaining number of charge/discharge controls accessible by the battery.

3. The charge/discharge determination apparatus of claim 2 ,

wherein the charge/discharge performance information contains information indicating electric power available in charging/discharging the battery.

4. The charge/discharge determination apparatus of claim 3 ,

wherein the charge/discharge performance information contains information indicating whether each of charging and discharge is permitted or forbidden.

5. The charge/discharge determination apparatus of claim 4 :

wherein the accessibility information contains operation mode information indicating whether the battery is operated on in an on-demand mode or in a scheduled mode.

6. The charge/discharge determination apparatus of claim 2 :

wherein the control unit is capable of setting the remaining number of charge/discharge controls acceptable by the battery to 1.

7. The charge/discharge determination apparatus of claim 6 ,

wherein the accessibility information contains authentication information that indicates whether an authentication process between the charge/discharge determination apparatus and each of the plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses has been completed or not.

8. A charge/discharge determination method, comprising:

receiving, by a communication unit comprising at least one processor and communicable with a battery and a plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses, communication messages from the plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses, wherein the communication messages comprises requests for access to the battery;

determining whether each of the plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses is permitted to access the battery based on accessibility information stored on a storage unit;

determining a performance available to each of the plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses in charging/discharging the battery based on charge/discharge information stored on the storage unit; and

performing, by a control unit, a charge/discharge control simultaneously between each of the plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses and the battery based on the accessibility information and the charge/discharge information.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a charge/discharge determination program, the program causing a computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, by a communication unit comprising at least one processor and communicable with a battery and a plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses, communication messages from the plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses, wherein the communication messages comprises requests for access to the battery;

determining whether each of the plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses is permitted to access the battery based on accessibility information stored on a storage unit;

determining a performance available to each of the plurality of charge/discharge instruction apparatuses in charging/discharging the battery based on charge/discharge information stored on the storage unit; and

performing, by a control unit, a charge/discharge control simultaneously between each charge/discharge instruction apparatus and the battery based on the accessibility information and the charge/discharge information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2012
From: NISHIBAYASHI, YASUYUKI; TERAMOTO, KEIICHI; ISE, KOTARO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-218674 · Sep 30, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130082641A1 · Apr 4, 2013