IP Library Granted Patent US 9,902,273
Granted Patent B2
US 9,902,273 · App. 14/777,648 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Power generation amount output device and solar power generation system

Inventors: Seigen Maeno (Toyota, JP); Takuya Hibino (Kobe, JP)
Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; DENSO TEN LIMITED
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Patent No.
US 9,902,273
App. No.
14/777,648
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power generation amount output device configured to output a power generation amount of a photovoltaic panel having been installed in a vehicle to a display unit, includes a power generation amount obtainment unit configured to obtain the power generation amount of the photovoltaic panel; a fluctuation reduction unit configured to reduce a fluctuation of the power generation amount to be output by the display unit, depending on a vehicle state of the vehicle; and a power generation amount output unit configured to output the power generation amount having the fluctuation reduced by the fluctuation reduction unit to the display unit.

Claims (27)

1. A power generation amount output device, configured to output a power generation amount of a photovoltaic panel to a display unit, the photovoltaic panel being installed in a vehicle, wherein said power generation amount output device comprises:

a power generation amount obtainment unit configured to obtain the power generation amount of the photovoltaic panel;

a fluctuation reduction unit configured to reduce a fluctuation of the power generation amount to be output by the display unit, depending on a vehicle state of the vehicle; and

a power generation amount output unit configured to output the power generation amount having the fluctuation reduced by the fluctuation reduction unit to the display unit.

2. The power generation amount output device, as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fluctuation reduction unit applies a fluctuation check process to the power generation amount obtained by the power generation amount obtainment unit, to suppress the fluctuation of the power generation amount,

wherein the power generation amount output unit outputs the power generation amount having the fluctuation check process applied by the fluctuation reduction unit to the display unit.

3. The power generation amount output device, as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fluctuation reduction unit reduces the fluctuation of the power generation amount to be output by the display unit, by lengthening a cycle to obtain the power generation amount by the power generation amount obtainment unit, or by lengthening a cycle to output the power generation amount obtained by the power generation amount obtainment unit to the display unit.

4. The power generation amount output device, as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fluctuation reduction unit obtains vehicle speed information of the vehicle as the vehicle state, to reduce the fluctuation of the power generation amount to be output by the display unit more when the vehicle speed is higher.

5. The power generation amount output device, as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fluctuation reduction unit obtains vehicle speed information of the vehicle as the vehicle state, and if the vehicle speed is greater than or equal to a reference value, reduces the fluctuation of the power generation amount to be output by the display unit.

6. The power generation amount output device, as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fluctuation reduction unit obtains positional information of the vehicle as the vehicle state, and if a current position of the vehicle indicates that the vehicle is traveling in a place other than predetermined places, reduces the fluctuation of the power generation amount to be output by the display unit.

7. The power generation amount output device, as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a travel state determination unit configured to determine a travel state of the vehicle from operational information of an operational member operated by a driver,

wherein if it is not determined by the travel state determination unit that it is the travel state where the vehicle is traveling at the vehicle speed less than or equal to a predetermined value, the fluctuation reduction unit reduces the fluctuation of the power generation amount to be output by the display unit.

8. A photovoltaic system, including

a photovoltaic panel,

a display unit, and

a power generation amount output device configured to output a power generation amount of the photovoltaic panel,

said power generation amount output device comprising:

a power generation amount obtainment unit configured to obtain the power generation amount of the photovoltaic panel;

a fluctuation reduction unit configured to reduce a fluctuation of the power generation amount to be output by the display unit, depending on a vehicle state of a vehicle; and

a power generation amount output unit configured to output the power generation amount having the fluctuation reduced by the fluctuation reduction unit to the display unit.

9. A power generation amount output device comprising:

a first display unit;

a power generation amount output unit configured to output a power generation amount of a photovoltaic panel to the first display unit, said photovoltaic panel being installed in a vehicle,

a power generation amount obtainment unit configured to obtain the power generation amount of the photovoltaic panel;

a fluctuation reduction unit configured to reduce a fluctuation of the power generation amount to be output by the display unit, depending on a vehicle state of a vehicle; and

a power generation amount display unit configured to have the first display unit display the power generation amount having the fluctuation reduced by the fluctuation reduction unit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 6, 2017
From: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
To: DENSO TEN LIMITED
Reel/Frame 045145/0845 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2015
From: MAENO, SEIGEN; HIBINO, TAKUYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
Reel/Frame 036581/0819 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-095948 · Apr 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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