IP Library Granted Patent US 12,415,432
Granted Patent B2
US 12,415,432 · App. 17/525,226 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Charging control system, charging control apparatus, and computer readable recording medium

Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama (Gotemba, JP); Daiki Kawachino (Sunto-gun, JP); Shota Tsukamoto (Susono, JP); Rie Yayabe (Susono, JP); Masaaki Sato (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60L53/305B60L53/16B60L53/66
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Patent No.
US 12,415,432
App. No.
17/525,226
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A charging control system includes: a charging apparatus including a first processor, the charging apparatus being configured to store electric power to be supplied in a predetermined area; a charging stand provided in the predetermined area and including a second processor, the charging stand being configured to supply the electric power supplied from the charging apparatus to one or more electric vehicles in the predetermined area; and a charging control apparatus including a third processor, the third processor being configured to calculate number of the one or more electric vehicles in the predetermined area, calculate a charging amount of the charging apparatus based on the calculated number of the one or more electric vehicles, and perform charging control of the charging apparatus based on the calculated charging amount.

Claims (10)

1. A charging control apparatus comprising

a processor configured to:

calculate number of one or more electric vehicles in a preset area;

calculate, based on the calculated number of the one or more electric vehicles, a charging amount of a charging apparatus configured to supply electric power to the one or more electric vehicles through a charging stand provided in the preset area;

perform charging control of the charging apparatus based on the calculated charging amount;

acquire information about a destination or a waypoint of each of the one or more electric vehicles traveling both within and outside the preset area; and

calculate, as the number of the one or more electric vehicles in the preset area, the number of the one or more electric vehicles setting the preset area as the destination or the waypoint.

2. The charging control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire information regarding remaining electric power of each of the one or more electric vehicles in the preset area; and

calculate a charging amount of the charging apparatus based on the calculated number of the one or more electric vehicles and the information regarding the remaining electric power of each of the one or more electric vehicles.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2021
From: YOKOYAMA, DAIKI; KAWACHINO, DAIKI; TSUKAMOTO, SHOTA; YAYABE, RIE; SATO, MASAAKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058098/0994 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-194668 · Nov 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220161674A1 · May 26, 2022
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