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US 11,894,690 · App. 17/834,080 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Vehicle, power supplying method, and communication device

Inventors: Ryosuke Ikemura (Susono, JP); Shogo Tsuge (Fuji, JP); Toshiya Hashimoto (Miyoshi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H02J50/12B60L53/126H02J50/80
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Patent No.
US 11,894,690
App. No.
17/834,080
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The vehicle includes a first communication device for directly or indirectly communicating with the ground power supplying apparatus by wide area wireless communication with a communication distance of greater than or equal to 10 meters, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to request the ground power supplying apparatus cancel supply of power to the vehicle by the wide area wireless communication when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Claims (18)

1. A vehicle receiving power from a ground power supplying apparatus by noncontact, comprises:

a first communication device for directly or indirectly communicating with the ground power supplying apparatus by wide area wireless communication with a communication distance of greater than or equal to 10 meters;

a second communication device for directly communicating with the ground power supplying apparatus by short range wireless communication with a communication distance of less than 10 meters; and

an electronic control unit, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to:

request the ground power supplying apparatus cancel supply of power to the vehicle by the wide area wireless communication when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition relating to whether a situation arises where the supply of power is to be cancelled from a vehicle side; and

request the ground power supplying apparatus supply power to the vehicle by transmitting vehicle identification information of the vehicle by the short range wireless communication, and stop the supply of power from the ground power supplying apparatus to the vehicle by stopping transmission of the vehicle identification information when the predetermined condition is satisfied.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to request the ground power supplying apparatus cancel the supply of power to the vehicle by requesting deletion of the vehicle identification information of the vehicle registered in an identification information list of the ground power supplying apparatus.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to request the ground power supplying apparatus cancel the supply of power to the vehicle by requesting the ground power supplying apparatus stop transmission of power to the vehicle.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a power receiving apparatus for receiving power from the ground power supplying apparatus;

a battery to be supplied with power from the power receiving apparatus; and

a relay arranged between the power receiving apparatus and the battery, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to selectively switch a state of the relay between a connected state connecting the power receiving apparatus and the battery and a disconnected state disconnecting the power receiving apparatus and the battery, and switch the state of the relay from the connected state to the disconnected state when the predetermined condition is satisfied.

5. A power supplying method using a ground power supplying apparatus to supply power to a vehicle by noncontact, including:

having the vehicle request the ground power supplying apparatus cancel supply of power to the vehicle through wide area wireless communication with a communication distance of greater than or equal to 10 meters when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition relating to whether a situation arises where the supply of power is to be cancelled from a vehicle side;

requesting the ground power supplying apparatus supply power to the vehicle by having the vehicle transmit vehicle identification information of the vehicle by short range wireless communication with a communication distance of less than 10 meters; and

stopping the supply of power from the ground power supplying apparatus to the vehicle by having the vehicle stop transmission of the vehicle identification information when the predetermined condition is satisfied.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2022
From: IKEMURA, RYOSUKE; TSUGE, SHOGO; HASHIMOTO, TOSHIYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060120/0356 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-101181 · Jun 17, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220407361A1 · Dec 22, 2022