IP Library Granted Patent US 11,254,232
Granted Patent B2
US 11,254,232 · App. 16/777,320 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Control apparatus of vehicle, vehicle including control apparatus, and control method of vehicle

Inventor: Daiki Takayama (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60L53/66B60L53/14B60L53/16H02J7/00034H02J7/02B60K6/28B60Y2200/91B60Y2200/92B60Y2300/91Y02T90/14
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Patent No.
US 11,254,232
App. No.
16/777,320
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control apparatus of a vehicle includes an input and output port configured to input and output signals transmitted and received between the vehicle and a charger and an electronic control unit configured to control the transmission and reception of the signals through the input and output port according to a communication sequence defined in order to charge an electric power storage device. The communication sequence defines that the vehicle proceeds with the communication sequence based on a content represented by the signal received by the vehicle from the charger. The electronic control unit is configured to proceed with the communication sequence regardless of the content represented by a predetermined specific signal when the signal received from the charger is the predetermined specific signal.

Claims (16)

1. A control apparatus of a vehicle configured to be able to charge an in-vehicle electric power storage device with electric power supplied from a charger provided outside the vehicle, the control apparatus comprising:

an input and output unit configured to input and output signals transmitted and received between the vehicle and the charger; and

an electronic control unit configured to control transmission and reception of the signals through the input and output unit according to a communication sequence defined in order to charge the electric power storage device, wherein:

the communication sequence defines that the vehicle proceeds with the communication sequence based on a content represented by the signal received by the vehicle from the charger, the content including a data field;

the electronic control unit is configured to proceed with the communication sequence without referring to the data field when the signal received from the charger is one of a charging stop message, a charger handshake message, a charging state message, or a charger statistical data message; and

the electronic control unit is configured to proceed with the communication sequence by referring to the data field for acquiring information included in the data field when the signal received from the charger is not one of the charging stop message, the charger handshake message, the charging state message, or the charger statistical data message.

2. The control apparatus of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the electronic control unit determines whether or not a control by the charger reaches a predetermined timeout time when the data field does not represent contents defined in the communication sequence; and

the electronic control unit ends the control when a time from a start of the control by the charger reaches the predetermined timeout time.

3. A vehicle comprising:

the electric power storage device; and

the control apparatus according to claim 1 .

4. A control method of a vehicle configured to be able to charge an in-vehicle electric power storage device with electric power supplied from a charger provided outside the vehicle, in which the vehicle is configured to transmit and receive signals to and from the charger according to a communication sequence defined in order to charge the electric power storage device and the communication sequence defines that the vehicle proceeds with the communication sequence based on a content represented by the signal received by the vehicle from the charger, the content including a data field, the control method comprising:

determining whether or not the signal received from the charger is one of a charging stop message, a charger handshake message, a charging state message, or a charger statistical data message; and

proceeding with the communication sequence without referring to the data field when the signal received from the charger is one of the charging stop message, the charger handshake message, the charging state message, or the charger statistical data message; and

proceeding with the communication sequence by referring to the data field for acquiring information included in the data field when the signal received from the charger is not one of the charging stop message, the charger handshake message, the charging state message, or the charger statistical data message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2020
From: TAKAYAMA, DAIKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051760/0439 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-018612 · Feb 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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