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Granted Patent B2
US 12,139,037 · App. 17/481,969 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Charge control system, charge control device, and recording medium

Inventors: Daiki Yokoyama (Gotembe, JP); Daiki Kawachino (Sunto-gun, JP); Shota Tsukamoto (Susono, JP); Rie Yayabe (Susono, JP); Masaaki Sato (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60L53/68B60L53/665H02J7/0071H02J7/00712
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Patent No.
US 12,139,037
App. No.
17/481,969
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A charge control system includes: a charging apparatus including a first processor to cause the charging apparatus to store electric power to be supplied to at least one preset facility; a facility server provided in the facility; and a charge control device including a second processor to acquire facility schedule information regarding a future schedule of the facility from the facility server, calculate an amount of electric power to be supplied to the facility based on a schedule of opening and closure of the facility included in the facility schedule information, and perform charging control for the charging apparatus based on the calculated amount of electric power.

Claims (26)

1. A charge control system comprising:

a charging apparatus including a first processor configured to cause the charging apparatus to store electric power to be supplied to at least one preset facility;

a facility server provided in the facility;

a charge control device including a second processor configured to acquire facility schedule information regarding a future schedule of the facility from the facility server, calculate an amount of electric power to be supplied to the facility based on a schedule of opening and closure of the facility included in the facility schedule information, and perform charging control for the charging apparatus based on the calculated amount of electric power; and

an automatic driving vehicle that is supplied with electric power from the charging apparatus and that accommodates a user of the facility,

wherein the second processor is configured to:

calculate amounts of electric power to be supplied to the facility and the automatic driving vehicle such that the amount of electric power to be supplied to the facility and the amount of electric power to be supplied to the automatic driving vehicle are in a predetermined ratio; and

when the facility schedule information includes a schedule of closure of the facility, calculate the amounts of electric power to be supplied to the facility and the automatic driving vehicle such that a ratio of the amount of electric power to be supplied to the facility is small and a ratio of the amount of electric power to be supplied to the automatic driving vehicle is large, with respect to the predetermined ratio.

2. The charge control system according to claim 1 , wherein the second processor is further configured to:

when the facility schedule information includes a schedule of closure of a plurality of facilities, determine the predetermined ratio based on the number of the facilities scheduled to be closed, the number of users of the facilities who are users of the facilities and who ride the automatic driving vehicle, and an accommodation capacity of the automatic driving vehicle.

3. A charge control device comprising a processor configured to:

acquire facility schedule information regarding a future schedule of at least one facility from a facility server provided in the facility that is supplied with electric power from a charging apparatus;

calculate an amount of electric power to be supplied to the facility based on a schedule of opening and closure of the facility included in the facility schedule information;

perform charge control for the charging apparatus based on the calculated amount of power;

calculate amounts of electric power to be supplied to the facility and the automatic driving vehicle that is supplied with electric power from the charging apparatus and that accommodates at least one user of the facility such that the amount of electric power to be supplied to the facility and the amount of electric power to be supplied to the automatic driving vehicle are in a predetermined ratio; and

when the facility schedule information includes a schedule of closure of the facility, calculate the amounts of electric power to be supplied to the facility and the automatic driving vehicle such that a ratio of the amount of electric power to be supplied to the facility is small and a ratio of the amount of electric power to be supplied to the automatic driving vehicle is large, with respect to the predetermined ratio.

4. The charge control device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the facility schedule information includes a schedule of closure of a plurality of facilities, determine the predetermined ratio based on the number of the facilities scheduled to be closed, the number of users of the facilities who are users of the facilities and who ride the automatic driving vehicle, and an accommodation capacity of the automatic driving vehicle.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a charge control program that causes a processor to:

acquire facility schedule information regarding a future schedule of at least one facility from a facility server provided in the facility that is supplied with electric power from a charging apparatus;

calculate an amount of electric power to be supplied to the facility based on a schedule of opening and closure of the facility included in the facility schedule information;

perform charge control for the charging apparatus based on the calculated amount of power;

calculate amounts of electric power to be supplied to the facility and the automatic driving vehicle that is supplied with electric power from the charging apparatus and that accommodates at least one user of the facility such that the amount of electric power to be supplied to the facility and the amount of electric power to be supplied to the automatic driving vehicle are in a predetermined ratio; and

when the facility schedule information includes a schedule of closure of the facility, calculate the amounts of electric power to be supplied to the facility and the automatic driving vehicle such that a ratio of the amount of electric power to be supplied to the facility is small and a ratio of the amount of electric power to be supplied to the automatic driving vehicle is large, with respect to the predetermined ratio.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 5 , wherein the charge control program further causes the processor to:

when the facility schedule information includes a schedule of closure of a plurality of facilities, determine the predetermined ratio based on the number of the facilities scheduled to be closed, the number of users of the facilities who are users of the facilities and who ride the automatic driving vehicle, and an accommodation capacity of the automatic driving vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2021
From: YOKOYAMA, DAIKI; KAWACHINO, DAIKI; TSUKAMOTO, SHOTA; YAYABE, RIE; SATO, MASAAKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 057566/0228 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-188688 · Nov 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220144124A1 · May 12, 2022