Charging device for vehicle and control method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsHyun Jong You, Chang Kiun Kwark
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Abstract
A charging device for a vehicle includes: a charge port connected to a charge cable and accessible from the outside of the vehicle; a locking device locking the charge cable to the charge port; a battery configured to be charged by electric power supplied from the charge cable; a button including an icon that is turned on according to a lock setting state and accessible from the outside of the vehicle; and a processor configured to change a lock setting state of the charge cable and the charge port according to a user input received through the button, turn on or turn off the icon included in the button according to the lock setting state, and control locking of the locking device according to the lock setting state.
Claims18
A charging device for a vehicle, the charging device comprising:
- a charge port connected to a charge cable and accessible from the outside of the vehicle;
- a locking device locking the charge cable to the charge port;
- a battery configured to be charged by electric power supplied from the charge cable;
- a button including an icon that is turned on according to a lock setting state and accessible from the outside of the vehicle;
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- a processor configured to change a lock setting state of the charge cable and the charge port according to a user input received through the button, turn on or turn off the icon included in the button according to the lock setting state, and control locking of the locking device according to the lock setting state,
- wherein the icon that is turned on in the button is changed according to the lock setting state.
A method for controlling a charging device for a vehicle, the method comprising steps of:
- connecting a charge cable to a charge port accessible from the outside of the vehicle;
- receiving a user input through a button accessible from the outside of the vehicle;
- changing a lock setting state of the charge cable and the charge port according to the user input;
- turning on or turning off an icon included in the button according to the lock setting state;
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- controlling locking of a locking device locking the charge cable to the charge port according to the lock setting state,
- wherein the icon that is turned on in the button is changed according to the lock setting state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.