Charging device for vehicle, vehicle, and method for controlling the vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorSe Min Oh
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides charging devices for vehicles, vehicles including the same, and methods of controlling the vehicles. In one form of the present disclosure, a remote control device includes a charging device for a vehicle, the charging device includes a plurality of chargers installed in the vehicle, a communication device provided in each charger of the plurality of chargers and configured to receive information regarding a charging capacity of an electronic device connected to the plurality of chargers from the electronic device and a controller configured to determine charging capacities allocated to the plurality of chargers based on the information regarding the charging capacity of the electronic device.
Claims14
A charging device for a vehicle, the charging device comprising:
- a plurality of chargers installed in the vehicle;
- a communication device provided in each charger of the plurality of chargers, the communication device configured to receive, from an electronic device, information regarding a charging capacity of the electronic device, wherein the electronic device is connected to each charger of the plurality of chargers;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine charging capacities allocated to the plurality of chargers based on the information regarding the charging capacity of the electronic device;
- determine a charging capacity allocated to a charger in use among the plurality of chargers;
- determine the charging capacity allocated to the charger in use based on the charging capacity of the electronic device connected to the charger in use and a total charging capacity of the charging device;
- determine a charging capacity of a charger having a priority from the charger in use;
- and
- determine that charging capacities of remaining chargers is a predetermined capacity.
A vehicle provided with a charging device for vehicles, wherein the charging device for vehicles comprises:
- a plurality of chargers installed in the vehicle;
- a communication device configured to communicate with an electronic device connected to each charger of the plurality of chargers;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine charging capacities allocated to a charger in use among the plurality of chargers based on charging capacities of electronic devices connected to the plurality of chargers;
- determine the charging capacity allocated to the charger in use among the plurality of chargers based on the charging capacities of the electronic devices connected to the plurality of chargers and a total charging capacity of the charging device;
- determine a charging capacity of a charger having a priority from the charger in use;
- and
- determine that charging capacities of remaining chargers is a predetermined capacity.
A method of controlling a charging device for a vehicle provided with a plurality of chargers therein, the method comprising:
- receiving information regarding charging capacities of electronic devices connected to the plurality of chargers from the electronic devices;
- and
- determining a charging capacity allocated to a charger in use among the plurality of chargers based on the information regarding the charging capacities of the electronic devices,
- wherein determining the charging capacity allocated to the charger in use comprises:
- determining the charging capacity allocated to the charger in use among the plurality of chargers based on the charging capacities of electronic devices connected to the plurality of chargers and a total charging capacity of the charging device;
- determining a charging capacity of a charger having a priority from the charger in use;
- and
- determining that charging capacities of remaining chargers is a predetermined capacity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.