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US 10,850,617 B2Granted
Electricity supply control apparatus, vehicle, and electricity supply control method
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Kanazawa, Hakaru Sadano, Hajime Fujita
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Abstract
A selector is to choose a target facility from the at least one facility based on a supplier position and a quantity of the energy suppliable. A distance calculator is to calculate a vehicle-facility distance from a current position to a facility position of a target energy supplier. A drivable range calculator is to calculate a drivable range of a vehicle based on a quantity of energy stored in an energy storage. A determining device is to determine whether or not to permit a power supplier to supply an electrical energy to an external device based on the vehicle-facility distance and the drivable range to control electricity supply from the power supplier to the external device.
Claims20
An electricity supply control apparatus comprising:
- a storing section that stores energy;
- a conversion section that converts the energy into electrical energy different from the energy;
- a supply section that supplies the electrical energy to a drive source of a vehicle or to a load external to the vehicle;
- a control section that controls electricity supply from the supply section to the load;
- and
- an acquisition section that acquires information regarding a current position of the vehicle, and information regarding at least one facility located in surroundings of the current position and capable of supplying the energy;
- wherein
- the control section:
- sets one facility from out of the at least one facility as a target destination based on a position of the facility and on a quantity of the energy the facility is capable of supplying, included in the information regarding the at least one facility acquired by the acquisition section,
- controls whether or not to supply electricity from the supply section to the load based on a distance from the current position to the target destination, and on a drivable range of the vehicle corresponding to a quantity of the energy stored in the storing section, and
- calculates the quantity of the energy the facility is capable of supplying based on:
- an arrival time of the vehicle from the current position to the facility;
- and
- an electricity supply time to complete supply of the electricity from the supply section to the load,
- wherein the control section repeats controlling whether or not to supply the electricity from the supply section to the load based on the distance and the drivable range while the supply section supplies the electrical energy to the load.
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An electricity supply control method performed by an electricity supply control apparatus including a storing section that stores energy, a conversion section that converts the energy into electrical energy different from the energy, a supply section that supplies the electrical energy to a drive source of a vehicle or to a load external to the vehicle, a control section that controls electricity supply from the supply section to the load, and an acquisition section that acquires information regarding a current position of the vehicle, and information regarding at least one facility located in surroundings of the current position and capable of supplying the energy, the electricity supply control method comprising:
- causing the control section to set one facility from out of the at least one facility as a target destination based on a position of the facility and on a quantity of the energy the facility is capable of supplying, included in the information regarding the at least one facility acquired by the acquisition section;
- and
- causing the control section to control whether or not to supply electricity from the supply section to the load based on a distance from the current position to the target destination, and on a drivable range of the vehicle corresponding to a quantity of the energy stored in the storing section, wherein
- the control section calculates the quantity of the energy the facility is capable of supplying based on:
- an arrival time of the vehicle from the current position to the facility;
- and
- an electricity supply time to complete supply of the electricity from the supply section to the load,
- wherein the control section repeats controlling whether or not to supply the electricity from the supply section to the load based on the distance and the drivable range while the supply section supplies the electrical energy to the load.
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An electricity supply control apparatus comprising:
- an energy storage to store energy;
- an energy converter to convert the energy into electrical energy;
- a power supplier to supply the electrical energy to a drive source of a vehicle and to an external device external to the vehicle;
- an information acquiring device to acquire vehicle position information regarding a current position of the vehicle and facility information regarding at least one facility which is located within a threshold distance from the current position and at which the energy is to be supplied to the energy storage, the facility information comprising:
- a facility position where the at least one facility is located;
- and
- a quantity of the energy suppliable at the at least one facility;
- a selector to choose a target facility from the at least one facility based on the facility position and the quantity of the energy suppliable;
- a distance calculator to calculate a vehicle-facility distance from the current position to the facility position of the target facility;
- a drivable range calculator to calculate a drivable range of the vehicle based on a quantity of the energy stored in the energy storage;
- and
- a determining device to determine whether or not to permit the power supplier to supply the electrical energy to the external device based on the vehicle-facility distance and the drivable range to control electricity supply from the power supplier to the external device, wherein
- the selector calculates the quantity of the energy suppliable to the vehicle at the at least one facility based on:
- an arrival time of the vehicle from the current position to the at least one facility;
- and
- an electricity supply time to complete supply of the electrical energy from the power supplier to the external device,
- wherein the drivable range calculator repeats calculating the drivable range while the power supplier supplies the electrical energy to the external device, and
- wherein the determining device repeats determining whether or not to permit the power supplier to supply the electrical energy to the external device based on the vehicle-facility distance and the drivable range.
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An electricity supply control method comprising:
- receiving vehicle position information regarding a current position of a vehicle and facility information regarding at least one facility which is located within a threshold distance from the current position and at which the energy is to be supplied to an energy storage, the energy stored in the energy storage being converted into electrical energy to be supplied to a drive source of a vehicle and to an external device external to the vehicle, the facility information comprising:
- a facility position where the at least one facility is located;
- and
- a quantity of the energy suppliable at the at least one facility;
- choosing a target facility from the at least one facility based on the facility position and the quantity of the energy suppliable;
- calculating a vehicle-facility distance from the current position to the facility position of the target facility;
- calculating a drivable range of the vehicle based on a quantity of the energy stored in the energy storage;
- and
- determining whether or not to supply the electrical energy to the external device based on the vehicle-facility distance and the drivable range to control electricity supply to the external device, wherein
- the quantity of the energy suppliable at the at least one facility is calculated based on:
- an arrival time of the vehicle from the current position to the at least one facility;
- and
- an electricity supply time to complete supply of the electrical energy to the external device,
- wherein the drivable range is repeatedly calculated while the electrical energy is supplied to the external device, and
- wherein whether or not to supply the electrical energy to the external device based on the vehicle-facility distance and the drivable range is repeatedly determined while the electrical energy is supplied to the external device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.