Vehicle connected to building and vehicle-building connection system
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsDong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
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Abstract
A vehicle connected to a building and a vehicle-building connection system are disclosed. The vehicle includes a door, a vehicle energy storage unit configured to supply driving energy of the vehicle, a vehicle energy connection unit configured to exchange energy between the building and the vehicle energy storage unit, a data connection unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from the building, and a vehicle controller configured to execute any one or more of a connection mode, an energy mode, or a data mode according to an access level with the building.
Claims16
A vehicle connected to a building, comprising:
- a door configured to connect an indoor space of the vehicle and an indoor space of the building to each other as one space when the vehicle is connected to an entrance of the building in a state in which the door is open;
- a vehicle energy storage unit configured to supply driving energy of the vehicle;
- a vehicle energy connection unit electrically connected to an energy supply unit of the building and configured to exchange energy between the building and the vehicle energy storage unit;
- a data connection unit connected to a communication unit of the building and configured to transmit and receive data to and from the building;
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- a vehicle controller configured to control the door according to an access level with the building to execute any one or more of a connection mode of connecting the door to the entrance of the building, an energy mode of exchanging energy between the building and the vehicle energy storage unit through the vehicle energy connection unit, or a data mode of transmitting and receiving data to and from the building through the data connection unit.
A vehicle-building connection system, comprising:
- a building entrance configured to connect an indoor space of a vehicle and an indoor space of a building to each other as one space when the building entrance is connected to a vehicle door in a state in which the building entrance is open;
- a building energy connection unit located in the building and connected to a vehicle energy connection unit of the vehicle to exchange energy with a vehicle energy storage unit;
- a building communication unit located in the building and connected to a vehicle data connection unit to transmit and receive data to and from the vehicle;
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- a building controller configured to control the building entrance according to an access level of the vehicle and to execute any one or more of a connection mode of connecting the building entrance to the door of the vehicle, an energy mode of exchanging energy between the building and the vehicle energy storage unit through the building energy connection unit, or a data mode of transmitting and receiving data to and from the vehicle through the building communication unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.