Control apparatus for providing vehicle and automobile navigation that incorporates information related to charging stations
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomoya Katanoda, Hirotaka Omisha
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Abstract
A control apparatus for a vehicle, is mounted on an automobile that has a motor for traveling and a power storage apparatus for exchanging electric power with the motor. The control apparatus is configured to execute external charging for charging the power storage apparatus by using electric power from an external power supply, and is configured to perform a route guidance for a planned travel route to a destination. When operation information on a charging spot of the destination is not obtainable and it is predicted that the charging spot of the destination is not usable, it is recommended to execute the external charging at a charging spot around the planned travel route.
Claims12
A control apparatus for a vehicle, which is mounted on an automobile that has a motor for traveling and a power storage apparatus for exchanging electric power with the motor, comprising:
- an electronic control unit configured to execute external charging for charging the power storage apparatus by using electric power from an external power supply;
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- a navigation apparatus configured to perform a route guidance of a planned travel route to a destination,
- wherein, based on operation information on a charging spot of the destination not being obtainable, the navigation apparatus is configured to recommend executing external charging at a charging spot within a predetermined distance of the planned travel route,
- wherein, based on the operation information on the charging spot of the destination being obtainable and the navigation apparatus predicting that the charging spot of the destination is not available, the navigation apparatus is configured to recommend executing the external charging at a charging spot within the predetermined distance of the planned travel route, and
- wherein the operation information on the charging spot indicates a status of the charging spot.
A control apparatus for a vehicle, which is mounted on an automobile that has a motor for traveling and a power storage apparatus for exchanging electric power with the motor, comprising:
- an electronic control unit configured to execute external charging for charging the power storage apparatus by using electric power from an external power supply;
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- a navigation apparatus configured to perform a route guidance of a planned travel route to a destination,
- wherein, based on operation information on a charging spot of the destination not being obtainable by the control apparatus, the navigation apparatus is configured to recommend executing the external charging at a charging spot that is within a predetermined distance of the planned travel route,
- wherein, based on the operating information on the charging spot of the destination being available, the navigation apparatus is configured to predict availability of the charging spot at a planned arrival time of the destination,
- wherein the operation information on the charging spot indicates a status of the charging spot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.