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US 11,305,667 B2Granted
Vehicle and power control system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinji Ichikawa
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a power storage device, a connector, a power converter, and an ECU. The connector and the power converter are configured to supply, to the power facility, power stored in the power storage device. When the vehicle is connected to the power facility via a power cable, the ECU is configured to control an upper limit SOC and a lower limit SOC in association with time. The upper limit SOC and lower limit SOC define an SOC usable range of the power storage device.
Claims11
A vehicle comprising:
- a power storage device;
- a power supply device configured to supply, to outside the vehicle, power stored in the power storage device;
- and
- a control device configured to control a usable range of an SOC of the power storage device in association with time, when the power supply device is connected to a power facility provided outside the vehicle,
- wherein the power storage device is configured to receive power such that the SOC of the power storage device exceeds an upper limit of the usable range until the SOC of the power storage device exceeds the upper limit of the usable range for a predetermined time, wherein the predetermined time is set by the control device in advance of the SOC exceeding the upper limit and the predetermined time begins when the SOC of the power storage device exceeds the upper limit of the usable range.
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A power control system comprising:
- a vehicle;
- and
- a terminal device, wherein
- the vehicle includes
- a power storage device,
- a power supply device configured to supply, to outside the vehicle, power stored in the power storage device, and
- a control device configured to control a usable range of an SOC of the power storage device in association with time, when the power supply device is connected to a power facility provided outside the vehicle, and the terminal device includes
- a setting device configured to allow a user to set the usable range, and
- a communication device configured to transmit, to the vehicle, the usable range set by the user in the setting device,
- the power storage device is configured to receive power such that the SOC of the power storage device exceeds an upper limit of the usable range until the SOC of the power storage device exceeds the upper limit of the usable range for a predetermined time, wherein the predetermined time is set by the control device in advance of the SOC exceeding the upper limit and the predetermined time begins when the SOC of the power storage device exceeds the upper limit of the usable range.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.