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US 11,376,989 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus and method for bidirectional transmission of electric power between electric vehicle and power system
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorYusaku Amari
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes an acquirer that is configured to acquire information regarding charging and discharging of a traveling battery provided in a vehicle with respect to an electric power system, and a communication controller that is configured to cause a communicator mounted on the vehicle to transmit the information acquired by the acquirer to a server apparatus in a case where a predefined condition associated with the type of the information is satisfied.
Claims8
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- an acquirer that is configured to acquire information regarding charging and discharging of a traveling battery provided in a vehicle with respect to an electric power system;
- and
- a communication controller that is configured to cause a communicator mounted on the vehicle to transmit the information acquired by the acquirer to a server apparatus in a case where a predefined condition associated with a type of the information is satisfied,
- wherein the information acquired by the acquirer includes a first total time and a second total time,
- the first total time is a sum of discharge time in which the travelling battery discharges power to an external power source apparatus as the traveling battery is connected to the external power source apparatus,
- the second total time is a sum of charge time in which the travelling battery charges power supplied by the external power source apparatus as the traveling battery is connected to the external power source apparatus,
- the communication controller;
- determines whether a sum of the first total time and the second total time reaches a first threshold value or not,
- does not cause the communicator to transmit a vehicle identification number of the vehicle and the second total time to the server apparatus in a case where the sum of the first total time and the second total time does not reach the first threshold value,
- cause the communicator to transmit the vehicle identification number and the second total time to the server apparatus in a case where the sum of the first total time and the second total time reaches the first threshold value,
- the travelling battery deteriorates as the sum of the first total time and the second total time increases, and
- the first threshold value is a value which is estimated to indicate that a degree of deterioration of the traveling battery is equal to or greater than a reference value.
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An information processing method of causing a computer to:
- acquire information regarding charging and discharging of a traveling battery provided in a vehicle with respect to an electric power system;
- and
- transmit the information to a server apparatus by using a communicator mounted on the vehicle in a case where a predefined condition associated with a type of the information is satisfied,
- wherein the information includes a first total time and a second total time,
- the first total time is a sum of discharge time in which the travelling battery discharges power to an external power source apparatus as the traveling battery is connected to the external power source apparatus,
- the second total time is a sum of charge time in which the travelling battery charges power supplied by the external power source apparatus as the traveling battery is connected to the external power source apparatus,
- wherein the information processing method further causes the computer to:
- determine whether a sum of the first total time and the second total time reaches a first threshold value or not,
- not cause the communicator to transmit a vehicle identification number of the vehicle and the second total time to the server apparatus in a case where the sum of the first total time and the second total time does not reach the first threshold value,
- cause the communicator to transmit the vehicle identification number and the second total time to the server apparatus in a case where the sum of the first total time and the second total time reaches the first threshold value,
- the travelling battery deteriorates as the sum of the first total time and the second total time increases, and
- the first threshold value is a value which is estimated to indicate that a degree of deterioration of the traveling battery is equal to or greater than a reference value.
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A storage medium storing a program causing a computer to:
- acquire information regarding charging and discharging of a traveling battery provided in a vehicle with respect to an electric power system;
- and
- transmit the information to a server apparatus by using a communicator mounted on the vehicle in a case where a predefined condition associated with a type of the information is satisfied,
- wherein the information includes a first total time and a second total time,
- the first total time is a sum of discharge time in which the travelling battery discharges power to an external power source apparatus as the traveling battery is connected to the external power source apparatus,
- the second total time is a sum of charge time in which the travelling battery charges power supplied by the external power source apparatus as the traveling battery is connected to the external power source apparatus,
- wherein the program further causes the computer to:
- determine whether a sum of the first total time and the second total time reaches a first threshold value or not,
- not cause the communicator to transmit a vehicle identification number of the vehicle and the second total time to the server apparatus in a case where the sum of the first total time and the second total time does not reach the first threshold value,
- cause the communicator to transmit the vehicle identification number and the second total time to the server apparatus in a case where the sum of the first total time and the second total time reaches the first threshold value,
- the travelling battery deteriorates as the sum of the first total time and the second total time increases, and
- the first threshold value is a value which is estimated to indicate that a degree of deterioration of the traveling battery is equal to or greater than a reference value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.