# US 11,993,172 B2 · Power information processing apparatus, power information processing system, and power information processing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,993,172 B2 - Document ID: US11993172B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/201,213 - Filed: 2021-03-15 - Published: 2021-09-30 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-27 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Makoto Ogawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11993172B2 ## CPC - B60L 55/00: Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements - B60L 53/63: in response to network capacity - B60L 53/65: involving identification of vehicles or their battery types - B60L 58/12: responding to state of charge [SoC] - G06Q 20/145: {Payments according to the detected use or quantity} - G07F 15/005: {dispensed for the electrical charging of vehicles (electrical charging as such, B60L50/00)} - G07F 15/008: {Rewarding for providing delivery of electricity to the network} - H02J 3/322: {the battery being on-board an electric or hybrid vehicle, e.g. vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G], power aggregation, use of the battery for network load balancing, coordinated or cooperative battery charging} - B60L 2240/72: Charging station selection relying on external data - Y02E 60/00: Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 10/72: Electric energy management in electromobility - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles - Y02T 90/167: Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV] - Y04S 10/126: the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G] - Y04S 50/12: Billing, invoicing, buying or selling transactions or other related activities, e.g. cost or usage evaluation - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract A power information processing apparatus comprises: an obtaining unit configured to obtain information of a power system network and information of a plurality of electric vehicles; a determination unit configured to determine, based on a comparison between demand power required in the power system network in a blackout state and supply power that can be supplied from the plurality of electric vehicles, allocation of an electric vehicle, of the plurality of electric vehicles, which is used to discharge electric power to the power system network; and a guiding unit configured to guide, based on the allocation, each of the plurality of electric vehicles to a charging/discharging unit configured to discharge the electric power to the power system network. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A power information processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain information of a power system network and information of a plurality of electric vehicles; a determination unit configured to determine, based on a comparison between demand power required in the power system network in a blackout state and supply power that can be supplied from the plurality of electric vehicles, allocation of an electric vehicle, of the plurality of electric vehicles, which is used to discharge electric power to the power system network; and a guiding unit configured to guide, based on the allocation, each of the plurality of electric vehicles to a charging/discharging unit configured to discharge the electric power to the power system network, wherein the guiding unit generates route information for guiding each of the plurality of electric vehicles to the charging/discharging unit based on the allocation determined by the determination unit, and guides each of the plurality of electric vehicles based on the generated route information, and the guiding unit performs route search from current positions of the plurality of electric vehicles to the charging/discharging unit, based on the route information, and when the route information indicates that road closure occurs in a partial section, the guiding unit changes a route in real time, by selecting a shortest route by using distance to the charging/discharging unit as a parameter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines the allocation of the electric vehicle such that the demand power and the supply power are equal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if a plurality of areas in the power system network require electric power, the determination unit compares demand powers of the areas and determines allocation by giving priority to an area having a large demand power. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines the number of electric vehicles to be allocated in accordance with the number of charging/discharging units as guidance destinations. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if a plurality of electric vehicles are candidates for allocation when determining allocation of the electric vehicle, the determination unit determines allocation such that an electric vehicle having a large battery capacity in a fully charged state is selected, based on information of types of the plurality of electric vehicles. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining unit obtains, as information of the power system network, state information indicating whether the power system network is in a normal state or a blackout state, information indicating whether the power system network requires electric power, information indicating the position of the charging/discharging unit in the power system network, the amount of electric power required in the power system network, the timing at which electric power is necessary, and the blackout restoration status, and information of a power trading price of the power system network and a travelling power price required for travelling of the plurality of electric vehicles. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining unit obtains, as information of the plurality of electric vehicles, information indicating the positions of the plurality of electric vehicles and charged states of batteries mounted in the plurality of electric vehicles, and information indicating the types of the plurality of electric vehicles. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein if there are a plurality of power system networks requiring electric power, the determination unit determines allocation of the electric vehicle based on price merit information calculated by using a power trading balance when the plurality of electric vehicles charge/discharge batteries, and a traveling cost required for traveling of the plurality of electric vehicles based on a traveling power price. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein if the plurality of power system networks requiring electric power include a power system network in a normal state and a power system network in a blackout state, the determination unit determines allocation of the electric vehicle by setting priority of the power system network in a blackout state to be higher than that of the power system network in a normal state. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein if an electric vehicle having discharged electric power to a power system network in a blackout state charges equal electric power from a power system network in a normal state, the determination unit sets a cost required for the charging to 0. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when selecting a movement route from a current position of each of the plurality of electric vehicles to a charging/discharging unit as a guidance destination, the guiding unit generates the route information by selecting a route in which a ratio of a flat route or a downhill route is high by avoiding an uphill route based on map information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guiding unit updates a change in the route information in real time and distributes the information to each electric vehicle, based on information of a route condition of a movement route for guiding each electric vehicle to the charging/discharging unit. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if a closed section is set midway along an initially set movement route, the guiding unit updates the route information and guides each of the plurality of electric vehicles based on the updated route information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 3) The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein if a charging/discharging unit as an initially set guidance destination is changed to another charging/discharging unit because demand powers of a plurality of areas in the power system network have changed, the guiding unit generates route information for guiding an electric vehicle to the changed guidance destination, and guides each of the plurality of electric vehicles based on the generated route information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the guiding unit notifies the plurality of electric vehicles of route information for guiding each electric vehicle to the charging/discharging unit based on the allocation, and price merit information when the electric vehicle moves to the charging/discharging unit. ### Claim 16 A power information processing method for a power information processing apparatus, comprising: an obtaining step of obtaining information of a power system network and information of a plurality of electric vehicles; a determination step of determining, based on a comparison between demand power required in the power system network in a blackout state and supply power that can be supplied from the plurality of electric vehicles, allocation of an electric vehicle, of the plurality of electric vehicles, which is used to discharge electric power to the power system network; and a guiding step of guiding, based on the allocation, each of the plurality of electric vehicles to a charging/discharging unit configured to discharge the electric power to the power system network, wherein the guiding step generates route information for guiding each of the plurality of electric vehicles to the charging/discharging unit based on the allocation determined in the determination step, and guides each of the plurality of electric vehicles based on the generated route information, and the guiding step performs route search from current positions of the plurality of electric vehicles to the charging/discharging unit, based on the route information, and when the route information indicates that road closure occurs in a partial section, the guiding step changes a route in real time, by selecting a shortest route by using distance to the charging/discharging unit as a parameter. ### Claim 17 A power information processing system comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain information of a power system network and information of a plurality of electric vehicles; a determination unit configured to determine, based on a comparison between demand power required in the power system network in a blackout state and supply power that can be supplied from the plurality of electric vehicles, allocation of an electric vehicle, of the plurality of electric vehicles, which is used to discharge electric power to the power system network; and a guiding unit configured to guide, based on the allocation, each of the plurality of electric vehicles to a charging/discharging unit configured to discharge the electric power to the power system network, wherein the guiding unit generates route information for guiding each of the plurality of electric vehicles to the charging/discharging unit based on the allocation determined by the determination unit, and guides each of the plurality of electric vehicles based on the generated route information, and the guiding unit performs route search from current positions of the plurality of electric vehicles to the charging/discharging unit, based on the route information, and when the route information indicates that road closure occurs in a partial section, the guiding unit changes a route in real time, by selecting a shortest route by using distance to the charging/discharging unit as a parameter.