Power supply system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShigeki Kinomura
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Abstract
A power supply system includes a plurality of charging stations accommodatable under a ground surface. The power supply system comprises a determination unit that determines a power supply facility available for supplying power to a target vehicle, and a transmission unit that transmits, to the target vehicle, guidance information for guiding the target vehicle to the determined charging station by automatic driving. The target vehicle is guided to the available charging station by automatic driving. The user can reach the available charging station without searching for it.
Claims13
A power supply system, comprising:
- a plurality of power supply facilities, each of the plurality of power supply facilities accommodatable under a ground surface, said each of the plurality of power supply facilities including:
- a movable portion including:
- a touch panel display configured to receive instructions for supplying power to a target vehicle, and
- a power supply port, wherein the movable portion is displaced within a movability range including a first position in which the power supply port is accommodated under the ground surface and a second position in which the power supply port is exposed on the ground surface,
- an actuator configured to move the movable portion, and
- a controller configured to control the actuator;
- a determination unit configured to determine, among the plurality of power supply facilities, a power supply facility available for supplying the power to the target vehicle;
- and
- a transmitter configured to transmit, to the target vehicle, guidance information for guiding the target vehicle to the determined power supply facility by automatic driving, wherein
- the controller of the determined power supply facility is configured to
- control the actuator to displace the movable portion to the second position, as timed as prescribed for parking the target vehicle at a power supplying position for the determined power supply facility, and
- in response to the target vehicle automatically driven and approaching the determined power supply facility, control the actuator to displace the movable portion from the first position to the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.