Battery exchange guiding method and battery exchange system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSoshiro Murata, Hiroshi Umeno, Takahiro Nomura, Yuya Onozuka
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Abstract
A battery exchange guiding method includes: searching for a battery station that an electrically powered vehicle is able to reach (first searching); and searching for the battery station in which a battery with a larger SOC than a predetermined value (an SOC required to reach a destination from the battery station+a user's desired value in regard to a remaining amount of the SOC at a timing of arrival at the destination) is stored (second searching). The guiding method includes notifying the user of the electrically powered vehicle of information on the battery station extracted through the above two searches.
Claims7
A battery exchange guiding method comprising:
- acquiring information on an SOC of a first battery mounted in an electrically powered vehicle, the electrically powered vehicle including a car navigation system;
- acquiring information on an SOC of a second battery stored in at least one battery exchange station;
- calculating a distance between the electrically powered vehicle and the battery exchange station;
- first searching for the battery exchange station that the electrically powered vehicle is able to reach, by using information on the distance and the information on the SOC of the first battery;
- second searching for the battery exchange station in which the second battery with a larger SOC than a predetermined value is stored, by using the information on the SOC of the second battery;
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- notifying a user of the electrically powered vehicle of information on the battery exchange station extracted through the first searching and the second searching, the notifying the user includes (i) controlling the car navigation system to display, in a first shaped icon, a position of the battery exchange station extracted through the first searching and the second searching and (ii) controlling the car navigation system to display, in a second shaped icon that is different from the first shaped icon, a position of the battery exchange station that is not extracted in the first searching and the second searching.
A battery exchange system comprising:
- an electrically powered vehicle in which a first battery is mounted, the electrically powered vehicle including a car navigation system;
- at least one battery exchange station in which a second battery is stored;
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- a control device that acquires information on an SOC of the first battery and information on an SOC of the second battery, wherein the control device;
- calculates a distance between the electrically powered vehicle and the battery exchange station,
- executes first search of searching for the battery exchange station that the electrically powered vehicle is able to reach, by using information on the distance and the information on the SOC of the first battery,
- executes second search of searching for the battery exchange station in which the second battery with a larger SOC than a predetermined value is stored, by using information on the SOC of the second battery, and
- performs control of notifying a user of the electrically powered vehicle of information on the battery exchange station extracted through the first search and the second search, the notifying the user includes (i) controlling the car navigation system to display, in a first shaped icon, a position of the battery exchange station extracted through the first searching and the second searching and (ii) controlling the car navigation system to display, in a second shaped icon that is different from the first shaped icon, a position of the battery exchange station that is not extracted in the first searching and the second searching.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.