System for docking vehicle to building and control method of the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsSang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha
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Abstract
A system for docking a vehicle to a building, wherein the vehicle functions as a space of the building when the vehicle is connected thereto, and wherein the building includes at least one station inside or outside thereof such that the vehicle can dock at the at least one station, includes a server configured to check whether the at least one station is available to allow a user to select a station for a vehicle, to select the station randomly when the user does not select the station, and when the vehicle is docked at the selected station, to connect the vehicle to the selected station in wired or wireless manner to manage use of the selected station.
Claims8
A system for connecting a vehicle to a building, wherein the vehicle functions as a space of the building when the vehicle is connected to the building, the system comprising:
- the building;
- at least one station inside or outside of the building to allow the vehicle to connect the at least one station, and
- a server configured to:
- check whether the at least one station is available,
- allow a user to select a station for the vehicle,
- select the station randomly when the user does not select the station,
- when the vehicle is connected at the selected station after the vehicle of the user is authorized to the selected station, connect to the vehicle in a wired or wireless manner and manage use of the selected station,
- wherein the station is provided with a gate, and
- wherein the vehicle and the station are connected by contact between the gate and a frame that forms an entrance of the vehicle, and
- wherein the server comprises a processor configured to perform connecting the vehicle to a power outlet and communication systems of the building when the vehicle is connected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.