# US 2020/0391602 A1 · Battery station management system and battery station management method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0391602 A1 - Document ID: US20200391602A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/971,532 - Filed: 2019-02-15 - Published: 2020-12-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-23 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.; Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.; Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kuniaki IKUI; Toshiya ZAITSU; Hiromitsu EBISU; Hiroki SHINOHARA; Masashi TAKEMURA; Kenichiro SHIBASAKI; Koji AOTO; Yoshihiko ISHIDA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200391602A1 ## CPC - B60L 53/305: {Communication interfaces} - B60L 53/53: Batteries - B60L 53/62: in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge - B60L 53/65: involving identification of vehicles or their battery types - B60L 53/665: {Methods related to measuring, billing or payment} - B60L 53/80: Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries - G06Q 30/0202: Market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities - G06Q 30/0639: {Locating goods or services, e.g. based on physical position of the goods or services within a shopping facility} - H01M 10/48: Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) - H02J 7/00: Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries - H02J 7/02: for charging batteries from AC mains by converters - H02J 13/00: Circuit arrangements for providing remote monitoring or remote control of equipment in a power distribution network - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - 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 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - 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 30/14: Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing - 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 - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - 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 The present application allows all battery stations located in different locations to be efficiently monitored, and management and maintenance operations to be performed in a timely fashion to keep the state of the battery stations in proper order. A server device collects state information on a state of a battery exchange device in each battery station, and on a state of each battery device received in the corresponding battery exchange device, and to generate a monitoring screen showing the state information of each battery station on an area map displayed on a management or maintenance terminal. In particular, a plurality of display sections displayed on the monitoring screen are arranged so as to correspond to the urgency or detail level of the state information. The state information is displayed in different colors according to different emergency levels. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery station management system, comprising: a plurality of battery exchange devices each provided in a battery station to receive and recharge battery devices returned by users, and lend out recharged battery devices in exchange for returned battery devices; and a server device connected to the battery exchange devices via a network to manage a status of exchanging battery devices at each battery exchange device; wherein the server device is configured to collect state information on a state of the battery exchange device in each battery station, and on a state of each battery device received in the corresponding battery exchange device, and to generate a monitoring screen showing the state information of each battery station on an area map. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery station management according to claim 1, wherein the server device is configured to arrange a plurality of display sections displaying the state information on the monitoring screen so as to correspond to an importance level or detail level of the state information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The battery station management system according to claim 1, wherein the server device is configured to display the state information on the monitoring screen in colors corresponding to urgency levels of the state information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The battery station management system according to claim 1, wherein the server device is configured to display a status of battery devices that are available for lending out at each battery station. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The battery station management system according to claim 1, wherein the server device is configured to display a battery station list detailing the state information for each battery station on the monitoring screen, to display an icon at a position corresponding to each battery station on the area map displayed on the monitoring screen, and in response to an operator's operation on any of the icons, to highlight an entry of the corresponding battery station in the battery station list. ### Claim 6 A battery station management method for managing battery stations at which users exchange battery devices in a server device, the method comprising: collecting state information on a state of the battery exchange device in each battery station, and on a state of each battery device received in the corresponding battery exchange device, and generating a monitoring screen showing the state information of each battery station on an area map.