Charging system, vehicle, charge control device, and charging method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorDaisuke KAMIKIHARA
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Abstract
A charging system includes: a switch device and a control device. Each of charging ports is provided with a lid configured to open and close a corresponding one of the charging ports. The control device is configured to determine whether a predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied before starting charging an electric energy storage device using any one of the charging ports, and when the predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied, keep each of power paths from the charging ports to the electric energy storage device disconnected. The predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied when the lid of at least one charging port that is included in the charging ports and that is other than the charging port to be used is open.
Claims14
A charging system configured to charge an electric energy storage device with electric power supplied to each of a plurality of charging ports, the charging system comprising:
- a switch device configured to switch between connection and disconnection of each of power paths from the charging ports to the electric energy storage device;
- and
- a control device configured to control the switch device, wherein:
- each of the charging ports is provided with a lid configured to open and close a corresponding one of the charging ports;
- the control device is configured to
- determine whether a predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied before starting charging the electric energy storage device using any one of the charging ports, and
- when the predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied, keep each of the power paths from the charging ports to the electric energy storage device disconnected;
- and
- the predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied when the lid of at least one charging port that is included in the charging ports and that is other than the charging port to be used is open.
A charging system configured to charge an electric energy storage device with electric power supplied to each of a plurality of charging ports, the charging system comprising:
- a switch device configured to switch between connection and disconnection of each of power paths from the charging ports to the electric energy storage device;
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- a control device configured to control the switch device, wherein:
- the charging ports include a first charging port and a second charging port, an AC-to-DC converter circuit being present in the power path from the first charging port to the electric energy storage device, and no AC-to-DC converter circuit being present in the power path from the second charging port to the electric energy storage device;
- the second charging port is provided with a lid configured to open and close the second charging port;
- the control device is configured to determine whether a predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied before starting charging the electric energy storage device using any one of the charging ports, and when the predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied, keep each of the power paths from the charging ports to the electric energy storage device disconnected;
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- the predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied when the lid of the second charging port that is not used is open.
A charge control device configured to control a switch device configured to switch between connection and disconnection of each of power paths from a plurality of charging ports to an electric energy storage device, wherein:
- the charge control device is configured to determine whether a predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied before starting charging the electric energy storage device using any one of the charging ports, and when the predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied, keep each of the power paths from the charging ports to the electric energy storage device disconnected;
- and
- the predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied when a lid of at least one charging port that is included in the charging ports and that is other than the charging port to be used is open.
A charging method, comprising:
- determining by a control device whether a predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied before starting charging an electric energy storage device using any one of a plurality of charging ports;
- when the predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied, disconnecting, by the control device, each of power paths from the charging ports to the electric energy storage device so as not to start charging the electric energy storage device;
- and
- when the predetermined charge prohibition condition is not satisfied, connecting, by the control device, the power path from the charging port to be used that is included in the charging ports to the electric energy storage device to start charging the electric energy storage device, wherein the predetermined charge prohibition condition is satisfied when a lid of at least one charging port that is included in the charging ports and that is other than the charging port to be used is open.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.