System and method
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroki NISHIKAWA
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Abstract
A system includes: a power outage detector that detects a power outage, based on a voltage supplied by a commercial power supply; a charging device that is connected to the commercial power supply via the power outage detector and charges an electric vehicle; a residential distribution panel that is connected to the commercial power supply via the power outage detector and distributes power to a plurality of loads provided in a house; and a switch provided between the charging device and the residential distribution panel. When the power outage is detected, the switch is closed, and an AC voltage supplied from the electric vehicle is supplied to the residential distribution panel.
Claims5
A system comprising:
- a power outage detector that detects a power outage, based on a voltage supplied by a commercial power supply;
- a charging device that is connected to the commercial power supply via the power outage detector and charges an electric vehicle;
- a residential distribution panel that is connected to the commercial power supply via the power outage detector and distributes power to a plurality of loads provided in a house;
- and
- a switch provided between the charging device and the residential distribution panel,
- wherein when the power outage is detected, the switch is closed, and an AC voltage supplied from the electric vehicle is supplied to the residential distribution panel.
A method performed by a system that includes:
- a power outage detector;
- a charging device that is connected to a commercial power supply via the power outage detector and charges an electric vehicle;
- a residential distribution panel that is connected to the commercial power supply via the power outage detector and distributes power to a plurality of loads provided in a house;
- and
- a switch provided between the charging device and the residential distribution panel,
- the method comprising:
- detecting, by the power outage detector, a power outage, based on a voltage supplied by the commercial power supply;
- and
- when the power outage is detected, closing the switch and supplying, to the residential distribution panel, an AC voltage supplied from the electric vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.