Charging device and charging system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorDaisuke HIROSE
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Abstract
A charging device includes: a communication unit that acquires authentication information about an EVSE; a processor that determines, based on the authentication information, whether or not the EVSE is under a time-based billing system; and a processor that is capable of switching between timer charging and immediate charging. When timer charging is set and when it is determined that the EVSE is under a time-based billing system, the processor switches from timer charging to immediate charging.
Claims7
A charging device that charges a power storage device mounted in a vehicle, the charging device comprising:
- an acquisition unit that acquires authentication information about a charging stand that supplies charging power to the power storage device;
- a determination unit that determines, based on the authentication information acquired by the acquisition unit, whether or not the charging stand is under a time-based billing system;
- and
- a control unit that is capable of switching between
- first charging in which charging of the power storage device is started at start time set in advance, and
- second charging in which the charging is started before the start time, wherein
- the control unit performs a switching process for switching from the first charging to the second charging when the first charging is set and when the determination unit determines that the charging stand is under a time-based billing system.
A charging system comprising:
- a charging controller that controls charging of a power storage device mounted in a vehicle;
- and
- a charging device that performs the charging based on control by the charging controller, wherein
- the charging controller acquires authentication information about a charging stand that supplies charging power to the power storage device,
- based on the acquired authentication information, the charging controller determines whether or not the charging stand is under a time-based billing system,
- the charging device is capable of switching between
- first charging in which charging of the power storage device is started at start time set in advance, and
- second charging in which the charging is started before the start time, and
- the charging device performs a switching process for switching from the first charging to the second charging when the first charging is set and when the charging controller determines that the charging stand is under a time-based billing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.