Identification apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTohru NAKAMURA
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Abstract
An identification apparatus includes a storage device and an execution device. The storage device stores, for each type of vehicle, a charging profile that is obtained when a battery is charged in accordance with a predetermined identification charging command issued from the power supply facility. The execution device acquires a response charging profile, which is generated in response to the dentification charging command when a target vehicle charges the battery in accordance with the identification charging command. The execution device identifies a type of the target vehicle based on the response charging profile and the charging profile.
Claims7
An identification apparatus configured to identify a type of vehicle having a battery that is charged by a power supply facility, the identification apparatus comprising:
- a storage device;
- and
- processing circuitry, wherein
- the storage device is configured to store, for each type of vehicle, a charging profile that is obtained when the battery is charged in accordance with a predetermined identification charging command, the identification charging command being issued from the power supply facility, and
- the processing circuitry is configured to:
- acquire a response charging profile, the response charging profile being generated in response to the identification charging command when a target vehicle charges the battery in accordance with the identification charging command, the target vehicle being subject to charging;
- and
- identify a type of the target vehicle based on the response charging profile and the charging profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.