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US 8,751,088 B2Granted
System for managing vehicle energy, and method and apparatus for same
AssigneeSK Planet Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoon Jeong Choi, Dae Lim Son, Eun Bok Lee, Jun Yong Jung
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Abstract
In a method, system and apparatus for managing vehicle energy, the amount of electric power needed for operating a vehicle is calculated, a surplus amount of electric power that is the current amount of battery power less the calculated amount of electric power is sold, or a number of received location information signals according to the current amount of battery power is adjusted.
Claims7
A vehicle energy management system comprising:
- a vehicle management apparatus configured to create current battery power information by checking current battery power, to check the number of times to receive location information signals, to transmit the current battery power information and the number of times to receive to a service apparatus, and if the adjusted number of times to receive location information signals is received from the service apparatus, to receive the location information signals according to the adjusted number of times;
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- the service apparatus configured to compare the current battery power with a predetermined threshold when the current battery power information and the number of times are received from the vehicle management apparatus, to adjust the number of times depending on comparison results, and to transmit the adjusted number of times to the vehicle management apparatus.
A vehicle energy management system comprising:
- a vehicle management apparatus configured to monitor a state of a vehicle, to create current battery power information by checking current battery power, and to provide the current battery power information to a terminal;
- a terminal configured to check the number of times to receive location information signals, to transmit to a service apparatus the current battery power information and the number of times to receive location information signals, and if the adjusted number of times to receive location information signals is received from the service apparatus, to receive the location information signals according to the adjusted number of times;
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- the service apparatus configured to compare the current battery power with a predetermined threshold when the current battery power information and the number of times are received from the terminal, to adjust the number of times depending on comparison results, and to transmit the adjusted number of times to the terminal.
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A vehicle management apparatus comprising:
- a GPS receiver configured to receive location information signals according to the predetermined number of times;
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- a control unit configured to create current battery power information by checking current battery power, to compare the current battery power with a predetermined threshold, to adjust the number of times depending on comparison results, and to control the GPS receiver to receive the location information signals according to the adjusted number of times.
A vehicle energy management method comprising steps of:
- at a vehicle management apparatus, checking current battery power;
- at the vehicle management apparatus, comparing the current battery power with a predetermined threshold;
- at the vehicle management apparatus, depending on comparison results, adjusting the number of times to receive location information signals;
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- at the vehicle management apparatus, receiving the location information signals according to the adjusted number of times.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.