Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power supply controller configured to finish charging electric vehicle based on time when driver returns to vehicle
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Application No.: US16209315Application Date: 2018-12-04
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Publication No.: US10906422B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Toru Ando
- Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Priority: JP2017-234418 20171206
- Main IPC: B60L53/00
- IPC: B60L53/00 ; B60L53/60 ; G01C21/34

Abstract:
A vehicle includes: a power storage device configured to be charged using a power supply facility external to a vehicle; a communication device configured to obtain information indicating a user location Pu, from a user terminal carried by a user; and a vehicle ECU. In a charging standby state for the charging of the power storage device using the power supply facility, the vehicle ECU calculates a user traveling speed Vu and a user distance Du using user location Pu, and calculates a traveling time Tu required for the user to arrive at the vehicle using user traveling speed Vu and user distance Du. The vehicle ECU starts the charging of the power storage device when a value obtained by subtracting (i) a charging time Tc required to complete the charging of the power storage device from (ii) traveling time Tu becomes less than a predetermined value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190170526A1 POWER CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2019-06-06
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