Information providing system and server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10798542-B2
Application number	US-201816174580-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2018
Priority date	Nov 1, 2017
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

An information providing system includes: a plurality of vehicles each configured to perform inter-vehicle charging; and a server. Each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to transmit unattended power-supplying permission information to the server when the user performs an operation of permitting unattended power supplying. In the matching process, the server is configured to permit to set, as a power-supplying vehicle, a vehicle having transmitted the unattended power-supplying permission information. The server is configured to notify, to the unattended power-supplying vehicle matched through the matching process, a confirmed matching content including information of the power-receiving vehicle. The unattended power-supplying vehicle having received this notification is configured to unlock a lid, which covers a power-supplying connector of the unattended power-supplying vehicle, and permit the unattended power supplying in response to the matched power-receiving vehicle being parked in proximity of the unattended power-supplying vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information providing system comprising:
a plurality of vehicles each including a power converting device configured to exchange power with another vehicle; and
a server including a communicator configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles, the server being configured to perform a matching process for setting a power-supplying vehicle and a power-receiving vehicle from the plurality of vehicles and for matching the set power-supplying vehicle and power-receiving vehicle, wherein
each of the plurality vehicles includes a communicator,
each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to transmit via the communicator of the vehicle unattended power-supplying permission information to the server when a user of the vehicle performs an operation of permitting unattended power supplying in which power is supplied from the vehicle to another vehicle without attendance of the user, and
in the matching process, the server is configured to permit to set, as the power-supplying vehicle, a vehicle included in the plurality of vehicles and having transmitted the unattended power-supplying permission information to the server.

2. The information providing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the server is configured to transmit via the communicator of server a matching notification to the power-supplying vehicle matched in the matching process, the matching notification including information of the matched power-receiving vehicle, and
the vehicle having transmitted the unattended power-supplying permission information to the server is configured to permit the unattended power supplying for the matched power-receiving vehicle when the matching notification is received from the server.

3. The information providing system according to claim 2 , wherein
each of the plurality of vehicles includes
a power connector connectable to another vehicle, the power connector being configured to connect to the power converting device,
a lid configured to be opened and closed for the power connector, and
a locking device configured to lock the lid in a close state, and

when the matching notification is received from the server, the vehicle having transmitted the unattended power-supplying permission information to the server is configured to unlock the lid and permit the unattended power supplying for the matched power-receiving vehicle in response to the matched power-receiving vehicle being parked in proximity of the vehicle having transmitted the unattended power-supplying permission information.

4. The information providing system according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the plurality of vehicles includes a detector configured to detect surrounding information of the vehicle, and
in the matching process, the server is configured to permit to set, as the power-supplying vehicle, a vehicle that is included in the plurality of vehicles and that has transmitted the unattended power-supplying permission information and that is determined, based on a detection result of the detector, to be in a state that power is able to be supplied to another vehicle.

5. A server device comprising:
a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of vehicles each including a power converting device configured to exchange power with another vehicle;
a controller configured to perform a matching process for setting a power-supplying vehicle and a power-receiving vehicle from the plurality of vehicles and for matching the set power-supplying vehicle and power-receiving vehicle; and
a storage configured to store information of the plurality of vehicles, wherein
each of the plurality vehicles includes a communicator,
each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to transmit via the communicator of the vehicle unattended power-supplying permission information to the communicator of the server when a user of the vehicle performs an operation of permitting unattended power supplying in which power is supplied from the vehicle to another vehicle without attendance of the user, and
in the matching process, the controller is configured to permit to set, as the power-supplying vehicle from the plurality of vehicles, a vehicle having transmitted the unattended power-supplying permission information.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mizutani Atsushi
• Kaneichi Daiki
• Karube Hirotaka
• Kondo Jun
• Komuro Kenichi

Classifications

• G06Q30/08

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• G06Q30/0619

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• Y02T90/14

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• B60L53/37

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• Y02T10/70

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