Non-contact electric power transmission system, charging station, and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10899234-B2
Application number	US-201816223484-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2018
Priority date	Dec 24, 2013
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

A power source ECU transmits a first message for inquiring whether or not a vehicle is parked at a location provided with a power transmission device, after full-scale power transmission is completed. A vehicle ECU transmits a second message for informing that the vehicle is parked, when it receives the first message. When the power source ECU does not receive the second message for informing that the vehicle is parked after transmitting the first message, the power source ECU determines that the vehicle is not parked at the location provided with the power transmission device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A non-contact electric power transmission system for transmitting electric power between a vehicle and a charging station, the non-contact electric power transmission system comprising:
the charging station having a power transmission device configured to transmit the electric power in a non-contact manner to the vehicle,
the vehicle including:
a power storage;
a coil configured to receive the electric power in the non-contact manner; and
a vehicle control unit configured to:
start charging of the power storage with the electric power received by the coil in a first state in which the vehicle is parked at a location provided with the power transmission device, and
transmit a message informing that the vehicle is not parked, when changing from the first state into a second state in which the vehicle leaves the location provided with the power transmission device, after the charging of the power storage is completed, wherein;

the charging station includes a station control unit configured to:
determine that the vehicle is not parked at the location provided with the power transmission device, when receiving the message from the vehicle control unit of the vehicle.

2. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein
in the second state, the vehicle is travelable and a shift range of the vehicle is switched to a shift range other than a parking range.

3. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 2 , wherein
the vehicle includes:
a motor configured to generate a travel driving force for the vehicle based on the power stored in the power storage; and
a relay that is provided between the power storage and the motor, the relay being configured to: (A) turn off when the vehicle is in the first state, and (B) turn on when the vehicle is in the second state.

4. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein
in the second state, a vehicle speed of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined speed.

5. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein
in the second state, a value obtained by summating a vehicle speed of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined value.

6. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein
in the second state, the vehicle is determined as being away from the charging station when a position of the vehicle is a predetermined distance or more away from a location of the charging station.

7. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein
the charging of the power storage is completed when the power storage is charged to a predetermined amount.

8. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein
the vehicle control unit broadcast transmits the message for informing that the vehicle is not parked, when changing from the first state into the second state.

9. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 8 , wherein
the message includes a power transmission device number and a status flag indicating that the vehicle has left.

10. A non-contact electric power transmission system for transmitting electric power between a vehicle and a charging station, the non-contact electric power transmission system comprising:
the charging station having a power transmission device configured to transmit the electric power in a non-contact manner to the vehicle,
the vehicle including:
a power storage;
a coil configured to receive the electric power in the non-contact manner; and
a first processor programmed to:
start charging of the power storage with the electric power received by the coil in a first state in which the vehicle is parked at a location provided with the power transmission device, and
transmit a message informing that the vehicle is not parked, when changing from the first state into a second state in which the vehicle leaves the location provided with the power transmission device, after the charging of the power storage is completed, wherein:

the charging station includes a second processor programmed to:
determine that the vehicle is not parked at the location provided with the power transmission device, when receiving the message from the first processor of the vehicle.

11. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 10 , wherein
in the second state, the vehicle is travelable and a shift range of the vehicle is switched to a shift range other than a parking range.

12. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 11 , wherein
the vehicle includes:
a motor configured to generate a travel driving force for the vehicle based on the power stored in the power storage; and
a relay that is provided between the power storage and the motor, the relay being configured to: (A) turn off when the vehicle is in the first state, and (B) turn on when the vehicle is in the second state.

13. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 10 , wherein
in the second state, a vehicle speed of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined speed.

14. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 10 , wherein
in the second state, a value obtained by summating a vehicle speed of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined value.

15. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 10 , wherein
in the second state, the vehicle is determined as being away from the charging station when a position of the vehicle is a predetermined distance or more away from a location of the charging station.

16. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 10 , wherein
the charging of the power storage is completed when the power storage is charged to a predetermined amount.

17. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 10 , wherein
the first processor is programmed to:
broadcast transmit the message for informing that the vehicle is not parked, when changing from the first state into the second state.

18. The non-contact electric power transmission system according to claim 17 , wherein
the message includes a power transmission device number and a status flag indicating that the vehicle has left.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ichikawa Shinji
• Taniguchi Satoshi
• Takita Shinpei

Classifications

• B60L53/38 Primary

  specially adapted for charging by inductive energy transfer · CPC title

• B60L53/305

  Communication interfaces · CPC title

• B60L53/68

  Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control · CPC title

• Y02T10/70

  Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries · CPC title

• Y02T90/12

  Electric charging stations · CPC title