Travel plan generation device and travel plan generation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12320658-B2
Application number	US-202117999472-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2021
Priority date	May 22, 2020
Publication date	Jun 3, 2025
Grant date	Jun 3, 2025

Abstract

A travel plan generation device includes a controller that is configured to: acquire first supply availability information indicating a vacancy state of a first supply facility when the vehicle arrives at a position within a predetermined range from the first supply facility at a predetermined timing after the vehicle starts traveling based on the generated travel plan; and determine whether or not supply of the energy is available at the first supply facility based on the first supply availability information of the first supply facility; and when determining that the supply of the energy is not available at the first supply facility, identify a second supply facility different from the first supply facility and generate the travel plan in which the vehicle passes through the second supply facility instead of the first supply facility.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A travel plan generation device comprising:
a controller, the controller is configured to:
generate a travel plan in which a vehicle passes through a first supply facility for supplying energy of the vehicle;
acquire first supply availability information indicating a vacancy state of a first supply facility when the vehicle arrives at a position within a predetermined range from the first supply facility at a predetermined timing after the vehicle starts traveling based on the generated travel plan; and
determine whether or not supply of the energy is available at the first supply facility based on the first supply availability information of the first supply facility; and
when determining that the supply of the energy is not available at the first supply facility, identify a second supply facility different from the first supply facility and generate the travel plan in which the vehicle passes through the second supply facility instead of the first supply facility.

2. The travel plan generation device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to acquire, as the first supply availability information, a vacancy state of a charging station in the first supply facility at the predetermined timing.

3. The travel plan generation device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to acquire, as the first supply availability information, a vacancy state of a charging station at the first supply facility at a scheduled arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the first supply facility.

4. The travel plan generation device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
acquire second supply availability information of the second supply facility after an estimated arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the second supply facility;
determine whether or not the supply of the energy is available at the second supply facility based on the second supply availability information; and
when determining that the supply of the energy is available at the second supply facility, generate the travel plan in which the vehicle arrives at the second supply facility after a lapse of time from the estimated arrival time until the supply of the energy becomes available.

5. The travel plan generation device according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to select a standby place for the vehicle to standby from a standby available place registered in advance in map information and generates the travel plan in which the vehicle stops at the standby place for a time period until the supply of the energy becomes available.

6. The travel plan generation device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
acquire the first supply availability information of the first supply facility after an estimated arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the first supply facility;
determine whether or not the supply of the energy is available at the first supply facility based on the first supply availability information; and
when determining that the supply of the energy is available at the first supply facility, generate the travel plan in which the vehicle arrives at the first supply facility after a lapse of time from the estimated arrival time until the supply of the energy becomes available.

7. A travel plan generation device comprising:
a controller, the controller is configured to:
generate a travel plan in which a vehicle passes through a first supply facility for supplying energy of the vehicle;
acquire first supply availability information on the energy of a first supply facility at a predetermined timing after the vehicle starts traveling based on the generated travel plan;
determine whether or not supply of the energy is available at the first supply facility based on the first supply availability information of the first supply facility; and
when determining that the supply of the energy is not available at the first supply facility, identify a second supply facility different from the first supply facility and generate the travel plan in which the vehicle arrives at one of the first and second supply facilities in which the supply of the energy becomes available within an allowable waiting time from an estimated arrival time after a lapse of time from the estimated arrival time until the supply of the energy becomes available.

8. A travel plan generation method executed by a controller, the method comprises:
generating a travel plan in which a vehicle passes through a first supply facility for supplying energy of the vehicle;
acquiring supply availability information indicating a vacancy state of the first supply facility when the vehicle arrives at a position within a predetermined range from the first supply facility as a predetermined timing after the vehicle starts traveling based on the generated travel plan;
determining whether or not supply of the energy is available at the first supply facility based on the supply availability information;
when determining that the supply of the energy is not available at the first supply facility, identifying a second supply facility different from the first supply facility; and
generating the travel plan in which the vehicle passes through the second supply facility instead of the first supply facility.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Suzuki Kenta
• Suzuki Kazuhiro
• Maruyama Yasunori
• Nakajima Toshiharu
• Yamaguchi Ryoko

Classifications

• G01C21/3476

  using point of interest [POI] information, e.g. a route passing visible POIs · CPC title

• B60L53/66

  Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles · CPC title

• G01C21/3415

  Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents · CPC title

• B60L2240/72

  Charging station selection relying on external data · CPC title

• B60L2260/50

  by future state prediction · CPC title