Power supply device and power supply method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9254756-B2
Application number	US-201114351960-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2011
Priority date	Oct 18, 2011
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

A power supply device which performs power supply from an outside to a vehicle includes: a power source section for performing the power supply to the vehicle; and a control device that performs control of the power source section. The control device obtains information about power reception efficiency of the vehicle as an object of the power supply and determines a power reception efficiency range and a fee that correspond to the obtained information from a plurality of power reception efficiency ranges and plurality of fees that are set corresponding to the plurality of power reception efficiency ranges. The power supply device preferably further includes a power transmission section for receiving the power from the power source section and contactlessly performing power transmission to the vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power supply device which performs power supply from an outside to a vehicle, the power supply device comprising:
a power source configured to perform the power supply to the vehicle; and
a control device that performs control of the power source,
wherein the control device receives a charging request from the vehicle after the vehicle is parked at a prescribed position, the control device transmits power to the vehicle, and
the control device obtains, from the vehicle, information about power reception efficiency of charging started in response to the charging request from the vehicle as an object of the power supply, and the control device determines a power reception efficiency range and a fee that correspond to the obtained information from a plurality of power reception efficiency ranges and a plurality of fees that are set corresponding to the plurality of power reception efficiency ranges.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising a power transmitter configured to receive the power from the power source and contactlessly performing power transmission to the vehicle.

3. The power supply device according to claim 2 , wherein the power transmitter is configured such that a difference in a natural frequency from a power receiver of the vehicle falls within ±10%.

4. The power supply device according to claim 2 , wherein a coupling coefficient between a power receiver of the vehicle and the power transmitter is 0.1 or smaller.

5. The power supply device according to claim 2 , wherein the power transmitter transmits the power to the power receiver through either one of a magnetic field that is formed between the power receiver of the vehicle and the power transmitter and vibrates at a specified frequency and an electric field that is formed between the power receiver and the power transmitter and vibrates at a specified frequency.

6. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device obtains, as the information, any of power reception efficiency in execution of temporary energization, a mismatch amount between a power and a power receiver in a case where contactless charging is performed, presence or absence of an object interposed between the power transmitter and the power receiver in a case where the contactless charging is performed, and aging degradation information about the vehicle and calculates power reception efficiency in power supply according to the obtained information.

7. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device informs an operator of the vehicle of the determined fee.

8. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device informs an operator of the vehicle of the determined fee, starts the power supply to the vehicle if the operator of the vehicle approves the determined fee, and stops the power supply to the vehicle if the operator of the vehicle does not approve the determined fee.

9. A power supply method of performing power supply to a vehicle from a power supply device that performs power supply from an outside to the vehicle, the power supply method comprising:
transmitting a charging request from the vehicle to the power supply device when a user performs a prescribed operation after the vehicle is parked;
transmitting power from the power supply device to the vehicle when the power supply device receives the charging request;
transmitting information about power reception efficiency of the transmitted power from the vehicle to the power supply device;
obtaining information about power reception efficiency of the vehicle as an object of the power supply; and
determining a power reception efficiency range and a fee that correspond to the obtained information from a plurality of power reception ranges and a plurality of fees that are set corresponding to the plurality of power reception efficiency ranges.

Assignees

• Miwa Koji
• Kawai Takashi
• Ichikawa Shinji
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Miwa Koji
• Kawai Takashi
• Ichikawa Shinji

Classifications

• B60L53/126

  Methods for pairing a vehicle and a charging station, e.g. establishing a one-to-one relation between a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver · CPC title

• G06Q50/06

  Energy or water supply · CPC title

• B60L53/665

  Methods related to measuring, billing or payment · CPC title

• Y04S50/12

  Billing, invoicing, buying or selling transactions or other related activities, e.g. cost or usage evaluation · CPC title

• G06Q30/04

  Billing or invoicing · CPC title