JP2010114988A - Vehicle charger device and vehicle charging system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a charging rate upon receiving advertising presentation in charging of a travel battery. <P>SOLUTION: A charging stand 2 includes an advertisement data storage 26 for storing advertisement data and a power line communication unit 28 for transmitting advertisement data stored in the advertisement data storage 26 to a vehicle 3. The battery 4 of the vehicle 3 is charged after transmission of advertisement data to a vehicle-side unit 5 of the vehicle 3 from the power line communication unit 28 is completed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle charging device and a vehicle charging system for charging a traveling battery mounted on a vehicle using an electric motor as a driving force source.

  In recent years, electric vehicles and plug-in electric vehicles that use only an electric motor (motor) as a driving force source, and hybrid vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles that use an engine and a motor as driving force sources have become widespread.

  In addition, since these vehicles can charge the battery for driving | running | working with the electric power supplied from the outside of a vehicle, various charging for the battery for driving | running | working of these vehicles with the spread of these vehicles is carried out. Various charging devices have been proposed.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technology that can charge a running battery while a vehicle is parked in a parking lot by providing a charging device in a pay parking lot of a store. . Patent Document 1 also discloses a technique for presenting a charging fee when leaving the parking lot.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-86058

  There is a service that reduces the parking fee at a pay parking lot at a store when shopping at the store, but when charging devices become widespread, by connecting various services and charging devices Therefore, it is considered that a technology that can reduce or exempt the charging fee is required. However, since the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 does not take into account the reduction or exemption of the charge, there is a problem that such a request cannot be met.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to charge a vehicle that allows a charge to be reduced or exempted when an advertisement is presented in the charging of a traveling battery. An apparatus and a charging system for a vehicle are provided.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the vehicle charging device according to claim 1 is installed in a parking lot and is charged by supplying electric power to a battery for traveling of the vehicle that uses an electric motor as a driving force source. An advertisement data storage unit that stores advertisement data that is data for presenting an advertisement; and an advertisement data transmission unit that transmits advertisement data stored in the advertisement data storage unit to the vehicle. And the battery for driving is charged after transmission of the advertisement data from the advertisement data transmission unit to the vehicle is completed.

  According to this, it is possible to permit the charging of the traveling battery of the vehicle only when the transmission of the advertisement data from the vehicle charging device to the vehicle is completed. Therefore, according to the above configuration, it is possible to permit charging of the vehicle battery for traveling only when the vehicle driver receives an advertisement according to the transmitted advertisement data. That is, according to the above configuration, when the vehicle driver receives the advertisement, the charge fee can be exempted.

  The charging device for a vehicle according to claim 2 further includes a necessity information acquisition unit that acquires information about necessity of transmission of the advertisement data, and includes information indicating that transmission of the advertisement data is not requested. When the acquisition unit acquires the information, the charging of the travel battery is prohibited, and the information indicating that the advertisement data transmission is requested is acquired by the necessity information acquisition unit. The driving battery is charged after transmission of the advertisement data from the unit to the vehicle is completed.

  As in the second aspect, information regarding whether or not to transmit the advertisement data is acquired, and whether or not the traveling battery can be charged may be determined according to the necessity.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicular charging apparatus that is installed in a parking lot and that supplies electric power to a vehicle battery that uses an electric motor as a driving force source for charging. An advertisement data storage unit that stores advertisement data that is data for presenting an advertisement, and an advertisement data transmission unit that transmits advertisement data stored in the advertisement data storage unit to the vehicle A necessity information acquisition unit that acquires information on whether or not to transmit the advertisement data, and a charge fee management unit that manages a charge fee according to the charging of the battery for traveling, the advertisement data When the information indicating that the transmission is requested is acquired by the necessity information acquisition unit, the travel battery is charged after the transmission of the advertisement data from the advertisement data transmission unit to the vehicle is completed. Both are characterized thereby exempted the charging fee in accordance with the charge to manage in the charging fee management unit.

  According to this, only when the transmission of the advertisement data from the vehicle charging device to the vehicle is completed, it is possible to reduce or exempt the charging fee for charging the traveling battery of the vehicle. Therefore, according to the above configuration, only when the driver of the vehicle receives an advertisement in accordance with the transmitted advertisement data, the charging fee for charging the traveling battery of the vehicle can be reduced or exempted. It becomes possible. In other words, according to the above configuration, the charging fee can be reduced or exempted only when the vehicle driver receives an advertisement.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the charging fee management unit sends information on the amount of electric power spent for charging the traveling battery to a charging center server that performs the charging fee charging process. The center saver performs charging processing according to the amount of electric power to manage the charging fee according to the charging of the battery for traveling, and when the charging fee is reduced or exempted, the charging center server receives the reduction or exemption. It is characterized in that the charging fee is reduced or exempted by sending information indicating the degree of the charging.

  As in claim 4, it is possible to adopt a mode in which the charging process is performed by a charging center server other than the vehicle charging device.

  In the vehicle charging device according to claim 5, the parking lot is at least one of a public parking lot, a private parking lot, a public facility parking lot, and a commercial facility parking lot. It is characterized by.

  As in claim 5, the vehicle charging device is installed in at least one of a public parking lot, a private parking lot, a public facility parking lot, and a commercial facility parking lot. Is possible.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the advertisement data transmitting unit transmits the advertisement data to the vehicle by wireless communication.

  As in the sixth aspect, the advertisement data transmission unit may transmit the advertisement data to the vehicle by wireless communication.

  The charging device for a vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the charging is contact-type charging performed via a charging cable, and the advertisement data transmitting unit is configured to transmit the vehicle by power line carrier communication via the charging cable. It is characterized by sending advertisement data to.

  The advertisement data transmission unit may transmit the advertisement data to the vehicle by power line carrier communication via a charging cable.

  The charging device for a vehicle according to claim 8 further includes an advertisement data receiving unit that receives advertisement data transmitted from a distribution center server that distributes advertisement data, wherein the advertisement data storage unit is the advertisement data receiving unit. The received advertisement data is stored.

  As described in claim 8, the advertisement data distributed from the distribution center server may be stored in the advertisement data storage unit.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle charging system including: a vehicle that uses an electric motor as a driving force source; and any one of the vehicle charging devices described above. A vehicle-side unit comprising: an advertisement data receiving unit that receives advertisement data transmitted from the data transmitting unit; and an advertisement presenting unit that presents an advertisement according to the advertisement data received by the advertisement data receiving unit; and A traveling battery for supplying electric power is mounted.

  According to this, in the charge of the battery for traveling, it is possible to reduce or exempt the charging fee when receiving advertisement presentation.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle charging system that is installed in a parking lot and a vehicle that uses an electric motor as a driving force source, and supplies electric power to a traveling battery of the vehicle. A vehicle charging device that performs charging; and a distribution center server that distributes advertisement data, wherein the vehicle is capable of communicating with the distribution center saver via a network; and A vehicle side unit including an advertisement presenting unit that presents an advertisement according to the advertisement data received by the communication device, and after the reception of the advertisement data by the communication device is completed, It is characterized by charging the battery.

  In order to solve the above problems, a vehicle charging system according to an eleventh aspect is installed in a vehicle that uses an electric motor as a driving force source, a parking lot, and supplies power to the traveling battery of the vehicle. A vehicle charging device that performs charging; and a distribution center server that distributes advertisement data, wherein the vehicle is capable of communicating with the distribution center saver via a network; and An advertisement presenting unit that presents an advertisement according to the advertisement data received by the communication device, a necessity information obtaining unit that obtains information on necessity of distribution of the advertisement data, and charging according to charging of the traveling battery A vehicle charge unit that includes a charge charge management unit that performs charge management, and when the information that requests distribution of the advertisement data is acquired by the necessity information acquisition unit Together to charge the the drive battery after transmission of the advertisement data at the communication device is completed, is characterized in that is exempted a charging fee in accordance with the charge to be managed by the charging fee management unit.

  According to the tenth and eleventh aspects of the present invention, the charging fee can be reduced or exempted when the advertisement is presented in the charging of the traveling battery. Further, as in claims 10 and 11, when the advertisement data distributed via the Internet is received from the distribution center server that distributes the advertisement data by the communication device mounted on the vehicle, the charging fee is reduced or exempted. It is good also as an aspect made to receive.

  In the vehicle charging system according to claim 12, the vehicle-side unit further includes an accessory power-on detection unit that detects that the accessory power source of the vehicle is turned on, and the accessory power-on detection unit detects an accessory power source. When it is detected that is turned on, the advertisement presenting unit presents an advertisement according to the advertisement data.

  According to this, when the vehicle is charged in the parking lot and the driving battery is charged by receiving the advertisement data when the vehicle is parked in the parking lot, Data will be presented. Therefore, when the travel battery is charged after receiving the charge data by receiving the advertisement data, the advertisement data can be surely presented to the driver of the vehicle.

  In the vehicle charging system according to claim 13, the advertisement data includes at least display data for displaying at least one of text and an image relating to the advertisement, and the advertisement presenting unit is configured to present the advertisement as: The vehicle-side unit further includes a drive prohibiting unit that prohibits driving of the vehicle until the display by the advertisement presenting unit ends. It is characterized by that.

  It is dangerous to display texts and images as advertisements to the driver of the vehicle while the vehicle is running because it distracts the driver's attention and induces an accident. However, according to the structure of the thirteenth aspect, when displaying a text or an image as an advertisement to the driver of the vehicle, the vehicle cannot be driven until the display is finished, so that an accident is induced. There is no danger.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a vehicle charging system 100 to which the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle charging system 100 includes a management center server 1, a charging station 2, and a vehicle 3. The vehicle 3 is assumed to be equipped with a battery 4, a vehicle side unit 5, a body ECU 6, and an immobilizer (immobilizer) ECU 7.

  The management center server 1 is a server that performs distribution of advertisement data, which is data for presenting advertisements, to the charging station 2, charging / settlement processing for charging the battery 4 of the vehicle 3 in the charging station 2, and the like. is there. Therefore, the management center server 1 functions as a distribution center server and a billing center server. The management center server 1 is connected to the charging station 2 via a network.

  The charging stand 2 charges the battery 4 of the vehicle 3 by supplying electric power to the vehicle 3, and is installed in a parking lot so that charging is possible during parking. Therefore, the charging stand 2 functions as a vehicle charging device. It should be noted that the parking lots mentioned here are general parking lots such as public parking lots, private parking lots, public facility parking lots, and commercial facility parking lots, excluding private parking lots. To do.

  Here, a schematic configuration of the charging stand 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the charging stand 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the charging stand 2 includes a main control device 21, a switching device 22, a charging cable 23, a plug 24, a transmission / reception unit 25, an advertisement data storage unit 26, an operation input unit 27, a power line communication unit 28, and a charging fee. A management unit 29 is provided.

  The main control device 21 is mainly composed of a microcomputer comprising a CPU, ROM, RAM, backup RAM, etc. (all not shown), and executes various processes by executing various control programs stored in the ROM. It is something to execute. Details of processing executed by main controller 21 will be described later.

  The switching device 22 is controlled by the main control device 21 so that the power supply permission state in which the commercial power source and the plug 24 are electrically connected via the charging cable 23 and the commercial power source and the plug 24 are electrically connected. Switch to the power cutoff state to be disconnected. Note that a switch, a relay, or the like may be used as the switching device 22. The plug 24 is an insertion plug provided at the end of the charging cable 23.

  The transmission / reception unit 25 exchanges data with the management sensor server 1 via the network. Specifically, the transmission / reception unit 25 receives advertisement data distributed from the management center server 1 and sends it to the main control device 21. The main control device 21 stores the advertisement data in the advertisement data storage unit 26. Further, the transmission / reception unit 25 transmits to the management center server 1 later-described charging power amount information and charging fee reduction / exemption information sent from the charging fee management unit 29.

  The advertisement data storage unit 26 stores advertisement data distributed from the management center server 1. The advertisement data stored in the advertisement data storage unit 26 may be rewritten every time new advertisement data is distributed and stored in the advertisement data storage unit 26, or may have a preset period. It may be configured to be erased when it has passed.

  The operation input unit 27 receives an operation input from a user, and can be configured using, for example, a touch switch, a mechanical switch, or the like integrated with a display. The operation input unit 27 receives, for example, an input from a driver who wants to receive charging from the charging stand 2 as to whether or not to permit the advertisement presentation as one of the functions. When the operation input unit 27 accepts an input for accepting the advertisement presentation, the operation input unit 27 obtains the information requesting the transmission of the advertisement data, and displays the advertisement request information indicating this as the main control device. Send to 21. When the operation input unit 27 receives an input indicating that the advertisement presentation is not accepted, the operation input unit 27 obtains information indicating that the transmission of the advertisement data is rejected, and sets the advertisement rejection information indicating this as the main control device. Send to 21. Therefore, the operation input part 27 functions as a necessity information acquisition part of a claim.

  The power line communication unit 28 transmits and receives information to and from the vehicle side unit 5 of the vehicle 3 by power line carrier communication (power line communication) via the charging cable 23. The power line communication unit 28 transmits the advertisement data to the vehicle side unit 5 when the advertisement data is sent from the main control device 21. Therefore, the power line communication unit 28 functions as an advertisement data transmission unit in claims. Further, when the power line communication unit 28 receives a power supply request signal or a power supply stop signal from the vehicle-side unit 5, the power line communication unit 28 sends the power supply request signal or power supply stop signal to the main control device 21.

  When charge power amount information described later is sent from the main control device 21, the charge charge management unit 29 sends this charge power amount information to the transmission / reception unit 25, and manages this charge power amount information from the transmission / reception unit 25. It is transmitted to the center server 1. In addition, when charge charge reduction / exemption information described later is sent from the main control device 21, the charge charge management unit 29 sends the charge charge reduction / exemption information to the management center server 1 together with the charge power amount information from the transmission / reception unit 25. Send it.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the vehicle 3 supplies electric power to a motor as a driving force source by electric power supplied from the charging stand 2 via a charging cable 23 inserted into a charging cable insertion port 52 described later. This is a plug-in vehicle capable of charging the battery 4. The plug-in vehicle referred to here may be a plug-in electric vehicle that uses only a motor as a driving force source, or a plug-in hybrid vehicle that uses a motor and an engine together as a driving force source. Also good. Further, the vehicle 3 is mounted with the battery 4 and the vehicle-side unit 5 as described above.

  The battery 4 is a traveling battery for supplying electric power to an electric motor (motor) as a driving force source of the vehicle 3. Therefore, the battery 4 functions as a traveling battery. The body ECU 6 is an electronic control unit for controlling the body system, and is connected to an accessory switch and an ignition switch (both not shown), and receives signals from the accessory switch and the ignition switch. It outputs to charge management ECU58 by in-vehicle LAN based on communication protocols, such as CAN (controller area network). Further, the immobilizer ECU 7 is an electronic control unit that controls a known immobilizer device that permits start of a driving force source such as a motor or an engine of the vehicle 3.

  Next, a schematic configuration of the vehicle unit 5 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the vehicle-side unit 5. As shown in FIG. 3, the vehicle-side unit 5 includes a power line communication unit 51, a charging cable insertion port 52, a power cable 53, an AC / DC conversion unit 54, a display device 56, a sound output device 57, and a charge management ECU 58. ing. The display device 56 and the audio output device 57 constitute a presentation unit 55.

  The power line communication unit 51 transmits and receives information to and from the charging station 2 through power line communication via the charging cable 23. The power line communication unit 51 transmits a power supply request signal or a power supply stop signal to the charging stand 2 in accordance with an instruction from the charge management ECU 58. In addition, when receiving the advertisement data from the charging station 2, the power line communication unit 51 sends this advertisement data to the charge management ECU 58. Therefore, the power line communication unit 51 functions as an advertisement data receiving unit.

  The charging cable insertion port 52 is a plug receptacle for electrically connecting with the plug 24. Further, the AC / DC converter 54 converts the AC power into DC power when AC power supplied from the charging stand 2 is sent via the charging cable insertion port 52 and the power cable 53. This is given to the battery 4.

  The display device 56 displays advertisements by text or images in accordance with instructions from the charge management ECU 58. The display device 56 is capable of full color display, for example, and can be configured using a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, a plasma display, or the like. The sound output device 57 includes a speaker and outputs sound related to the advertisement in accordance with an instruction from the charge management ECU 58. Therefore, the presentation unit 55 functions as an advertisement presentation unit in the claims. The display device 56 may be configured to use a display of a car navigation device, and the audio output device 57 may be configured to use an audio output device of the car navigation device.

  The charge management ECU 58 is mainly composed of a microcomputer comprising a CPU, ROM, RAM, backup RAM, etc. (all not shown), and executes various processes by executing various control programs stored in the ROM. Electronic control unit. When the advertisement data is sent from the power line communication unit 51, the charge management ECU 58 stores the advertisement data in, for example, the RAM. Then, after the charging of the battery 4 from the charging stand 2 is completed, the display device 56 and the audio output device 57 are caused to execute an advertisement according to the advertisement data once held. The timing for performing this advertisement will be described in detail later. In addition, after the storage of the advertisement data is completed, the charge management ECU 58 sends an advertisement data transmission completion signal from the power line communication unit 51 to the charging station 2 indicating that the transmission of the advertisement data from the charging station 2 to the vehicle-side unit 5 is completed. To send to.

  Furthermore, the charging management ECU 58 causes the power line communication unit 51 to transmit a power supply request signal, triggered by the plug 24 being inserted into the charging cable insertion port 52. Further, the charge management ECU 58 determines whether or not the battery 4 is fully charged based on the SOC obtained from a charge monitoring unit (not shown) that monitors the SOC (state of charge) of the battery 4 and is fully charged. If it is determined, the power line communication unit 51 transmits a power supply stop signal. Specifically, when the SOC obtained from the charge monitoring unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, it is determined that the battery 4 is fully charged, and a power supply stop signal is transmitted from the power line communication unit 51. The predetermined value referred to here is a value corresponding to full charge of the battery 4 and can be arbitrarily set.

  In addition, when the charge management ECU 58 detects that the accessory power supply is turned on based on the accessory switch signal sent from the body ECU 6, it detects that the accessory power supply is turned on. Is used as a trigger to cause the presentation unit 55 to present an advertisement according to the advertisement data stored in the RAM. That is, if the advertisement data stored in the RAM includes display data for displaying at least one of text and images, an advertisement according to the display data is displayed on the display device 56. If the advertisement data is included in the advertisement data stored in the RAM and the voice data is included in the advertisement data, the voice output device 57 outputs the voice data. Therefore, the charge management ECU 58 functions as an accessory power-on detection unit in the claims.

  In addition, when the charge management ECU 58 causes the display device 56 to display an advertisement as an advertisement, the charge management ECU 58 instructs the immobilizer ECU 7 until the display of the advertisement on the display device 56 is completed. The immobilizer device should not be allowed to start driving power sources such as motors and engines. Therefore, the charge management ECU 58 also functions as a drive prohibition unit.

  Next, an operation flow in the vehicle charging system 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation flow in the vehicle charging system 100. This flow is started when the vehicle 3 is parked in the parking lot where the charging stand 2 is installed.

  First, in step S <b> 1, the charge management ECU 58 determines whether or not the plug 24 is inserted into the charging cable insertion port 52. If it is determined that the plug 24 is inserted into the charging cable insertion port 52 (Yes in Step S1), the process proceeds to Step S2 as a connection confirmation. If it is not determined that the plug 24 is inserted into the charging cable insertion port 52 (No in step S1), the flow returns to step S1 and the flow is repeated assuming that the connection cannot be confirmed. Whether or not the plug 24 is inserted into the charging cable insertion port 52 is determined by, for example, providing a switch that is pushed into the charging cable insertion port 52 side as a sensor, based on the output from the sensor. The configuration can be performed. Moreover, the structure which performs the determination that the plug 24 was inserted in the charging cable insertion port 52 by another means may be sufficient.

  In step S2, advertisement acceptance / rejection confirmation processing is performed, and the process proceeds to step S3. In the advertisement approval / disapproval confirmation process, a power supply request signal is transmitted from the vehicle-side unit 5 of the vehicle 3 to the charging station 2 by power line communication. Subsequently, when the power supply request signal is received by the main control device 21 of the charging stand 2, the main control device 21 causes the main control device 21 to perform guidance for prompting the user to input whether or not to present the advertisement to the operation input unit 27. In addition, the guidance said here may be based on the sound output from the speaker which is not illustrated, and may be based on the image displayed on the display which is not illustrated. And the operation input part 27 receives the input from the user (for example, driver of the vehicle 3) about acceptance / rejection of this advertisement presentation.

  In step S3, when the operation input unit 27 accepts an input for accepting the advertisement presentation (Yes in step S3), the advertisement request information is sent to the main controller 21, and the process proceeds to step S4. If the operation input unit 27 accepts an input indicating that the advertisement presentation is not accepted (No in step S3), the advertisement rejection information is sent to the main control device 21 and the process proceeds to step S10.

  In step S4, advertisement data transmission processing is performed, and the process proceeds to step S5. In the advertisement data transmission process, the main control device 21 reads out the advertisement data stored in the advertisement data storage unit 26 of the charging station 2, and transmits the read advertisement data from the power line communication unit 28 to the vehicle side unit 5. To do. Subsequently, in the vehicle side unit 5, the advertisement data is received by the power line communication unit 51 and sent to the charge management ECU 58. Then, the charge management ECU 58 stores this advertisement data in, for example, a RAM.

  In step S5, the main controller 21 determines whether or not the transmission of the advertisement data from the charging station 2 to the vehicle unit 5 has been completed. The determination as to whether or not the transmission of the advertisement data from the charging station 2 to the vehicle side unit 5 has been completed is based on the advertisement data transmission completion signal transmitted from the vehicle side unit 5 via the power line communication unit 28. Judgment is made based on whether or not the control device 21 has received it. When it is determined that the advertisement data transmission completion signal has been received (Yes in step S5), the process proceeds to step S6. When it is not determined that the advertisement data transmission completion signal has been received (No in step S5), the flow in step S5 is repeated.

  In step S6, a charging process is performed and the process proceeds to step S7. In the charging process, the main control device 21 switches the switching device 22 from the power cut-off state to the power supply permission state, and switches to a state in which power can be supplied from the charging stand 2 to the battery 4 of the vehicle 3. Then, commercial power is supplied to the AC / DC converter 54 via the charging cable 23, the plug 24, the charging cable insertion port 52, and the power cable 53, and the supplied AC power is converted to DC power by the AC / DC converter 54. The battery 4 is charged by being converted to and given to the battery 4. This charging is performed until the battery 4 is fully charged, for example. Whether or not the battery has been fully charged is determined by the charge management ECU 58 as described above. When it is determined that the battery is fully charged, the charge management ECU 58 transmits a power supply stop signal from the power line communication unit 51 toward the charging station 2. In the charging station 2, when the main control device 21 receives a power supply stop signal via the power line communication unit 28, the main control device 21 switches the switching device 22 from the power supply permission state to the power cut-off state, and performs charging. The power supply from the stand 2 to the battery 4 is stopped. Note that the amount of power supplied from the charging station 2 to the battery 4 after the switching device 22 switches from the power cut-off state to the power permission state and then switches to the power cut-off state again (hereinafter referred to as charge power amount) is the main control device. Assume that 21 is monitoring.

  In step S7, an advertisement-accepted charge charge management process is performed, and the process proceeds to step S8. In the charge charge management process at the time of approval of advertisement, the main control device 21 monitors the charge power amount information (hereinafter referred to as charge power amount information) and information indicating the degree of charge charge reduction / exemption (hereinafter referred to as charge charge reduction / exemption information and To the management center server 1 from the transmission / reception unit 25. The degree of charge charge reduction / exemption indicated in the charge charge reduction / exemption information may be set in advance, for example, or the type and number of advertisement data transmitted from the charging stand 2 to the vehicle-side unit 5. It is good also as a structure which increases / decreases according to.

  In step S <b> 8, the charge management ECU 58 determines whether or not the plug 24 has been removed from the charging cable insertion port 52. And when it determines with the plug 24 having been extracted from the charging cable insertion port 52 (it is Yes at step S8), it moves to step S9 as what was disconnected. If it is not determined that the plug 24 has been removed from the charging cable insertion port 52 (No in step S8), the flow of step S8 is repeated assuming that the connection has not been released.

  In step S9, an advertisement presentation process is performed, and the process proceeds to step S13. In the advertisement presenting process, triggered by the charge management ECU 58 detecting that the accessory power supply is turned on, the display device 56 performs display according to the advertisement data stored in the RAM, or the RAM is stored in the RAM. For example, the audio output device 57 may perform audio output according to the advertisement data. It is assumed that the advertisement presentation process by the display device 56 and the audio output device 57 is not started until the charge management ECU 58 detects that the accessory power supply is turned on. In the advertisement presentation process, when the display device 56 displays an advertisement as an advertisement presentation, the immobilizer ECU 7 is instructed until the display of the advertisement on the display device 56 is finished, and the vehicle 3 The immobilizer device should not be allowed to start driving power sources such as motors and engines.

  It is dangerous to display texts and images as advertisements to the driver of the vehicle while the vehicle is running because it distracts the driver's attention and induces an accident. However, according to the above configuration, when displaying a text or an image as an advertisement to the driver of the vehicle 3, the vehicle 3 cannot be driven until the display is finished, thus inducing an accident. There is no danger.

  In step S10, the charging process is performed in the same manner as in step S6, and the process proceeds to step S11. In step S11, an advertisement refusal charging charge management process is performed, and the process proceeds to step S12. In the advertisement refusal charging charge management process, the main control device 21 transmits the charging power amount information from the transmitting / receiving unit 25 to the management center server 1.

  In step S <b> 12, the charge management ECU 58 determines whether or not the plug 24 has been removed from the charging cable insertion port 52. And when it determines with the plug 24 having been extracted from the charging cable insertion port 52 (it is Yes at step S12), it moves to step S13 as what was disconnected. If it is not determined that the plug 24 has been removed from the charging cable insertion port 52 (No in step S12), the flow of step S12 is repeated assuming that the connection has not been released.

  In step S13, billing / settlement processing is performed and the flow ends. In the charging / settlement process, the management center server 1 charges the charging fee according to the charging power according to the charging power amount information transmitted from the transmitting / receiving unit 25 of the charging stand 2. In addition, when charging fee reduction / exemption information is transmitted along with the charging power amount information transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 25 of the charging stand 2, the charging fee indicated by the charging fee reduction / exemption information is determined from the charging fee corresponding to the charging power. The management center server 1 charges the charging fee reduced or reduced by the degree of reduction or exemption. Then, a payment for the billing amount is performed. The billing / settlement process may be performed in the same manner as the well-known process used for the parking fee billing / settlement process. For example, the personal information of the credit card is read by a reading unit (not shown) of the charging stand 2, and the personal information, the charging power amount information and the charging fee reduction / exemption information are transmitted to the management center server 1. It may be configured such that it is pulled down.

  As described above, when the operation input unit 27 receives an input for accepting the advertisement presentation (that is, when information indicating that the advertisement data is requested to be transmitted), the power line communication of the charging station 2 is performed. After the transmission of the advertisement data from the unit 28 to the vehicle-side unit 5 is completed, the battery 4 is charged, and the charging fee corresponding to the charging managed by the charging fee management unit 29 is reduced or exempted. On the other hand, when the operation input unit 27 receives an input indicating that the advertisement presentation is not accepted (that is, when information indicating that transmission of advertisement data is not requested is acquired), the power line communication unit 28 of the charging station 2 While charging the battery 4 without transmitting the advertisement data to the vehicle side unit 5, the charging fee corresponding to the charging managed by the charging fee management unit 29 is not reduced or exempted.

  In this flow, the configuration in which the charging / settlement processing is performed at the timing after the plug 24 is disconnected from the charging cable insertion port 52 is shown, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, the timing of the charging / settlement processing may be another timing as long as it is after the main control device 21 transmits the charging power amount information from the transmission / reception unit 25 to the management center server 1.

  Further, in this flow, a configuration is shown in which the operation input unit 27 receives an input from the driver regarding whether or not to accept the advertisement presentation after the connection is confirmed, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, it is good also as a structure which receives the input from the driver about acceptance / rejection of an advertisement presentation by the operation input unit 27 before connection confirmation.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration in which the power supply from the charging stand 2 to the battery 4 is stopped after the battery 4 is fully charged is shown, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, the power supply from the charging stand 2 to the battery 4 may be stopped before the battery 4 is fully charged in response to a request from the driver. In this case, an input for stopping power supply to the battery 4 may be received from the driver via the operation input unit 27, and the power supply to the battery 4 may be stopped when this input is received. That's fine.

  According to the above configuration, only when the transmission of the advertisement data from the charging station 2 to the vehicle-side unit 5 of the vehicle 3 is completed, the charge for the charging of the battery 4 of the vehicle 3 is reduced or exempted. . Further, according to the above configuration, when the accessory power source is turned on in the process of starting the vehicle 3, an advertisement according to the advertisement data received by the vehicle side unit 5 is automatically presented. Therefore, according to the above configuration, only when the driver of the vehicle 3 receives an advertisement in accordance with the advertisement data transmitted from the charging station 2, the charging fee required for charging the battery 4 of the vehicle 3 is reduced. Reductions and exemptions will be made. In other words, according to the above configuration, the charging fee can be reduced or exempted only when the driver of the vehicle 3 receives an advertisement.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration in which the charging can be received from the charging stand 2 regardless of whether the advertisement is presented or the advertisement is not presented is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, a configuration may be employed in which charging is not received when advertisement presentation is not received, and charging is received only when advertisement presentation is received. Specifically, when the plug 24 is inserted into the charging cable insertion port 52, the advertisement data is automatically transmitted from the charging station 2 to the vehicle-side unit 5, and the advertisement data from the charging station 2 to the vehicle-side unit 5 is transmitted. After the transmission is completed, the charging of the battery 4 of the vehicle 3 from the charging stand 2 may be performed. As for the processing after the charging of the battery 4 of the vehicle 3 is completed, the display device 56 and the audio output device 57 display advertisements according to the advertisement data when the accessory power source is turned on as in the present embodiment. It is sufficient to adopt a configuration that does not perform charging / settlement for charging. In this case, it is not necessary to provide the charging charge management unit 29 in the charging stand 2, and the management center server 1 does not need to perform billing / settlement processing. In addition, it is not necessary for the main control device 21 to perform guidance for prompting the user to input whether or not the advertisement is presented to the operation input unit 27, and it is also necessary to accept an input about whether or not the advertisement is presented by the operation input unit 27. Disappear.

  According to the above configuration, charging from the charging station 2 to the battery 4 of the vehicle 3 is permitted only when transmission of the advertisement data from the charging station 2 to the vehicle-side unit 5 of the vehicle 3 is completed. It will be. Therefore, according to the above configuration, charging of the battery 4 of the vehicle 3 is received free of charge only when the driver of the vehicle 3 receives the advertisement according to the advertisement data. That is, according to the above configuration, when the driver of the vehicle 3 receives an advertisement, the charge fee is exempted.

  In the present embodiment, transmission of advertisement data from the charging station 2 to the vehicle side unit 5 and transmission of a power supply request signal and a power supply stop signal from the vehicle side unit 5 to the charging station 2 are performed via the charging cable 23. Although the configuration performed by power line communication is shown, the configuration is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, instead of the power line communication units 28 and 51, a wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication is provided in both the charging station 2 and the vehicle side unit 5, thereby transmitting and receiving information by wireless communication instead of power line communication. It is good also as a structure to perform.

  In the present embodiment, the case of performing contact-type charging in which the battery 4 of the vehicle 3 is charged from the charging stand 2 via the charging cable 23 has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the present invention can also be applied to the case where non-contact charging is performed by electromagnetic induction without using a charging cable. In this case, the advertisement data, the power supply request signal, and the power supply stop signal may be transmitted and received between the charging station 2 and the vehicle-side unit 5 by wireless communication as described above. In this case, the vehicle 3 is not a plug-in vehicle but an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle that charges the battery 4 by non-contact charging.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration in which the advertisement data is transmitted from the charging station 2 to the vehicle-side unit 5 is shown, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, a configuration in which advertisement data is distributed from the management center server 1 to the vehicle-side unit 5 may be used. In this case, the vehicle-side unit 5 is provided with a communication device capable of communicating with the management center saver 1 via the Internet, and the advertisement data distributed from the management center server 1 is downloaded by this communication device to store the advertisement data. What is necessary is just to set it as the structure stored in the part 26. FIG. In addition, as a communication apparatus said here, it is possible to use the known communication apparatus used for telematics communication.

Further, in the present embodiment, the configuration in which the management center server 1 performs both the charging / settlement process and the distribution of the advertisement data is shown, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, a server that performs billing / settlement processing and a server that performs advertisement distribution may be different servers. In the present embodiment, a configuration in which charging power amount information is transmitted from the charging station 2 to the management center server 1 However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the charging fee information may be transmitted from the charging station 2 to the management center server 1. Specifically, the charging stand 2 is provided with a memory storing a table in which the charging power amount and the charging fee are associated, and the charging fee management unit 29 obtains the charging fee by referring to this table based on the charging power amount. The charging fee may be transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 25 to the management center server 1. In this case, the charging fee management unit 29 may reduce the charging fee based on the charging fee reduction / exemption information, and transmit the reduced charging fee from the transmission / reception unit 25 to the management center server 1. In addition, the management center server 1 may be configured to perform a settlement process based on the information on the charging fee transmitted from the charging stand 2.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration in which the accounting / settlement process is performed by the management center server 1 is shown, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, the charging / settlement process may be performed at the charging stand 2. In this case, as described above, the charging fee management unit 29 obtains the charging fee by referring to the table in which the charging energy amount and the charging fee are associated with each other based on the charging energy amount. The driver may be charged from 2 and the payment may be made by cash or a prepaid card that the driver puts into the charging stand 2 in response to the request.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and the technical means disclosed in different embodiments can be appropriately combined. Such embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a vehicle charging system 100. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a charging stand 2. FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a vehicle side unit 5. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation flow in the vehicle charging system 100.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Management center server (distribution center server, charging center server), 2 charging stand (charging device for vehicles), 3 vehicle, 4 battery (battery for driving), 5 vehicle side unit, 6 body ECU, 7 immobilizer ECU, 21 main Control device, 22 switching device, 23 charging cable, 24 plug, 25 transmission / reception unit, 26 advertisement data storage unit, 27 operation input unit (necessity information acquisition unit), 28 power line communication unit (advertisement data transmission unit), 29 charging charge Management unit, 51 power line communication unit (advertising data receiving unit), 52 charging cable outlet, 53 power cable, 54 AC / DC conversion unit, 55 presenting unit (advertisement presenting unit), 56 display device (advertising presenting unit), 57 voice output device (advertisement presentation unit), 58 charge management ECU (accessory power-on detection unit, drive prohibition unit), 100 vehicle Charging system

Claims (13)

A charging device for a vehicle that is installed in a parking lot and supplies electric power to a traveling battery of a vehicle that uses an electric motor as a driving force source for charging.
An advertisement data storage unit that stores advertisement data that is data for presenting an advertisement;
An advertisement data transmission unit that transmits the advertisement data stored in the advertisement data storage unit to the vehicle,
The vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein after the advertisement data transmission unit completes transmission of the advertisement data to the vehicle, the vehicle battery is charged. Further comprising a necessity information obtaining unit for obtaining information on necessity of transmission of the advertisement data;
When the information indicating that the transmission of the advertisement data is not requested is acquired by the necessity information acquisition unit, charging the traveling battery is prohibited,
When the information on requesting transmission of the advertisement data is acquired by the necessity information acquisition unit, after the transmission of the advertisement data from the advertisement data transmission unit to the vehicle is completed, to the battery for traveling The vehicle charging device according to claim 1, wherein charging is performed. A charging device for a vehicle that is installed in a parking lot and supplies electric power to a traveling battery of a vehicle that uses an electric motor as a driving force source for charging.
An advertisement data storage unit that stores advertisement data that is data for presenting an advertisement;
An advertisement data transmitter for transmitting the advertisement data stored in the advertisement data storage to the vehicle;
A necessity information obtaining unit for obtaining information on necessity of transmission of the advertisement data;
A charge charge management unit for managing a charge charge according to the charge to the battery for traveling,
In the case where the information indicating that transmission of the advertisement data is requested is acquired by the necessity information acquisition unit, after the transmission of the advertisement data from the advertisement data transmission unit to the vehicle is completed, A charging device for a vehicle that performs charging and reduces or exempts a charging fee according to the charging managed by the charging fee management unit. The charging fee management unit sends information on the amount of power spent for charging the battery for traveling to a charging center server that performs charging processing of the charging fee, and the charging center saver performs charging processing according to the amount of power. And managing the charging fee according to the charging of the battery for traveling,
4. The charging fee is reduced or exempted according to the degree of the reduction or exemption by sending information indicating the degree of the reduction or exemption to the charging center server when the charging fee is reduced or exempted. Vehicle charging device.   5. The parking lot according to claim 1, wherein the parking lot is at least one of a public parking lot, a private parking lot, a public facility parking lot, and a commercial facility parking lot. The vehicle charging device according to claim 1.   The said advertisement data transmission part transmits advertisement data to the said vehicle by wireless communication, The charging device for vehicles of any one of Claims 1-5 characterized by the above-mentioned. The charging is contact charging performed via a charging cable,
The said advertisement data transmission part transmits advertisement data to the said vehicle by the power line carrier communication via the said charge cable, The charging device for vehicles of any one of Claims 1-5 characterized by the above-mentioned. An advertisement data receiving unit that receives advertisement data transmitted from a distribution center server that distributes advertisement data;
The said advertisement data storage part stores the advertisement data received by the said advertisement data receiving part, The charging device for vehicles of any one of Claims 1-7 characterized by the above-mentioned. A vehicle using an electric motor as a driving force source;
A vehicle charging device according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The vehicle is
An advertisement data receiving unit for receiving advertisement data transmitted from the advertisement data transmitting unit;
A vehicle-side unit comprising: an advertisement presenting unit that presents an advertisement according to the advertisement data received by the advertisement data receiving unit;
A vehicle charging system comprising: a traveling battery that supplies electric power to the electric motor. A vehicle using an electric motor as a driving force source;
A charging device for a vehicle that is installed in a parking lot and that supplies power to a battery for traveling of the vehicle for charging; and
A distribution center server for distributing advertisement data,
The vehicle is
A communication device capable of communicating with the distribution center saver via a network;
A vehicle-side unit including an advertisement presenting unit that presents an advertisement according to the advertisement data received by the communication device from the distribution center server,
The vehicle charging system, wherein after the reception of the advertisement data by the communication device is completed, the battery for charging is charged. A vehicle using an electric motor as a driving force source;
A charging device for a vehicle that is installed in a parking lot and that supplies power to a battery for traveling of the vehicle for charging;
A distribution center server for distributing advertisement data,
The vehicle is
A communication device capable of communicating with the distribution center saver via the Internet;
An advertisement presenting unit for presenting an advertisement according to the advertisement data received by the communication device from the distribution center server;
A necessity information obtaining unit for obtaining information on necessity of distribution of the advertisement data;
A vehicle charge unit equipped with a charge charge management unit that performs charge charge management according to charging of the battery for traveling, and
When the information on requesting the delivery of the advertisement data is acquired by the necessity information acquisition unit, the transmission battery is charged after the transmission of the advertisement data in the communication device is completed, and A charging system for a vehicle that reduces or exempts a charging fee corresponding to the charging managed by the charging fee management unit The vehicle-side unit further includes an accessory power-on detection unit that detects that the accessory power of the vehicle is turned on,
The advertisement according to the advertisement data is presented by the advertisement presenting unit when the accessory power on detection unit detects that the accessory power is turned on. The vehicle charging system according to Item. The advertisement data includes at least display data for displaying at least one of text and an image related to the advertisement,
The advertisement presenting unit is capable of performing display according to at least the display data as an advertisement presentation,
The vehicle according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein the vehicle-side unit further includes a drive prohibiting unit that prohibits driving of the vehicle until the display by the advertisement presenting unit is completed. Charging system.

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