JP2013246704A - Vehicle charging equipment, communication device and charging lid operation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle charging equipment or the like capable of further increasing convenience for a passenger of a vehicle.SOLUTION: In a vehicle charging system 1, a vehicle charging equipment 3 is equipped with portable information acquisition means, information generation means, and information transmitting means. The portable information acquisition means acquires portable information for transmitting data to a portable terminal 10 carried by a passenger (user 1A) of a vehicle. The information generation means generates benefit information for giving the user 1A a benefit which can be received in a facility 1X according to an amount of charge that the vehicle charging equipment 3 supplies to a travel battery 4A of a target vehicle 1Y which the user 1A rides. The information transmitting means transmits the benefit information generated by the information generation means to the portable terminal 10 by using the portable information acquired by the portable information acquisition means. Therefore, the user 1A can gain useful information that can be used in the facility 1X, and spend meaningful time.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicular charging facility, a communication device, and a charging lid operation device that are convenient for passengers of a vehicle equipped with a traveling battery.

  In recent years, along with the widespread use of vehicles equipped with traveling batteries such as electric vehicles and hybrid cars, various vehicle charging facilities and vehicle devices for charging the traveling batteries of these vehicles have been proposed.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, in a vehicle charging facility installed in a parking lot, the communication device transmits advertisement data to the vehicle device, and after the transmission is completed, the battery for charging is charged, and the charge amount What grants the privilege which reduces and exempts a charge charge by the part according to is disclosed.

JP 2010-114988 A

  However, in the vehicle charging facility disclosed in Patent Document 1, if the user tries to obtain a privilege, the vehicle battery will not start charging unless it receives advertisement data from the communication device. For the passenger, there was a possibility that an unnecessary inconvenience may be felt to the passenger, such as an advertisement that is not useful is sent, or the user has to wait for the start of charging meaninglessly.

Further, from the viewpoint of convenience for vehicle occupants, there is still room for improvement on the vehicle device side as well as the vehicle charging facility including the communication device.
The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle charging facility, a communication device, and a charging lid operation device that can further improve convenience for vehicle occupants.

  A first invention made to achieve the above object is a communication device in a charging facility for a vehicle attached to a facility, wherein (1) portable information acquisition means, (2) information generation means, and (3 ) Information transmission means.

(1) The portable information acquisition means acquires portable information for transmitting data to a portable terminal carried by a user who uses the vehicle charging facility.
(2) The information generation means targets the vehicle on which the user gets on the target vehicle, and gives the user a privilege that the traveling battery of the target vehicle can receive in the facility according to the amount of charge charged by the vehicle charging facility. The privilege information for granting is generated.

(3) The information transmitting means transmits (2) the privilege information generated by the information generating means to the portable terminal using the portable information acquired by (1) the portable information acquiring means.
According to such a configuration, the privilege information that can be used in the facility is sent to the portable terminal of the user who is a vehicle occupant, so that information useful to the user can be obtained.

  In addition, since the privilege information is information for giving the user a privilege that can be received in the facility according to the amount of charge, the user can spend a waiting time for charging in the facility, It is possible to receive a privilege within the vehicle and return to the vehicle, and to spend time meaningfully.

  From the above, according to the present invention, it is possible to further improve convenience for the vehicle occupant. Furthermore, for the facility side, the use value of the facility can be increased and the number of visitors can be expected by providing an incentive that can be used in the facility by installing a vehicle charging facility.

  Further, for example, in Patent Document 1, in a vehicle charging facility installed in a parking lot, a vehicle is provided with guidance for asking a user whether or not to present an advertisement using a charging paddle inserted into a charging port of the vehicle as a trigger. What is transmitted to the device is disclosed.

  However, the vehicle charging facility disclosed in Patent Document 1 requires a manual charging operation in order to insert the charging paddle into the charging port of the vehicle. When the work is performed, it is necessary to board the vehicle again in order to answer the guidance, which may cause the passenger to feel unnecessary annoyance.

  A second invention made in view of such a point is a vehicle charging facility for charging a running battery mounted on a vehicle, wherein (1) drive control means and (2) fitting control means. With.

(1) The drive control means moves the charging paddle inserted into the charging port of the vehicle to an adjacent position of the charging port by an actuator.
(2) The fitting control means (1) causes the charging paddle to fit into the charging port after the charging paddle has been moved to a position close to the charging port by the drive control means.

  Here, in the present invention, the charging paddle has a solenoid that generates a magnetic field in a direction to be attracted to the charging port. (2) When the charging control pad is fitted to the charging port, the fitting control means The charging paddle is attracted to the charging port by passing an electric current.

According to such a configuration, since the charging paddle is automatically inserted into the charging port in the vehicle charging facility, the user does not necessarily have to get on and off the vehicle during charging.
Further, since the charging paddle is magnetically coupled to the charging port, the charging paddle can be prevented from falling out of the charging port.

  Further, since the charging paddle is attracted to the charging port by passing a current through the solenoid, the charging paddle can be easily separated from the charging port by stopping energization of the solenoid when charging is completed.

From the above, according to the present invention, it is possible to further improve convenience for the vehicle occupant. Furthermore, the availability of the vehicle charging facility can be increased.
The charging paddle and the charging port are both made of a soft magnetic material and may be configured to be attracted by energizing a solenoid wound around either one as in the present invention, or the solenoid wound around both A configuration may be adopted in which different magnetic poles are generated on the opposing surfaces by energization of the electrodes and attracted.

  By the way, for example, in Patent Document 1, in the vehicle charging facility installed in the parking lot, the vehicle device monitors the charge state of the traveling battery, and when the battery is fully charged, a charge stop signal is sent from the vehicle device, When this signal is received, a battery that terminates charging the battery for traveling is disclosed.

  However, in the vehicle charging facility disclosed in Patent Document 1, no matter what timing the charge stop signal is sent from the vehicle device, the vehicle driver may inadvertently cause the vehicle to move during charging. There was a possibility that could not be prevented.

A third invention made in view of such a point is a charging lid operating device, which includes (1) a charging lid driving mechanism, (2) an operation receiving unit, and (3) an operation prohibiting unit.
(1) The charging lid drive mechanism opens and drives the charging lid that closes the insertion portion of the charging port in the vehicle on which the traveling battery is mounted.

(2) The operation receiving unit (1) receives a command operation by a vehicle occupant necessary to start the opening operation of the charging lid by the charging lid driving mechanism.
(3) When the operation prohibiting means detects at least one of the state where the parking brake of the vehicle is not operated and the ignition switch of the vehicle is turned on, (2) the operation receiving unit prohibits the reception of the command operation. .

  According to such a configuration, (2) when a command operation by the occupant is received by the operation receiving unit, (1) the charging lid is automatically opened by the charging lid driving mechanism, so that the user can get on and off the vehicle during charging. This is not always necessary.

  Further, (3) when the operation prohibiting means detects that the vehicle is in a travelable state, (2) the command operation by the operation receiving unit is prohibited, so (1) the charging lid drive mechanism is driven. Since the charging lid does not open, charging of the traveling battery in this case can be reliably prohibited.

  From the above, according to the present invention, it is possible to further improve convenience for the vehicle occupant. Furthermore, it is possible to suppress a problem that the vehicle starts to move during charging.

It is the schematic which shows the structural example of the vehicle charging system to which this invention was applied. (A) is the schematic which shows the structural example of the charging equipment for vehicles, (b) is the schematic for demonstrating the center part of a charging paddle. (A) is a block diagram which shows the structural example of a portable terminal, (b) is a block diagram which shows the structural example of a vehicle-mounted apparatus. It is a 1st flowchart which shows the example of a procedure of a charge control process. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows the example of a procedure of a charge control process. (A) is a top view which shows the object vehicle which stopped in the stop space, (b) is a room view of the object vehicle which shows the state which the operation lamp lighted. (A) is a perspective view which shows the state which the charge port exposed, (b) is a perspective view which shows the state in which the sensor light was projected from the light projection part. (A) is a top view which shows the light-receiving position of the sensor light in a vehicle facing surface, (b) is a perspective view which shows the movement of a charging device main body, (c) is a high view which shows the movement of a charging lid. FIG. (A) is a perspective view which shows the state in which the charge port has faced the outer side of the object vehicle, (b) is a perspective view which shows the movement of a charge port, (c) is a charge port in an object vehicle. It is a perspective view which shows the state which has faced the inner side.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[overall structure]
As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle charging system 1 includes a terminal device (hereinafter referred to as “facility device”) 2 installed in a facility 1X that provides goods or services to a visitor, and charging for a vehicle that is attached to the facility 1X. A facility 3, a mobile terminal 10 carried by a user 1 </ b> A using the vehicle charging facility 3, and a vehicle device 4 mounted on a vehicle (hereinafter “target vehicle”) 1 </ b> Y on which the user 1 </ b> A gets on are provided. .

  The facility 1X comprehensively handles, for example, supermarkets and discount stores that sell food, clothing, and daily necessities as products, home appliance stores that sell household electrical appliances, furniture stores that sell furniture, and these products What kind of department stores, for example, entertainment facilities that provide services such as games, pachinko, bathing, fitness, etc., restaurants that serve food and drinks, and shopping malls that sell these products and provide services? Form may be sufficient.

  The target vehicle 1Y is a vehicle that uses an electric motor (motor) as a driving force source, and may be an electric vehicle that uses only a motor as a driving force source, or a hybrid car that uses a motor and an engine together as a driving force source. It may be.

  The target vehicle 1Y has a traveling battery 4A for supplying electric power to the motor as a part of the vehicle device 4, and is used for traveling via a charging port 4B connected to the traveling battery 4A. It is a so-called plug-in electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid car that can charge the battery 4A. The charging port 4B is a charging port provided in the rear part of the side body of the target vehicle 1Y.

  The user 1 </ b> A is a driver or a passenger of the target vehicle, and receives the service of charging the traveling battery 4 </ b> A of the target vehicle 1 </ b> Y by using the vehicle charging facility 3. The user 1A can also use the facility 1X while the traveling battery 4A of the target vehicle 1Y is being charged.

[Vehicle charging equipment configuration]
As illustrated in FIG. 2A, the vehicle charging facility 3 includes a charging station 3 </ b> A, a wireless communication unit 5 </ b> A that performs wireless communication between the mobile terminal 10 and the vehicle device 4, and the vehicle device 4. A power line communication unit 5B that performs power line communication and a control unit 6 that controls the charging station 3A, the wireless communication unit 5A, and the power line communication unit 5B are provided.

  The charging stand 3A charges the traveling battery 4A of the target vehicle 1Y by supplying electric power to the target vehicle 1Y, and is in the vicinity of a predetermined stopping space and is applied to the stopping target vehicle 1Y. Installed in a position where charging is possible.

  Specifically, the charging station 3 </ b> A is installed along the vehicle length direction of the target vehicle 1 </ b> Y that stops in the stop space (i.e., the longitudinal direction of the stop space) and both ends of the guide portion 7. The sensor group 8 and the charging device main body 9 movable along the guide portion 7 are provided.

  The guide unit 7 supports the charging device body 9 and has a vehicle facing surface 7A facing the side of the target vehicle 1Y that stops in the stop space, and receives sensor light having a wavelength or frequency specified in advance. It is like that. Further, the guide portion 7 is provided with a uniaxial actuator 7B for moving the charging device main body 9 in the longitudinal direction of the stop space.

  The sensor group 8 includes a position detection sensor 8A that detects the position of the target vehicle 1Y that stops in the stop space, and an optical sensor 8B that detects the sensor light projected on the vehicle facing surface 7A.

  The charging device main body 9 has a charging paddle 11 to be inserted into a charging port 4B (described later) of the target vehicle 1Y. With the charging paddle 11 inserted into the charging port 4B, the battery 4A for traveling of the target vehicle 1Y is connected. It comes to charge. The charging device body 9 is provided with a charging cable (not shown) connected to the charging paddle 11 and the power line communication unit 5B. When charging the battery 4A for traveling, the charging port 4B and the charging cable are used. Thus, it also plays a role of transferring information sent from the vehicle device 4 by power line communication to the power line communication unit 5B and transferring information transmitted from the power line communication unit 5B to the vehicle device 4.

  Furthermore, the charging device main body 9 has a vehicle width direction (that is, a short direction of the stop space) of the target vehicle 1Y that stops in the stop space, and directions perpendicular to the short direction and the long direction of the stop space ( That is, a biaxial actuator 9A for moving the charging paddle 11 in the direction of gravity) is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2B, the charging paddle 11 has a central portion 11A made of a soft magnetic material such as an iron core and a solenoid 11B such as a copper wire coil spirally wound around the core 11A. When the switching device 11C such as a connected switch or relay is turned on by the control unit 6, a current flows through the solenoid 11B, and the core 11A is magnetized. The core 11A is designed so that a magnetic field is generated in the direction in which the charging paddle 11 is fitted to the charging port 4B (in other words, the direction in which the charging paddle 11 is attracted to the charging port 4B). Yes. In the present embodiment, when the core 11A is magnetized, an S pole is generated at the end of the core 11A on the side fitted to the charging port 4B.

  The control unit 6 is configured around a known microcomputer including a CPU 6A and a memory 6B such as a ROM or a RAM so that the CPU 6A executes various processes based on a program stored in the memory 6B. It has become. The program can be recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disk such as a CD-ROM or DVD, a magnetic disk, or a semiconductor memory, and provided to the operator of the vehicle charging facility 3. The program may be used by being loaded on a microcomputer via a network.

  Specifically, the control unit 6 performs magnetization switching control for magnetizing the charging paddle 11 by turning on / off the switching device 11C, or sends a command to the biaxial actuator 9A of the charging device body 9 to thereby charge the paddle 11. -Axis drive control for moving the vehicle in the gravitational direction and the short direction of the stop space, vehicle information monitoring control for monitoring information sent from the vehicle device 4 via the power line communication unit 5B, and a traveling battery for the target vehicle 1Y Vehicle charging control for charging 4A to the charging device body 9, sensor information monitoring control for monitoring information sent from the sensor group 8, and stopping the charging device body 9 by sending a command to the single-axis actuator 7B of the guide unit 7 One-axis drive control is performed to move in the longitudinal direction of the space.

  In addition to these controls, the control unit 6 gives the user 1A a privilege that can be received in the facility 1X by the amount corresponding to the amount of charge that the traveling battery 4A of the target vehicle 1Y is charged by the vehicle charging facility 3. Charge control processing (to be described later) is executed for transmitting the privilege information to the mobile terminal 10 via the wireless communication unit 5A.

[Configuration of mobile terminal]
The mobile terminal 10 is any one of a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a laptop computer, and the like that is carried by the user 1A who uses the vehicle charging facility 3, and as shown in FIG. A wireless communication unit 12 that performs wireless communication with the charging facility 3, a display unit 13 that displays an image, an operation input unit 14 that inputs an operation command from the user 1A, a wireless communication unit 12, a display unit 13, and an operation And a control unit 15 that controls the input unit 14.

  The control unit 15 is configured around a known microcomputer including a CPU 15A and a memory 15B such as a ROM or a RAM, and the CPU 15A realizes a function as a portable terminal based on a program stored in the memory 15B. Various processes are performed for this purpose.

  For example, the control unit 15 performs information display control for displaying the privilege information received from the vehicle charging facility 3 via the wireless communication unit 12 on the display unit 13 in accordance with the operation command input via the operation input unit 14. Do.

  The privilege information is displayed on the display unit 13 in the form of a two-dimensional bar code, for example, and the two-dimensional bar code is read by a reading device connected to the facility device 2, whereby the privilege according to the amount of charge is given to the facility 1X. It is supposed to make it known to the employees.

  In addition, the privilege corresponding to the amount of charge may be, for example, a discount on a product sold at the facility 1X or a provided service, or may be a point that can be used at the next purchase of the product. Alternatively, it may be addition of services provided at the facility 1X (for example, addition of pachinko balls).

[Configuration of vehicle device]
The vehicle device 4 is a device mounted on the target vehicle 1Y, and includes a power line communication unit 16 that performs power line communication with the vehicle charging facility 3 and a mobile terminal 10 as illustrated in FIG. Charging operation for charging the wireless communication unit 20 that is connected and wirelessly communicates with the vehicle charging facility 3, the in-vehicle communication unit 17 connected to the in-vehicle LAN (Local Area Network), and the traveling battery 4A Device 18, operation accepting unit 19 that accepts a command operation by a vehicle occupant, two types of operation lamps 21 </ b> A and 21 </ b> B for notifying the occupant that charging or disabling charging of battery 4 </ b> A for traveling, and the charge amount of battery 4 </ b> A for traveling Is provided with a charge amount lamp 22 for informing the occupant and a control unit 23 for controlling these units.

The operation lamps 21A and 21B and the charge amount lamp 22 are installed at positions (for example, on the dashboard) where the occupant can visually recognize from the driver's seat in the vehicle interior of the target vehicle 1Y.
The power line communication unit 16 is connected to the charging port 4B of the charging operation device 18 via a charging cable (not shown). When charging the traveling battery 4A, the vehicle charging equipment 3 via the charging port 4B and the charging cable is used. The information sent by power line communication is received, or the information is transmitted to the vehicle charging facility 3.

  The in-vehicle communication unit 17 communicates with an electronic control unit (ECU) connected to the in-vehicle LAN, so that charging information indicating the charging state (for example, charge amount) of the traveling battery 4A for the target vehicle 1Y , PB information indicating the parking brake state (operation / non-operation), IG information indicating the ignition switch state (ON / OFF), and the like are received.

  The charging operation device 18 is directed to the charging lid 18A that blocks the insertion portion of the charging port 4B, the actuator 18B that mechanically opens and closes the charging lid 18A, the light projecting unit 18C that projects sensor light, and the charging lid 18A. And a magnetic sensor 18D for detecting the magnetic force generated.

  Note that the central portion of the charging port 4B has a shape that fits into the charging paddle 11, and, like the central portion of the charging paddle 11, a magnetic field is generated when a solenoid (not shown) is energized. Designed to. In the present embodiment, when the charging port 4B is magnetized, an N pole is generated at the end of the charging port 4B on the side where the charging paddle 11 is fitted.

  The light projecting unit 18C projects the above-described sensor light, which is predetermined in order to make the vehicle charging facility 3 side know the center of the charging port 4B, on the vehicle facing surface 7A of the vehicle charging facility 3. In addition, the light projecting unit 18C measures the distance from the object on which the sensor light is reflected by detecting the reflected light of the projected sensor light.

  The control unit 23 is configured around a well-known microcomputer including a CPU 23A and a memory 23B such as a ROM or a RAM, and the CPU 23A executes various processes based on a program stored in the memory 23B. It has become.

  Specifically, the control unit 23 opens / closes driving control for driving the charging lid 18A to open / close by sending a command to the actuator 18B of the charging operation device 18, and light projecting control for projecting the sensor light to the light projecting unit 18C, In addition to the magnetization switching control for magnetizing the charging port 4B by energizing the solenoid of the charging port 4B, a charging control process (described later) related to the charging of the traveling battery 4A is executed.

[Charge control processing]
Below, the charging control process which the vehicle charging equipment 3 and the vehicle apparatus 4 each perform according to the flowchart of FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 is demonstrated.

  Note that the processing on the vehicle charging equipment 3 side is performed when the control unit 6 detects the target vehicle 1Y stopped in the stop space, as shown in FIG. 6A, based on the input from the position detection sensor 8A. Be started.

  When the processing on the vehicle charging facility 3 side is started, the control unit 6 determines whether or not the vehicle facing surface 7A has received the sensor light based on the input from the optical sensor 8B in S110, and the sensor Wait until light is received.

  On the other hand, in the processing on the vehicle device 4 side, the control unit 23, in S210, based on the PB information and IG information as input from the in-vehicle communication unit 17, the parking brake of the target vehicle 1Y is in an activated state, and It is determined whether or not the ignition switch is off. If an affirmative determination is made here, the process proceeds to S215, and if a negative determination is made, the process waits as it is.

In S215, as shown in FIG. 6B, the operation lamp 21A is turned on to notify the passenger of opening permission of the charging lid 18A.
In subsequent S220, it is determined whether or not a command operation by the occupant has been received via the operation receiving unit 19, and if an affirmative determination is made here, the process proceeds to S225, and if a negative determination is made, the process waits as it is. The operation lamp 21A is provided integrally with the charging port opening / closing switch. When the passenger presses the charging port opening / closing switch in which the operation lamp 21A is lit, the charging port of the traveling battery 4A is opened from the operation reception unit 19. A command operation for opening is input to the control unit 23. Further, when the charging port opening / closing switch is pressed here, the operation lamp 21A is turned off.

  In S225, the charging port 4B is exposed as shown in FIG. 7A by sending a command for opening the charging lid 18A to the actuator 18B of the charging operation device 18.

  In the following S227, a command for prohibiting the ignition switch from being turned on and a command for prohibiting the release of the parking brake to an ECU (engine ECU or brake ECU) connected to the in-vehicle LAN via the in-vehicle communication unit 17. And send.

  In subsequent S230, as shown in FIG. 7B, the sensor light is projected onto the vehicle facing surface 7A as the sensor light detection region in the vehicle charging facility 3 by projecting the sensor light onto the light projecting unit 18C. Let

  In subsequent S235, it is determined whether or not a portable information request for requesting transmission of portable information (described later) from the vehicle charging facility 3 is received via the wireless communication unit 20, and the portable information request is received. stand by. It is assumed that communication is already established between the wireless communication unit 20 of the vehicle device 4 and the wireless communication unit 5A of the vehicle charging facility 3 by a well-known method. And if a portable information request is received in S235, it will transfer to S240.

  In S240, portable information representing an address (for example, an e-mail address) or a number (for example, a portable number) assigned to the portable terminal 10 in advance to the portable terminal 10 wired or wirelessly connected to the wireless communication unit 20 is charged for the vehicle. It is transmitted to the wireless communication unit 5A of the facility 3. The mobile information is information that can be used by the vehicle charging facility 3 to transmit data to the mobile terminal 10, and is independently transmitted from the mobile terminal 10 by the operation of the user 1A regardless of reception of the mobile information request. May be.

  By the way, the payment associated with charging may be performed by the user using the credit function of the mobile terminal 10, for example, or the credit inserted into the card reader for the ETC (registered trademark) system via the wireless communication unit 20. You may carry out by transmitting the information of a card | curd. Alternatively, as in a conventional gas station, cash may be inserted into the payment procedure device of the vehicle charging facility 3 or a credit card or the portable terminal 10 may be held over.

In continuing S250, it waits until the magnetic force which generate | occur | produces toward the charge port 4B is detected based on the input from magnetic sensor 18D.
On the other hand, in the processing on the vehicle charging facility 3 side, when the vehicle facing surface 7A receives the sensor light, the control unit 6 transmits a portable information request via the wireless communication unit 5A in S115, thereby the portable terminal 10 Get mobile information for.

  In the subsequent S117, based on the input from the optical sensor 8B, as shown in FIG. 8A, the light receiving position of the sensor light on the vehicle facing surface 7A is specified, and the charging port 4B of the target vehicle 1Y is determined by this light receiving position. Detect position.

  In subsequent S120, in order to bring the charging paddle 11 close to the position of the charging port 4B detected in S117, charging is performed by sending a drive command to the single-axis actuator 7B of the guide portion 7 as shown in FIG. The apparatus main body 9 is moved in the longitudinal direction of the stop space. Further, as shown in FIG. 8C, the charging paddle 11 is moved in the direction of gravity and the shorter direction of the stop space by sending a drive command to the biaxial actuator 9A of the charging device main body 9. As a result, the charging paddle 11 is moved to the proximity position of the charging port 4B.

In subsequent S125, the switching pad 11C is turned on to magnetize the charging paddle 11, thereby generating a magnetic field in the direction in which the charging paddle 11 is attracted to the charging port 4B.
In continuing S130, it is judged whether the charge start signal (after-mentioned) from the vehicle apparatus 4 was received via the power line communication part 5B, and it waits until this charge start signal is received.

  On the other hand, in the process on the vehicle device 4 side, when detecting the magnetic force from the charging paddle 11 based on the input from the magnetic sensor 18D, the control unit 23 proceeds to S255, and in S255, the operation lamp 21B is turned on. Then, the passenger is notified of permission to charge the battery for traveling 4A.

  In subsequent S260, it is determined whether or not a command operation by the occupant has been received via the operation receiving unit 19. If an affirmative determination is made here, the process proceeds to S265, and if a negative determination is made, the process waits as it is. The operation lamp 21B is provided integrally with the charging start switch, and the charging of the traveling battery 4A is started from the operation reception unit 19 when the occupant presses the charging start switch with the operation lamp 21B lit. The command operation is input to the control unit 23. Further, when the charging start switch is pressed here, the operation lamp 21B is turned off.

  In subsequent S265, the charging port 4B is magnetized by energizing the solenoid, thereby generating a magnetic field in the direction in which the charging port 4B is attracted to the charging paddle 11. As a result, the charging paddle 11 is attracted to the charging port 4B by magnetic force and is fitted to each other. Note that the charging paddle 11 and the charging port 4B have an uneven shape so as to be easily fitted.

  In subsequent S270, a charging start signal for starting charging is transmitted to the vehicle charging facility 3 via the power line communication unit 16, and then the charging information received via the in-vehicle communication unit 17 is continuously used for the vehicle. Transmit to charging facility 3.

  In continuing S275, it waits until it can be judged that the charge paddle 11 has left | separated from the charge port 4B based on the input from the magnetic sensor 18D, the light projection part 18C, or a contact sensor (not shown).

  On the other hand, in the processing on the vehicle charging facility 3 side, when a charging start signal is received from the vehicle device 4 via the power line communication unit 5B, the process proceeds to S135, and in S135, the battery for traveling of the target vehicle 1Y is transferred to the charging device main body 9. A command for charging 4A is transmitted. In addition, the charging device main body 9 will start the electric power feeding to the battery 4A for driving | running | working, if this command is received.

  In subsequent S140, the amount of power supplied to the traveling battery 4A is measured, and the charging state of the traveling battery 4A is monitored based on the charging information sent from the vehicle device 4 via the power line communication unit 5B. Wait until the battery 4A is fully charged.

  When the traveling battery 4A is fully charged, the process proceeds to S145. In S145, the switching pad 11C is turned off to return the charging paddle 11 to the original state where it is not magnetized. As a result, the charging paddle 11 is separated from the charging port 4B.

  In subsequent S150, in order to return the positions of the charging port 4B and the charging device main body 9 to the original initial position, the driving pad is sent to the two-axis actuator 9A of the charging device main body 9 to make the charging paddle 11 shorter in the stop space. The charging device body 9 is moved in the longitudinal direction of the stop space by moving in the hand direction and the gravity direction and sending a drive command to the uniaxial actuator 7B of the guide portion 7.

  In subsequent S155, privilege information for granting to the user 1A a privilege that can be received in the facility 1X by an amount corresponding to the power supply amount (charge amount of the traveling battery 4A) measured in S140 is generated. The privilege information of this embodiment is described by a two-dimensional barcode.

In continuing S160, the privilege information produced | generated in S155 is transmitted to the portable terminal 10 using the portable information acquired in S115, and the process by the side of the vehicle charging equipment 3 is complete | finished.
On the other hand, in the processing on the vehicle device 4 side, when it is determined that the charging paddle 11 is separated from the charging port 4B, the process proceeds to S280, and in S280, the energization of the solenoid is released to return the charging port 4B to the original state without magnetizing. .

  In subsequent S285, based on the input from the light projecting unit 18C, it is determined whether or not the charging paddle 11 has been separated from the charging port 4B by a sufficient distance that does not contact the driving of the charging lid 18A. In S290, if a negative determination is made, the process waits as it is.

In S290, the operation lamp 21A is turned on to notify the occupant of the permission to close the charging lid 18A.
In subsequent S295, it is determined whether or not a command operation by the occupant has been received through the operation receiving unit 19. If an affirmative determination is made here, the process proceeds to S300, and if a negative determination is made, the process waits as it is. When the charging port opening / closing switch is pressed here, a command operation for closing the charging port of the traveling battery 4A is input from the operation receiving unit 19 to the control unit 23, and the operation lamp 21A is turned off.

  In subsequent S300, the charging port 4B is blocked by the charging lid 18A by sending a command for closing the charging lid 18A to the actuator 18B of the charging operation device 18.

  In subsequent S310, a command for allowing the ECU (engine ECU or brake ECU) connected to the in-vehicle LAN to turn on the ignition switch and a command for allowing the parking brake to be released via the in-vehicle communication unit 17. And the processing on the vehicle device 4 side ends.

[effect]
As described above, in the vehicle charging system 1, the vehicle charging facility 3 acquires the portable information by transmitting the portable information request to the vehicle device 4 in the charging control process, and the transmission destination indicated by the portable information is used. The privilege information for granting to the user 1A a privilege that can be received in the facility 1X by the amount corresponding to the amount of charge is transmitted to a certain mobile terminal 10.

  For this reason, while charging the target vehicle 1Y, the user 1A can be given an incentive to spend a waiting time for charging in the facility 1X, thereby increasing the utility value of the facility 1X and increasing the number of visitors to the facility 1X. I can expect. In addition, since useful information that can be used in the facility 1X can be obtained for the user 1A, the user 1A can use the time meaningfully.

  In the vehicle charging system 1, the charging paddle 11 of the vehicle charging facility 3 has a solenoid 11B, and the vehicle charging facility 3 fits the charging paddle 11 into the charging port 4B of the target vehicle 1Y in the charging control process. When charging, the charging paddle 11 is attracted to the charging port 4B by passing a current through the solenoid 11B.

  For this reason, the charging paddle 11 is magnetically coupled to the charging port 4B, and the charging paddle 11 can be prevented from falling off the charging port 4B during charging. Further, when the charging is completed, the energization to the solenoid 11B is stopped, so that the charging paddle 11 can be easily pulled away from the charging port 4B.

  Further, in the vehicle charging system 1, the vehicle device 4 permits the opening of the charging lid 18 </ b> A only when the parking brake of the target vehicle 1 </ b> Y is operating and the ignition switch is off in the charging control process. .

  For this reason, the malfunction which the target vehicle 1 starts at the time of charge can be suppressed. Further, since the release of the parking brake and the ON operation of the ignition switch are prohibited when the target vehicle 1 is charged, the above-described problem can be prevented more reliably.

[Correspondence with Invention]
In the above embodiment, the control unit 6 that performs the process of S115 is the portable information acquisition unit, the control unit 6 that performs the process of S155 is the information generation unit, the control unit 6 that performs the process of S160 is the information transmission unit, and the process of S120 The control unit 6 that performs the control is the drive control unit, the control unit 6 that performs the process of S125 is the fitting control unit, the actuator 18B of the charging operation device 18 is the charge lid drive mechanism, and the control unit 23 that performs the process of S210 is the operation prohibiting unit. It corresponds to each example.

[Modification]
In the charging control process of the above embodiment, the charging paddle 11 of the vehicle charging facility 3 is attracted to the charging port 4B by magnetizing the charging port 4B of the vehicle device 4, but this step is omitted and the charging paddle 11 is omitted. Alternatively, the charging paddle 11 may be attracted to the charging port 4B simply by magnetizing the charging pad.

  In the charging control process of the above embodiment, the opening permission of the charging lid 18A and the charging permission of the traveling battery 4A are separately performed in the processing on the vehicle device 4 side, but the opening permission of the charging lid 18A is traveled. It may be regarded as charging permission for the battery 4A.

[Other Embodiments]
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, it is possible to implement in various aspects.

  For example, in the charging operation device 18 of the above embodiment, the charging port 4B is configured to be charged by the charging device body 9 of the vehicle charging facility 3 from the outside of the target vehicle 1Y, but as shown in FIG. The charging port 4B can be moved (for example, rotated) from the outside of the target vehicle 1Y to the inside (for example, in the trunk of the target vehicle 1Y) by a button operation on the driver's seat, and can be charged by the portable charging device body 9 May be.

  In the charging control process of the above embodiment, the charging is completed when the traveling battery 4A of the target vehicle 1Y is fully charged by the process on the vehicle charging facility 3 side. The charging amount designated from the side may be received, and charging may be completed when the traveling battery 4A reaches this charging amount.

  Furthermore, at this time, control may be performed to switch between a full charge mode designating full charge and a saving mode designating half the charge amount by processing on the vehicle device 4 side. For example, the mode may be switched according to the time zone such that the full charge mode is selected in a time zone where the electricity rate is low, such as at night, and the saving mode is selected in other time zones.

  Also, the mode may be switched according to the calendar (day of the week) so that the full charge mode is selected on the day before the holiday or on the holiday, and the saving mode is selected on the other weekdays or the days before the weekday. Good. Alternatively, the mode may be switched according to the weather forecast so that the full charge mode is selected to prepare for a power failure when a typhoon forecast is issued, and the saving mode is selected otherwise.

  In the vehicle charging system 1 of the above embodiment, the vehicle charging facility 3 carries privilege information for giving the user 1A the privilege that can be received in the facility 1X by the amount corresponding to the amount of charge. However, instead of the portable terminal 10, it may be transmitted to a communication device such as a FAX machine. Furthermore, the communication device may be any device that is not mounted on the target vehicle 1Y among devices owned by the user 1A, such as a FAX machine installed at the home of the user 1A.

  Alternatively, the vehicle charging facility 3 may transmit the charge amount information representing the charge amount to the payment procedure device of the facility apparatus 2 instead of the aspect in which the privilege information is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10. In this case, identification information (number etc.) for identifying the vehicle charging facility 3 used by the user 1A is added to the charge amount information, and the payment procedure device of the facility apparatus 2 When the identification information is input, based on the charge amount information corresponding to the identification information, settlement according to the charge amount by the vehicular charging facility 3 or grant of a privilege (such as a discount ticket) may be performed. Alternatively, instead of the payment procedure device of the facility apparatus 2, the payment procedure device of the vehicle charging facility 3 may perform settlement or grant of a privilege (such as a discount ticket) according to the amount of charge.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vehicle charging system, 1A ... User, 1X ... Facility, 1Y ... Target vehicle, 2 ... Facility device, 3 ... Vehicle charging equipment, 3A ... Charging stand, 4 ... Vehicle device, 4A ... Battery for driving, 4B ... Charging Port, 6 ... Control unit, 7 ... Guide unit, 7A ... Vehicle facing surface, 7B ... Single axis actuator, 8 ... Sensor group, 8A ... Position detection sensor, 8B ... Optical sensor, 9 ... Battery device body, 9A ... Biaxial Actuator, 10 ... Portable terminal, 11 ... Charging paddle, 11A ... Core, 11B ... Solenoid, 11C ... Switching device, 18A ... Charging lid, 18B ... Actuator, 18C ... Projecting unit, 18D ... Magnetic sensor, 19 ... Operation receiving unit 21A, 21B ... operation lamps, 22 ... charge amount lamps, 23 ... control unit.

Claims (3)

A communication device in a vehicle charging facility attached to a facility,
Portable information acquisition means for acquiring portable information for transmitting data to a portable terminal carried by a user using the vehicle charging facility;
The vehicle on which the user rides is set as a target vehicle, and a privilege that can be received in the facility by the amount corresponding to the amount of charge that the traveling battery of the target vehicle is charged by the vehicle charging facility is given to the user Information generating means for generating privilege information;
Information transmitting means for transmitting privilege information generated by the information generating means to the portable terminal using the portable information acquired by the portable information acquiring means;
A communication apparatus comprising: A vehicle charging facility for charging a running battery mounted on a vehicle,
Drive control means for moving a charging paddle inserted into the charging port of the vehicle to an adjacent position of the charging port by an actuator;
Fitting control means for fitting the charging paddle to the charging port after the charging paddle has moved to a position close to the charging port by the drive control means;
With
The charging paddle has a solenoid that generates a magnetic field in a direction attracted to the charging port;
The vehicle charging equipment, wherein the fitting control means attracts the charging paddle to the charging port by causing a current to flow through the solenoid when the charging paddle is fitted to the charging port. A charging lid drive mechanism that opens and drives a charging lid that closes the insertion portion of the charging port in a vehicle equipped with a traveling battery; and
An operation accepting unit that accepts a command operation by an occupant of the vehicle necessary to start the opening operation of the charging lid by the charging lid drive mechanism;
An operation prohibiting means for prohibiting acceptance of the command operation by the operation accepting unit when detecting a state where at least one of the non-operation of the parking brake of the vehicle and the ignition switch of the vehicle is on;
A charging lid operating device comprising: