KR20130023798A - System for providing energy of car, method thereof, apparatus thereof and terminal thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An energy management system of a vehicle, a method thereof, a device thereof, and a terminal thereof are provided to calculate a battery consumption pattern through a vehicle operation pattern of a user based on weather information, thereby selling the remaining electricity through determining proper time and the amount for selling. CONSTITUTION: A vehicle management device(20) checks the amount of battery power from a vehicle state. A service device(30) provides weather information and information for selling the remaining battery power with an optimized selling condition to a terminal(10). The terminal calculates the basic amount of battery power necessary for driving the vehicle by using the weather information. When the calculated basic amount exceeds a critical amount, the terminal requests the storage of the basic amount to the vehicle management device. The terminal sells the remaining battery power apart from the stored basic amount. [Reference numerals] (10) Terminal; (20) Vehicle management device; (30) Service device; (40) Weather information providing device; (50) Communication network

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION An energy management system for a vehicle, a method therefor, an apparatus therefor, and a terminal for the same.

The present invention relates to an electric vehicle, and more particularly, to an energy management system of a vehicle that sells extra battery capacity except the basic capacity of the battery for driving the vehicle according to weather information, a method therefor, an apparatus therefor, and It relates to a terminal.

The automobiles of the modern era have been continuously developed and complemented as a representative means of transportation, and in recent years, various types of cars such as economical compact cars as well as large luxury cars have emerged, and have more than one car per household.

In particular, in recent years, the demand for environmentally friendly electric vehicles (EVs) has been increasing in accordance with the strengthening of global environmental regulations and reduction of energy costs. As a part of low-carbon green growth, interest and research on green cars (green cars) are being actively conducted in Korea.

However, thermal power generation accounts for a high proportion of electric vehicles, and driving electric vehicles with electricity generated by thermal power generation produces more carbon dioxide and lowers vehicle efficiency than driving cars using oil.

Therefore, there is a need for an energy management method that can be environmentally friendly and saves wasted energy when driving an electric vehicle.

An object according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is to calculate a basic capacity of a battery for driving a vehicle according to weather information, compare the basic capacity of a battery with a predetermined threshold capacity, determine a battery capacity to be stored, and then determine the determined battery capacity. The present invention relates to an energy management system of a vehicle capable of selling extra battery capacity, except for the method, a device therefor, and a terminal therefor.

Energy management system of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object and the vehicle management apparatus for monitoring the state of the vehicle to check the battery capacity, and provides information on the identified battery capacity to the terminal; Receives weather information from a service device and a service device that provides weather information and information for selling extra battery capacity at an optimal sales condition according to the request of the terminal, and the basic of the battery for driving the vehicle in response to the weather information Calculate the capacity, compare the battery's basic capacity with the preset threshold capacity, request the vehicle management device to store the battery's basic capacity if the battery's basic capacity is above the threshold capacity, It characterized in that it comprises a terminal for selling the battery capacity of.

The terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention receives the information on the battery capacity from the vehicle management apparatus, and receives the weather information from the communication unit and the service device for receiving weather information from the service device and information for selling the battery in the optimal sales conditions Receives, calculates the basic capacity of the battery for driving the vehicle according to the weather information, compares the basic capacity of the battery and the predetermined threshold capacity, and if the basic capacity of the battery is greater than the threshold capacity, to store the basic capacity of the battery It is characterized in that it comprises a control unit for requesting the vehicle management device, and controls to sell the extra battery capacity except the basic capacity of the stored battery.

In addition, in the terminal according to the present invention, the weather information corresponds to at least one of the temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation, characterized in that the element indicating the atmospheric state.

In addition, in the terminal according to the present invention, the threshold capacity is characterized in that the minimum battery capacity required to drive the vehicle.

In addition, in the terminal according to the present invention, if the basic capacity of the battery is less than the threshold capacity, characterized in that the request to the vehicle management apparatus to store the battery capacity corresponding to the threshold capacity.

In addition, the terminal according to the present invention, the storage unit for storing information about the battery capacity received from the vehicle management apparatus and the weather information received from the service device, the control unit analyzes the battery capacity and weather information to analyze the vehicle; It is characterized in that the basic capacity of the battery for driving.

In addition, in the terminal according to the present invention, the control unit requests information on at least one of a time, place or location of high battery consumption to the service device, calculates the optimal sales conditions through the information received from the service device, It is characterized by setting a moving route for a sellable location based on the calculated selling condition, and when the time corresponding to the selling condition is reached, starting the guide according to the set moving route.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a service unit transmits weather information and extra battery capacity to a terminal to sell information for selling the battery in an optimal selling condition, and the optimum selling condition of the weather information and extra battery capacity at the request of the terminal. It is characterized in that it comprises a control unit for providing information for the sale, and controls to sell the extra battery capacity except the battery capacity for driving the vehicle.

In the service apparatus according to the present invention, the control unit transmits information on at least one of a time, a place, or a location in which the battery consumption is high.

In addition, in the service device according to the present invention, the control unit receives a request for selling the extra battery from the terminal, characterized in that to provide a notice for selling the battery to other terminals.

An energy management method of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of receiving, by a terminal, weather information from a service device, calculating, by a terminal, a basic capacity of a battery for driving a vehicle according to the weather information, and storing, by a terminal, a battery. Comparing the basic capacity of the battery with a preset threshold capacity, requesting the vehicle management apparatus to store the basic capacity of the battery when the basic capacity of the battery is greater than or equal to the threshold capacity, and excluding the basic capacity of the stored battery of the terminal. Selling extra battery capacity.

As another means for solving the problem of the present invention, the step of collecting the weather information, calculating the basic capacity of the battery for driving the vehicle corresponding to the weather information, and compares the basic capacity of the battery and the predetermined threshold capacity And storing the basic capacity of the battery if the basic capacity of the battery is greater than or equal to the threshold capacity, and selling the spare battery capacity except the basic capacity of the stored battery. To provide.

According to the present invention, the battery consumption pattern is calculated through the user's vehicle driving pattern based on weather information, and the remaining amount of electricity can be sold by determining an appropriate selling amount and selling time, thereby enabling efficient use of electricity.

In addition, the battery capacity can be sold to other vehicles except the minimum battery capacity for driving the vehicle, which is good in terms of environment and high efficiency in driving the vehicle.

1 is a view showing an energy management system of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a service apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a data flowchart illustrating a method of managing energy of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view for explaining the operation of the terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a view for explaining the operation of the service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description and the accompanying drawings, detailed description of well-known functions or constructions that may obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted. In addition, it should be noted that like elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible throughout the drawings.

The terms or words used in the specification and claims described below should not be construed as being limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventors are appropriate as concepts of terms for explaining their own invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meanings and concepts in accordance with the technical spirit of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

Hereinafter, a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected to a communication network to check a battery capacity of a vehicle, and based on this, a mobile communication terminal capable of selling extra battery capacity is described as a representative example, but the terminal is connected to a mobile communication terminal. The present invention is not limited thereto and may be applied to various terminals such as all information communication devices, multimedia terminals, wired terminals, fixed terminals, and IP (Internet Protocol) terminals. In addition, the terminal may be a variety of mobile communication, such as mobile phones, portable multimedia players (PMP), mobile Internet devices (MID), smart phones (notebook), notebook (Net book), navigation devices and information communication devices, etc. It can be advantageously used when the mobile terminal having a specification.

1 is a view showing an energy management system of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an energy management system (hereinafter, referred to as an energy management system) 100 of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a terminal 10, a vehicle management apparatus 20, a service apparatus 30, and a weather condition. It consists of the information providing apparatus 40 and the communication network 50.

Energy management system 100 of the present invention is required to correspond to the weather information provided from the service device 30, the service device 30 for providing the weather information collected from the weather information providing device 40 to the terminal 10. It consists of a terminal 10 that sells the spare battery capacity excluding the battery capacity of the vehicle and the vehicle management apparatus 20 for monitoring the battery capacity of the vehicle and providing it to the terminal 10. The configuration of each device will be described in detail.

The communication network 50 performs a series of data transmission / reception operations for data transmission and information exchange between the terminal 10 and the service device 30. The communication network 50 serves as a passage for transmitting weather information collected at the request of the terminal 10 and information for selling the spare battery under optimal conditions from the service device 30 to the terminal 10.

The terminal 10 may access the service device 30 through the communication network 50. In this case, the terminal 10 may connect to the communication network 50 in various ways according to a protocol supporting the connection. For example, the terminal 10 may connect to the communication network 50 through a fixed access method such as a digital subscriber line (DSL), a cable modem, or an Ethernet. In addition, the terminal 10 may access the communication network 50 through a mobile access method.

The terminal 10 receives weather information from the service device 30 and calculates a basic capacity of a battery for driving the vehicle according to the weather information. For example, the weather information may correspond to air temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation, etc., and may be an element indicating an atmospheric state.

The terminal 10 compares the basic capacity of the battery with a preset threshold capacity. In this case, when the basic capacity of the battery is greater than or equal to the threshold capacity, the terminal 10 requests the vehicle management apparatus 20 to store the basic capacity of the battery, and sells the extra battery capacity except the basic capacity of the stored battery. Meanwhile, when the basic capacity of the battery is less than the threshold capacity, the terminal 10 requests the vehicle management apparatus 20 to store the battery capacity corresponding to the threshold capacity. Here, the threshold capacity may be the minimum battery capacity required to drive the vehicle.

The vehicle management apparatus 20 monitors the state of the vehicle to check the battery capacity and provides the terminal 10 with information about the identified battery capacity. In addition, the vehicle management apparatus 20 stores a battery capacity corresponding to a specific value at the request of the terminal 10.

The service device 30 provides information for selling weather information and spare battery capacity under optimal sales conditions at the request of the terminal 10. Here, the service device 30 transmits information such as time, place, or location of high battery consumption to the terminal in order to supply the spare battery capacity to another vehicle in an optimal sales condition.

The weather information providing device 40 collects weather information at the request of the service device 30. At this time, the weather information providing apparatus 40 grasps the air condition corresponding to the temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation, etc. and provides the corresponding weather information to the service device 30.

Through this, the battery consumption pattern is calculated through the user's vehicle driving pattern based on the weather information, and the remaining amount of electricity can be sold by determining an appropriate sales amount and selling time, thereby efficiently using the electricity. In addition, the battery capacity can be sold to other vehicles except the minimum battery capacity for driving the vehicle, which is good in terms of environment and high efficiency in driving the vehicle.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, a terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 11, an input unit 12, a display unit 13, a storage unit 14, an audio processing unit 15, and a communication unit 16 . In this case, the control unit 11 includes a battery capacity comparison module 11a and a battery selling module 11b, and the storage unit 14 includes a battery capacity information DB 14a and a weather information DB 14b.

The input unit 12 receives various information such as numbers and character information and transmits various signals to the control unit 11 in connection with setting various functions and controlling functions of the terminal 10. The input unit 12 may include at least one of a keypad and a touchpad that generates an input signal according to a user's touch or operation. At this time, the input unit 12 may be configured in the form of a single touch panel (or a touch screen) together with the display unit 13 to simultaneously perform input and display functions. The input unit 12 may be any type of input device that can be developed in addition to an input device such as a keyboard, a keypad, a mouse, a joystick, and the like.

The display unit 13 displays information on a series of operation states, operation results, and the like that occur while the functions of the terminal 10 are performed. In addition, the display unit 13 can display menus of the terminal 10 and user data input by the user. Here, the display unit 13 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor (TFT) LCD, an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a light emitting diode (LED), an active matrix organic LED (AMOLED) display) and a three-dimensional display (three-dimensional display). When the display unit 13 is formed in the form of a touch screen, the display unit 13 may display a part or all of the functions of the input unit 12. In this case, Can be performed. In particular, the display unit 13 according to an embodiment of the present invention displays information on the battery capacity.

The storage unit 14 is a device for storing data, and includes a main storage device and an auxiliary storage device, and stores an application program required for functional operation of the terminal 10. [ The storage unit 14 may include a program area and a data area. Here, when the terminal 10 activates each function in response to a request from the user, the terminal 10 executes the corresponding application programs under the control of the controller 11 to provide each function. In particular, the program area according to an embodiment of the present invention stores an operating system for booting the terminal 10, a program for comparing battery capacity, and a program for selling extra electricity except battery capacity required for driving a vehicle. The data area is an area where data generated according to use of the terminal 10 is stored. In particular, in the data area according to the embodiment of the present invention, information on the battery capacity received from the vehicle management apparatus 20 and information on the predetermined threshold capacity are stored in the battery capacity information DB 14a, and the service device 30 The weather information provided from) is stored in the weather information DB 14b.

The audio processing unit 15 transmits the audio signal input from the speaker SPK or the microphone MIC to the control unit 11 for reproducing and outputting the audio signal. The audio processor 15 converts an analog audio signal input through a microphone into a digital format and transmits the audio signal to the controller 11. The audio processing unit 15 may convert the digital audio signal output from the control unit 11 into an analog signal and output it through a speaker.

The communication unit 16 performs a function for transmitting and receiving data through the service device 30 and the communication network 50. Here, the communication unit 16 includes RF transmitting means for up-converting and amplifying the frequency of the transmitted signal, RF receiving means for low-noise amplifying the received signal and down-converting the frequency. The communication unit 16 may include at least one of a wireless communication module (not shown) and a wired communication module (not shown). The wireless communication module includes a wireless communication module, a wireless local area network (WLAN), a wireless fidelity (WiFi), a wireless communication module, and a wireless personal area network (WPAN) And may include at least one.

The wireless communication module is a component for transmitting and receiving data according to a wireless communication method. When the terminal 10 uses wireless communication, the wireless communication module uses one of a wireless network communication module, a wireless LAN communication module, and a wireless fan communication module. The service device 30 may be transmitted or received.

The wireless network communication module is for connecting to the communication network 50 through a base station to transmit and receive data. When the wireless communication module receives data from the control unit 11, the wireless communication module may access the communication network 50 through the base station and transmit the data to the service device 30. In addition, the wireless network communication module may access the communication network 50 through a base station, receive data from the service device 20, and provide the received data to the controller 11.

The WLAN communication module is for performing communication according to a WLAN, Wi-Fi, or WiMAX scheme. When the WLAN communication module receives data from the control unit 11, the WLAN communication module may access the communication network 50 through an access point (AP) and transmit data to the service device 30. In addition, the WLAN communication module may provide the received data to the controller 11 when the WLAN network module accesses the communication network 50 and receives data from the service apparatus 30.

The wireless fan communication module is for transmitting / receiving data according to a wireless fan (WPAN) method, and performs wireless communication with a shorter distance than a wireless network communication module and a wireless LAN communication module. The wireless fan communication module can exchange data directly between terminals. That is, data can be directly transmitted and received with other terminals through the wireless fan communication module. In addition, the wireless fan communication module may connect to the communication network 50 through a gateway and transmit / receive data when the wireless fan communication module is connectable to a gateway of the communication network 50 directly or through a multi-hop. Such a wireless fan communication module can exemplify communication based on Bluetooth, infrared communication (IrDA), ZigBee, and the like.

The wired communication module is for transmitting and receiving data by wire. The wired communication module may be connected to the communication network 50 through a wire to transmit or receive data to the service device 30. That is, the terminal 10 may be connected to the communication network 50 using a wired communication module, and may transmit / receive data with the service device 30 through the communication network 50.

In particular, the communication unit 16 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives the information on the battery capacity from the vehicle management apparatus 20, the battery required for driving the vehicle with the weather information and the optimal sales conditions from the service device 30 Receive information to sell spare batteries except capacity.

The control unit 11 may be an operating system (OS) and a process unit for driving each configuration. For example, the control unit 11 may be a central processing unit (CPU). When the terminal 10 is powered on, the controller 11 switches the operating system from the auxiliary storage device to the main storage device, performs booting to drive the operating system, and performs necessary signal control. . In particular, the control unit 11 according to an embodiment of the present invention receives the weather information from the service device 30, and calculates the basic capacity of the battery for driving the vehicle in accordance with the weather information. For example, the weather information may correspond to air temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation, etc., and may be an element indicating an atmospheric state.

The controller 11 stores information on the battery capacity received from the vehicle management apparatus 20 and weather information received from the service apparatus 30. The controller 11 analyzes the battery capacity and the weather information to determine the basic capacity of the battery for driving the vehicle.

The controller 11 compares the basic capacity of the battery with a preset threshold capacity. In this case, when the basic capacity of the battery is greater than or equal to the threshold capacity, the control unit 11 requests the vehicle management apparatus 20 to store the basic capacity of the battery, and sells the extra battery capacity except the basic capacity of the stored battery. Meanwhile, when the basic capacity of the battery is less than the threshold capacity, the controller 11 requests the vehicle management apparatus 20 to store the battery capacity corresponding to the threshold capacity. Here, the threshold capacity may be the minimum battery capacity required to drive the vehicle.

The controller 11 requests the service device 30 for information on at least one of a time, a place, or a location where battery consumption is high, and calculates an optimal sales condition through the information received from the service device 30. Then, the controller 11 sets a movement route for the sellable position based on the calculated sales condition, and when the time is set according to the sales condition, the controller 11 starts the guidance according to the set movement route.

In order to perform the functions of the terminal 10 more effectively, the control unit 11 includes a battery capacity comparison module 11a and a battery selling module 11b. In particular, the battery capacity comparison module 11a compares the basic capacity of the battery with a predetermined threshold capacity. Then, the vehicle management apparatus 20 requests to store the corresponding battery capacity according to the comparison result. In addition, the battery selling module 11b sells the spare battery capacity under the optimum selling condition according to the information received from the service device 30.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a service apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the service device 30 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 31, a storage unit 32, and a communication unit 33. At this time, the control unit 31 includes a battery selling module 31a.

The communication unit 33 transmits the weather information and the information for selling the spare battery to an optimal sale condition to the terminal 10.

The storage unit 32 stores weather information received from the weather information providing apparatus 40.

The control unit 31 provides information for selling the weather information and the extra battery capacity in an optimal selling condition at the request of the terminal 10. Here, the control unit 31 transmits information on the time, place or location, etc., in which the battery consumption is high, to the terminal 10.

The controller 31 sells the spare battery capacity except the battery capacity for driving the vehicle. In addition, the controller 31 receives a request for selling an extra battery from the terminal 10 and provides a notice for selling the battery to other terminals.

In addition, the service device 30 configured as described above may be implemented as one or more servers operating in a server-based computing-based method or a cloud method. In particular, the meteorological information collected from the meteorological information providing device 40 and information for selling the extra battery capacity at an optimal sales condition may include a cloud computing function that may be permanently stored in a cloud computing device on the Internet. Can be provided through. Here, cloud computing utilizes Internet technologies in digital terminals such as desktops, tablet computers, laptops, netbooks, and smartphones to virtualize information technology (IT) resources such as hardware (servers, storage, networks, etc.) and software. It refers to a technology that provides services on demand (database, security, web server, etc.), services, and data. In the present invention, the weather information and the information for selling the spare battery capacity in the optimal sales conditions are stored in the cloud computing device on the Internet, and can be used anytime and anywhere through the terminal 10.

4 is a data flowchart illustrating a method of managing energy of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in the method for managing energy of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, first, the terminal 10 requests information about battery capacity from the vehicle management apparatus 20 in step S11. At this time, the vehicle management apparatus 20 checks the battery capacity of the vehicle in step S13. In addition, the vehicle management apparatus 20 transmits the information on the battery capacity identified in step S15 to the terminal 10. Thereafter, the terminal 10 stores information on the battery capacity received from the vehicle management apparatus 20 in step S17.

The terminal 10 requests the weather information transmission to the service device 30 in step S19. At this time, the service device 30 requests the weather information transmission to the weather information providing device 40 in step S21. The meteorological information providing apparatus 40 collects current meteorological information in step S23. Thereafter, the weather information providing device 40 transmits the weather information collected in step S25 to the service device 30, and the service device 30 transmits the weather information received from the weather information providing device 40 in step S27. To 10. When the weather information is received, the terminal 10 stores the weather information in step S29. For example, the weather information may correspond to air temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation, etc., and may be an element indicating an atmospheric state.

The terminal 10 calculates the basic capacity of the battery for driving the vehicle by analyzing the battery capacity and weather information in step S31. In operation S33, the terminal 10 compares the basic capacity of the battery with a preset threshold capacity. Here, the threshold capacity may be the minimum battery capacity required to drive the vehicle.

The terminal 10 determines the remaining battery capacity according to the comparison result in step S35. That is, when the basic capacity of the battery is greater than or equal to the threshold capacity, the terminal 10 requests the vehicle management apparatus 20 to store the basic capacity of the battery. In addition, when the basic capacity of the battery is less than the threshold capacity, the terminal 10 requests the vehicle management apparatus 20 to store the battery capacity corresponding to the threshold capacity.

The terminal 10 requests information for selling the spare battery capacity at the optimal selling condition to the service device 30 in step S37. In operation S39, the service device 30 collects information for optimal sales. Here, the service device 30 requests to sell the spare battery capacity except the basic capacity of the stored battery. Here, the service device 30 collects information on the time, place or location of the optimum battery consumption in step S39. In addition, the service device 30 transmits the information collected in step S41 to the terminal 10.

The terminal 10 calculates an optimal selling condition based on the information received from the service device 30 in step S43 and executes the extra battery selling. That is, the terminal 10 sets a movement route for a sellable position based on the calculated sales condition, and when the time corresponding to the sales condition is reached, starts the guidance according to the set movement route.

Through this, the battery consumption pattern is calculated through the user's vehicle driving pattern based on the weather information, and the remaining amount of electricity can be sold by determining an appropriate sales amount and selling time, thereby efficiently using the electricity. In addition, the battery capacity can be sold to other vehicles except the minimum battery capacity for driving the vehicle, which is good in terms of environment and high efficiency in driving the vehicle.

5 is a view for explaining the operation of the terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention collects and stores information about battery capacity from the vehicle management apparatus 20 in step S51. In addition, the terminal 10 collects and stores weather information from the service device 30 in step S53. Here, the weather information may correspond to air temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation, etc. and may be an element indicating an atmospheric state.

The terminal 10 calculates a basic capacity of the battery for driving the vehicle according to the weather information in step S55. In operation S53, the terminal 10 compares the basic capacity of the battery with a preset threshold capacity. Here, the threshold capacity may be the minimum battery capacity required to drive the vehicle.

When the basic capacity of the battery is greater than or equal to the threshold capacity, the terminal 10 requests the vehicle management apparatus 20 to store the basic capacity of the battery in step S59. Here, the terminal 10 checks the extra battery capacity except for the battery capacity required for driving the vehicle in step S61.

Meanwhile, when the basic capacity of the battery is less than the threshold capacity, the terminal 10 requests the vehicle management apparatus 20 to store the battery capacity corresponding to the threshold capacity in step S63. Here, the terminal 10 checks the extra battery capacity excluding the threshold capacity in step S65.

In step S67, the terminal 10 requests information for selling the spare battery capacity to the service device 30 at the optimum selling condition, and receives the information about the same. In this case, the terminal 10 receives information on the time, place or location of the optimum battery consumption from the service device 30.

The terminal 10 calculates an optimal sales condition based on the information received from the service device 30 in step S69 and executes an extra battery sale. That is, the terminal 10 sets a movement route for a sellable position based on the calculated sales condition, and when the time corresponding to the sales condition is reached, starts the guidance according to the set movement route.

6 is a view for explaining the operation of the service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, in operation S81, the service device 30 obtains weather information from the weather information providing apparatus 40 and transmits the weather information to the terminal 10 at the request of the terminal 10. . For example, the weather information may correspond to air temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation, etc., and may be an element indicating an atmospheric state.

In operation S83, the service device 30 determines whether information for selling an extra battery, except for a battery capacity required for driving the vehicle, is requested from the terminal 10 under optimal selling conditions. At this time, if the information is requested to provide, the service device 30 checks the information for the optimal sales conditions in step S85. Here, the service device 30 collects information on the time, place or location of the optimum battery consumption. On the other hand, if information is not requested, the service device 30 collects weather information periodically and provides it to the terminal 10.

In operation S87, the service device 30 determines whether a sale of the remaining battery capacity, excluding the battery capacity required for driving the vehicle, is requested from the terminal 10. When the battery sale is requested, the service device 30 notifies other terminals of the sale of the remaining battery capacity in step S89.

The energy management method of a vehicle according to the present invention may be implemented in software form readable by various computer means and recorded on a computer readable recording medium. Here, the recording medium may include program commands, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. For example, the recording medium may be magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical disks such as Compact Disk Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), digital video disks (DVD), Magnetic-Optical Media, such as floppy disks, and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, random access memory (RAM), flash memory, and the like. do. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. Such a hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are only illustrative of specific examples for the purpose of understanding and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It is apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention can be carried out in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

The present invention sells the extra battery capacity except the basic capacity of the battery for driving the vehicle according to the weather information. Through this, the battery consumption pattern is calculated through the user's vehicle driving pattern based on the weather information, and the remaining amount of electricity can be sold by determining an appropriate sales amount and selling time, thereby efficiently using the electricity. In addition, the battery capacity can be sold to other vehicles except the minimum battery capacity for driving the vehicle, which is good in terms of environment and high efficiency in driving the vehicle. This is not only a possibility of commercialization or sales, but also a possibility of being industrially applicable since it is practically possible to carry out clearly.

10: terminal 20: vehicle management device 30: service device
40: weather information providing device 50: communication network 11, 31: control unit
12: input unit 13: display unit 14, 32: storage unit
15: audio processor 16, 33: communication unit
11a: battery capacity comparison module 11b, 31b: battery sales module
14a: Battery capacity DB 14b: Weather information DB
100: energy management system

Claims (12)

A vehicle management apparatus for monitoring a state of a vehicle to check a battery capacity and providing information on the identified battery capacity to a terminal;
A service device providing information for selling weather information and spare battery capacity in an optimal selling condition at the request of the terminal; And
Receives weather information from the service device, calculates a basic capacity of a battery for driving a vehicle according to the weather information, compares the basic capacity of the battery with a predetermined threshold capacity, and the basic capacity of the battery is the threshold The terminal for requesting the vehicle management apparatus to store the basic capacity of the battery when the capacity is greater than the capacity, and selling extra battery capacity except the basic capacity of the stored battery;
Energy management system of a vehicle comprising a. A communication unit for receiving information on the battery capacity from the vehicle management apparatus and receiving information for selling the weather information and the battery in an optimal selling condition from the service apparatus; And
Receives weather information from the service device, calculates a basic capacity of a battery for driving a vehicle according to the weather information, compares the basic capacity of the battery with a predetermined threshold capacity, and the basic capacity of the battery is the threshold A controller configured to request the vehicle management apparatus to store the basic capacity of the battery and to sell extra battery capacity except the basic capacity of the stored battery when the capacity is greater than the capacity;
And a second terminal. The method of claim 2, wherein the weather information is
Terminal, characterized in that the element indicating the atmospheric state corresponding to at least one of temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation. The method of claim 2, wherein the threshold dose is
And a minimum battery capacity required to drive the vehicle. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control unit
And when the basic capacity of the battery is less than the threshold capacity, requesting the vehicle management apparatus to store the battery capacity corresponding to the threshold capacity. The method of claim 2,
A storage unit which stores information on battery capacity received from the vehicle management apparatus and weather information received from the service apparatus;
More,
The control unit
And analyzing the battery capacity and the weather information to determine a basic capacity of a battery for driving the vehicle. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control unit
Request information on at least one of a time, place, or location of high battery consumption from the service device, calculate an optimal sale condition based on the information received from the service device, and sell the product on the basis of the calculated sale condition; Set a movement route for the location, and when the time corresponding to the sale conditions, the terminal characterized in that starting the guidance according to the set movement route. Communication unit for transmitting the weather information and information for selling the spare battery to the optimum sales conditions to the terminal; And
A controller for providing weather information and information for selling the spare battery capacity in an optimal selling condition according to a request of the terminal, and controlling to sell the spare battery capacity except for the battery capacity for driving the vehicle;
Service apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 8, wherein the control unit
The service device, characterized in that for transmitting at least one of the time, place or location of the high consumption of the battery to the terminal. The method of claim 8, wherein the control unit
Receiving a request for the sale of the spare battery from the terminal, and providing a notice for selling the battery to other terminals. Receiving, by the terminal, weather information from the service apparatus;
Calculating, by the terminal, a basic capacity of a battery for driving the vehicle according to the weather information;
Comparing, by the terminal, the basic capacity of the battery with a preset threshold capacity;
Requesting, by the terminal, the vehicle management apparatus to store the basic capacity of the battery when the basic capacity of the battery is greater than or equal to the threshold capacity; And
Selling, by the terminal, the spare battery capacity except the basic capacity of the stored battery;
Energy management method of a vehicle comprising a. Collecting weather information;
Calculating a basic capacity of a battery for driving the vehicle according to the weather information;
Comparing the basic capacity of the battery with a preset threshold capacity;
Storing the base capacity of the battery when the base capacity of the battery is greater than or equal to the threshold capacity; And
Selling extra battery capacity except the basic capacity of the stored battery;
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the program.

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