WO2021176612A1

WO2021176612A1 - Matching method and charging rights transfer matching system

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Publication number: WO2021176612A1
Application number: PCT/JP2020/009232
Authority: WO
Inventors: 紘幸芝井; 相川　慎; 勲粂
Original assignee: 株式会社日立製作所
Priority date: 2020-03-04
Filing date: 2020-03-04
Publication date: 2021-09-10

Abstract

If a transfer of charging rights is not established under initial conditions, the present invention presents similar conditions so as to increase the possibility of the establishment of the transfer of the charging rights.　A charging rights transfer matching system SY comprises: a terminal 111 which receives an operation input from a rights requesting person R; terminals 121, 171 which receive operation inputs from rights transferring persons A, F; a server 901 which performs a matching process; and a network which enables the terminals 111, 121, 171 and the server 901 to communicate with each other. The server 901 performs a charging rights matching process on the basis of first conditions set respectively by the plurality of rights transferring persons A, F via the terminals 121, 171 and a second condition set by the rights requesting person R via the terminal 111, and if none of the first conditions satisfy the second condition, creates a condition similar to the second condition and notifies the terminal 111 of the similar condition.

Description

Matching method and charging right transfer matching system

The present invention relates to a matching method and a charging right transfer matching system.

Electric vehicles such as electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles are not only the charging equipment installed at the owner's home of this electric vehicle, but also the charging station (charging stand, charging spot) which is a charging place installed in the city. Also referred to as) can be charged. In particular, as the mileage of an electric vehicle increases, the chances of using a charging place in the city will inevitably increase.

On the other hand, charging locations are not always evenly arranged in the city, and moreover, it takes a predetermined time to charge a predetermined amount of charge to a power storage device such as a storage battery of an electric vehicle. Therefore, efficient operation of the charging place is required.

From this point of view, a system has been proposed in which users share a charging reservation frame defined by a charging location and a charging time zone (see Patent Document 1).

The system disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a management device that manages the allocation of charge reservation slots defined by a charging location and a charging time zone according to information transmitted from a plurality of vehicles. When a reservation slot is assigned to a vehicle and another vehicle requests the allocation of the reservation slot, the management device asks the vehicle user whether or not the reservation slot can be transferred, and the vehicle user transfers the reservation slot. If you accept, the reservation frame will be assigned to other vehicles. Other vehicles pay charging points as a transfer consideration for being assigned a reservation slot. The vehicle gets charging points in return for the transfer of the reservation slot.

JP-A-2019-87087

In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, there is a possibility that the transfer candidate of the reservation frame is not extracted even if the user of the vehicle is inquired about whether or not the reservation frame can be transferred. In this case, the transfer of the reservation frame may not be established.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and even if the transfer of the charging right is not established under the initial conditions, it is possible to increase the possibility of the transfer of the charging right by presenting similar conditions. The purpose is to provide a matching method and a charging right transfer matching system.

In order to solve the above problem, the charging right transfer matching system according to one aspect of the present invention is a charging right transferee who wants to transfer the charging right to charge the power storage device of the electric vehicle at a predetermined charging place and at a predetermined charging time. This is a matching method in the charging right transfer matching system that performs matching processing to transfer from the transferor to the transferee by providing points to the transferor of the charging right. The transferee terminal that accepts the operation input from the transferor, the transferor terminal that accepts the operation input from the transferor, the matching server that performs the matching process, and the transferee terminal, the transferor terminal, and the matching server can communicate with each other. Based on the first condition set by a plurality of transferors via the transferor terminal and the second condition set by the transferee via the transferee terminal. The charging right matching process is performed, and when the first condition satisfying the second condition does not exist, a condition similar to the second condition is created and notified to the transferee terminal.

According to the present invention, even if the transfer of the charging right is not established under the initial conditions, a matching method and charging right transfer matching that can increase the possibility of establishing the transfer of the charging right by presenting similar conditions The system can be realized.

It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the outline of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the outline of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the schematic structure of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the user management table of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the charger management table of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the right requester list of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the right transferor list of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the screen part of the right requester terminal of the right requester terminal of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the screen part of the right transferor terminal of the right transfer matching system of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows another example of the screen displayed on the screen part of the right requester terminal of the right requester terminal of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the transfer condition candidate screen displayed on the screen part of the right requester terminal of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows another example of the transfer condition candidate screen displayed on the screen part of the right requester terminal of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows another example of the transfer condition candidate screen displayed on the screen part of the right requester terminal of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the operation of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows another example of the operation of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows another example of the operation of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows still another example of the operation of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the user management table of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the charger management table of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the right requester list of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the right transferor list of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the screen part of the right requester terminal of the right requester terminal of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the screen part of the right transferor terminal of the right transfer matching system of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows another example of the screen displayed on the screen part of the right requester terminal of the right requester terminal of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows still another example of the screen displayed on the screen part of the right requester terminal of the right requester terminal of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the operation of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows another example of the operation of the charge right transfer matching system which concerns on Example 2. FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below do not limit the invention according to the claims, and that all the elements and combinations thereof described in the embodiments are indispensable for the means for solving the invention. Not exclusively.

In the figure for explaining the embodiment, the same reference numerals are given to the parts having the same function, and the repeated description thereof will be omitted.

Further, in the following explanation, an expression such as "xxx data" may be used as an example of information, but the data structure of the information may be any. That is, the "xxx data" can be referred to as a "xxx table" to show that the information does not depend on the data structure. Further, "xxx data" may be simply referred to as "xxx". Then, in the following description, the configuration of each information is an example, and the information may be divided and held, or may be combined and held.

First, the outline of the charging right transfer matching system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an example of an outline of the charging right transfer matching system according to the first embodiment.

In FIG. 1, since the right requester R 110 located at his / her home 251 plans to go out using his / her own electric vehicle, he / she is near the commercial facility S 260 near the outing route at around 9:45. Tell the charging right transfer matching system at 9 o'clock on that day that you want to transfer the charging right by transferring as few points as possible.

On the other hand, the right to charge the electric vehicle owned by the user at the charging spots installed in the parking lots X 252, Y 253, and Z 254 near the commercial facility S 260 (including the commercial facility S 260). The transferors E 160, F 170, and G 180 transfer the charging right by 9 o'clock on that day, saying that if the charging device of the electric vehicle can charge more than the specified charging amount, the charging right may be transferred at the specified point. Tell the matching system.

The charging right transfer matching system calculates the time for the charging device of the electric vehicle owned by the right transferors E 160, F 170, and G 180 to be charged to the charge amount presented by each right transferor E to G 160 to 180. However, at this time, the number of points presented by each right transferor E to G 160 to 180 is transferable, and thereafter, the condition that the number of points to be transferred is reduced is presented to the right requester R 110. The right requester R110 is an answer that specifies how many points can be transferred at which charging place (parking lots X, Y, Z) at which time based on the conditions provided by the charging right transfer matching system. I do. This answer is also notified to the rights transferors EG 160-180, respectively.

Next, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of an outline of the charging right transfer matching system according to the second embodiment.

In FIG. 2, since the right requester R 110 located at his / her home 201 plans to go out using his / her own electric vehicle, he / she is near the commercial facility S 210 near the outing route at around 9:30. Tell the charging right transfer matching system at 9 o'clock on that day that you want to transfer the charging right by transferring 100 points from.

On the other hand, the right transferors A 120, B 130, and C who have the right to charge their own electric vehicles at the charging spots installed in the parking lots X 252, Y 253, and Z 254 near the commercial facility S 260. 140 and D150 inform the charging right transfer matching system by 9:00 of the day that the charging rights they have may be transferred together with the desired points at the time of transfer.

As shown in FIG. 2, the transfer condition of the charging right presented by the right requester R110 and the transfer condition of the charging right presented by the right transferors A to D do not match. In this state, the transfer of the charging right is not established.

Therefore, the charging right transfer matching system aims to establish the transfer of the charging right by presenting to the right requester R a condition in which any one of the charging right transfer conditions is relaxed. The relaxation of the conditions is based on focusing on the merits (joy) of the right requester R.

Specifically, the following three methods can be considered.
(1) Charging right transfer matching system that allows the right requester R to receive the transfer of the charging right without changing the charging location or the number of transfer points if the charging start time is delayed from the desired condition of the right requester R. Proposes. For example, in FIG. 1, the condition presented by the right transferor B is that the charging start time is delayed from 9:30 to 10:00, but the number of transfer points matches the condition of the right requester R.
(2) The charging right transfer matching system proposes a condition that the right requester R can receive the transfer of the charging right without changing the charging place or the charging start time by increasing the number of transfer points. For example, in FIG. 1, the condition presented by the right transferor A is that the number of transfer points increases from 100 to 120, but the charging location and the charging start time match the conditions of the right requester R.
(3) If the charging location is changed from the desired conditions of the right requester R, the charging right transfer matching system can set the conditions under which the right requester R can receive the transfer of the charging right without changing the charging start time or the number of transfer points. suggest. For example, in FIG. 1, the conditions presented by the right transferors C and D are slightly far from the commercial facility S 210, but the charging start time and the number of transfer points match the conditions of the right requester R.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the charging right transfer matching system according to the first embodiment.

The charging right transfer matching system SY of this embodiment provides a charging matching service with

terminals

111, 121, 171 and

electric vehicles

114, 124, 174 owned by the right requester R 110, the right transferor A 120, and F 170, respectively. It has a server (matching server) 901 operated by a business operator, a charger 951 operated by a charging service business operator, and a network 100 that enables data transmission / reception between them. In FIG. 3, only two transferees are shown, but the number is not limited. Similarly, there is no limit to the number of

terminals

111, 121, 171, server 901, and charger 951.

The

terminals

111, 121, 171 have

screen units

112, 122, 172 such as a display capable of displaying a predetermined screen, and

control units

113, 123, 173 that control the

entire terminals

111, 121, 171. The

screen units

112, 122, and 172 each have an input unit (not shown) such as a touch panel on which the right requester R 110, the right transferor A 120, and F 170 can input various conditions and the like.

The

electric vehicles

114, 124, and 174 have on-

board units

115, 125, and 175 that can detect the charge amount of a power storage device (not shown) such as a storage battery and transmit the detected charge amount in a data format.

The server 901 has a control unit 902 that controls the entire server 901, and a data storage unit 903 that stores a user management table, a charger management table, a right requester list, a right transferor list, and the like, which will be described later.

The charger 951 has a screen unit 952 such as a display capable of displaying a predetermined screen, and a control unit 953 that controls the entire charger 951.

The

terminals

111, 121, 171 and the server 901 are devices capable of various information processing, for example, an information processing device such as a computer. The information processing device has an arithmetic element constituting a control unit, a storage medium constituting a data storage unit, and a communication interface, and further, an input unit such as a mouse and a keyboard, and

screen units

112 and 122 such as a display, if necessary. , 172. Preferably, the

terminals

111, 121, and 171 are portable information processing devices such as tablet terminals and smartphones.

The arithmetic element is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), or the like. The storage medium includes, for example, a magnetic storage medium such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a semiconductor storage medium such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and an SSD (Solid State Drive). Further, a combination of an optical disk such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) and an optical disk drive is also used as a storage medium. In addition, a known storage medium such as a magnetic tape medium is also used as the storage medium.

Programs such as firmware are stored in the storage medium. At the start of operation of the

terminals

111, 121, 171 and the server 901 (for example, when the power is turned on), a program such as firmware is read from the storage medium and executed to perform overall control of the terminals 111 and the like. In addition to the program, the storage medium stores data and the like required for each process of the terminal 111 and the like.

The server 901 of this embodiment may be configured by a so-called cloud in which a plurality of information processing devices can communicate with each other via a communication network.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a user management table of the charging right transfer matching system SY according to the first embodiment.

The user management table 340 is assigned as an entry to the user name 341 in which the user's name such as the right requester and the right transferor is stored, and the on-

board units

115, 125, 175 of the

electric vehicles

114, 124, 174 owned by the user. It has an on-board unit ID 342 in which the ID is stored, a point 343 in which the number of points owned by the user is stored, and a password 344 in which the password set by the user is stored.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a charger management table of the charging right transfer matching system SY according to the first embodiment.

As an entry, the charger management table 350 is close to the charger ID 351 in which the ID that identifies the charger 951 is stored, the installation location 352 in which the setting location of the charger 951 is stored, and the location where the charger 951 is installed. It has a usage facility 353 in which the name of the usage facility is stored, and an output 354 in which the output kilowatt number of the charger 951 is stored. Here, the charger ID can sort the parking position (parking number) in the parking lot.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a list of rights requesters of the charging right transfer matching system SY according to the first embodiment.

The right requester list 360 is a place where the right requester 361 in which the name of the right requester R 110 is stored as an entry and the place where the electric vehicle 114, which is one of the conditions presented by the right requester R 110, is desired to be charged. Has a request location 362 in which the name of is stored. The request start time 363 and the provision point 364 are the charging start time calculated from the establishment conditions and the charging when the transfer of the charging right, which will be described later, is established between the right requester R 110 and the right transferors EG. The number of points provided with the transfer of rights is stored. The information of each entry in the right requester list 360 is input by the right requester R via the terminal 111 of the right requester R as described later, except for the entry of the request start time 363 and the provision point 364.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a list of right transferors of the charging right transfer matching system SY according to the first embodiment.

The rights transferor list 370 contains the rights transferor 371 in which the name of the rights transferor is stored as an entry, and the transfer place 372 in which the name of the charging place of the electric vehicle, which is one of the conditions presented by the rights transferor, is stored. Similarly, the minimum SoC373 in which the minimum charge amount (SoC: State of Charge) of the electric vehicle at the transferable time, which is one of the conditions, is stored. Acquisition points (maximum) 374 that stores the maximum number of points acquired by, and acquisition points (minimum) 375 that stores the minimum number of points acquired by the right transferor with the transfer of the charging right, which is also one of the conditions. , SoC376 at the time of transfer decision, which stores the charge amount of the electric vehicle at the transfer decision time of the charging right, transferable time 377, which stores the transferable time calculated from the minimum SoC373 and SoC376 at the time of transfer decision, and the electric vehicle. It has a full charge time 378 in which the full charge time of the above is stored.

Of the information of each entry in the right transferor list 370, the information excluding SoC376 at the time of transfer decision, transferable time 377, and full charge time 378 is the right transferor via the rights transferor's

terminals

121 and 171 as described later. The information of SoC376 at the time of transfer decision, transferable time 377, and full charge time 378 is based on the information input by the right transferor and the charge amount of the in-

vehicle device

125 and 175 detected by the server 901. This is the information calculated by the server 901.

Next, the operation of the charging right transfer matching system SY of this embodiment will be described with reference to the sequence diagrams of FIGS. 14 to 17. In the following explanation, only the right transferor F170 appears as the right transferor, but there is no limit to the number of right transferors.

FIG. 14 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the charging right transfer matching system SY according to the first embodiment, and more specifically, is a sequence diagram showing an example of the transfer condition input operation.

First, the right transferor F170 inputs the transfer condition of the charging right via the screen unit 172 of the terminal 171 owned by the right transferor F170 (step 801). The detailed flow of login from

terminals

111 and 171 to server 901, user authentication processing, and encryption between the server 901 and the server 901, including step 831 described later, will be omitted.

An example of the screen displayed on the screen unit 172 of the terminal 171 in step 801 will be described with reference to FIG. On the screen 450 displayed on the screen unit 172, a user information field 451 for inputting user information, a transfer place field 452 for inputting a transfer place, and a minimum SOC field 453 for inputting a minimum SoC are acquired. The acquisition point (maximum) column 454 for inputting the maximum number of points and the acquisition point (minimum) column 456 for inputting the minimum number of points to be acquired are displayed. The transferable time column 455 that displays the transferable time will be described later.

When the right transferor F170 inputs necessary items in these user information fields 451 and the like and finishes the input work, he / she operates the enter button 457 displayed on the screen 450. When the screen unit 172 detects the operation of the enter button 457, the screen unit 172 sends the input transfer condition to the control unit 173. The control unit 173 transmits the transfer condition input via the screen unit 172 to the control unit 902 of the server 901 (step 802). The transfer condition transmitted in step 802 corresponds to the first condition set by the right transferor F170 via the terminal 171.

When the control unit 902 of the server 901 receives the transfer condition transmitted from the control unit 173 of the terminal 171 (step 803), the on-board unit 175 and the electric vehicle 174 of the electric vehicle 174 owned by the right transferor F170 who transmitted the transfer condition. The automobile 174 instructs the control unit 953 of the charger 951 currently charging to acquire the current SoC (step 804). Based on the instruction from the control unit 902, the control unit 953 of the on-board unit 175 and the charger 951 acquires the current SoC of the power storage device of the electric vehicle 174 and sends it to the control unit 902 (steps 805 and 806).

The control unit 902 receives the current SoC sent from the on-board unit 175 and the control unit 953 of the charger 951 (step 807), and reads the output 354 of the charger 951 from the charger management table 350 (steps 808 and 809). .. Then, the control unit 902 sets the transferable time when the charge amount of the power storage device of the electric vehicle 174 reaches the minimum SoC and the full charge time when the power storage device is fully charged from the current SoC, the minimum SoC, and the output. Calculate (step 810). The calculated transferable time and full charge time are also written in the right transferor list 370. Further, the control unit 902 transmits the transferable time calculated in step 810 to the terminal 171 (step 811), and the control unit 173 of the terminal 171 receives the transferable time and displays it on the screen unit 172 (step 812, step 812, 813). In the transferable time column 455 shown in FIG. 9, the transferable time received in step 812 is displayed.

FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram showing another example of the operation of the charging right transfer matching system SY according to the first embodiment, and more specifically, is a sequence diagram showing an example of the transfer condition determination operation.

The right transferor F170 confirms the transferable time displayed in step 813, and if it is determined that the charging right may be transferred under these conditions, operates the decision button 457 displayed on the screen unit 172 of the terminal 171. Enter (step 821). The control unit 173 transmits to the server 901 that the charging right transfer condition has been determined (step 822), and the control unit 902 of the server 901 receives the determination of the charging right transfer condition transmitted from the terminal 171 (step 822). Step 823).

Next, the control unit 902 adds the transfer conditions entered by the right transferor F170 to each column of the right transferor list (steps 824 and 825).

16 and 17 are sequence diagrams showing another example of the operation of the charging right transfer matching system SY according to the first embodiment, and more specifically, a sequence diagram showing an example of the requirement condition determination operation.

First, the right requester R 110 inputs the transfer condition of the charging right via the screen unit 112 of the terminal 111 owned by the right requester R 110 (step 831).

An example of the screen displayed on the screen unit 112 of the terminal 111 in step 831 will be described with reference to FIG. On the screen 440 displayed on the screen unit 112, a user information field 441 for inputting user information and a request location field 442 for inputting a transfer request location are displayed.

When the right requester R 110 inputs necessary items in these user information fields 441 and the like and ends the input work, he / she operates the enter button 443 displayed on the screen 440. When the screen unit 112 detects the operation of the enter button 443, the screen unit 112 sends the input transfer condition to the control unit 113. The control unit 113 transmits the transfer condition input via the screen unit 112 to the control unit 902 of the server 901 (step 832). The transfer condition transmitted in step 832 corresponds to the second condition set by the right requester R 110 via the terminal 111.

When the control unit 902 of the server 901 receives the transfer condition transmitted from the control unit 113 of the terminal 111 (step 833), the control unit 902 obtains the information stored in the charger management table 350 (step 834). Next, the control unit 902 charges the ID of the charger 951 existing in the vicinity of the transfer request location (use facility 353) included in the transfer conditions sent from the right requester R 110 from the information of the charger management table 350. Extract from the charger ID column 351 (step 835).

Next, the control unit 902 obtains the information stored in the right transferor list 370 (step 837), and from the information in the right transferor list 370, the transferable time 377, the full charge time 378, and the acquisition point 374, Read the information of 375 (step 836). At this time, if there are a plurality of rights transferors 371 at the same transfer location 372, the following work is performed by narrowing down to one of the rights transferors 371. As a narrowing-down condition, for example, there is a condition that priority is given to the right transferor 371 with the earliest transferable time 377.

Next, the control unit 902 calculates the available points for each time after the transferable time 377 from the information of the transferable time 377, the full charge time 378, and the acquisition points 374, 375 (step 838).

The specific calculation method of the points that can be provided in step 838 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 13.

As seen in the rights transferor list 370 of FIG. 7, the transferable time 377, the full charge time 378, and the acquisition points 374, 375 of each right transferor (right transferors EG in FIG. 7) are different. Therefore, under the assumption that the acquisition point (maximum) 374 is obtained at the transferable time 377 and the acquisition point (minimum) 375 is obtained at the full charge time 378, the horizontal axis and the vertical axis as shown in FIG. 12 are the time axis and the vertical axis. In the graph in which is the acquisition point, the coordinates with the transferable time 377 and the acquisition point (maximum) 374 as the coordinate values, and the coordinates with the full charge time 378 and the acquisition point (minimum) 374 as the coordinate values are plotted. Connect the coordinates with a straight line. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the points that can be acquired by the respective right transferors E to G (indicated by the charging locations X to Z in FIG. 11) can be calculated for each time. If the right requester R wants to receive the transfer of the charging right by transferring as few points as possible, a graph as shown in FIG. 13 can be drawn.

The control unit 902 transmits the transfer condition calculated in step 838 to the terminal 111 of the right requester R 110 (step 839). The control unit 113 of the terminal 111 receives the transfer condition from the control unit 902 (step 840), and gives an instruction to the screen unit 112 to display the transfer condition on the screen. The screen unit 112 displays the transfer conditions on the screen based on the instruction from the control unit 113 (step 841).

An example of the screen displayed on the screen unit 112 of the terminal 111 in step 841 will be described with reference to FIG. On the screen 460 displayed on the screen unit 112, a user information field 461 for inputting user information and a transfer condition field 462 for displaying transfer conditions are displayed. The transfer place column 463, the request start time column 464, and the provision point column 465 will be described later. In the transfer condition column 462, the transfer condition candidate screens 470, 480, and 490 shown in FIGS. 11 to 13 are displayed. Since the details of the respective screens 470 to 490 have already been described, the description here will be omitted.

The right requester R 110 sees the screen 460 displayed on the screen unit 112, and determines how many points are provided at which charging location (transfer location) at which charging request start time to receive the transfer of the charging right. Condition is input (step 843). Specifically, the condition is input by touching a place indicating the condition on the transfer condition candidate screens 470 to 490.

The screen unit 112 determines whether or not the right requester R 110 has operated the decision button 466 (step 844), and if not (NO in step 844), the control unit 113 is input in step 843. The conditions such as the transfer location are updated based on the above conditions (step 845). On the other hand, if it is determined that the enter button 466 has been operated (YES in step 844), the program proceeds to step 846.

When the control unit 113 updates the conditions, the screen unit 112 updates the screen 460. As a result of the update, the information based on the conditions input by the right requester R 110 is output and updated in the transfer place column 463, the request start time column 464, and the provision point column 465 on the screen 460 (step 842).

In step 846, the control unit 902 of the server 901 deletes the records of the right transferors EG corresponding to the conditions input by the right requester R110 from the right transferor list 370 (step 847). Next, the control unit 902 makes a settlement to update the points owned by the right requester R110 and the right transferors EG of the deleted record (steps 848 and 849).

Further, the control unit 902 notifies the right requester R 110 and the right transferor (right transferor F 170 in the figure) of the result of the transfer of the charging right (step 850). The

control units

113 and 173 of the

terminals

111 and 171 owned by the right requester R 110 and the right transferor F 170 receive this result (steps 851 and 853), and the

screen units

112 and 172 display the result (step 852). , 854). In particular, the screen unit 112 also displays the ID of the charger 951 related to the transfer of the established charging right, whereby the right requester R 110 can grasp the parking position (parking number) in the parking lot.

Further, the control unit 902 also instructs the charger 951 to display the result of the transfer of the charging right (step 855). The control unit 953 of the charger 951 receives this instruction (step 856), and the screen unit 952 displays it (step 857). The display of the screen unit 952 in step 857 is such that drivers (owners of electric vehicles) other than the right requester R110 and the right transferors EG, who are the parties to the transfer of the charging right, do not use this charger 951. It is for doing.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, even if the transfer of the charging right is not established under the initial conditions, the matching method and the charging can increase the possibility of the transfer of the charging right by presenting similar conditions. A rights transfer matching system can be realized.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a user management table of the charging right transfer matching system SY according to the second embodiment.

The user management table 300 shown in FIG. 18 has the same entries as the user management table 340 of the first embodiment described above. Therefore, the description here will be omitted.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of the charger management table 310 of the charging right transfer matching system SY according to the second embodiment.

Among the entries of the charger management table 310 shown in FIG. 19, the charger ID 311, the installation location 312, and the usage facility 313 are the charger ID 351, the installation location 352, and the usage facility 353 in the charger management table 350 of the first embodiment described above. It is the same content as. The distance 314 of the charger management table 310 to the facility stores information on the distance between the facility stored in the facility 353 and the installation location (parking lots X to Z) where the charger 951 is installed. ..

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a list of rights requesters of the charging right transfer matching system SY according to the second embodiment.

Among the entries in the right requester list 320 shown in FIG. 20, the right requester 321 and the request place 322 have the same contents as the right requester 361 and the request place 362 in the right requester list 360 of the above-described first embodiment. .. The request start time 323 stores information regarding a time when the electric vehicle 114 is desired to start charging, which is one of the conditions presented by the right requester R 110. The provided points 324 are the number of points that the right requester R 110 plans to provide to the right transferors A to D in connection with the transfer of the charging right, which is also one of the conditions presented by the right requester R 110. Information about is stored. The information of each entry in the right requester list 320 is input by the right requester R via the terminal 111 of the right requester R as described later. The required item 325 will be described later.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of a list of right transferors of the charging right transfer matching system SY according to the second embodiment.

Of the entries in the rights transferor list 330 shown in FIG. 21, the rights transferor 331 and the transfer place 332 have the same contents as the rights transferor 371 and the transfer place 372 in the rights transferor list 370 of the above-described first embodiment. .. The transferable time 333 and the acquisition point 334 store information regarding the charging start time at which the right transferors A to D wish to transfer the charging right and the number of points desired to be acquired in connection with the transfer of the charging right. The information of each entry in the rights transferor list 330 is input by the rights transferors A to D via the terminals 121 of the rights transferors A to D as described later.

Next, the operation of the charging right transfer matching system SY of this embodiment will be described with reference to the sequence diagrams of FIGS. 26 and 27. In the following explanation, only the right transferor A120 appears as the right transferor, but there is no limit to the number of right transferors.

First, the right transferor A 120 inputs the transfer condition of the charging right via the screen unit 122 of the terminal 121 owned by the right transferor A 120 (step 501). Including step 505, which will be described later, the detailed flow of login from

terminals

111 and 121 to server 901, user authentication processing, and encryption between server 901 is omitted.

An example of the screen displayed on the screen unit 122 of the terminal 121 in step 501 will be described with reference to FIG. 23. On the screen 420 displayed on the screen unit 122, a user information field 421 for inputting user information, a transfer facility field 422 for inputting a commercial facility close to the transfer place, and a transfer place for inputting the transfer place are displayed. A column 423, a transfer start time column 424 for inputting the charging start time desired to be transferred, and an acquisition point column 425 for inputting the number of points desired to be acquired are displayed.

When the right transferor A 130 inputs necessary items in these user information fields 421 and the like and ends the input work, he / she operates the send button 426 displayed on the screen 420. When the screen unit 122 detects the operation of the transmission button 426, the screen unit 122 sends the input transfer condition to the control unit 123. The control unit 123 transmits the transfer condition input via the screen unit 122 to the control unit 902 of the server 901 (step 502). The transfer condition transmitted in step 502 corresponds to the first condition set by the right transferor A 120 via the terminal 121.

When the control unit 902 of the server 901 receives the transfer condition transmitted from the control unit 123 of the terminal 121, the control unit 902 stores the information including the transfer condition in the right transferor list 330 (steps 503 and 504).

Next, the right requester R 110 inputs the transfer condition of the charging right via the screen unit 112 of the terminal 111 owned by the right requester R 110 (step 505).

An example of the screen displayed on the screen unit 112 of the terminal 111 in step 505 will be described with reference to FIG. On the screen 410 displayed on the screen unit 112, a user information field 411 for inputting user information, a transfer facility field 412 for inputting a commercial facility close to the desired transfer location, and a transfer desired location for inputting are entered. The transfer place column 413, the request start time column 414 for inputting the charging start time desired to be transferred, and the offer point column 415 for inputting the number of points that can be transferred (provided) are displayed.

Of these columns, next to the transfer location column 413, request start time column 414, and offer point column 415 (right side in the figure), it is hoped that these items will match when the charging right is transferred (match). Is required) with a required item check box. At least one required item check box needs to be checked, while when three check boxes are checked, similar conditions described later cannot be presented, so up to two can be checked. Items that are not checked by the check box are treated as optional items (that is, items that allow the presentation of similar conditions).

When the right requester R 110 inputs necessary items in these user information fields 411 and the like and ends the input work, he / she operates the send button 416 displayed on the screen 410. When the screen unit 112 detects the operation of the transmission button 416, the screen unit 112 sends the input transfer condition to the control unit 113. The control unit 113 transmits the transfer condition input via the screen unit 112 to the control unit 902 of the server 901 (step 506). At this time, the check result of the required item check box on the screen 410 is converted into a binary value and stored in the required item 325 of the right requester list 320. The transfer condition transmitted in step 506 corresponds to the second condition set by the right requester R 110 via the terminal 111.

When the control unit 902 of the server 901 receives the transfer condition transmitted from the control unit 113 of the terminal 111, the control unit 902 reads the information of the right transferor list 330 (step 507), and the transfer that matches the transfer condition transmitted from the terminal 111. It is determined whether or not the right transferors A to D who have entered the conditions exist (step 508). Then, if the determination is affirmed (YES in step 508), the process proceeds to step 509, and if the determination is denied (NO in step 508), the process proceeds to step 524.

In step 509, the control unit 123 of the terminal 121 owned by the right transferor A 120 inputs the collation result (that is, the transfer condition input by the right transferor A 120 and the right requester R 110) from the control unit 902 of the server 901. The transfer conditions have been met). The control unit 123 sends the collation result to the screen unit 122, and the screen unit 122 displays the collation result on the screen to prompt the right transferor A 120 to confirm the transfer conditions (step 510).

Then, when the right transferor A 120 inputs that the transfer of the charging right is accepted under the matching transfer conditions (for example, the "OK" button displayed on the screen unit 122 is operated) (step 511), the screen unit 122 displays the screen unit 122. The acceptance is transmitted to the control unit 123, and the control unit 123 transmits the confirmation result to the control unit 902 (step 512).

When the control unit 902 of the server 901 receives the confirmation result from the terminal 121, the control unit 902 deletes the record of the corresponding right transferor from the right transferor list 330 (step 513). Next, the control unit 902 makes a settlement to update the points owned by the right requester R 110 and the right transferor A 120 of the deleted record (steps 514 and 515).

Further, the control unit 902 notifies the right requester R 110 of the result of the transfer of the charging right (step 516). The control unit 113 of the terminal 111 owned by the right requester R 110 receives this result (step 517), and the screen unit 112 displays the result (step 512). In particular, the screen unit 112 also displays the ID of the charger 951 related to the transfer of the established charging right, whereby the right requester R 110 can grasp the parking position (parking number) in the parking lot.

Further, the control unit 902 also instructs the charger 951 to display the result of the transfer of the charging right (step 521). The control unit 953 of the charger 951 receives this instruction (step 522), and the screen unit 952 displays it (step 523). The display of the screen unit 952 in step 523 prevents the driver (owner of the electric vehicle) other than the right requester R 110 and the right transferor A 120 who are the parties to the transfer of the charging right from using this charger 951. Is for.

On the other hand, in step 524, the control unit 902 determines whether or not there is a transfer candidate that does not match any of the items input by the right requester R 110 on the screen 410. Then, when the determination is affirmed (YES in step 524), it is determined that the presentation of similar conditions is possible, and the process proceeds to step 527. On the other hand, if the determination is denied (NO in step 524), it is determined that the similar conditions cannot be presented, and the server 901 fails to transfer the charging right to the control unit 113 of the terminal 111 owned by the right requester R 110. Notify the result to that effect. The control unit 113 of the terminal 111 receives the result from the server 901 (step 525) and displays the result on the screen unit 112 (step 526).

In step 527, the control unit 902 calculates a transfer condition similar to the transfer condition (requirement condition) of the charging right input by the right requester R 110 in the optional item. Since the calculation method has already been described, the description here will be omitted. Then, the control unit 902 highlights the similar condition calculated in step 527 (step 528).

An example of the similar conditions calculated in step 527 will be described with reference to FIGS. 24 and 25. As will be described later, since the similar condition calculated in step 527 is displayed on the screen unit 112 of the terminal 111 owned by the right requester R 110, it will be described using the screen of the screen unit 112.

For example, in the screen 430 shown in FIG. 24, the requirement condition 431 input by the right requester R 110 is displayed in the upper row thereof. Each condition also has an indication of whether it is a required item or an optional item. The control unit 902 excludes the request location, which is an essential item in the requirement condition 431, and transfers the rights transferors A to D whose optional items match at the request start time and the provision point, which are optional items. The condition is searched and presented as a transfer candidate 432.

For example, the condition that the transferable time matches (9:30) and the acquisition point is higher than the requirement condition of the right requester R110 but is the minimum acquisition point (120 points instead of 100 points), or the acquisition point. (100 points) The transferable time is later than the requirement of the right requester R110, but the condition (10:00 instead of 9:30) that is the earliest transferable time is extracted, and these are extracted. Present as a transfer candidate.

Similarly, on the screen 440 shown in FIG. 25, the requirement condition 441 input by the right requester R 110 is displayed in the upper row thereof. The control unit 902 excludes the provision point, which is an essential item in the requirement condition 441, and transfers the rights transferors A to D whose optional items match at the request location and the request start time, which are optional items. The condition is searched and presented as a transfer candidate 442.

For example, the acquisition points for each transfer location match the requirements of the right requester R 110 or less (100 points or 80 points), or the transferable time is later than the requirements of the right requester R 110. Among them, the condition (10:00 instead of 9:30) that becomes the earliest transferable time is extracted, and these are presented as transfer candidates.

At this time, the control unit 902 displays a highlight (shown in gray in the figure) display on the screen unit 112 of the terminal 111 for items (difference items) whose transfer conditions do not match, as shown in FIGS. 24 and 25. Give instructions to let.

The control unit 113 of the terminal 111 receives the result transmitted from the control unit 902 of the server 901 (step 529), and displays this result on the screen unit 112 (see

screens

430 and 440 of FIGS. 24 and 25). The right requester R110 visually checks the

screens

430 and 440, and if there is an acceptable transfer candidate, checks the selection check box on the right side of the

transfer candidates

432 and 442 in the figure. Then, the screen unit 112 determines whether or not any of the buttons displayed on the

screens

430 and 440 has been operated and input (step 531). Then, when it is determined that the

send buttons

434 and 444 have been operated (“send” in step 531), the process proceeds to step 506, and when it is determined that the

end buttons

433 and 443 have been operated (“end” in step 531), the operation ends. (Step 532).

Therefore, even in this embodiment, even if the transfer of the charging right is not established under the initial conditions, the matching method and the charging right can increase the possibility of the transfer of the charging right by presenting similar conditions. A transfer matching system can be realized.

It should be noted that the above-described embodiment describes the configuration in detail in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and is not necessarily limited to the one including all the described configurations. In addition, a part of the configuration of each embodiment can be added, deleted, or replaced with another configuration.

Further, each of the above configurations, functions, processing units, processing means, etc. may be realized by hardware by designing a part or all of them by, for example, an integrated circuit. The present invention can also be realized by a program code of software that realizes the functions of the examples. In this case, a storage medium in which the program code is recorded is provided to the computer, and the processor included in the computer reads the program code stored in the storage medium. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the program code itself and the storage medium storing the program code itself constitute the present invention. Examples of the storage medium for supplying such a program code include a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a hard disk, an SSD (Solid State Drive), an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-R, and a magnetic tape. Non-volatile memory cards, ROMs, etc. are used.

Further, the program code that realizes the functions described in this embodiment can be implemented in a wide range of programs or script languages such as assembler, C / C ++, perl, Shell, PHP, Java (registered trademark), and python.

Further, by distributing the program code of the software that realizes the functions of the examples via the network, the program code is stored in a storage means such as a hard disk or memory of a computer or a storage medium such as a CD-RW or a CD-R. , The processor provided in the computer may read and execute the program code stored in the storage means or the storage medium.

In the above-described embodiment, the control lines and information lines indicate those considered necessary for explanation, and do not necessarily indicate all the control lines and information lines in the product. All configurations may be interconnected.

A to G ... Right transferor R ... Right requester SY ... Charging right transfer matching system 100 ...

Network

111, 121, 171 ...

Terminal

112, 122, 172 ...

Screen unit

113, 123, 173 ...

Control unit

114, 124, 174 ...

Electric vehicle

115, 125, 175 ... On-board unit 901 ... Server 902 ... Control unit 903 ... Data storage unit 951 ... Charger 952 ... Screen unit 953 ... Control unit

Claims

The transferor provides points from the transferee of the charging right to the transferor of the charging right to charge the power storage device of the electric vehicle at a predetermined charging location and at a predetermined charging time. It is a matching method in the charging right transfer matching system that performs the matching process of transferring to the transfer applicant.
The charging right transfer matching system includes a transfer applicant terminal that accepts operation input from the transfer applicant, a transferor terminal that accepts operation input from the transferor, a matching server that performs the matching process, and a transfer request thereof. It has a network that enables mutual communication between the person terminal, the transferor terminal, and the matching server.
The charging right is based on the first condition set by the plurality of transferors via the transferor terminal and the second condition set by the transferee via the transferee terminal. Perform matching process and
A matching method characterized in that, when the first condition satisfying the second condition does not exist, a condition similar to the second condition is created and notified to the transferee terminal.
The first condition includes the charging location, the charging time, and the number of points desired to be acquired by the matching process.
The matching method according to claim 1, wherein the second condition includes the charging location, the charging time, and the number of points that can be provided by the matching process.
The second condition is that each item of the charging place, the charging time, and the number of points that can be provided by the matching process is an essential item or an optional item to be matched in the matching process. The matching method according to claim 2, further comprising a condition indicating whether or not there is, and further including at least one condition indicating that the item is an optional item.
The first condition in which the item of the first condition and the item designated as the required item in the second condition match is searched, and as the optional item in the searched first condition. The matching method according to claim 3, wherein the condition similar to the second condition is created for the specified item.
As the condition similar to the second condition, at least one of a condition of delaying the start time of the charging time, a condition of increasing the points that can be provided by the matching process, and a condition of changing the charging location. The matching method according to claim 4, wherein the matching method is created.
The first condition includes the charging location, the minimum charge amount of the power storage device, and the range of the points desired to be acquired by the matching process.
The matching method according to claim 1, wherein the second condition includes an area where the charging location exists.
From the first condition and the current charge amount of the power storage device of the electric vehicle owned by the transferor, the time-dependent change of the point to be provided by the transferor is calculated, and the time-dependent change of this point is calculated. The matching method according to claim 6, wherein the transfer applicant terminal is presented with a condition similar to the second condition.
The transferor is provided at the maximum value and the minimum value of the range from the range of the points desired to be acquired by the matching process and the current charge amount of the power storage device of the electric vehicle owned by the transferor. The seventh aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the point to be planned is calculated, and the value obtained by linearly interpolating the calculated value of the point in each of the maximum value and the minimum value of the range is defined as the change with time of the point. The matching method described.
The matching method according to claim 7, wherein the change over time of the points to be provided by the transferor is graphed and presented to the transferee terminal.
The time at which the charging right becomes transferable is calculated from the minimum charge amount of the power storage device and the current charge amount of the power storage device of the electric vehicle owned by the transferor, and a plurality of the electric powers at the same charging place. The matching method according to claim 7, wherein when a vehicle exists, the electric vehicle having an earlier transferable time is presented to the transfer applicant terminal with priority.
The transferor provides points from the transferee of the charging right to the transferor of the charging right to charge the power storage device of the electric vehicle at a predetermined charging location and at a predetermined charging time. It is a charging right transfer matching system that performs matching processing to transfer to the transfer applicant.
A transfer applicant terminal that accepts operation input from the transfer applicant, a transferor terminal that accepts operation input from the transferor, a matching server that performs the matching process, and these transfer applicant terminals, transferor terminals, and matching. It has a network that enables servers to communicate with each other.
The matching server
The charging right is based on the first condition set by the plurality of transferors via the transferor terminal and the second condition set by the transferee via the transferee terminal. Perform matching process and
A charging right transfer matching system, characterized in that, when the first condition satisfying the second condition does not exist, a condition similar to the second condition is created and notified to the transferee terminal.