JP7096946B2 - Remaining charge comparison device, remaining charge comparison method, and remaining charge comparison program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a remaining charge amount comparison device, a remaining charge amount comparison method, and a remaining charge amount comparison program.

In consideration of the position of the charging station and the like, the electric power required by the vehicle to reach the destination is predicted (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[Prior Art Document]
[Patent Document]
[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-11546

General disclosure

In one aspect of the present invention, a remaining charge amount comparison device is provided. The remaining charge amount comparison device may include a remaining charge amount acquisition unit that acquires information on the remaining charge amount of the battery mounted on the electrically driven vehicle. The remaining charge amount comparison device may include an operation information acquisition unit that acquires information on the charging operation of the battery. The remaining charge amount comparison device may include an average value storage unit that stores information on the average value of the remaining charge amount at the time of charging operation in a plurality of charging operations. The remaining charge amount comparison device outputs a comparison unit that outputs the result of comparison between the remaining charge amount of the battery and the average value stored in the average value storage unit when the operation information acquisition unit detects the charging operation of the battery. You may prepare.

The remaining charge amount acquisition unit acquires the remaining charge amount information and the vehicle position information in association with each other, and the comparison unit is the average value among the remaining charge amount information and the position information acquired by the remaining charge amount acquisition unit. It may further include a display unit that displays information on the position corresponding to the remaining charge amount determined to be less than the threshold value in association with the information on the remaining charge amount.

The display unit may display the map and display the information on the remaining charge amount corresponding to the position information at the position on the map.

The display unit may display the information on the remaining charge amount in a size corresponding to the size of the remaining charge amount.

The display unit may display information on the remaining charge amount as a circle that increases as the remaining charge amount decreases.

The display unit may display information on a plurality of remaining charge amounts in an overlapping manner.

The display unit may display a plurality of displayed information on the remaining charge amount in association with the number within a predetermined range and the position.

The remaining charge amount acquisition unit acquires user identification information that identifies the user boarding the vehicle in association with the remaining charge amount, and the display unit displays the remaining charge amount for each user identified by the user identification information. May be good.

Each user identified by the user identification information is further provided with an average value calculation unit that calculates the average value of the remaining charge amount during the charging operation and stores it in the average value storage unit, and the comparison unit is identified by the user identification information. The average value corresponding to the user and the remaining charge amount may be compared.

The remaining charge amount acquisition unit may acquire the remaining charge amount information and the time information in association with each other, and the display unit may display the remaining charge amount for each time.

In one aspect of the present invention, a method for comparing the remaining charge amount is provided. The remaining charge amount comparison method may include a remaining charge amount acquisition stage for acquiring information on the remaining charge amount of the battery mounted on the electrically driven vehicle. The remaining charge amount comparison method may include an operation information acquisition step of acquiring information on the charging operation of the battery. The method for comparing the remaining charge amount may include an average value storage step for storing information on the average value of the remaining charge amount at the time of the charging operation in a plurality of charging operations. The remaining charge comparison method is a comparison stage that outputs the result of comparison between the remaining charge of the battery and the average value stored in the average value storage stage when the operation information acquisition unit detects the charging operation of the battery. You may prepare.

In one aspect of the invention, a program is provided for causing a computer to perform the above determination method.

The outline of the above invention does not list all the necessary features of the present invention. A subcombination of these feature groups can also be an invention.

An example of the operating environment of the remaining charge amount comparison device in the first embodiment is shown. An example of the functional block diagram of the remaining charge amount comparison device in the first embodiment is shown. An example of the remaining charge-position information log in the first embodiment is shown. An example of the remaining charge amount log in the first embodiment is shown. The travel locus map of the vehicle X in the 1st embodiment is shown. The travel locus map of the vehicle Y in the first embodiment is shown. The superposed traveling locus map in the first embodiment is shown. The demand for charging stations for each range in the first embodiment is shown. The superposed traveling locus map in the modification of the 1st Embodiment is shown. An example of the operating environment of the remaining charge amount comparison device in the second embodiment is shown. An example of the functional block diagram of the remaining charge amount comparison device in the second embodiment is shown. An example of the remaining charge-position information log in the second embodiment is shown. An example of the remaining charge amount log in the second embodiment is shown. The demand for charging stations for each range in the second embodiment is shown. It is a figure which shows the example of the computer which can embody a plurality of aspects of this invention in whole or part.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. Also, not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential to the means of solving the invention.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 shows an example of the operating environment of the remaining charge amount comparison device 100 according to the first embodiment. A battery 102 is mounted on the vehicle 101, and the battery 102 includes a communication unit 104 having a wireless communication function. The remaining charge amount comparison device 100 communicates with the communication unit 104 of the battery 102 mounted on the vehicle 101 via the communication network 103.

The vehicle 101 is an electrically driven vehicle. Although FIG. 1 shows an example in which the vehicle 101 is a four-wheeled vehicle, the vehicle 101 may be a two-wheeled vehicle (so-called motorcycle). The vehicle 101 may be an electric vehicle (EV: Electric Vehicle) traveling only by an electric motor, or a fuel cell vehicle (FCV: Fuel Cell Hybrid) that generates power in the vehicle, while using the engine and the motor properly. It may be a traveling hybrid car (HV: Hybrid Vehicle) or a plug-in hybrid car (PHEV / PHV: Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle) that can be charged from the outside.

The vehicle 101 includes an SOC (State of Charge) sensor 105, a GPS (Global Positioning System) sensor 106, and a charge detection sensor 107. The SOC sensor 105 is a sensor that acquires the SOC, which is the remaining charge amount of the battery 102 of the vehicle 101, and is composed of a current sensor, a voltage sensor, a temperature sensor, and the like. When the SOC sensor 105 detects the remaining charge amount of the battery 102, the SOC sensor 105 associates the detected remaining charge amount with the time information and passes it to the communication unit 104 of the battery 102. The SOC sensor 105 detects the remaining charge amount of the battery 102 at predetermined time intervals (for example, 1 minute intervals). The time includes the date.

The GPS sensor 106 detects the position of the vehicle 101. The GPS sensor 106 receives the GPS satellite signal and positions the position information (latitude and longitude) of the vehicle 101. The GPS sensor 106 associates the position information of the positioned vehicle 101 with the time information and passes it to the communication unit 104 of the battery 102. Positioning by the GPS sensor 106 is performed at predetermined time intervals (for example, 1 minute intervals).

The charge detection sensor 107 has, for example, a detection circuit that detects the insertion of the charging plug into the battery 102, and detects the charging operation into the battery 102 by detecting the insertion of the charging plug. When the charge detection sensor 107 detects the charging operation of the battery 102, the charging operation information indicating that the charging operation has been performed is associated with the time information and passed to the communication unit 104 of the battery 102.

The battery 102 is a battery mounted on the vehicle 101. The battery 102 is, for example, a lithium ion battery. The battery 102 is charged, for example, by inserting a charging plug or the like from the outside of the vehicle 101. The battery 102 may be a battery that can be attached to and detached from the vehicle 101 and can be replaced at a charging station.

The communication unit 104 of the battery 102 associates the information received from the SOC sensor 105, the GPS sensor 106, and the charge detection sensor 107 with the identification information of the vehicle 101 such as the vehicle ID, and the remaining charge amount via the communication network 103. Pass it to the comparison device 100. Information is transmitted by the communication unit 104 at predetermined time intervals (for example, 1 minute intervals).

The battery 102 has a memory for recording information received from the SOC sensor 105, the GPS sensor 106, and the charge detection sensor 107, and the information is collectively collected at the timing when the charge operation information is received from the charge detection sensor 107. The transmission may be made. Further, the communication unit 104 may transmit the information received from the SOC sensor 105, the GPS sensor 106, and the charge detection sensor 107 to the remaining charge amount comparison device 100 in association with the identification information of the battery 102 such as the battery ID. good.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a functional block diagram of the remaining charge amount comparison device 100 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the remaining charge amount comparison device 100 includes a remaining charge amount acquisition unit 11, an operation information acquisition unit 12, an average value storage unit 13, a comparison unit 14, and a display unit 15.

The remaining charge amount acquisition unit 11 receives information on the remaining charge amount for each time of the battery 102 detected by the SOC sensor 105 via the communication network 103. The remaining charge amount acquisition unit 11 receives the position information of the vehicle 101 positioned by the GPS sensor 106 for each time via the communication network 103. The remaining charge amount acquisition unit 11 associates the information on the remaining charge amount of the battery 102 with the position information of the vehicle 101 by the time information to generate the remaining charge amount-position information log 131 for each vehicle 101, and the comparison unit 14 Pass to.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the remaining charge amount-position information log 131 in the first embodiment. The remaining charge amount-position information log 131 is information in which the position information and the remaining charge amount are associated with each time. The remaining charge amount-position information log 131 is information generated for each vehicle 101, and is information about "vehicle X" in FIG. The remaining charge-position information log 131 is generated as a log for each time (for example, every minute) for receiving information from the communication unit 104 of the battery 102, but in FIG. 3, it is simplified as a log for every 5 minutes. There is.

As shown in FIG. 3, for example, at the time "2019/2/14 11:20", the remaining charge amount is "30%" and the position is "point A1", but the time "2019/2/14". At "12:20", the remaining charge amount has decreased to "20%", and the position has moved to "Point B1". Further, since charging was performed at the position "C3" at the time "2019/2/14 13:30", the remaining charge amount has increased from "8%" to "100%".

The remaining charge amount-position information log 131 is generated and transmitted by the remaining charge amount acquisition unit 11 at predetermined time intervals (for example, 1 minute intervals). The remaining charge amount-position information log 131 is transmitted from the comparison unit 14 to the average value storage unit 13 and stored in the average value storage unit 13.

The operation information acquisition unit 12 acquires charging operation information from the charge detection sensor 107 of the vehicle 101 via the communication network 103. When the operation information acquisition unit 12 acquires the charging operation information, it passes it to the comparison unit 14. The operation information acquisition unit 12 transmits the information to the comparison unit 14 every time the charging operation information is received from the charge detection sensor 107, but it may be performed at a predetermined time interval (for example, 1 minute interval).

The average value storage unit 13 stores information on the average value of the remaining charge amount during the charging operation in the plurality of charging operations. FIG. 4 shows an example of the remaining charge amount log 132 including the information of the average value of the remaining charge amount stored in the average value storage unit 13 in the first embodiment. In the remaining charge amount log 132, the remaining charge amount (%) at the time when the charging operation is detected is recorded. The remaining charge amount log 132 is generated in advance and stored in the average value storage unit 13. The remaining charge amount log 131 is information generated for each vehicle 101, and in FIG. 4, the remaining charge amount log 132 generated for the vehicle (X) is shown. The remaining charge amount log 132 may be information generated for each battery 102, or may be information collectively generated for a plurality of vehicles 101.

As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of remaining charge amounts (%) for the vehicle (X) are recorded in the remaining charge amount log 132 in chronological order, and the lowest row of the remaining charge amount log 132 contains a plurality of remaining charge amounts (%). The average value 133 of the plurality of recorded remaining charges is displayed. The average value 133 is information indicating the average of the remaining charge amount at the time when the charging operation is performed for the vehicle (X), and is "12%" in FIG. When the remaining charge amount log 132 is information generated collectively for a plurality of vehicles 101, the average value 133 indicates the average of the remaining charge amounts at the time when the charging operation is performed for the plurality of vehicles 101. It becomes information.

The comparison unit 14 includes the remaining charge amount-position information log 131 received from the remaining charge amount acquisition unit 11, the charging operation information received from the operation information acquisition unit 12, and the average value 133 stored in the average value storage unit 13. Therefore, at the time when the charging operation is performed, the result of comparison between the remaining charge amount of the battery 102 and the average value stored in the average value storage unit is output to the display unit 15.

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, when the time when the charging operation is performed is "2019/2/14 12:20", the comparison unit 14 sets the remaining charge amount as "20%" at that time. Compared with "12%" which is the average value of the remaining charge amount 133, it is output to the display unit 15 that the remaining charge amount of the battery 102 is "8%" higher than the average value 133. On the other hand, when the time when the charging operation is performed is "2019/2/14 13:20", the comparison unit 14 has "10%" which is the remaining charge amount at that time and the average value of the remaining charge amount. Compared with "12%" which is 133, it is output to the display unit 15 that the remaining charge amount of the battery 102 is "2%" lower than the average value 133.

The display unit 15 has information on the position corresponding to the remaining charge amount determined by the comparison unit 14 to be lower than the average value 133 by a threshold value among the information on the remaining charge amount and the position information acquired by the remaining charge amount acquisition unit 11. Is displayed on the map in association with the information on the remaining charge amount. Here, the threshold value is set to, for example, "2%", but other numerical values may be used. Further, the threshold value may be a value that dynamically fluctuates according to a time zone or the like. The display unit 15 displays information on the position corresponding to the remaining charge amount on the map when the remaining charge amount is "10%" or less, which is a value "2%" lower than the average value 133 "12%". Display on. In FIG. 3, when the remaining charge amount is "10%" or less, the positions of the vehicle X are "C1", "C2", and "C3", and the remaining charge amount corresponding to each position is "10". % ”,“ 9% ”, and“ 8% ”.

FIG. 5 shows a travel locus map 50 of the vehicle X in the first embodiment. In FIG. 5, the traveling locus of the vehicle X and the remaining charge amount associated with the traveling locus are displayed. In FIG. 5, the remaining charge amount of the vehicle X is represented by a circle having a size corresponding to the remaining charge amount centered on the position of the vehicle X. Therefore, on the travel locus of the vehicle X, the travel locus region 51, which is an region in which a plurality of circles are overlapped, is displayed. In FIG. 5, the vehicle X is traveling from left to right.

In the example of FIG. 5, the larger the remaining charge amount, the larger the size of the circle. At the point "C1", the remaining charge is displayed as a circle with a radius a corresponding to "10%", and at the point "C2", the remaining charge is of a size corresponding to "9%". It is represented by a circle with a radius b (<a), and at the point "C3", the residual current collection amount is represented by a circle with a radius c (<b) having a size corresponding to "8%". The traveling locus region 51 in FIG. 5 indicates an region in which traveling is continued even if the threshold value “2%” is lower than the average value 133 of the vehicle X, “12%”. The cause may be that charging could not be performed because there was no charging station nearby.

FIG. 6 shows a travel locus map 60 of the vehicle Y in the first embodiment. In FIG. 6, the traveling locus of the vehicle Y different from the vehicle X and the remaining charge amount associated with the traveling locus are displayed. Here, the remaining charge amount log 132 and the average value 133 are also generated for the vehicle Y, and the average value 133 of the vehicle Y is "22%", which is higher than the average value 133 of the vehicle X, "12%". A large example is shown. It is considered that the user of the vehicle Y is more worried than the user of the vehicle X and is charging at a relatively early stage.

The display unit 15 indicates the vehicle Y corresponding to the remaining charge amount when the remaining charge amount of the vehicle Y is "20%" or less, which is a value below the threshold value "2%" from the average value 133 "22%". Display the location information on the map. When the remaining charge amount is "20%" or less, the positions of the vehicle Y are "D1", "D2", and "D3", and the remaining charge amount corresponding to each position is "20%". , "15%", "10%".

On the travel locus of the vehicle Y in FIG. 6, a travel locus region 61, which is an region in which a plurality of circles are overlapped, is displayed. As shown in FIG. 6, at the point "D1", the remaining charge amount is displayed as a circle with a radius d corresponding to "20%", and at the point "D2", the remaining charge amount is "15%". Is displayed as a circle with a radius e (<d) corresponding to "", and at the point "D3", the residual current collection amount is displayed as a circle with a radius f (<e) corresponding to "10%". Has been done. In FIG. 6, the vehicle Y is traveling from right to left.

FIG. 7 shows a travel locus map 70 in which the travel locus maps of the vehicle X and the vehicle Y in the first embodiment are superimposed. The display unit 15 creates and displays a map 70 by superimposing the travel locus map 50 of the vehicle X shown in FIG. 5 and the travel locus map 60 of the vehicle Y shown in FIG. FIG. 7 shows a region 71 in which the travel locus region 51 of the vehicle X and the travel locus region 61 of the vehicle Y overlap. The area 71 indicates an area in which it is considered that the user of the vehicle X and the user of the vehicle Y both want to charge the battery 102 but cannot charge the battery 102. That is, the area 71 is an area where both the user of the vehicle X and the user of the vehicle Y are considered to have wanted to charge, and the area 71 is an area where the demand for the charging station is expected to be higher.

The display unit 15 creates a travel locus map for each of the plurality of vehicles 101, superimposes the created travel locus maps, and displays an area where the demand for the charging station is high on the map. For example, the display unit 15 displays the number of times (numbers) of overlapping within a predetermined range at the height of the bar graph for each range. It is expected that the demand for charging stations will increase as the number of times (number) of superpositions increases. In addition, the predetermined range may be determined in units of municipalities, for example, in units of street addresses, or within a certain distance (for example, 1 km) from a specific point. May be good.

FIG. 8 shows the demand for charging stations for each range in the first embodiment. In FIG. 8, the number of times the traveling locus regions of the plurality of vehicles 101 are overlapped is displayed by the height of the bar graph for each range. F1 to F5 in FIG. 8 indicate a guideline for the number of times the traveling locus regions are overlapped. In F5, the number of times the traveling locus regions are overlapped is larger than in F1. As shown in FIG. 8, since the height of the bar graph is relatively high in the region 81 and the region 82 as compared with the other regions, it can be seen that the demand for the charging station is high. Therefore, the area 81 and the area 82 are candidate locations for installing a new charging station.

As described above, according to the remaining charge amount comparison device 100 according to the first embodiment, the remaining charge amount and the average value 133 of the battery 102 at the time when the charging operation of the battery 102 of the specific vehicle 101 is detected. And output by comparison. As a result, the user of the remaining charge amount comparison device 100 determines whether the charging operation in the vehicle 101 is performed at the timing when the remaining charge amount is smaller than usual or at the timing when the remaining charge amount is larger than usual. Can be grasped.

According to the remaining charge amount comparison device 100 according to the first embodiment, the display unit 15 superimposes the travel locus maps of the plurality of vehicles 101 and displays the area where the demand for the charging station is high on the map. As a result, the user of the remaining charge amount comparison device 100 can grasp the area where the demand for the charging station is expected to be high, and can grasp the place which is a candidate for installing a new charging station.

[Modification 1]
In the first embodiment, in the travel locus map shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the larger the remaining charge amount of the vehicle 101, the larger the size of the circle, but the present invention is not limited to this. The smaller the remaining charge amount, the larger the size of the circle may be. FIG. 9 shows the superimposed traveling locus map 80 in the modified example. FIG. 9 shows a case where the remaining charge amount of the vehicle 101 is displayed as a circle having a size substantially inversely proportional to the remaining charge amount. As shown in FIG. 9, by displaying the remaining charge amount of the vehicle 101 as a circle having a size inversely proportional to the remaining charge amount, the region at the position where the remaining charge amount is small is larger than the region at the position where the remaining charge amount is large. It can be displayed in a large size, and the display can more accurately reflect the degree to which the user wants to charge the battery.

[Modification 2]
In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the display unit 15 displays the number of times the traveling locus regions are overlapped at the height of the bar graph for each range. However, the display unit 15 may display the hatching density for each range depending on the number of times the overlays are superimposed. In this case, for example, the area where the hatching is dense is the area where the demand for the charging station is expected to be high, and is a candidate place for installing a new charging station.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 10 shows an example of the operating environment of the remaining charge amount comparison device 200 according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, the vehicle 101 further includes a user identification sensor 108 that identifies a user of the vehicle 101. Since the other elements of the operating environment in the second embodiment are the same as those in the operating environment in the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof will be omitted.

The user identification sensor 108 identifies the user who drives the vehicle 101. The user identification sensor 108 includes, for example, an in-vehicle camera that photographs the driver's seat of the vehicle 101, and pattern collates the photographed image of the driver's seat taken by the in-vehicle camera with the image stored in advance in the memory of the user identification sensor 108. By doing so, the user who drives the vehicle 101 is identified.

The user identification sensor 108 transmits the user identification information, which is information about the identified user, to the communication unit 104 of the battery 102. The communication unit 104 associates the information received from the SOC sensor 105, the GPS sensor 106, and the charge detection sensor 107 with the user identification information, and transmits the remaining charge amount comparison device 100. The user identification information includes, for example, information such as the age, address, and gender of the user.

FIG. 11 shows an example of a functional block diagram of the remaining charge amount comparison device 200 according to the second embodiment. The remaining charge amount comparison device 200 in the second embodiment includes an average value calculation unit 16 in addition to the components of the remaining charge amount comparison device 100 in the first embodiment. Since the other components of the remaining charge amount comparison device 200 in the second embodiment are the same as the remaining charge amount comparison device 100 in the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof will be omitted.

The remaining charge amount acquisition unit 11 associates the remaining charge amount information of the battery 102 associated with the user identification information with the position information of the vehicle 101 by the time information, and the remaining charge amount-position information log 231 for each user. To generate. FIG. 12 shows an example of the remaining charge amount-position information log 231 in the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 12, the remaining charge amount-position information log 231 is information generated for the user X1.

The average value calculation unit 16 generates a remaining charge amount log for each user from the remaining charge amount-position information log 231 for each user and the charging operation information, and the average value of the remaining charge amount at the time of charging operation for each user. Is calculated. FIG. 13 shows an example of the remaining charge amount log 232 in the second embodiment. The remaining charge amount log 232 is information generated for each user. In FIG. 13, the remaining charge amount log 232 and the average value 233 generated for the user X1 are shown.

The comparison unit 14 charges from the remaining charge amount-position information log 231 for each user received from the remaining charge amount acquisition unit 11, the charging operation information received from the operation information acquisition unit 12, and the average value 233 for each user. At the time when the operation is performed, the result of comparing the remaining charge amount of the battery 102 and the average value 233 for the user is output to the display unit 15.

The display unit 15 creates a travel locus map for each of the plurality of users based on the information received from the comparison unit 14. The display unit 15 classifies the created plurality of travel locus maps according to the type of user. The display unit 15 classifies and superimposes a plurality of travel locus maps according to the age of the user, for example.

FIG. 14 shows the demand for charging stations for each range in the second embodiment. As an example, FIG. 14 shows the demand for a charging station created by superimposing a travel locus map of a user in his twenties. As shown in FIG. 14, it can be seen that the demand for the region 91 located in the central portion of the map is high for the users in their twenties. The display unit 15 may perform the above classification according to the gender of the user, or may perform the above classification according to the area to which the user's address belongs (for example, by municipality).

As described above, according to the remaining charge amount comparison device 200 according to the second embodiment, the remaining charge amount and the average value 133 of the battery 102 at the time when the charging operation of the battery 102 of a specific user is detected. Is compared and output. As a result, the user of the remaining charge amount comparison device 100 determines whether the charging operation by the specific user is performed at the timing when the remaining charge amount is smaller than usual or at the timing when the remaining charge amount is larger than usual. Can be grasped.

According to the remaining charge amount comparison device 200 according to the second embodiment, the display unit 15 superimposes a plurality of travel locus maps for each user type, and sets a region where the demand for the charging station is high for each user type. Display on the map. As a result, the user of the remaining charge amount comparison device 100 can grasp the area where the demand for the charging station is expected to be high for each type of user, and install a new charging station according to the type of user. You can grasp the candidate places.

In addition, various embodiments of the present invention may be described with reference to flowcharts and block diagrams, where the block serves (1) the stage of the process in which the operation is performed or (2) the role of performing the operation. It may represent a section of the device it has. Specific stages and sections are implemented by dedicated circuits, programmable circuits supplied with computer-readable instructions stored on computer-readable media, and / or processors supplied with computer-readable instructions stored on computer-readable media. It's okay. Dedicated circuits may include digital and / or analog hardware circuits, and may include integrated circuits (ICs) and / or discrete circuits. Programmable circuits are memory elements such as logical AND, logical OR, logical XOR, logical NAND, logical NOR, and other logical operations, flip-flops, registers, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic arrays (PLAs), and the like. May include reconfigurable hardware circuits, including.

The computer readable medium may include any tangible device capable of storing instructions executed by the appropriate device, so that the computer readable medium having the instructions stored therein is specified in a flow chart or block diagram. It will be equipped with a product that contains instructions that can be executed to create means for performing the operation. Examples of computer-readable media may include electronic storage media, magnetic storage media, optical storage media, electromagnetic storage media, semiconductor storage media, and the like. More specific examples of computer-readable media include floppy (registered trademark) disks, diskettes, hard disks, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), static random access memory (SRAM), compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disc (DVD), Blu-ray (RTM) disc, memory stick, integrated A circuit card or the like may be included.

Computer-readable instructions are assembler instructions, instruction set architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions, machine-dependent instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state-setting data, or object-oriented programming such as Smalltalk, JAVA®, C ++, etc. Includes either source code or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including languages, and traditional procedural programming languages such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. good.

Computer-readable instructions are used locally or to a local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) such as the Internet, to a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, or the processor or programmable circuit of another programmable data processing device. ) May execute computer-readable instructions to create means for performing the operations specified in the flowchart or block diagram. Examples of processors include computer processors, processing units, microprocessors, digital signal processors, controllers, microcontrollers, and the like.

FIG. 15 shows an example of a computer 2200 in which a plurality of aspects of the present invention may be embodied in whole or in part. The program installed on the computer 2200 can cause the computer 2200 to function as an operation associated with the device according to an embodiment of the present invention or as one or more sections of the device, or the operation or the one or more. Sections can be run and / or the computer 2200 can be run a process according to an embodiment of the invention or a stage of such process. Such a program may be run by the CPU 2212 to cause the computer 2200 to perform certain operations associated with some or all of the blocks of the flowcharts and block diagrams described herein.

The computer 2200 according to this embodiment includes a CPU 2212, a RAM 2214, a graphic controller 2216, and a display device 2218, which are interconnected by a host controller 2210. The computer 2200 also includes input / output units such as a communication interface 2222, a hard disk drive 2224, a DVD-ROM drive 2226, and an IC card drive, which are connected to the host controller 2210 via the input / output controller 2220. There is. The computer also includes legacy input / output units such as the ROM 2230 and keyboard 2242, which are connected to the input / output controller 2220 via an input / output chip 2240.

The CPU 2212 operates according to a program stored in the ROM 2230 and the RAM 2214, thereby controlling each unit. The graphic controller 2216 acquires the image data generated by the CPU 2212 in a frame buffer or the like provided in the RAM 2214 or itself so that the image data is displayed on the display device 2218.

The communication interface 2222 communicates with other electronic devices via the network. The hard disk drive 2224 stores programs and data used by the CPU 2212 in the computer 2200. The DVD-ROM drive 2226 reads the program or data from the DVD-ROM 2201 and provides the program or data to the hard disk drive 2224 via the RAM 2214. The IC card drive reads programs and data from the IC card and / or writes programs and data to the IC card.

The ROM 2230 contains a boot program or the like executed by the computer 2200 at the time of activation, and / or a program depending on the hardware of the computer 2200. The input / output chip 2240 may also connect various input / output units to the input / output controller 2220 via a parallel port, serial port, keyboard port, mouse port, and the like.

The program is provided by a computer-readable medium such as a DVD-ROM 2201 or an IC card. The program is read from a computer-readable medium, installed in a hard disk drive 2224, RAM2214, or ROM2230, which is also an example of a computer-readable medium, and executed by the CPU 2212. The information processing described in these programs is read by the computer 2200 and provides a link between the program and the various types of hardware resources described above. The device or method may be configured to implement the manipulation or processing of information in accordance with the use of computer 2200.

For example, when communication is executed between the computer 2200 and an external device, the CPU 2212 executes a communication program loaded in the RAM 2214, and performs communication processing on the communication interface 2222 based on the processing described in the communication program. You may order. Under the control of the CPU 2212, the communication interface 2222 reads and reads transmission data stored in a transmission buffer processing area provided in a recording medium such as a RAM 2214, a hard disk drive 2224, a DVD-ROM 2201, or an IC card. The data is transmitted to the network, or the received data received from the network is written to the reception buffer processing area provided on the recording medium.

Further, the CPU 2212 makes the RAM 2214 read all or necessary parts of the file or the database stored in the external recording medium such as the hard disk drive 2224, the DVD-ROM drive 2226 (DVD-ROM2201), and the IC card. Various types of processing may be performed on the data on the RAM 2214. The CPU 2212 then writes back the processed data to an external recording medium.

Various types of information such as various types of programs, data, tables, and databases may be stored in recording media and processed. The CPU 2212 describes various types of operations, information processing, conditional judgment, conditional branching, unconditional branching, and information retrieval described in various parts of the present disclosure with respect to the data read from the RAM 2214. Various types of processing may be performed, including / replacement, etc., and the results are written back to RAM 2214. Further, the CPU 2212 may search for information in a file, a database, or the like in the recording medium. For example, when a plurality of entries each having an attribute value of the first attribute associated with the attribute value of the second attribute are stored in the recording medium, the CPU 2212 specifies the attribute value of the first attribute. Search for an entry that matches the condition from the plurality of entries, read the attribute value of the second attribute stored in the entry, and associate it with the first attribute that satisfies the predetermined condition. The attribute value of the second attribute obtained may be acquired.

The program or software module described above may be stored on or near a computer 2200 on a computer-readable medium. Also, a recording medium such as a hard disk or RAM provided within a dedicated communication network or a server system connected to the Internet can be used as a computer readable medium, thereby providing the program to the computer 2200 over the network. do.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or improvements can be made to the above embodiments. It is clear from the claims that embodiments with such modifications or improvements may also be included in the technical scope of the invention.

The order of execution of operations, procedures, steps, steps, etc. in the equipment, system, program, and method shown in the claims, description, and drawings is particularly "before" and "prior to". It should be noted that it can be realized in any order unless the output of the previous process is used in the subsequent process. Even if the claims, the description, and the operation flow in the drawings are explained using "first", "next", etc. for convenience, it means that it is essential to carry out in this order. is not.

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The remaining charge amount acquisition unit that acquires information on the remaining charge amount of the battery mounted on the vehicle driven by electricity,
An operation information acquisition unit that acquires information on the charging operation of the battery, and
An average value storage unit that stores information on the average value of the remaining charge amount during the charging operation in multiple charging operations, and an average value storage unit.
When the operation information acquisition unit detects the charging operation of the battery, the comparison unit that outputs the result of comparison between the remaining charge amount of the battery and the average value stored in the average value storage unit. Remaining charge comparison device to be equipped. The remaining charge amount acquisition unit acquires the information on the remaining charge amount in association with the information on the position of the vehicle.
Among the information on the remaining charge amount and the information on the position acquired by the remaining charge amount acquisition unit, the information on the position corresponding to the remaining charge amount determined by the comparison unit to be lower than the average value by a threshold value is described. The remaining charge amount comparison device according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit that displays in association with information on the remaining charge amount. The remaining charge amount comparison device according to claim 2, wherein the display unit displays a map and displays information on the remaining charge amount corresponding to the information on the position at the position on the map. The remaining charge amount comparison device according to claim 3, wherein the display unit displays information on the remaining charge amount in a size corresponding to the size of the remaining charge amount. The remaining charge amount comparison device according to claim 4, wherein the display unit displays a plurality of information on the remaining charge amount in an overlapping manner. The remaining charge amount comparison device according to claim 5, wherein the display unit displays the number of the displayed information on the remaining charge amount within a predetermined range in association with the position. .. The remaining charge amount acquisition unit acquires user identification information that identifies a user boarding the vehicle in association with the remaining charge amount.
The remaining charge amount comparison device according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the display unit displays the remaining charge amount for each user identified by the user identification information. It is further provided with an average value calculation unit that calculates the average value of the remaining charge amount during the charging operation for each user identified by the user identification information and stores it in the average value storage unit.
The remaining charge amount comparison device according to claim 7, wherein the comparison unit compares the average value corresponding to the user identified by the user identification information with the remaining charge amount. The remaining charge amount acquisition unit acquires the remaining charge amount information and the time information in association with each other.
The remaining charge amount comparison device according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein the display unit displays the remaining charge amount for each time. The remaining charge acquisition stage to acquire information on the remaining charge of the battery mounted on the electrically driven vehicle, and
The operation information acquisition stage for acquiring the information that the battery has been charged, and
An average value storage stage that stores information on the average value of the remaining charge amount during the charging operation in multiple charging operations, and
When a charging operation to the battery is detected in the operation information acquisition step, a comparison step of outputting a result of comparison between the remaining charge amount of the battery and the average value stored in the average value storage step is performed. How to compare the remaining charge. On the computer
The remaining charge acquisition stage to acquire information on the remaining charge of the battery mounted on the electrically driven vehicle, and
The operation information acquisition stage for acquiring the information that the battery has been charged, and
An average value storage stage that stores information on the average value of the remaining charge amount during the charging operation in multiple charging operations, and
When the charging operation to the battery is detected in the operation information acquisition step, the comparison step of outputting the result of comparison between the remaining charge amount of the battery and the average value stored in the average value storage step. Remaining charge comparison program to run.

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