US 12,233,736 B2
Charging control apparatus, moving body, charging control system, and charging control method
Akira Saita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,942.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-045553 (JP), filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297565 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/64 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/62 (2019.02) [B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/64 (2019.02); B60L 53/665 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/0071 (2020.01); H02J 7/00032 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging control apparatus that controls charging from an external power source to a battery, comprising one or more processors that execute computer-executable instructions stored in a memory, wherein in a case where a moving body possessing the battery is driven by power supplied from the battery, the one or more processors execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the charging control apparatus to:
acquire a chargeable amount that is an amount the battery can be charged within a time period from a charging startable timing of the battery to a scheduled drive timing of the moving body;
calculate a minimum state of charge that is a lowest state of charge needed by the moving body for a following instance of driving, based on a drive history of the moving body; and
set a target state of charge that suppresses deterioration of the battery and is greater than or equal to the minimum state of charge, or a target charging amount that suppresses deterioration of the battery and is less than or equal to the chargeable amount.