US 12,257,911 B2
Electrically-powered vehicle, energy supply apparatus, and energy supply system
Shigeki Kinomura, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/669,653.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-029196 (JP), filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274491 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 9/00 (2019.01); B60L 50/61 (2019.01); B60L 50/71 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 50/61 (2019.02) [B60L 50/71 (2019.02); B60L 2240/70 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrically-powered vehicle that supplements energy independently from each of a plurality of supply apparatuses that supply the energy, the electrically-powered vehicle comprising a controller configured to
hold a plurality of pieces of vehicle control software of the electrically-powered vehicle with different versions from each other, the plurality of pieces of vehicle control software including software for controlling an operation related to supplement of energy,
hold compatibility data associated with each model of the plurality of supply apparatuses, the compatibility data indicating compatibility between each version of a plurality of pieces of vehicle control software and each version of a plurality of pieces of control software for the plurality of supply apparatuses,
select, based on the compatibility data associated with a model of a supply apparatus connected to the electrically-powered vehicle, one piece of vehicle control software having a version that is compatible with a version of control software for a model of the connected supply apparatus from among the plurality of pieces of vehicle control software,
select, when the controller does not hold the vehicle control software having a version that is compatible with a version of control software for a model of the connected supply apparatus, one piece of vehicle control software having a version that is compatible with any version of control software for a model of the connected supply apparatus, and
control an operation related to supplement of energy by the selected vehicle control software, wherein
the controller is configured to acquire and hold a plurality of pieces of vehicle control software satisfying a first extraction condition from a server capable of communicating with the electrically-powered vehicle, the first extraction condition including at least one of a model of the electrically-powered vehicle and date of release assigned to the electrically-powered vehicle.