| CPC H02J 7/0049 (2020.01) [H02J 7/005 (2020.01); H02J 7/0071 (2020.01); H02J 7/007188 (2020.01)] | 8 Claims |
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1. A charging control apparatus that control charging of a battery from an external power source, comprising:
a history acquiring section that acquires history information indicating a usage situation and a charging situation of the battery;
a pattern determining section that determines a charging period pattern that most closely resembles a charging habit of a user, from among a plurality of charging period patterns classified in advance, based on the history information;
a display control section that controls a display section to display a charging end SOC, charging start SOC, and tolerable lower limit SOC corresponding to the determined charging period pattern in the display section;
a charging control section that, if a setting is changed in a manner to lower the charging end SOC according to a manipulation by the user, controls the battery to be charged based on the charging end SOC resulting from the change; and
a habit classifying section that classifies a charging habit of the user as one of a plurality of thought patterns, based on the history information, wherein:
the display control section displays a recommended charging end SOC and a recommended charging start SOC according to the thought pattern resulting from the classification,
the habit classifying section classifies the charging habit of the user based on at least one of a first ratio, which is a ratio of an average charging amount of one instance of charging the battery to an average consumption amount of the battery per prescribed interval, and a second ratio, which is a ratio of an average remaining amount indicating an average of a value obtained by subtracting the tolerable lower limit SOC from the charging start SOC to the average consumption amount, and
if the first ratio is greater than or equal to a first threshold value and the second ratio is greater than or equal to a second threshold value that is less than the first threshold value, the display control section displays the recommended charging start SOC in a manner to be higher than the tolerable lower limit SOC.
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