US 12,275,334 B2
Solar cell system and vehicle system
Kenichirou Ogawa, Kawasaki Kanagawa (JP); Tetsu Shijo, Tokyo (JP); and Yasuhiro Kanekiyo, Yokohama Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/181,798.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-146937 (JP), filed on Sep. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0092181 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 8/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/60 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 8/003 (2013.01) [B60L 53/60 (2019.02); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
6. A vehicle system comprising:
a vehicle;
a vehicle speed sensor configured to measure a traveling speed of the vehicle;
a first solar cell provided on a hood of the vehicle;
a first electric circuit connected to the first solar cell; and
a controller configured to electrically connect the first solar cell with the first electric circuit in a case where the traveling speed of the vehicle, which is measured by the vehicle speed sensor, is less than a first threshold, and to electrically disconnect the first solar cell from the first electric circuit in a case where the traveling speed of the vehicle, which is measured by the vehicle speed sensor, is equal to or greater than the first threshold,
wherein the controller is configured to electrically disconnect the first solar cell from the first electric circuit regardless of the traveling speed of the vehicle in a case where there is precipitation.