US 11,999,253 B2
Vehicle information management device and charging control method
Eisho Ando, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/283,601
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/038301
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/079728, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0380010 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B61C 17/06 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/62 (2019.02) [B60L 58/13 (2019.02); B61C 17/06 (2013.01); B61L 25/025 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01); B60L 2240/26 (2013.01); B60L 2260/54 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle information management device that executes control of charging a storage battery with power generated in a train, the vehicle information management device comprising:
an information obtainer to obtain information on a current operational state of the train;
a storage to store charging control information therein, where in the charging control information, control contents of charging the storage battery with power generated by an engine installed in the train are set correspondingly to an operational state of the train; and
a controller to obtain charging control information that matches the current operational state of the train from the storage, and to control charging of the storage battery on a basis of the charging control information obtained, wherein
the information obtainer obtains, as information on the current operational state of the train, a current charging rate of the storage battery, a current train location of the train, and a current passenger load factor of the train; and
the controller obtains charging control information that matches the current passenger load factor of the train and the current train location of the train from the storage, and controls charging of the storage battery by using the charging control information obtained and the current charging rate of the storage battery.