US 12,330,526 B2
Server, vehicle, and vehicle diagnosis method
Toru Nakamura, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/519,680.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-212368 (JP), filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194256 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/68 (2019.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/68 (2019.02) [B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 2240/72 (2013.01); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A server comprising:
a first determination unit that determines, when a subject vehicle including a power storage enters a chargeable state in which power feed from a power feed facility outside the subject vehicle can be received, whether charging of the power storage is started in the subject vehicle;
a second determination unit that determines whether timer-programmed charging has been set in the subject vehicle that has entered the chargeable state;
a third determination unit that determines whether charging and discharging control of the power storage is being carried out under remote control in the subject vehicle based on at least one of a result of determination by the first determination unit and a result of determination by the second determination unit; and
a charging and discharging control unit, wherein
a wireless communication device is mounted on the subject vehicle,
the server wirelessly communicates with the subject vehicle through the wireless communication device,
when the third determination unit determines that charging and discharging control of the power storage is not being carried out under remote control in the subject vehicle, the charging and discharging control unit carries out charging and discharging control of the power storage under remote control through wireless communication with the wireless communication device, and
when the third determination unit determines that charging and discharging control of the power storage is being carried out under remote control in the subject vehicle, the charging and discharging control unit does not carry out the charging and discharging control of the power storage under the remote control.