US 12,122,246 B2
Server, vehicle, and power management method
Shigeki Kinomura, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/689,325.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-041174 (JP), filed on Mar. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289041 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 15/20 (2013.01) [B60L 58/12 (2019.02); G07C 5/004 (2013.01); B60L 2240/54 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing electric power information, the system comprising:
a vehicle including a power storage device that is charged with electric power supplied from a charging facility, and
a server, wherein
a travel restriction zone exists in which traveling using an amount of electric power having a greenhouse gas emission intensity greater than a regulatory limit is restricted,
the server includes:
an interface that obtains the emission intensity of electric power supplied from the charging facility; and
a processor that associates the amount of electric power charged from the charging facility to the power storage device with the emission intensity obtained via the interface, wherein the processor:
permits the vehicle to travel within the travel restriction zone using an amount of electric power having the emission intensity less than the regulatory limit within an amount of electric power stored in the power storage device,
notifies the vehicle of information related to the amount of electric power having the emission intensity less than the regulatory limit, and
controls the vehicle to use an amount of electric power having the emission intensity less than the regulatory limit when the vehicle travels within the travel restriction zone.