US 12,459,397 B2
Power transfer managing system, computer-readable storage medium, and method for plurality of vehicles
Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/176,483.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-038041 (JP), filed on Mar. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0286411 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 55/00 (2019.01); B60L 53/63 (2019.01); B60L 53/67 (2019.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 55/00 (2019.02) [B60L 53/63 (2019.02); B60L 53/67 (2019.02); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); H02J 3/004 (2020.01); G05B 2219/2639 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a control unit configured to select, from among a plurality of vehicles, a vehicle to be put on standby in a state where a power supply state is turned on to be able to provide a power resource to a power network, and perform control to bring the selected vehicle into a state where the power resource is able to be provided to the power network, and to cause another vehicle to sleep, wherein
the control unit is configured to sequentially select a vehicle, which is to be put on standby in a state where the power resource is able to be provided in order to provide a primary adjustment force to the power network, from among a plurality of vehicles belonging to a same group of groups divided by estimating an amount of power resource which is able to be provided to the power network, and
the control unit is configured to switch, when the primary adjustment force is provided to the power network, a state of each of at least three vehicle groups selected from among the plurality of vehicles belonging to a same group, from a first state which is a state where the power resource is provided on the power network, a second state which is a state where the power resource is able to be provided to the power network and the power resource is not provided to the power network, and a third state which is a sleep state, in an order of being selected in a predetermined order.