US 12,175,491 B2
Server and power adjustment system
Osamu Yumita, Seto (JP); Yoichi Onishi, Okazaki (JP); Toru Ando, Obu (JP); Ikuma Suzuki, Okazaki (JP); and Yu Nagata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/204,491.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-122491 (JP), filed on Aug. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0037597 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 55/00 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/63 (2019.01); B60L 53/68 (2019.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); G06Q 50/06 (2024.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0236 (2013.01) [B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/63 (2019.02); B60L 53/68 (2019.02); B60L 55/00 (2019.02); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 3/003 (2020.01); H02J 3/004 (2020.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A server that manages power adjustment resources electrically connected to a power network,
the power adjustment resources including power equipment installed in a facility and configured to be able to supply power from a vehicle to the power network and charge power from the power network to the vehicle, and
the server comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores a program that is executable by the processor, wherein the processor executes the program to:
receive use reservation information for use of the facility from a user terminal associated with a user;
transmit, to a second server, a request for a prediction of a power supply-demand balance for a date and time associated with the use reservation information;
receive, from the second server, a predicted power supply-demand balance for the date and time associated with the user reservation information;
prepare a facility use plan based on the predicted power supply-demand balance, the facility use plan including a time band for which participation in a demand response is requested on the date and time associated with the use reservation information, the request for participation in the demand response includes a downward demand response or an upward demand response of a requested power adjustment, a demand response time band including a demand response start time and a demand response end time;
determine whether the date and time associated with the use reservation information includes the demand response time band;
upon determination that the date and time associated with the use reservation information does not include the demand response time band, set an external charge time band for which the vehicle is externally charged;
upon determination that the date and time associated with the use reservation includes the demand response time band, set a demand response participation time band for which the vehicle can participate in the demand response;
give an incentive to the user when the user accepts the use plan; and
control the power equipment in the facility to perform the requested power adjustment according to the use plan.