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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2016
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Jun Takehara, Setagaya, JP;
Fumiyasu Miyoshi, Wako, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
A charging system includes an electric bus and a charger. The charger includes a supply unit and a second communication unit. The supply unit supplies power to the electric bus stopped at a preset position. If power is being supplied to the electric bus by the supply unit, the second communication unit transmits a first identifier of the charger, if power is not being supplied to the electric bus by the supply unit, transmits a second identifier that is an identifier of the charger and different from the first identifier, and if a first command is received from the electric bus, transmits and receives information related to charging of a storage functional unit included in the electric bus, with the electric bus being a transmission source of the first command, using radio communication.