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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2018
Information providing system and method, and server used for information providing system and method
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiroki Sawada, Toyota, JP;
Masato Tamaoki, Iwakura, JP;
Eisuke Ando, Nagoya, JP;
Masato Endo, Nagakute, JP;
Kuniaki Hasegawa, Kariya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
An information providing system includes a plurality of vehicle, a charging station, and a management server. The management server is configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles and the charging station. Each of the vehicles allows charging of a power storage device mounted therein using electric power from the charging station and performs inter-vehicle charging for charging another vehicle using electric power of the power storage device. The management server obtains a congestion degree in the charging station and a destination of a vehicle. When a charging station is installed as an annex at a destination of the vehicle, and when the congestion degree exceeds a threshold value, the management server selects a candidate vehicle capable of performing inter-vehicle charging from among other vehicles that aim at a destination identical to the destination of the vehicle, and transmits information about the selected candidate vehicle to the vehicle.