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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2019
Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd., Kaohsiung, TW;
Chen-Sheng Lin, Kaohsiung, TW;
Sen-Hsien Chang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Jen-Chiun Lin, Taipei, TW;
Po-Yu Chuang, Taipei, TW;
Yuh-Rey Chen, Taipei, TW;
Te-Chuan Liu, Taipei, TW;
KWANG YANG MOTOR CO., LTD., Kaohsiung, TW;
Abstract
A method is proposed to assist a user of an electric vehicle in reserving a rechargeable battery with a charging station. A reservation assistant unit that is related to the electric vehicle computes an estimated travelling distance from a current location corresponding to the electric vehicle to a destination, and computes a remaining distance based on residual electric energy of a rechargeable battery currently used by the electric vehicle. When the estimated travelling distance is greater than the remaining distance, the reservation assistant unit provides charging station information that indicates the closest charging station that has a rechargeable battery available.