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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2021
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Sakurai, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Wako, JP;
Jun Kudo, Wako, JP;
Ayano Otogasako, Wako, JP;
Thomas Stephen Pontefract, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power calculation apparatus predicting and calculating an amount of power suppliable from a vehicle having a battery to a power grid via a connection apparatus, the power calculation apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: predicting a position of the vehicle after a predetermined duration; predicting a degree of likelihood of connection of the vehicle to the connection apparatus after the predetermined duration, based on a predicted position of the vehicle after the predetermined duration and the connection apparatus; and predicting the amount of power suppliable from the vehicle to the power grid after the predetermined duration, based on the degree of likelihood.