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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
May. 27, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yu Nagata, Chofu, JP;
Kazutaka Kimura, Mishima, JP;
Tomokazu Maya, Nagoya, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Toyota, JP;
Takaharu Tateishi, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a control section. The control section predicts an amount of electricity demanded for charging of vehicles that a plurality of users use, respectively, and determines a time slot in which the amount of electricity demanded exceeds a threshold value, and when the control section determines that one user of the plurality of users will refrain from use of the relevant vehicle on the following day, makes charging of the one user's vehicle wait in the time slot and provides an incentive to the one user.