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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Soshiro Murata, Toyota, JP;
Hiroshi Umeno, Nisshin, JP;
Takahiro Nomura, Okazaki, JP;
Yuya Onozuka, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60S 5/06 (2019.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/80 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60S 5/06 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling battery replacement includes obtaining information on a battery (first battery) and giving a notification that encourages battery replacement to a user of an electrically powered vehicle when a battery (second battery) lower in SOC than the battery is provided at a battery station (battery replacement station). The method of controlling battery replacement includes controlling the battery station such that the battery and the battery lower in SOC than the battery are replaced with each other.