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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Yamato Niwa, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/35 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/35 (2019.02);
Abstract
A control device of a charging equipment executes a process including a step of determining whether or not a vehicle approaches a charging equipment, a step of determining, in a case where the vehicle approaches the charging equipment, whether or not the approaching vehicle is a non-target vehicle that is not a usage target of the charging equipment, a step of, in a case where the approaching vehicle is the non-target vehicle, elevating a movable portion, and a step of, in a case where the approaching vehicle passes the charging equipment, lowering the movable portion.