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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Koji Shimamura, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Koji Shimamura, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an electrically driven vehicle () loaded with a driving storage battery () charged by electric power supplied from a power supply outside the vehicle, including an occupant detection sensor () for detecting whether or not an occupant is in the electrically driven vehicle (), rotation sensors () for detecting presence/absence of rotations of wheels () provided to the electrically driven vehicle (), and a charge control unit () for determining whether or not a state in which the occupant detection sensor () detects that the occupant is not in the electrically driven vehicle () and the wheel rotation sensors () detect that the wheels () are not rotating has continued for a predetermined period, and starting, when the charge control unit () determines that the state has continued for the predetermined period, the charge of the driving storage battery ().