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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Hiroyuki Kashima, Machida, JP;
Hiroyuki Kashima, Machida, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
An information providing device has a vehicle information acquiring section acquiring information about a plurality of vehicles, a charge history information acquiring section acquiring charge history information, and a charging facility information acquiring section acquiring charging facility information including at least a position and a utilization status of a charging facility. The device further includes a searching section searching, according to a request from a request vehicle, for a charging facility utilizable by the request vehicle as an object charging facility, a vehicle determining section determining, as a specific vehicle, a vehicle that is not the request vehicle and having a possibility of utilizing the object charging facility, and a utilization possibility predicting section predicting a utilization possibility of the specific vehicle utilizing the object charging facility. The device also includes a providing section providing information based on the utilization possibility to the request vehicle.