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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Toshiba Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Shinichiro Kawano, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hino, JP;
Makoto Kano, Hachioji, JP;
Yasuomi Une, Kawasaki, JP;
Junichi Yamamoto, Fuchu, JP;
Norikazu Hosaka, Higashiyamato, JP;
Satoshi Sekine, Sagamihara, JP;
Tsuyoshi Shimada, Mitaka, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
TOSHIBA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, there is provided a charging management system. Based on an estimated duration from a time when an electric vehicle having arrived at each of a charging facilities starts charging until the charging is complete, the system determines the charging facility a charging facility utilization of which is to be recommended to be one of the charging facilities related to a path to a destination which has a shortest maximum wait time from a time when a plurality of electric vehicles arrive at the charging facility until the charging is complete, and reports information indicative of the determined charging facility to the electric vehicle not having arrived at the charging facility.