Charging control device, system, control method for charging control device, and storage medium

Abstract

To provide a charging control device that equally and efficiently charges a plurality of electric automobiles, etc.SOLUTION: A charging control device includes reception means and charger control means. The reception means receives a command to start charging a controller included in a charging system in which the number of simultaneously operable chargers is limited. In a case where a charger to perform a charging operation needs to be switched from a first charger to a second charger due to the limitation in the charging system, the charging control means interrupts charging using the first charger the charging operation of which has continued for a prescribed time period. The charging control means starts charging using the second charger without providing a substantial interval after the interruption of the charging using the first charger.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Claims

1. A charging system that has a limit on the number of chargers that can operate simultaneously includes a receiving means for receiving an instruction to start charging for a charger, When it is necessary to switch the charger performing the charging operation from the first charger to the second charger due to limitations in the charging system, the charger control means interrupts the charging by the first charger, which has been performing the charging operation for a predetermined period, and starts charging by the second charger without providing a substantial interval from the interruption of charging by the first charger. Equipped with, The charger control means starts charging by the charger in the order in which it receives the charging start instruction. If the charger control means is unable to start charging by the charger that has received the instruction to start charging due to limitations in the charging system, it stores the charger ID of the charger that is unable to start charging in a first permutation. The receiving means receives an instruction to start charging in the first charging mode, or an instruction to start charging in the second charging mode. The charger control means initiates charging by the charger instructed to charge in the first charging mode during the first time period. When the charger control means is instructed to start charging in the second charging mode, it stores the charger ID of the charger for which charging in the second charging mode has been instructed at the end of the second permutation. The charger control means is a charging control device that, in a second time period, if a charger ID is not stored in the first permutation, starts charging using a charger corresponding to the charger ID stored in the second permutation.

2. The charging control device according to claim 1, wherein the charger control means stores the charger ID of the first charger that interrupted charging due to a limitation of the charging system at the end of the first permutation.

3. The charging control device according to claim 2, wherein the charger control means starts charging with the charger corresponding to the charger ID stored at the beginning of the first permutation when there is remaining charging capacity in the charging system.

4. A charging system that has a limit on the number of chargers that can operate simultaneously, comprising a receiving means for receiving an instruction to start charging for a charger, When it is necessary to switch the charger performing the charging operation from the first charger to the second charger due to limitations in the charging system, the charger control means interrupts the charging by the first charger, which has been performing the charging operation for a predetermined period, and starts charging by the second charger without providing a substantial interval from the interruption of charging by the first charger. Equipped with, The charger control means starts charging by the charger in the order in which it receives the charging start instruction. If the charger control means is unable to start charging by the charger that has received the instruction to start charging due to limitations in the charging system, it stores the charger ID of the charger that is unable to start charging in a first permutation. The receiving means receives an instruction to start charging in a first charging mode that completes charging as quickly as possible, or an instruction to start charging in a second charging mode that charges in an environmentally conscious manner. The charger control means initiates charging by the charger instructed to charge in the second charging mode during the first time period. If the charger control means is instructed to start charging in the second charging mode during a second time period different from the first time period, it stores the charger ID of the charger instructed to start charging in the second charging mode during the second time period at the end of the second permutation. The charger control means is a charging control device that, in the first time period, if the charger ID is not stored in the first sequence, starts charging using the charger corresponding to the charger ID stored in the second sequence.

5. The receiving means receives the date and time of completion of charging by the charger using the second charging mode, which is the date and time of completion of charging requested by the user. The charger control means completes charging by a charger instructed to charge in the second charging mode by the charging completion date and time using the first charging mode or the second charging mode, as described in claim 4.

6. The charger control means, with respect to a charger that has been instructed to start charging in the second charging mode, calculates a switching deadline for which charging cannot be completed by the charging completion date and time unless the charger that has been instructed to start charging in the second charging mode is started charging in the first charging mode, and sets the charging mode of the charger for which the switching deadline has arrived to the first charging mode, as described in claim 5.

7. The charger control means recalculates the switching deadline for the charger set to the second charging mode periodically or at a predetermined timing, as described in claim 6.

8. Multiple chargers, Charging control device and Includes, The charging control device is A charging system that has a limit on the number of chargers that can operate simultaneously includes a receiving means for receiving an instruction to start charging for a charger, When it is necessary to switch the charger performing the charging operation from the first charger to the second charger due to limitations in the charging system, the charger control means interrupts the charging by the first charger, which has been performing the charging operation for a predetermined period, and starts charging by the second charger without providing a substantial interval from the interruption of charging by the first charger. Equipped with, The charger control means starts charging by the charger in the order in which it receives the charging start instruction. If the charger control means is unable to start charging by the charger that has received the instruction to start charging due to limitations in the charging system, it stores the charger ID of the charger that is unable to start charging in a first permutation. The receiving means receives an instruction to start charging in the first charging mode, or an instruction to start charging in the second charging mode. The charger control means initiates charging by the charger instructed to charge in the first charging mode during the first time period. When the charger control means is instructed to start charging in the second charging mode, it stores the charger ID of the charger for which charging in the second charging mode has been instructed at the end of the second permutation. The charger control means is a system that, in a second time period, if a charger ID is not stored in the first permutation, starts charging using the charger corresponding to the charger ID stored in the second permutation.

9. In a charging control device, A charging system that has a limit on the number of chargers that can operate simultaneously receives a command to start charging for a charger. A control method for a charging control device, which, when it is necessary to switch the charging operation from the first charger to the second charger due to limitations in the charging system, interrupts charging by the first charger after a predetermined period of time has been performed, and starts charging by the second charger without providing a substantial interval from the interruption of charging by the first charger, In the order in which the charging start instruction is received, charging by the charger will begin. If charging cannot be started by the charger that has received the instruction to start charging due to a limitation of the charging system, the charger ID of the charger that cannot start charging is stored in the first permutation. Upon receiving an instruction to start charging in the first charging mode, or an instruction to start charging in the second charging mode, During the first time period, charging is initiated using a charger that has been instructed to charge in the first charging mode. When charging is initiated using the second charging mode, the charger ID of the charger for which charging is initiated using the second charging mode is stored at the end of the second permutation. A control method for a charging control device, which, in the second time period, if no charger ID is stored in the first permutation, starts charging using the charger corresponding to the charger ID stored in the second permutation.

10. The computer installed in the charging control device, A charging system that has a limit on the number of chargers that can operate simultaneously includes a process for receiving a command to start charging for a charger, When it is necessary to switch the charger performing the charging operation from the first charger to the second charger due to limitations in the charging system, the process of interrupting the charging by the first charger, which has been performing the charging operation for a predetermined period, and starting charging by the second charger without providing a substantial interval from the interruption of charging by the first charger, A program to execute, To the aforementioned computer, The process of starting charging by the charger in the order in which the charging start instruction is received, If charging cannot be started by the charger that has received the instruction to start charging due to a limitation of the charging system, the process of storing the charger ID of the charger that cannot start charging in a first permutation, Processing to receive an instruction to start charging in the first charging mode, or an instruction to start charging in the second charging mode, The process of starting charging by a charger instructed to charge in the first charging mode during the first time period, When charging is initiated using the second charging mode, the process involves storing the charger ID of the charger for which charging is initiated using the second charging mode at the end of the second permutation, In the second time period, if the charger ID is not stored in the first permutation, the process of starting charging with the charger corresponding to the charger ID stored in the second permutation is performed. A program that further executes the process.

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