Battery Swap Server Control Using Vehicle Key Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing battery sharing services require mobile terminal devices for battery management and billing, limiting their use when the battery is low and restricting the participation of batteries without stored usage state information.
Innovation Solution
A server apparatus that manages identification and fee-related information from a vehicle key device to calculate usage fees and control lock devices for battery replacement, enabling battery management and billing without a mobile terminal device, regardless of stored battery information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If battery usage state information is stored in the battery, then billing can be performed based on usage, but batteries without stored information cannot be used
Solution Approach 1:
The server apparatus acts as an intermediary that centralizes the storage and management of battery usage state information. Instead of requiring each battery to store its own usage data, the server receives, stores, and manages this information centrally, allowing any battery to be used while maintaining accurate billing through the intermediary server system.
2Ease of operation
If mobile terminal devices are used for battery management, then services can be provided, but services cannot be received when the mobile terminal battery is low
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the critical battery management functions from the mobile terminal device and transfers them to the server apparatus. The server handles authentication, usage tracking, and billing independently of the user's mobile device battery status, ensuring service availability even when the mobile terminal battery is low or depleted.
3Loss of information
If battery replacement requires mobile terminal devices, then billing can be managed, but battery replacement cannot be performed without a mobile terminal
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service battery replacement by having the server apparatus automatically authenticate users through their vehicles, track usage information, and manage billing without requiring manual intervention via mobile terminal devices. The vehicle itself serves as the authentication medium, and the server handles all information management autonomously.
Data Source
AI summary
A server apparatus includes a processor configured to manage identification information of a registered vehicle registered in advance, acquire identification information on a vehicle of a user who wants to replace the batteries from a vehicle key device, acquire fee-related information from the vehicle key device, the fee-rerated information being at least one of a travel distance and a battery usage amount of the vehicle of the user, calculate a usage fee of the batteries based on the fee-related information, determine permission and prohibition to replace a battery, control a lock device which enables taking-out of the batteries accommodated in the battery stand, determine the permission and prohibition to replace the batteries based on the identification information acquired from the vehicle key device and the identification information, and unlock the lock device when it is determined to permit replacing the batteries.