EV Energy Output Section Management for Scalable Charging Coverage
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a demand to increase the number of energy output sections managing energy provision and use for electric vehicles and expand their disposing area, but various constraints make this difficult.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that manages an energy supply service by acquiring registration information from providers and users, storing it, and processing usage start information, energy supply information, payments, and fee-charging processes to facilitate the expansion of energy output sections and their disposing area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the number of energy output sections is increased and their disposing area is expanded, then the energy supply service coverage is improved, but the system complexity and management difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the energy supply network into multiple independent energy output sections, each with its own identification information. This allows the system to manage numerous output sections by dividing them into manageable units, each tracked through mobile terminal apparatus registrations rather than requiring centralized control of the entire network.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile terminal apparatus serves as an intermediary between users and the energy supply system. It stores and transmits registration information including output-section identification, enabling automated authentication and fee calculation without requiring direct complex interactions between users and the central management system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the number of energy output sections is increased and their disposing area is expanded, then the service availability is improved, but the constraints on system deployment increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary registration of mobile terminal apparatus with energy output section identification information before actual energy supply transactions. This advance registration stores necessary authentication and billing data in the mobile terminal, enabling rapid deployment of new energy output sections without requiring complex real-time setup procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile terminal apparatus autonomously stores and manages registration information including output-section identification and user credentials. This self-service capability allows the terminal to independently authenticate energy supply transactions and facilitate fee calculations, reducing the need for complex centralized deployment infrastructure.
3Measurement precision
If detailed registration information and mobile terminal information are stored for each user, then the fee calculation accuracy is improved, but the data storage and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system moves data storage from a centralized database dimension to a distributed dimension by storing registration information directly in mobile terminal apparatus. Each terminal holds its own registration data including output-section identification and user information, eliminating the need for a large centralized storage system while maintaining accurate fee calculation capabilities.
Data Source
AI summary
It is facilitated to increase the number of energy output sections capable of managing a provision of energy to an energy supply target and a use of energy by the energy supply target, and to expand a disposing area of the energy output sections. The information processing apparatus acquires provision-side registration information and use-side registration information, stores the provision-side registration information and output-section identification information in association with each other, and stores the use-side registration information, supply-target identification information and information on a mobile terminal apparatus used by a user in association with each other. The information processing apparatus receives usage start information including the output-section identification information from the mobile terminal apparatus of the user, acquires energy supply information, performs a process necessary for paying to a provider with respect to a fee for providing an energy supply service from the energy output section to the energy supply target, and performs a process necessary for fee-charging to the user with respect to a usage fee of the energy supply service based on the energy supply information.