JP2014017008A - Information service provision device and information service provision method - Google Patents

Abstract

Information on charging facilities with high accuracy can be used to improve user service.
Means for detecting charging by an electric vehicle, means for transmitting a charging detection information of an electric vehicle and user information of the electric vehicle to a charging infrastructure information service portal by a telematics center notified of the charging detection, and charging infrastructure information Means for determining whether or not it is appropriate to register the charge detection point included in the charge detection information as the charge POI from the charge detection information received by the service portal and the user information of the electric vehicle.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an information service providing apparatus and an information service providing method for vehicles.

  Various initiatives have been started on a global scale to deal with environmental problems, and the automobile industry is active in reducing CO2 emissions. Introduction of a levy system for vehicles that violate CO2 emissions regulations, mainly in the EU, transition to automobile tax standards based on emissions, and subsidies for acquiring environmentally friendly vehicles such as hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles It has been. In parallel with environmental issues, in 2008, the rise in crude oil prices has increased the need for fossil fuels in the transport sector, and general consumers are also paying attention to environmentally friendly vehicles. In particular, government agencies, Japan Post, and electric power companies are planning to switch to electric and commercial vehicles, and each car manufacturer is focusing on electric vehicle development. Sales of electric cars for general public are scheduled from '10.

  The challenge in the current popularization of electric vehicles is the maintenance of infrastructure including battery performance, price and charging facilities. The cruising range of electric vehicles is as short as a few tens of kilometers, and it is thought that it will be popularized for use in public vehicles and commercial vehicles that are closed to use within the cruising range and as a city commuter with a relatively short moving distance. . In the future, replacing electric vehicles with current gasoline vehicles will require charging facilities in parallel with technological development of the batteries themselves. With the assistance of the national and local governments, the charging business is starting up mainly by electric power companies. Highways, gas stations and convenience stores are beginning to install chargers, and networking chargers to guide them to charging facilities that can use electric vehicles is also being considered.

JP 2001-215124 A JP 2008-166562 A

  In the case of Patent Document 1, facility data including the presence / absence of a battery charging facility is managed, and position information of the battery charging facility is provided to the user based on the facility data.

  Patent Document 2 relates to an automatic information collection system for gasoline prices. When the vehicle approaches the gas station, the camera of the navigation terminal captures the gas station and acquires the gasoline price by image processing. The server manages the gas station location information and the gasoline price.

  In both Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, the system and apparatus already have information on charging facilities and fueling facilities, and provide information on existing facilities.

  An information service providing apparatus according to the present invention is an information service providing apparatus that provides a charging facility information service, and includes charging information acquisition means for acquiring charging information of a vehicle based on detection of charging of the vehicle, and charging information The charging facility information registration determining means for determining whether or not to register the charging position information as the charging facility information, and the charging position information determined to be registered as the charging facility information are registered based on the charging results corresponding to the charging position information. Charging facility information registration means. An information service providing method according to the present invention is an information service providing method for providing a charging facility information service, the charging information acquiring step for acquiring charging information for a vehicle based on detection of charging of the vehicle, and charging information. A registration determination step for determining whether or not to register the charging position information as charging facility information based on a charging result corresponding to the charging position information included in the charging position information, and registering the charging position information determined to be registered as charging facility information And a registration step.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to utilize the information of a charging facility with high precision, and it becomes possible to improve user service.

It is an example of the whole block diagram of the charging infrastructure information provision system for electric vehicles. It is an example of the internal block diagram of a charging infrastructure information service portal. It is an example of an internal block diagram of the telematics center for electric vehicles. It is an example of the internal structure of an electric vehicle. It is an example of the internal structure of a vehicle-mounted information terminal. It is an example of the sequence of the charging information collection function exchanged between an electric vehicle, a telematics center, and a charging infrastructure information service portal. It is an example of the sequence of the charging information provision function exchanged between an electric vehicle (vehicle equipment), a telematics center, and a charging infrastructure information service portal. It is an example of the processing sequence of a charging infrastructure information service portal. It is an example of the sequence of the determination process of a charging infrastructure information service portal. It is an example of the processing sequence of a telematics center. It is an example of an electric vehicle member DB managed by a telematics center. It is an example of the charging facility DB managed by the charging infrastructure information service portal. It is an example of temporary recording DB of the collection charging equipment which a charging infrastructure information service portal manages. It is an example of a message format. It is an example of a message format. It is an example of a message format.

An information service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is an information service providing apparatus that provides a charging facility information service, a charging information acquisition unit that acquires charging information of a vehicle based on detection of charging of the vehicle, and charging Charging facility information registration determining means for determining whether or not to register the charging position information as charging facility information based on the charging results corresponding to the charging position information included in the information, and the charging position determined to be registered as charging facility information Charging facility information registration means for registering information. Further, the charging facility information registration determining means determines that the charging location information is registered as the charging facility information when the number of times of use of the charging facility corresponding to the acquired charging location information is a predetermined value or more. A configuration is preferred. Further, the charging information includes attribute information of the vehicle, and charging facility information acquisition means for acquiring charging facility information that can be used by the vehicle from the charging facility information registration means based on the attribute information of the vehicle; It is preferable to include a charging facility information output unit that outputs the acquired charging facility information.
Next, an information service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is an information service providing method for providing a charging facility information service, and a charging information acquisition step for acquiring charging information for a vehicle based on detection of charging of the vehicle. And a registration determination step for determining whether or not to register the charging position information as charging facility information based on the charging results corresponding to the charging position information included in the charging information, and the charging position determined to be registered as charging facility information And a registration step for registering information. The registration determining step preferably determines that the charging position information is registered as the charging facility information when the number of times of use of the charging facility corresponding to the acquired charging position information is a predetermined value or more. Further, the charging information includes the attribute information of the vehicle, and based on the attribute information of the vehicle, the charging facility information acquisition step for acquiring the charging facility information that can be used by the vehicle, and the acquired charging facility information is output. And an output step.

  Hereinafter, although the characteristic which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated concretely, this invention is limited to the following structures and is not interpreted. Embodiments according to the present invention provide means for collecting information on a new charging facility that is not stored in the navigation system of an electric vehicle as an electric vehicle as a probe vehicle. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the embodiment according to the present invention collects means for collecting charging information from an electric vehicle, means for determining whether a charging facility is new or existing from the collected information, and collected Means for determining whether or not the charging facility is suitable for general public when the charging facility is a new facility. In addition, the member DB that records the owner information of the electric vehicle provides means for managing the attributes and usage of the electric vehicle (for example, business use, car sharing, personal use, etc.), and charging facility information to the electric vehicle. When it does, it has the means to extract the charging equipment information which can be utilized according to the present usage form of an electric vehicle, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  More specifically, an electric vehicle, a telematics center that provides a telematics service for electric vehicles via a mobile network, and a charging infrastructure information service portal that provides charging facility information services by transmitting and receiving charging information to and from the telematics center A charging infrastructure information providing system for an electric vehicle comprising: a battery controller that monitors a state of a battery and controls charging / discharging; and an in-vehicle device that provides a navigation service. Means for detecting charging; means for notifying the vehicle-mounted device of charge detection when charging is detected; and means for notifying the telematics center of an identifier for identifying the electric vehicle, charging information and position information when the vehicle-mounted device receives the charge detection notification The Telematics Center has Means for managing various types of information used in the search, map distribution, facility distribution, means for managing a member information table for recording information on the owner of the electric vehicle, and when charging notification is received from the electric vehicle, When receiving a request for acquiring facility information or map information corresponding to certain location information from the charging infrastructure information service portal, means for notifying the information included in the detection notification and attribute information of the electric vehicle to the charging infrastructure information service portal Means for retrieving information corresponding to the location information and responding to the charging infrastructure information service portal, the charging infrastructure information service portal managing the charging facility information table, and charging information notification from the telematics center If the location information included in the charging information notification is registered in the charging facility information table Means for searching whether or not the position information is recorded in a temporary recording table for temporarily recording the position information when not registered in the charging facility information table, and the charging recorded in the temporary recording table. Charging facility information table registration determining means for determining whether or not to register facility information in the charging facility information table, and means for registering charging facility information determined to be registered by the charging facility information table registration determining means in the charging facility information table It is characterized by having.

  In addition, the charging facility information table registration determining means of the charging infrastructure information service portal searches for whether the position information is recorded in the temporary recording table, and if the position information has been recorded in the temporary recording table, Means for searching whether or not the identifier for identifying the electric vehicle included in the information notification has been recorded in the temporary recording table, and if the identifier for identifying the electric vehicle has been recorded, increments the number of uses of the electric vehicle. If it is not recorded, the means for recording the information of the electric vehicle, and if the number of times of use of the charging facility recorded in the temporary recording table is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the negotiation status of the charging facility information is managed. And a means for performing.

  In addition, the charge detection notification that the vehicle-mounted device of the electric vehicle notifies the telematics center includes an identifier that identifies the electric vehicle, position information of the point where the charge is detected, and “home” position information that the user sets in the vehicle-mounted device. And a charging method, a charging start time, and a charging end time. In addition, the member information table of the electric vehicle owner in the telematics center includes the attribute information (at least individual, company, lease) of the electric vehicle, information on the lease user and the usage time when the electric vehicle is a leased vehicle. May be included.

  In addition, the charging information notification notified to the charging infrastructure information service portal by the telematics center includes information included in the charging detection notification received from the vehicle-mounted device, attribute information of the electric vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device, In the case of a vehicle, the lease user information and usage time may be included.

  In addition, when the in-vehicle device requires charging facility information, the on-vehicle device transmits a charging facility request including an identifier for identifying an electric vehicle, current location information, remaining battery capacity, and destination information set by the user to the telematics center. The telematics center receives the charging facility request, searches the member information table from an identifier for identifying the electric vehicle included in the charging facility request, and acquires attribute information of the electric vehicle; Means for obtaining lease information when the information is a leased vehicle, means for calculating a reachable distance from the remaining battery capacity included in the charging facility request, an identifier for identifying the electric vehicle, attribute information, lease Means for transmitting a charging facility POI request to the charging infrastructure information service portal including information, reachable distance and location information included in the charging facility request; The charging infrastructure information service portal has a means for receiving the charging facility POI response from the charging infrastructure information service portal and a means for responding to the in-vehicle device charging facility information included in the received charging POI response. When the POI request is received, the charging facility information table is searched from the means for acquiring the current time, the attribute information of the electric vehicle included in the charging facility POI request and the current time information, and the electric vehicle having the attribute can be used. Means for acquiring a charging facility and means for generating a charging facility POI response including available charging facility information and notifying the telematics center may be included.

  In addition, the charging facility POI response includes the location information of the charging facility that can be used, the attribute of the charging facility, the charging method, the presence / absence of a membership system, the number of charging devices, the presence / absence of general opening, the available time, It may include regular holidays.

  According to the above aspect, the charging information transmitted by the electric vehicle is collected and the accuracy as a charging facility is actually increased from known information such as position information, map information, facility information, and the usage status of the charging facility. In addition, it is possible to reduce the burden of confirmation processing for the facility owner.

  Furthermore, since information suitable for the current usage form of the electric vehicle is extracted and provided to the user as information on the charging facility, guidance to a facility that cannot be actually used can be avoided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In FIG. 1, the structural example of the charging infrastructure information provision system for electric vehicles in connection with embodiment of this invention is shown. The charging infrastructure information service portal 100, the telematics center 101, and the electric vehicle 102 are connected via a mobile network 103 and a network 104. The network 104 is, for example, the Internet.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the internal configuration of the charging infrastructure information service portal 100.

  In FIG. 2, a memory 200 in which the charging infrastructure information service application 210 is stored, a processor 201 that performs processing based on a program in the memory 200, a storage device 202, an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and an output such as a display The apparatus 204 includes a network interface 205 for communicating with the telematics center via the network 104, and each module is connected by an internal communication line 206 such as a bus.

  The charging infrastructure information service application 210 deployed in the memory 200 includes a network data reception handler 211, a network data analysis processing unit 212, a network data generation unit 213, a network data transmission handler 214, a charging provider interface 215, a telemer center interface 216, A program for realizing a charging POI management unit 217, a charging POI information collection processing unit 218, and a charging POI information distribution processing unit 219 is included.

  The charging POI-DB 220 and the temporary recording DB 221 are stored in the storage device 202, and are appropriately expanded in the memory 200 when necessary for executing the program of the charging infrastructure information service application 210.

  The network data reception handler 211 monitors the reception from the network interface 205 to acquire the reception data, and the network data analysis processing unit 212 analyzes the content of the reception data (1430, 1510, and 1610 described later).

  When the received data analyzed by the network data analysis processing unit 212 is data from the charging company, the data is passed to the charging company interface 215, and when it is data from the telematics center, it is passed to the telemer center interface 216.

  The network data generation unit 213 processes the data passed from the charging provider interface 215 and the telemer center interface 216 into each message (1500 and 1620 described later), and passes it to the network data transmission handler 214. The network data transmission handler 214 passes the transmission message to the network interface 205 and performs transmission processing to the network 104.

  The charging POI management unit 217 is called from the portal administrator or the charging provider interface 215, and manages the charging POI-DB 220.

  The charging POI information collection processing unit 218 is called from the telecenter center interface 216, and determines whether or not the charging information collected from the electric vehicle 102 can be registered in the charging POI-DB 220 and is updated.

  In response to a request from the telecenter center 101, the charging POI information distribution processing unit 219 obtains the charging facility that can be used by the electric vehicle 102 included in the request from the charging POI-DB 220 and delivers it to the telecenter center interface 216.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the internal configuration of the telematics center 101.

  In FIG. 3, a memory 300 in which a telematics service application 310 is stored, a processor 301 that performs processing based on a program in the memory 300, a storage device 302, an input device 303 such as a mouse and a keyboard, and an output device 304 such as a display The telematics service application 310 deployed in the memory 300 is connected to each module via an internal bus 306.

  The telematics service application 310 deployed in the memory 300 includes a network data reception handler 311, a network data analysis processing unit 312, a network data generation unit 313, a network data transmission handler 314, an electric vehicle interface 315, a charging infrastructure information service portal interface 316, A program for realizing a member management unit 317, a battery information management unit 318, and a route search processing unit 319 is included.

  The route search processing unit 319 is used when the in-vehicle information terminal having a navigation function is mounted on the electric vehicle 102 and the navigation function that operates on the in-vehicle information terminal does not include a route search function.

  The member DB 320, the map DB 321, and the facility POI-DB 322 are stored in the storage device 302, and are appropriately expanded in the memory 300 when necessary for program execution of the telematics service application 310.

  The network data reception handler 311 monitors reception from the network interface 305 to acquire reception data, and the network data analysis processing unit 312 analyzes the contents of the reception data.

  When the received data analyzed by the network data analysis processing unit 312 is data from the electric vehicle 102, the data is transferred to the electric vehicle interface 315, and when there is data from the charging infrastructure information service portal 100, it is transferred to the charging infrastructure information service portal interface 316.

  The network data generation unit 313 processes the data passed from the electric vehicle interface 315 and the charging infrastructure information service portal interface 316 into each message (1430, 1510, 1610 described later), and passes it to the network data transmission handler 314.

  The network transmission handler 314 passes the transmission message to the network interface 305 and performs transmission processing to the mobile network 103 or the network 104.

  The member management unit 317 is called from the electric vehicle interface 315 and the charging infrastructure information service portal interface 316, and performs an operation on the member DB 320.

  The battery information management unit 318 is called from the electric vehicle interface 315 or the charging infrastructure information service portal interface 316, acquires charging information of the electric vehicle 102, and transmits the charging information to the route search processing unit 319 and the charging infrastructure information service portal 100. The charging facility information is acquired and the electric vehicle 102 is notified.

  The charging facility information collection route search processing unit 319 searches for a route on which the electric vehicle 102 can travel based on at least current location information and destination information. At this time, the search algorithm may be executed in accordance with the state of the user or the vehicle, such as taking in the charging facility information in consideration of the distance that can be traveled from the remaining battery level of the electric vehicle 102.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the internal configuration of the electric vehicle 102.

  In FIG. 4, electronic control devices (hereinafter referred to as ECU (Electronic Control Unit)) 401 and 402, a battery controller 403, and an in-vehicle information terminal (hereinafter referred to as in-vehicle device) 405 are connected via a vehicle network 400. . The battery controller 403 is also an ECU. The battery 404 is connected to the battery controller 403. The ECUs 401 and 402 and the battery controller 403 exchange control information with each other via the vehicle network 400. The vehicle network 400 is, for example, a CAN (Controller Area Network).

  FIG. 5 shows the internal configuration of the in-vehicle device 401.

  In FIG. 5, a memory 500 in which a navigation program 510 is stored, a processor 501 that performs processing based on the program in the memory 500, a storage device 502, a network interface 503 for communicating in the vehicle network 400, and a GPS signal A GPS interface 504 for transmitting and receiving, an input device 505 such as a touch panel and buttons, an output device 506 such as a display, and a navigation program 510 developed in the memory 500, and each module is connected by an internal bus 507.

  The navigation program 510 deployed in the memory 500 is a program that implements a data reception unit 511, a data analysis unit 512, a charging information management unit 513, a navigation information management unit 514, a data generation unit 515, a data transmission unit 516, and a navigation application 520. including.

  The navigation application 520 includes information necessary for car navigation services such as map information, roads, nodes, links, POI (Point of Interest) information, address books, road traffic information, and the like stored in the storage device 502, and the mobile network 103. A route from the current position to the destination is obtained from the position information and destination information obtained from the GPS signal appropriately transmitted via the GPS signal, and the route information is displayed together with the map information and the like. At this time, information necessary for the car navigation service is managed by the telematics center 101 instead of the storage device 502 by the in-vehicle device 405, and the telematics center 101 and the in-vehicle device 405 exchange position information of the in-vehicle device 405 as appropriate. You may receive from the telematics center 101. Information necessary for the car navigation service is managed by the navigation information management unit 514.

  The data receiving unit 511 receives data from the telematics center 101 and data from the battery controller 403 via the network interface 503 and the GPS interface 504, and the data analysis unit 512 analyzes the contents of the received data.

  The charging information management unit 513 acquires the charging information from the battery controller 403, and when the acquired charging information is a charge detection, the current position information managed by the navigation information management unit 514, the in-vehicle device 405 is installed. The telematics center 101 is notified of the identifier of the existing electric vehicle 102 or the identifier of the vehicle-mounted device 405, the “home” setting position information, and the charging method included in the charging information.

  The data generation unit 515 generates information required by the telematics center 101 and other ECUs 401 and 402 in a format according to each network interface 503. The data transmission unit 516 receives transmission data from the data generation unit 515, outputs it to the network interface 503, and transmits it to each network 103 or 400.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a flow of charging information collection processing between the electric vehicle 102, the telematics center 101, and the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 in the charging infrastructure information providing service for electric vehicles.

  In FIG. 6, in the electric vehicle 102, when it is detected that the battery controller 403 is charged (600), the charging detection is notified to the in-vehicle device 405 (601). The in-vehicle device 405 that has received the charge detection acquires the charge information included in the charge detection notification (602), and acquires navigation information such as current location information, in-vehicle device identifier, and “home” setting information (603). A charging information notification including charging information and navigation information is generated and transmitted to the telematics center 101 (604). The telematics center 101 generates a message for transferring the received charging information notification to the charging infrastructure information service portal (605) and sends it out (606). Upon receiving the charging information notification, the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 searches the charging POI-DB 220 to determine whether the charging information included in the charging information notification is existing information (607). If it is not the existing information, the temporary recording DB 221 is searched, and update or additional registration processing is performed (608). If it is determined in the temporary record DB 221 to register in the charging POI-DB 220, an entity confirmation to the manager of the charging facility, negotiation of partnership with the disclosure of information, etc. are performed (609), and the charging POI-DB 220 is updated (610). .

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the flow of charging information distribution processing between the in-vehicle device 405 mounted on the electric vehicle 102, the telematics center 101, and the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 in the charging infrastructure information providing service for electric vehicles.

  In FIG. 7, the vehicle-mounted device 405 acquires battery information from the battery controller 403 (700), and when charging facility information is required, the identifier of the electric vehicle 102 or the vehicle-mounted device 405, current location information, battery remaining amount, destination, etc. Is generated and transmitted to the telematics center 101 (701). The telematics center 101 that has received the charging facility request searches the member DB 320 from the identifier of the electric vehicle 102 or the in-vehicle device 405 included in the request (702). From the member DB 320, the request transmission vehicle information (identifier, vehicle (EV) attribute, whether it is a leased vehicle, current location information, reachable distance from the remaining battery capacity, etc.) is obtained, and a charging facility POI request message is generated The charging infrastructure information service portal 100 receives the charging facility POI request, acquires the current time information (704), and transmits the EV attribute included in the charging facility POI request (703). The charging POI-DB 220 is searched from the current time information (705), the charging facility currently available for the electric vehicle 102 is acquired from the charging POI-DB 220 (706), a charging facility POI response message is generated, and telematics is obtained. The telematics center 101 forwards the received charging facility POI response message to the vehicle-mounted device 405 (707). 08).

  FIGS. 8 to 10 show the processing flows of the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 and the telematics center 101, and FIGS. 11 to 13 show DB format examples managed by the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 and the telematics center 101. 14 to 16 show examples of message formats exchanged between the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 and the telematics center 101. FIG.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of the processing flow of the charging infrastructure information service portal 100. The charging infrastructure information service portal 100 monitors message reception from the telematics center 102. If the received message is a charging information notification (step 801), a reception response is transmitted to the telematics center 102 (step 802). Charge information is acquired from the received charge information notification message (step 803). The charging information includes current location information, an identifier of the electric vehicle 102 or the vehicle-mounted device 405, a charging method, “home” setting position information, a charging start time, a charging end time, and the like. It is searched whether or not the current location information included in the charging information is registered in the charging POI-DB 220 (step 804). If the current location information is not registered (step 805), it is searched whether the current location information is the same as the “home” set position information (step 806). If the current location information is not the same as the “home” setting position information, it is searched whether the current location information is registered in the temporary recording DB 221 (step 807). If the current location information is registered in the temporary recording DB 221 (step 808), whether or not the set of the current location information and the identifier of the electric vehicle 102 or the in-vehicle device 405 is the same as each included in the charging information Is searched (step 809). When there is registration information in which the current location information and the identifier of the electric vehicle 102 or the in-vehicle device 405 are the same, the count of the number of times the registration information is used is incremented (step 810), and the reliability determination processing for the registration information in the temporary recording DB 221 is performed. (Step 811). If there is no registration information in which the set of the current location information and the identifier of the electric vehicle 102 or the vehicle-mounted device 405 is the same in step 809, the charging information is additionally registered in the temporary recording DB 221 (step 813). If the current location information is not registered in the temporary recording DB 221 in step 808, an information acquisition request message corresponding to the current location information is generated and transmitted to the telematics center 101 (step 812). When the present location information correspondence information acquisition response message is received from the telematics center 101, the facility information and the charging information included in the response message are additionally registered in the temporary recording DB 221 (step 813). When the message received from the telematics center 101 is a charging POI request (step 815), current time information is acquired (step 816), and charging facilities that can be used from the information of the electric vehicle 102 included in the charging POI request Is searched in the charging POI-DB 220 (step 817). Here, the information on the electric vehicle 102 included in the charging POI request includes an identifier of the electric vehicle 102 or the vehicle-mounted device 405, an attribute of the vehicle, presence / absence of lease use, current location information, reachable distance, destination, etc. Including. When there is a charging facility that can be used by the electric vehicle 102 (step 818), a charging facility POI response message including the charging facility information is generated and transmitted to the telematics center 101 (step 819).

  FIG. 9 shows an example of a flow of reliability determination processing for temporary recording DB 221 registration information in the charging infrastructure information service portal 100. The following processing is performed for each information collected from the electric vehicle 102 currently being processed that is registered in the temporary recording DB 221. When the position attribute is “unknown” (step 900), the registration information is deleted from the temporary recording DB 221 (step 905). If the position attribute is other than “unknown”, it is determined whether or not there is information on a plurality of electric vehicles 102 with respect to the position information (step 901). It is determined whether or not the total value is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value (step 902). If the total number of usages is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the entity confirms the location information to the charging facility, confirms the presence / absence of a membership system, the number of charging devices, availability of the general public, available time, holiday information, etc. and charging Negotiate information disclosure of facilities, etc., and set a negotiation flag. This can be done by the charging infrastructure information service portal operator by e-mail or telephone. After the confirmation and negotiation process with the owner of the facility is completed, the negotiation flag is updated to the confirmation flag. The charging facility information on which the confirmation flag is set is registered in the charging POI-DB 220 (step 904), and the charging facility information is deleted from the temporary recording DB 221 (step 905).

  FIG. 10 shows an example of the processing flow of the telematics center 101. The telematics center 101 monitors data reception from the in-vehicle device 405 and the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 mounted on the electric vehicle 102. When data is received from the in-vehicle device 405 mounted on the electric vehicle 102 and the received data is a charging facility information request (step 1000), from the identifier of the electric vehicle 102 or the in-vehicle device 405 included in the charging facility information request, Member information is searched in the member DB 320 (step 1001). The charging facility information request includes the identifier of the electric vehicle 102 or the vehicle-mounted device 405, current location information, remaining battery capacity, destination, and the like. The member information includes the identifier of the electric vehicle 102 or the vehicle-mounted device 405, the attribute of the vehicle, the owner's name, address, telephone number, lease information and the like. The attribute of the vehicle indicates whether the vehicle is an individual contract, a corporate contract, or used as a lease or rental vehicle. When the vehicle is a lease vehicle or a rental vehicle, the lease information indicates the user and the use time zone when the user who uses the lease and the use time zone are known. The member information acquired from the member DB 320 and the current location information included in the charging facility information request are acquired (step 1002). The present location information, the remaining battery level and the charging facility POI request message included in the charging facility information request are generated and transmitted to the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 (step 1003). The charging facility POI request message is calculated from the remaining battery level in addition to the identifier, vehicle attribute, lease information, current location information, destination, etc. of the electric vehicle 102 or the vehicle-mounted device 405 notified by the charging facility information request. Includes reachable distance. When the charging facility POI response message is received from the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 (step 1004), the charging facility information included in the charging facility POI response message is converted into a format that can be handled by the in-vehicle device 405, and the charging facility information response message is displayed. Generate and transmit to the vehicle-mounted device 405 (step 1005). When data is received from the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 and the received data is a map / facility information request message for the location information (step 1006), the location information included in the request message is converted into the map DB 321 and the facility POI-DB 322. The search is performed (step 1007). When there is facility information corresponding to the location information (step 1008), a location information acquisition response message including the facility information is generated and transmitted to the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 (step 1010). If there is no facility information for the position information, the facility information is set to “unknown” (step 1009), and a position information acquisition response message is generated and transmitted to the charging infrastructure information service portal 100.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of the format of the member DB 320 managed by the telematics center 101.

  In FIG. 11, 1100 is an identifier of the electric vehicle 102 or the vehicle-mounted device 405, 1101 is the attribute of the vehicle, 1102 is the name of the owner of the vehicle, 1103 is the address of the owner of the vehicle, and 1104 is the address of the vehicle The contact telephone number of the owner of the vehicle 1105 indicates lease information when the vehicle is a leased vehicle or a rental vehicle. The lease information 1105 includes a user 1106 and a usage time unit 1107.

  FIG. 12 shows an example of the format of the charging POI-DB 220 managed by the charging infrastructure information service portal 100.

  In FIG. 12, 1200 is the location information of the charging facility, 1201 is the attribute of the charging facility (for example, “gas station”, “department store”, “dealer”, “station”, “hospital”, “convenience store”, “hotel” 1202 indicates the charging method of the charging device of the charging facility, 1203 indicates whether the charging facility has a membership system, 1204 indicates the number of charging devices in the charging facility, and 1205 indicates the charging facility. Whether or not it can be used by a general user, 1206 indicates a time zone in which the charging facility can be used, and 1207 indicates a regular holiday of the charging facility.

  FIG. 13 shows an example of the format of the temporary recording DB 221 managed by the charging infrastructure information service portal 100.

  In FIG. 13, 1300 is the position information of the charging detection point collected from the electric vehicle 102, 1301 is the facility attribute of the position information acquired from the telematics center 101 based on the charging detection point position information, 1302 is the charge detection The charging method at the point, 1303 indicates the identifier of the electric vehicle 102 or the vehicle-mounted device 405 that has notified the charging detection information, 1304 indicates the number of times of charging at the charging detection point, 1305 indicates the vehicle attribute of the electric vehicle 102, 1306 is the latest information on the charging time at the charging detection point, 1307 is the time when the electric vehicle 102 has been charged from the last charging time, 1308 is the negotiation status with the charging facility owner at the charging detection point. Show.

  FIG. 14 shows an example of a default format of various messages used in the present system and a format of a charging information notification message exchanged between the in-vehicle device 405 and the telematics center 101.

  In FIG. 14, reference numeral 1400 denotes a default format of various messages used in this system. 1401 stores a packet header corresponding to a communication network used by each message, and 1402 stores an actual message. A message 1402 is composed of a data type identifier 1403 and data 1404 indicating the type of message. Reference numeral 1420 denotes a format of a charge detection notification message transmitted from the in-vehicle device 405 to the telematics center 101. 1421 indicates a charge detection notification, 1422 indicates an identifier of the vehicle-mounted device 405 or the electric vehicle 102 that transmits the charge detection notification message, 1423 indicates current position information, 1424 indicates a charging method, 1425 indicates a charging start time, and 1426 Indicates the charging end time, and 1427 indicates “home” position information registered by the user in the in-vehicle device 405. Reference numeral 1430 denotes a format of a charging information notification message transmitted from the telematics center 101 to the charging infrastructure information service portal 100. 1431 indicates that the message is a charging information notification message, 1432 indicates the identifier of the in-vehicle device 405 or the electric vehicle 102 that transmitted the charging detection notification, 1433 indicates the current position information, 1434 indicates the charging method, and 1435 indicates the charging method. The charging start time, 1436 the charging end time, 1437 the “home” location information registered by the user in the vehicle-mounted device 405, 1438 the attribute of the electric vehicle 102, and 1439 the lease use of the electric vehicle 102 The lease information is shown.

  FIG. 15 shows a format of a message related to facility information acquisition at a charging detection point exchanged between the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 and the telematics center 101.

  In FIG. 15, 1500 indicates a format of a position information acquisition request message transmitted from the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 to the telematics center 101. 1501 indicates that the message is a position information acquisition request message, and 1502 indicates position information. Reference numeral 1510 denotes a format of a position information acquisition response message transmitted from the telematics center 101 to the charging infrastructure information service portal 100. 1511 indicates that the message is a location information acquisition response message, 1512 indicates location information, and 1513 indicates facility information corresponding to the location information.

  FIG. 16 shows a format of a message for exchanging charging facility information among the in-vehicle device 405, the telematics center 101, and the charging infrastructure information service portal 100.

  In FIG. 16, reference numeral 1600 denotes a format of a charging facility information request message transmitted from the in-vehicle device 405 to the telematics center 101. 1601 indicates that the message is a charging facility information request, 1602 indicates an identifier of the in-vehicle device 405 or the electric vehicle 102 that transmits the charging facility information request message, 1603 indicates current position information, and 1604 indicates the electric vehicle 102. Indicates the remaining battery level. Reference numeral 1610 denotes a format of a charging POI request message transmitted from the telematics center 101 to the charging infrastructure information service portal 100. 1611 indicates that the message is a request for charging POI, 1612 indicates an identifier of the in-vehicle device 405 or the electric vehicle 102 that requires charging facility information (transmitted the charging facility information request message), and 1613 indicates current position information. 1614 represents the reachable distance calculated from the remaining battery capacity 1604, 1615 represents the attribute of the electric vehicle 102, and 1616 represents lease information when the electric vehicle 102 is used for leasing. Reference numeral 1620 denotes a format of a charging POI response message that the charging infrastructure information service portal 100 transmits to the telematics center 101. 1621 indicates that the message is a charging POI response message, 1622 indicates the identifier of the in-vehicle device 405 or the electric vehicle 102 that has transmitted the charging facility information request message, 1623 indicates the number of charging POI data included in the message, Reference numeral 1624 denotes charging POI data. The charging POI data 1624 includes location information 1631, charging facility attributes 1632, charging method 1633, presence / absence of membership 1634, number of charging devices 1635, presence / absence of general opening 1636, available time 1637, regular holiday 1638, and the like. .

  According to the present embodiment, the charging facility information is automatically collected as an electric vehicle as a probe car, and the charging infrastructure information service portal increases the accuracy of the probe information to some extent, so that the frequency of searching and confirming the charging facility that starts up individually is increased. Can be reduced. Furthermore, it is possible to provide charging facility information that can be used according to the situation in which the electric vehicle is currently used.

100: Charging infrastructure information service portal,
101: Telematics Center
102: Electric car,
210: Charging infrastructure information service application,
310: Telematics service application,
510: A navigation program.

Claims (6)

An information service providing apparatus for providing a charging facility information service,
Charging information acquisition means for acquiring charging information of the vehicle based on detection of charging of the vehicle;
Charging facility information registration determination means for determining whether or not to register the charging position information as charging facility information based on a charging record corresponding to the charging position information included in the charging information;
Charging facility information registration means for registering the charging position information determined to be registered as charging facility information;
An information service providing apparatus comprising: The charging facility information registration determination means
An information service providing apparatus that determines to register the charging position information as charging facility information when the number of times of use of the charging facility corresponding to the acquired charging position information is a predetermined value or more. The charging information includes attribute information of the vehicle,
Charging facility information acquisition means for acquiring charging facility information available to the vehicle from the charging facility information registration means based on the attribute information of the vehicle;
Charging facility information output means for outputting the acquired charging facility information;
The information service providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information service providing apparatus comprises: An information service providing method for providing a charging facility information service,
A charging information acquisition step of acquiring charging information of the vehicle based on detection of charging of the vehicle;
A registration determination step for determining whether or not to register the charging position information as charging facility information based on a charging record corresponding to the charging position information included in the charging information;
A registration step of registering the charging position information determined to be registered as charging facility information;
An information service providing method characterized by comprising: The registration determination step includes
5. The information service provision according to claim 4, wherein when the number of times the charging facility corresponding to the acquired charging location information is used is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, it is determined that the charging location information is registered as charging facility information. Method. The charging information includes attribute information of the vehicle, and based on the attribute information of the vehicle, a charging facility information acquisition step of acquiring charging facility information that can be used by the vehicle;
An output step of outputting the acquired charging facility information;
The information service providing method according to claim 4, wherein the information service providing method is provided.

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