Patent ID: 11932132
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 4:
5. A power supply system comprising:
a vehicle equipped with a battery that is chargeable using power from an outside;
a power supply facility including a power supply device configured to supply the power to the vehicle;
a camera that detects a state of the power supply device; and
a control device configured to control power supply from the power supply device to the vehicle, wherein:
the vehicle includes
an engine,
a motor that receives the power supplied from the battery to generate traveling drive force, and
a communication device configured to perform wireless communication with the power supply device; and

when the power supply by the power supply device is reserved from the vehicle and the power supply device is determined to be congested from a video of the camera, the control device
acquires a remaining amount of fuel for the engine from the vehicle,
outputs an instruction to urge the vehicle to shift to another power supply facility when the remaining amount of fuel is larger than a reference value, the instruction including information indicating a charging time shorter than a request charging time requested for the battery, and
sets at least one of a unit price for charging power or a unit price for fuel lower when a response to accept the instruction is received from the vehicle compared with when the instruction is not accepted.