Patent ID: 11942789
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 13:
14. A power supply method comprising:
determining whether an operation mode of a power supply system configured to supply AC power to a building is a first operation mode or a second operation mode, the first operation mode being an operation mode in which AC power is supplied from a vehicle to the building, the second operation mode being an operation mode in which AC power is supplied from a power grid to the building;
determining whether a discharge assembly is connected to a discharge port provided in the vehicle;
supplying electric power from the vehicle to the discharge assembly and supplying single-phase AC power from the discharge assembly to the building through a single-phase three-line wiring when it is determined that the operation mode of the power supply system is the first operation mode and the discharge assembly is connected to the discharge port; and
selectively switching, by a mode switcher of the discharge assembly, between a first discharge path for the first operation mode and a second discharge path for the second operation mode via a switcher.