Patent ID: 11912154
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 8:
9. A power supply and demand adjustment method that manages a plurality of power adjustment resources electrically connected to a power grid, wherein
the plurality of power adjustment resources include a plurality of power facilities, each of the plurality of power facilities including a parking space,
when any one of a plurality of power feeding vehicles is parked in the parking space, a power facility including the parking space enables power feeding from a vehicle parked in the parking space to the power grid, and
the method comprising:
when a balance of power supply and demand in the power grid is in an overdemand state,
outputting, from a server that manages the plurality of power adjustment resources to a power feeding vehicle of the plurality of power feeding vehicles, a request for power feeding to the power grid;
when the power feeding vehicle responds to the request, transmitting, from the power feeding vehicle to the server, information about a destination of the power feeding vehicle and an estimated time of arrival at the destination;
when the server receives the information, proposing, from the server to the power feeding vehicle, a first reservation quota of a parking spaced located close to the destination and having a certain parkable time period;
when the power feeding vehicle accepts the first reservation quota, fixing the reservation quota by the server; and

causing the power feeding vehicle that receives allocation of the parking space to perform power feeding to the power grid.