Patent ID: 11893517
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a computer;
an arrangement information acquisition unit that uses the computer to acquire arrangement information indicating a position where a charging device for charging one or more storage batteries is arranged;
a user request acquisition unit that uses the computer to acquire a reservation request regarding reservation of a storage battery from a user;
a user position acquisition unit that uses the computer to acquire user position information indicating a position of the user at reservation time when the reservation request is received;
a charge state acquisition unit that uses the computer to acquire information indicating a charge state of at least one of the one or more storage batteries at specific time;
a state information generation unit that uses the computer to generate information in which (i) a charge state at the specific time and (ii) a charge state at an estimated time of arrival of the user at the charging device are associated for at least one of the one or more storage batteries, in accordance with (i) the arrangement information acquired by the arrangement information acquisition unit and (ii) the user position information acquired by the user position acquisition unit; and
a charge management unit that uses the computer to manage charging of the one or more storage batteries, wherein
the specific time is the reservation time,
the charge management unit includes
a utilization rate information acquisition unit that uses the computer to acquire information indicating a target condition of a utilization rate of the charging device,
a schedule determination unit that uses the computer to determine a charge schedule in accordance with the target condition of the utilization rate, and
the schedule determination unit uses the computer to determine, when the storage battery designated by the reservation request becomes a new target to be charged and the target condition of the utilization rate is not satisfied, interruption or stop of a charging operation of at least one of the one or more storage batteries which are currently charged;
wherein the utilization rate of the charging device is a relationship between a number of storage batteries available in the charging device and a maximum number of the storage batteries that can be stored in the charging device.