Patent ID: 11912148
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for managing a usage of energy by an electric vehicle as part of a prosumer group managed by a service providing system in a virtual energy generation and storage system, the electric vehicle having a display and a battery capable of storing the energy, the apparatus comprising:
circuitry configured to perform energy transactions of energy stored by the prosumer group in the virtual energy generation and storage system, wherein the circuitry for performing energy transactions of energy stored by the prosumer group is further configured to
acquire information about a position of the electric vehicle, a selected destination of the electric vehicle, and an amount of the energy stored in the battery;
transmit the position of the electric vehicle to the service providing system managing the prosumer group;
receive map information relative to the position of the electric vehicle, information about charging spots, and information about energy selling spots from the service providing system managing the prosumer group;
receive, from the service providing system of the prosumer group, a price for the distribution of energy to a non-member of the prosumer group at an energy selling spot;
determine an amount of the energy needed to reach the selected destination;
perform a comparison between the amount of the energy needed to reach the selected destination and the amount of the energy stored in the battery;
in a case where a result of the comparison corresponds to the energy stored in the battery being less than the amount of energy needed to reach the selected destination, control a display to display a plurality of charging spots; and
in a case where a result of the comparison corresponds to the energy stored in the battery being greater than the amount of energy needed to reach the selected destination, the circuitry is further configured to
control the display to display a plurality of energy selling spots;
control the display to display an amount of surplus electric energy to be sold stored in the electric vehicle, wherein displaying the amount of surplus electric energy to be sold stored in the electric vehicle includes simultaneously displaying an indication of the comparison, a location of at least one energy selling spot within a current driving range of the position of the electric vehicle, and a numeric indication of the current driving range in a single display screen; and
transfer the amount of surplus electric energy stored in the electric vehicle from the battery to the energy selling spot where the surplus electric energy is sold from the electric vehicle to the energy selling spot at the price for the distribution of energy to the non-member of the prosumer group, wherein the surplus electric energy stored in the electric vehicle is transferred to an electric device, other than the electric vehicle itself, corresponding to the energy selling spot.