Patent ID: 11872900
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 8:
9. An information notification method comprising:
determining whether or not there is a predetermined function among functions for external charging, the predetermined function having a frequency of use of less than or equal to a predetermined frequency, the functions for the external charging being included in a vehicle that enables the external charging; and
notifying a terminal device owned by a user of the vehicle of information about the predetermined function when the predetermined function is included in the functions for the external charging, wherein
when there is a function for which a number of times of the external charging in which the function has not been used reaches a predetermined number of times, or when there is a function which is not used for a period exceeding a predetermined period, determining that the frequency of use of the function is less than or equal to the predetermined frequency, and
the functions for the external charging include a timer charging function, the timer charging function being a function of starting the external charging when a preset start time is reached, or a function of completing the external charging at a preset end time.