Patent ID: 9128510
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B60L,G06F,H02J,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A departure time scheduling control system comprising: an electric vehicle having an electric power storage device and an interior climate control device operable to vary an interior temperature of said electric vehicle; a scheduling database; a user interface having a display portion and an input portion, said user interface operable to allow a user to store, in said scheduling database, a scheduled schedule a first departure time and a second departure time, using said input portion, for each individual day of a week, each of said first departure time and said second departure time includes including a temperature setting and a charge mode setting, said charge mode setting having an immediate mode and a delayed mode, said display portion displays a schedule illustrating each day of the week and displays said first departure time and said second departure time associated with each individual day of the week; a charger unit operable to control the supply of electric power from an external power supply to charge the electric power storage device to a preset charge level; and a controller that activates said interior climate control device to bring said interior temperature of said electric vehicle to said temperature setting by an immediately upcoming departure time, and said controller activates said charger unit to charge said electric power storage device to said preset charge level according to said charge mode setting by said immediately upcoming departure time.