Patent ID: 8125183
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: B60L,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A charging system for charging a vehicle battery using a power supply provided in a construction on the ground comprising: a charger that is configured to charge the vehicle battery and is mountable on a vehicle; a power line that connects the construction on the ground and the vehicle; a time setter configured to set a charge start time to start charging the vehicle battery; a controller configured to start charging the vehicle battery at the charge start time; and a communicator that allows communication between the construction on the ground and the vehicle, wherein the time setter is provided in the construction on the ground, the controller includes a first controller provided in the construction on the ground and a second controller in the vehicle, the first controller is configured to transmit data indicating the charge start time to the second controller, and the second controller is configured to start charging the vehicle battery in accordance with the data indicating the charge start time transmitted from the first controller.