Patent ID: 7053792
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: G07B,G07C,G07F,G08G

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring an automatic charging apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an automatic charging apparatus mounted on the vehicle and including charge-amount calculation means for calculating an amount to be charged to the vehicle on the basis of at least position information representing a position of the vehicle; and a monitor apparatus disposed on the ground and adapted to monitor a status of said automatic charging apparatus, wherein said automatic charting apparatus and said monitor apparatus are configured to communicate with each other; said automatic charging apparatus includes transmission means for transmitting, to the outside of the vehicle, information corresponding to an internal status of said automatic charging apparatus; and said monitor apparatus includes anomaly judgment means for judging whether said automatic charging apparatus is in at anomalous state, on the basis of the information transmitted from said transmission means of said automatic charging apparatus only when the vehicle stays at a predetermined position, wherein said anomaly judgment means of said monitor apparatus comprises vehicle-stoppage judgment means for judging whether the vehicle has stopped at the predetermined position.