Patent ID: 8290649

Claim:
A charging system comprising: a vehicle including a verification ECU in which a unique vehicle identification code is registered, a battery ECU connected to the verification ECU in a communicable manner, and a battery connected to the battery ECU; a charging device, connectable to the battery and battery ECU of the vehicle by an electric cable, in which the charging device transmits a vehicle identification code check request to the verification ECU through the electric cable and the battery ECU, and the verification ECU reads the vehicle identification code in response to the check request; and a server, connected to either one of the charging device and the vehicle, for managing charging of the vehicle with the charging device and registering the vehicle identification code; wherein the server obtains from the vehicle the vehicle identification code read by the verification ECU, determines whether or not the obtained vehicle identification code is registered in the server, and transmits to the charging device a charging prohibition command for prohibiting charging of the vehicle with the charging device when the obtained vehicle identification code is not registered in the server; the server further registers the vehicle identification code in association with whether or not charging of the vehicle with the charging device is permitted, and when obtaining from the vehicle the vehicle identification code for which charging is registered as not permitted, the server transmits the obtained vehicle identification code and the charging prohibition command to the charging device; and the charging device prohibits charging of the vehicle identified by the vehicle identification code related with the charging prohibition command.