Patent ID: 8301322

Claim:
An apparatus for activating a system of a vehicle configured to be capable of charging a vehicle-mounted power storage device for driving the vehicle from a power supply external to the vehicle, comprising: a signal generating circuit configured to be capable of generating a connection signal indicating connection between said vehicle and a charging cable through which electric power is supplied from said power supply to said vehicle; an EVSE controller provided outside said vehicle and configured to be capable of generating a pilot signal whose pulse width is modulated based on a magnitude of a rated current that can be supplied to said vehicle through said charging cable and sending said pilot signal to said vehicle; an activation controller mounted on said vehicle for activating the system of said vehicle in accordance with a system activation operation by a user when travel of the vehicle is requested, and for activating said system in accordance with any one of said connection signal and said pilot signal when charging of said power storage device from said power supply is requested; and a signal manipulating circuit mounted on said vehicle and configured to be capable of notifying said EVSE controller to provide said pilot signal in a non-pulsed manner until said system is activated by said activation controller, by manipulating a potential of said pilot signal.