Patent ID: 8321081

Claim:
A plug-in vehicle management system, which performs charging of a plug-in vehicle by a power supply station through a power supply line, the plug-in vehicle management system comprising: a vehicle-side connector provided at a vehicle-side part of the power supply line; a battery provided in the plug-in vehicle to be charged through the power supply line; a station-side connector provided at a station-side part of the power supply line and connectable to the vehicle side connector; a commercial power source connection for supplying the station-side part of the power supply line with commercial voltage; a vehicle-side power line communication section provided in the plug-in vehicle for performing power line communication with the power supply station through the power supply line; a vehicle-side security control section provided in the plug-in vehicle and connected to the vehicle-side power line communication section; a station-side power line communication section provided in the power supply station for performing the power line communication with the plug-in vehicle through the power supply line; a station-side security control section provided in the power supply station and connected to the station-side power line communication section; an electronic certification key provided for the vehicle for locking and unlocking a door of the plug-in vehicle based on successfully performing electronic certification thereof; an electronic certification control section provided at a foyer of the power supply station for checking (a) whether a predetermined user unlocking manipulation has been performed and (b) whether the electronic certification key is an authorized one; and an electrically-driven lock provided at the foyer of the power supply station and unlockable when the electronic certification key is confirmed to be the authorized one by the electronic certification control section, wherein at least one of the vehicle-side security control section and the station-side security control section is configured to detect whether the vehicle-side connector is connected to the station-side connector, and wherein the station-side security control section is configured to unlock the electrically-driven lock, when (a) the vehicle-side security control section or the station-side security control section detects connection of the connectors and (b) the electronic certification control section confirms that the electronic certification key is the authorized one and (c) the predetermined user unlock manipulation has been performed on the electrically-driven lock provided at the power supply station or the electronic certification key for unlocking the foyer.