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Application US20190054836
Published 2019-02-21
Power Feeding Management Apparatus, Transaction Management System, Charging Equipment And Program
The apparatus includes: a power feeding side identification information acquiring unit that acquires power feeding side identification information for identifying the power feeding side from a device or a user's communication terminal in the power feeding side; a power receiving side identification information acquiring unit that acquires power receiving side identification information for identifying the power receiving side from a device or a user's communication terminal in the power receiving side; a power feeding information acquiring unit that acquires power feeding information about a power amount fed from the device in the power feeding side or a power amount fed to the device in the power receiving side; and a transmission unit that associates with one another: the power feeding side identification information; the power receiving side identification information; and the power feeding information, and transmits them to a transaction management apparatus.
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- 1. A power feeding management apparatus that manages a power feeding from a power feeding side to a power receiving side, comprising:
a power feeding side identification information acquiring unit that acquires power feeding side identification information for identifying the power feeding side from a device in the power feeding side or a user's communication terminal in the power feeding side; a power receiving side identification information acquiring unit that acquires power receiving side identification information for identifying the power receiving side from a device in the power receiving side or a user's communication terminal in the power receiving side; a power feeding information acquiring unit that acquires power feeding information about a power amount fed from the device in the power feeding side or a power amount fed to the device in the power receiving side; a transmission unit that associates with one another: the power feeding side identification information acquired by the power feeding side identification information acquiring unit; the power receiving side identification information acquired by the power receiving side identification information acquiring unit; and the power feeding information acquired by the power feeding information acquiring unit, and transmits them to a transaction management apparatus that manages the power feeding side identification information, the power receiving side identification information and the power feeding information; at least one of (i) a power feeding side connector, which includes an AC input unit and a DC input unit, electrically coupled to the device in the power feeding side, and (ii) a power receiving side connector, which includes an AC output unit and a DC output unit, electrically coupled to the device in the power receiving side; a switching unit that switches a connection relation between: the AC input unit and the DC input unit; and the AC output unit and the DC output unit, and electrically couples one of the AC input unit and the DC input unit with one of the AC output unit and the DC output unit; a voltage conversion circuit, which includes a DC-DC converter, an AC-DC converter, and a DC-AC inverter, that converts a power input from the power feeding side and outputs to the power receiving side; a communication monitoring unit that monitors communication situations of a near field communication or a wired communication between: (a) the power feeding management apparatus; and (b) (i) the device in the power feeding side or the user's communication terminal in the power feeding side and (ii) the device in the power receiving side or the user's communication terminal in the power receiving side; and a restriction unit that restricts the power feeding from the power feeding side to the power receiving side, if the communication monitoring unit detects that a connection between (a) the power feeding management apparatus and (b) at least one of (i) the device in the power feeding side or the user's communication terminal in the power feeding side and (ii) the device in the power receiving side or the user's communication terminal in the power receiving side is disconnected.
- 16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon a program for causing a computer to function as the power feeding management apparatus by performing operations comprising:
acquiring, by a power feeding side identification information acquiring unit, power feeding side identification information for identifying the power feeding side from a device in the power feeding side or a user's communication terminal in the power feeding side; acquiring, by a power receiving side identification information acquiring unit, power receiving side identification information for identifying the power receiving side from a device in the power receiving side or a user's communication terminal in the power receiving side; acquiring, by a power feeding information acquiring unit, power feeding information about a power amount fed from the device in the power feeding side or a power amount fed to the device in the power receiving side; associating with one another and transmitting, by a transmission unit, to a transaction management apparatus that manages the power feeding side identification information, the power receiving side identification information and the power feeding information: the power feeding side identification information acquired by the power feeding side identification information acquiring unit; the power receiving side identification information acquired by the power receiving side identification information acquiring unit; and the power feeding information acquired by the power feeding information acquiring unit; transferring power using at least one of (i) a power feeding side connector, which includes an AC input unit and a DC input unit, electrically coupled to the device in the power feeding side, and (ii) a power receiving side connector, which includes an AC output unit and a DC output unit, electrically coupled to the device in the power receiving side; switching a connection, using a switching unit that switches a connection relation between: the AC input unit and the DC input unit; and the AC output unit and the DC output unit, and electrically couples one of the AC input unit and the DC input unit with one of the AC output unit and the DC output unit; converting a voltage, using a voltage conversion circuit, which includes a DC-DC converter, an AC-DC converter, and a DC-AC inverter, that converts a power input from the power feeding side and outputs to the power receiving side; monitoring, by a communication monitoring unit, communication situations of a near field communication or a wired communication between: (a) the power feeding management apparatus; and (b) (i) the device in the power feeding side or the user's communication terminal in the power feeding side and (ii) the device in the power receiving side or the user's communication terminal in the power receiving side; and restricting, by a restriction unit, the power feeding from the power feeding side to the power receiving side, if the communication monitoring unit detects that a connection between (a) the power feeding management apparatus and (b) at least one of (i) the device in the power feeding side or the user's communication terminal in the power feeding side and (ii) the device in the power receiving side or the user's communication terminal in the power receiving side is disconnected.
