Abstract: The user can readily determine a battery station where a battery exchange can be performed without fail. A management server searches a battery station that suits a battery configuration of an electric vehicle operated by each user according to management information on the battery configuration thereof, and to transmit a guidance screen for guiding the user to the searched battery station to the terminal device carried by the user. In particular, the user is guided to a station where the number of fully charged battery devices in a battery exchanger is equal to or greater than the number of battery devices used by the electric vehicle.

Abstract: A battery exchange device includes multiple battery charging modules arranged side by side on a main body wall and each configured to receive one of multiple battery packs, wherein each battery charging module includes: a tray for holding the battery pack in a predetermined setting position; a power feeding terminal for transmitting electric power for charging to the battery pack; and a lock member for prohibiting release of the battery pack from the setting position, wherein the tray is provided to be capable of advancing and retreating between a use position in which the tray protrudes from a front surface of the main body wall in a substantially horizontal direction such that the battery pack can be placed on an upper surface and a storage position in which the tray is stored in the main body wall.

Abstract: The present application includes: battery packs; a battery exchanger for storing and charging the battery packs and renting the charged battery packs to users; a management server for managing battery exchange at the battery exchanger; and a registration machine for acquiring face images for registration used in face authentication of the users. The registration machine acquires the face images for registration and specific information which is information other than the face images and is used to specify the users, and the management server acquires the specific information of each user from the registration machine to perform user management, compares a face image for authentication acquired from a captured image of a person who has visited for battery exchange with the face images for registration to face match to determine whether the person is a legitimate user, and determines whether the battery exchange is permitted based on the face matching.

Abstract: Provided is a battery share system in which a necessary change in the scale of a battery exchange device can be made with ease and at low cost even after the start of operating a service, and the battery exchange device can be made simple without any features for rainwater resistance. A plurality of battery charging modules for holding a battery pack are attached to a support post to form a battery exchange device. A battery charging module is detachably attached to the support post, and includes a tray for guiding the battery pack to a predetermined mounting position and holding the battery pack at the mounting position. The tray includes a wireless power transmitter with a transmitter coil for contactless transmission of charging power to the battery pack, and a wireless communication device for contactless communications of battery management information with the battery pack.

Abstract: To identify a battery device that may have an abnormality in the future and promptly recall such a battery device, a battery management system includes a management server connected to a plurality of battery exchangers via a network and configured to manage exchanging states of battery packs at the battery exchangers, and a user terminal carried by each user and connected to the management server via the network, wherein the management server is configured to identify a user using a battery pack to be recalled, and to transmit an exchange reminder to the user terminal of the identified user, and the user terminal is configured to perform a notification operation that prompts the identified user to exchange the battery pack upon receiving the exchange reminder.

Abstract: To enable a user to easily grasp an operation state of a battery station in an area desired by the user regardless of the current position of the user, a user terminal is configured to display a guidance screen for guiding a location of the battery station to the user based on information transmitted from a management server, and the guidance screen displays a guide map showing an icon 92 indicating a location of the battery station and superimposed on a map 91 of a designated area designated by the user such that whether an opening period of the battery station is new or old can be identified.

Abstract: To enable a user to easily grasp an operation state of a battery station in an area desired by the user regardless of the current position of the user, a user terminal is configured to display a guidance screen for guiding a location of the battery station to the user based on information transmitted from a management server, and the guidance screen displays a guide map showing an icon 92 indicating a location of the battery station and superimposed on a map 91 of a designated area designated by the user such that closing and maintenance suspension of the battery station can be identified.

Abstract: The present application allows all battery stations located in different locations to be efficiently monitored, and management and maintenance operations to be performed in a timely fashion to keep the state of the battery stations in proper order. A server device collects state information on a state of a battery exchange device in each battery station, and on a state of each battery device received in the corresponding battery exchange device, and to generate a monitoring screen showing the state information of each battery station on an area map displayed on a management or maintenance terminal. In particular, a plurality of display sections displayed on the monitoring screen are arranged so as to correspond to the urgency or detail level of the state information. The state information is displayed in different colors according to different emergency levels.

Abstract: The time and effort of the user when exchanging batteries can be minimized, and security can be sufficiently ensured in user authentication. A battery exchanger (3) is provided with a camera (11) for capturing an image of a visitor, and a management server (4) performs face verification to determine if the visitor is an authentic user according to face image information of the visitor acquired from the image captured by the camera. Based on the face verification result, the management server determines if battery exchange is permitted, and notifies the determination result to the battery exchanger. Further, based on identification information of the battery pack brought in by the visitor, the management server performs battery verification to determine if the battery pack brought in by the visitor is permitted to be exchanged, and based on the result of the battery verification, determines if the battery exchange should be permitted.

Abstract: The administrator is enabled to grasp the abundance or shortage of battery stations, and assisted in the construction of an optimized battery station network. Exchange information on an exchange state of battery devices at each battery station is accumulated, and statistical information on a utilization state of each battery station is generated by compiling the exchange information over a prescribed time period. Exchange information on a state of battery pack exchange at each battery station is accumulated, and recommendation information on the utilization of each battery station is generated by compiling the exchange information to be displayed. Recommendation information on creation of a battery station and an addition of a battery exchanger in a battery station is generated, and displayed. Recommendation information on closure of a battery station and an elimination of a battery exchanger in a battery station is generated, and displayed.

Abstract: The present application allows all battery stations located in different locations to be efficiently monitored, and management and maintenance operations to be performed in a timely fashion to keep the state of the battery stations in proper order. A server device collects state information on a state of a battery exchange device in each battery station, and on a state of each battery device received in the corresponding battery exchange device, and to generate a monitoring screen showing the state information of each battery station on an area map displayed on a management or maintenance terminal. In particular, a plurality of display sections displayed on the monitoring screen are arranged so as to correspond to the urgency or detail level of the state information. The state information is displayed in different colors according to different emergency levels.

Abstract: The user can readily determine a battery station where a battery exchange can be performed without fail. A management server searches a battery station that suits a battery configuration of an electric vehicle operated by each user according to management information on the battery configuration thereof, and to transmit a guidance screen for guiding the user to the searched battery station to the terminal device carried by the user. In particular, the user is guided to a station where the number of fully charged battery devices in a battery exchanger is equal to or greater than the number of battery devices used by the electric vehicle.