Abstract:
A server device includes: a storage unit that stores points that a user of the battery pack holds, the points being usable as fees for at least one of usage of the battery pack and enjoyment of a service; and a control unit that changes the points, based on whether or not a usage state satisfies a usage condition, the usage condition including at least one of a condition for state management of the battery pack and a condition for usage promotion of the battery pack.
Abstract:
A server apparatus obtains, via an information terminal wirelessly connected to an electrical-power storage device, a value indicating a state of the electrical-power storage device at an end of use of electric equipment having the electrical-power storage device. The server apparatus further obtains, via the information terminal wirelessly connected with the electrical-power storage device, a value indicating the state of the electrical-power storage device at a start of the use of the electric equipment. The server apparatus then detects an abnormality in the electrical-power storage device by using the value indicating the state of the electrical-power storage device at the end of the use and the value indicating the state of the electrical-power storage device at the start of the use.
Abstract:
A control method of an information terminal includes acquiring, by a server device via a network, information relating to a device which leases battery packs and exists in an area set by a user, and displaying the acquired information relating to the device on a display screen provided with the information terminal.
Abstract:
An electricity storage device includes a storage battery charged by a charging device, a first connector that detachably connects the electricity storage device with the charging device, a first communicator that performs wireless communication with an information terminal, a second communicator that performs wired communication with the charging device when the electricity storage device is attached to the charging device via the first connector, and a controller that causes, when the first communicator receives, from the information terminal, a wireless setting value for the charging device to establish wireless connection to a specific access point, the second communicator to transmit the wireless setting value to the charging device.
Abstract:
A power apparatus includes: a storage battery; a first communicator that communicates with external communication equipment through a short-range wireless communication; a power supply circuit that supply power of the storage battery to the electrical equipment; and a control circuitry that causes, when the first communicator receives a request signal for requesting at least one of first information regarding whether or not a power supply operation to supply the power of the storage battery to the electrical equipment through the power supply circuit is normal and second information regarding whether or not an operation of the electrical equipment using power supplied from the storage battery is normal from the external communication equipment, the first communicator to transmit response information including at least one of the first information and the second information to a transmission source of the request signal and to transmit the request signal to another power storage apparatus.
Abstract:
a storage battery management method which is performed in a communication terminal, the storage battery management method including: performing communication with a storage battery which is an object to be managed and acquiring storage battery information on the use of the storage battery; storing the acquired storage battery information every time the storage battery information is acquired; and performing communication with a management server managing the storage battery and providing, only when accepting a request for provision of the storage battery information from the management server, storage battery information of the stored storage battery information, the storage battery information in accordance with the request for provision, to the management server.
Abstract:
A battery pack includes a secondary battery, a connector that can be detachably connected to multiple different types of devices, control circuitry that controls power supply from the secondary battery and charge of the secondary battery, a detector that outputs the detected state of the secondary battery as secondary battery information, a first memory that stores the secondary battery information, a second memory that stores a recommendation table in which each of multiple conditions predetermined for the state of the secondary battery and a recommended device are associated with each other, a determiner that determines a recommended device from among the devices using the secondary battery information and recommendation table, and an informer that reports information indicating the recommended device determined by the determiner to the user.
Abstract:
A server apparatus includes a communicator that communicates with a charging apparatus for a storage battery pack or an information terminal, and a controller. When the communicator acquires information indicating a status of the storage battery pack from the charging apparatus or the information terminal by a recommended deadline that is recommended to manage the status of the storage battery pack, compared to when the communicator does not acquire the information indicating the status of the storage battery pack by the recommended deadline, the controller makes an adjustment including at least one of discounting a usage fee for the storage battery pack, and increasing points which may be used to pay the usage fee by a user of the storage battery pack.
Abstract:
A method includes: (a) receiving identification information of a power storage device that is connected to a charging device, and a value indicating the state of a storage battery included in the power storage device, from at least one of the charging device and the power storage device; (b) associating to each other and storing the identification information of the power storage device and the value indicating the state of the storage battery; (c) prior to charging of the power storage device by the charging device being started, determining the possibility of charging the power storage device by comparing the received value indicating the state of the storage battery with a value indicating a past state of the storage battery that is stored and corresponds to the received identification information of the power storage device; and (d) transmitting information indicating the determined possibility of charging the power storage device to at least one of the charging device and the power storage device.
Abstract:
A method for controlling an information terminal includes: (a) transmitting a signal for unlocking an electric storage device locked in an unusable state to the electric storage device at at least one of a timing after a user's instruction to install a program, in an information terminal, for transmitting history information of a state of the electric storage device to a server device is accepted and a timing after a user's instruction to activate the program in the information terminal is accepted.