Mobile Object Managing Device and Method

Abstract

To improve the management quality of a fuel tank by managing a set of relevant information on the fuel tank and relevant information on a mobile object associated with each other and allowing a history of use of the fuel tank to be trackable, a mobile object with a fuel tank, has control means for storing the fuel tank relevant information stored in first storage means provided at the fuel tank, and the mobile object relevant information stored in second storage means provided at the mobile object in the first storage means and/or the second storage means in association with each other. The fuel tank relevant information includes at least one of information on the owner of the fuel tank, information on production of the fuel tank, information on an attribute of fuel to be filled, and information on the filling work, and the mobile object relevant information includes at least one of information on the owner of the mobile object, the serial number of the mobile object, and the registration number of the mobile object.

1 . A mobile object with a fuel tank, comprising:
 storage means for storing fuel tank relevant information on the fuel tank and mobile object relevant information on the mobile object in association with each other.   
   
   
       2 . A mobile object with a fuel tank, comprising:
 control means for storing, in first storage means provided at the fuel tank and/or second storage means provided at the mobile object, fuel tank relevant information stored in first storage means, and mobile object relevant information stored in second storage means, in association with each other.   
   
   
       3 . The mobile object according to  claim 2 , wherein the control means acquires the fuel tank relevant information referring to the first storage means, and stores the fuel tank relevant information in association with the mobile object relevant information in the second storage means. 
   
   
       4 . The mobile object according to  claim 2 , wherein the control means acquires the mobile object relevant information referring to the second storage means, and stores the mobile object relevant information in association with the fuel tank relevant information in the first storage means. 
   
   
       5 . The mobile object according to  claim 2 , wherein the control means executes a process of acquiring the fuel tank relevant information at a timing at which the fuel tank is mounted in the mobile object and storing the fuel tank relevant information and the mobile object relevant information in association with each other. 
   
   
       6 . The mobile object according to  claim 2 , wherein the control means executes a process of storing the fuel tank relevant information and the mobile object relevant information in association with each other based on a timing at which a fuel filling work on the fuel tank is executed. 
   
   
       7 . The mobile object according to  claim 2 , wherein further, the control means controls communication means to transmit a set of the fuel tank relevant information and the mobile object relevant information corresponding thereto, stored in the first storage means or the second storage means, to a managing device located outside the mobile object. 
   
   
       8 . The mobile object according to  claim 1 , wherein the fuel tank relevant information includes at least one of information on an owner of the fuel tank, information on production of the fuel tank, information on an attribute of fuel to be filled, and information on the filling work, and the mobile object relevant information includes at least one of information on an owner of the mobile object, a serial number of the mobile object, and a registration number of the mobile object. 
   
   
       9 . The mobile object according to  claim 1 , wherein the fuel tank is at least one of a fuel gas tank, a compressed-gas tank, and a hydrogen tank. 
   
   
       10 . The mobile object according to  claim 2 , wherein the first storage means of the fuel tank is an electronic tag and the control means accesses the electronic tag via an RFID reader provided at the mobile object. 
   
   
       11 . The mobile object according to  claim 1 , wherein the mobile object is a fuel cell vehicle. 
   
   
       12 . A managing device for a fuel tank mounted in a mobile object, comprising:
 means for receiving a set of relevant information on the fuel tank mounted in the mobile object and mobile object relevant information on the mobile object, transmitted from the mobile object; and   means for registering the fuel tank relevant information and the mobile object relevant information included in the received set in a database in association with each other.   
   
   
       13 . A managing method for a fuel tank mounted in a mobile object, comprising:
 a step of storing, in first storage means provided at the fuel tank and/or second storage means provided at the mobile object, fuel tank relevant information stored in the first storage means provided at the fuel, and mobile object relevant information stored in the second storage means, in association with each other; and   a step of transmitting a set of the fuel tank relevant information and the mobile object relevant information corresponding thereto to a managing device located outside the mobile object.   
   
   
       14 . The mobile object according to  claim 2 , wherein the fuel tank relevant information includes at least one of information on an owner of the fuel tank, information on production of the fuel tank, information on an attribute of fuel to be filled, and information on the filling work, and the mobile object relevant information includes at least one of information on an owner of the mobile object, a serial number of the mobile object, and a registration number of the mobile object. 
   
   
       15 . The mobile object according to  claim 2 , wherein the fuel tank is at least one of a fuel gas tank, a compressed-gas tank, and a hydrogen tank.