How to control a charge control system, a charging station, an autonomous driving machine, and a charge control system

摘要

The charge control system 100 includes a lawn mower 2 that has a battery 17 and executes lawn mowing work while autonomously traveling, and a charging station 3 that charges the battery 17. The lawnmower 2 includes a superimposing unit 203 that superimposes a current indicating a period information DP that defines a cutoff period PC of the supplied power PS supplied from the charging station 3 on the charging current JB. The charging station 3 includes a current detection unit 311A that detects the charging current JB, an information acquisition unit 311B that acquires the period information DP based on the detection result of the current detection unit 311A, a switch 312 that cuts off the supply power PS, and a switch. A cutoff control unit 311C that controls the operation of the 312 is provided. The cutoff control unit 311C releases the cutoff of the power supply to the lawnmower 2 based on the period information DP acquired by the information acquisition unit 311B. Therefore, the power consumption of the lawn mower 2 can be reduced.