Electrical power availability interface

• US 10,186,901 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2015
• Issued: 01/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Original Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Inventors: Rohrauer, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Menz, Laura
• Application Number:
  US14/998,154
• Publication Number:
  US 20160141918A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,126 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/60 Monitoring or controlling charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/026 using a predictor
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00022 using wireless data transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/38 Arrangements for parallely feeding a single network by two or more generators, converters or transformers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/126 the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/126 using wireless data transmission

Abstract

A method for decentralizing a piece of information pertaining to a power availability situation in a power grid at a particular instant includes ascertaining power availability data in the power grid by a power control center that is associated with the power grid, and generating a piece of power availability information by the power control center at the particular instant. The method also includes transmitting the power availability information from the power control center to at least one data reception system, and processing and/or outputting the power availability information by the data reception system.

Claims

1. A method for decentralizing information pertaining to a power availability situation in a power grid, the method comprising:

providing a user device comprising;

a receiver and a light emitting diode, the user device being located remote from a power control center associated with a power grid;

transmitting to the user device, via a transmitter at the power control center, power availability information generated by the power control center, the power availability information reflecting which of the following states is occurring within the power grid;

a surplus or a shortage of available power;

activating the light emitting diode when power availability information is received by the receiver reflecting the surplus of power in the power grid;

powering a power sink via the power grid in response to the activation of the light emitting diode and not powering the power sink via the power grid in response to an inactivation of the light emitting diode.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting to the user device power availability forecast information generated by the power control center, the power availability information reflecting which of the following states is to occur within the power grid for a prescribed period;

the surplus or the shortage of available power; and

activating the light emitting diode when power availability forecast information is received by the wireless receiver reflecting the surplus of power in the power grid for the prescribed period.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising repeating the acts of claim 1 in one of a continuous or regular manner.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitter is a radio transmitter, and the receiver is a radio receiver.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmitter is a radio transmitter, and the receiver is a radio receiver.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the light emitting diode is activated for the prescribed period.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device further comprises:

an additional light emitting diode, and comprising the further act of;

transmitting to the user device power availability forecast information generated by the power control center, the power availability information reflecting which of the following states is to occur within the power grid for a prescribed period;

the surplus or the shortage of available power; and

activating the additional light emitting diode when power availability forecast information is received by the wireless receiver reflecting the surplus of power in the power grid for the prescribed period.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising the further act of:

transmitting the power availability information from the user device to a system configured to perform at least one of an output, a processing, a control and regulation operation with respect to power sinks and power sources coupled to the power grid.

9. The method of claim 2, comprising the further act of:

transmitting at least one of the power availability information and the power forecast information from the user device to a system configured to be one of connected and coupled to the output element, and at least one of the power availability information and power forecast information is used by the system to perform at least one of an output, a processing, a control and regulation operation with respect to power sinks and power sources coupled to the power grid.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device is a mobile terminal.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein the user device is a mobile terminal.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device is comprised in one of:

a hybrid and an electric vehicle.

13. The method of claim 2, wherein the user device is comprised in one of:

a hybrid and an electric vehicle.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device is comprised in one of:

a power storage unit and a power generating unit.

15. The method of claim 2, wherein the user device is comprised in one of:

a power storage unit and a power generating unit.