Method of providing hydrogen fuel cell vehicle charging service

• US 10,427,533 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2017
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hylium Industries, INC.
• Original Assignee: Hylium Energy, Inc.
• Inventors: Kim, Seo Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Mary
• Application Number:
  US15/440,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20170246960A1
• Time in Patent Office: 950 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/622 by satellite navigation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/72 Charging station selection relying on external data
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/52 drive range estimation, e.g. of estimation of available travel distance
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/30 Constructional details of charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/30 for monitoring or controlling fuel cells
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3476 using point of interest [POI] information, e.g. a route passing visible POIs
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• 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 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• 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: Y02T 90/40 Application of hydrogen technology to transportation, e.g. using fuel cells

Abstract

Provided is a method of providing a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle charging service, performed by a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle charging service providing server connected to a user terminal and a plurality of charging-vehicle terminals, the method including (a) analyzing a fuel usage pattern of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle related to the user terminal and predicting a fuel charging time of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle on the basis of the fuel usage pattern; (b) determining a charging location and a charging-performing vehicle terminal at the fuel charging time on the basis of location information of the user terminal, and providing the user terminal with a charging alarm including information regarding the charging location and the charging-performing vehicle terminal; and (c) providing the charging-performing vehicle terminal with the information regarding the user terminal and the charging location when a charging request is received from the user terminal in response to the charging alarm.

Claims

1. A method of providing a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle charging service, performed by a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle charging service providing server connected to a user terminal and a plurality of charging-vehicle terminals, the method comprising:

(a) analyzing a fuel usage pattern of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle related to the user terminal, predicting a fuel charging time of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle on the basis of the fuel usage pattern,

determining a fuel usage pattern on the basis of data regarding a daily moving distance and a daily fuel usage of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle; and

determining a date when the amount of fuel of the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is expected to decrease to a predetermined reference amount or less on the basis of the fuel usage pattern,

wherein the fuel usage pattern is periodically updated;

(b) when the fuel charging time is reached, determining a charging location and a charging-performing vehicle terminal on the basis of location information of the user terminal, and providing the user terminal with a charging alarm including information regarding the charging location and the charging-performing vehicle terminal; and

(c) providing the charging-performing vehicle terminal with the information regarding the user terminal and the charging location when a charging request is received from the user terminal in response to the charging alarm.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein (b) comprises determining a charging location nearest to the user terminal or a charging location where the user terminal uses most frequently among at least one charging location which is within a specific range from a location of the user terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein (b) comprises determining the charging-performing vehicle terminal nearest to the charging location and having no charging performing plan among the plurality of charging-vehicle terminals on the basis of the charging location,

wherein charging vehicles related to the plurality of charging-vehicle terminals move according to predetermined location movement plans of the respective charging vehicles.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein (b) comprises providing the user terminal with information regarding at least one charging location which is within a specific range from a location of the user terminal, receiving a user'"'"'s selection as to a specific charging location from the user terminal, and determining the charging location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein (c) comprises providing the user terminal with an estimated moving time to the charging location and real-time location information of a charging-performing vehicle, and providing the charging-performing vehicle terminal with real-time location information of the user terminal.