METERED RECHARGING SYSTEM

• US 20100191585A1
• Filed: 01/22/2010
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Recharge Systems LLC
• Original Assignee: Recharge Systems LLC
• Inventors: SMITH, NATHANIEL T.
• Application Number:
  US12/692,558
• Publication Number:
  US 20100191585A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/13
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/51 Photovoltaic means
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/52 Wind-driven generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/665 Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 55/00 Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/105 involving programming of a portable memory device, e.g. IC cards, "electronic purses"
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/30 Parking meters registering or indicating waiting time of vehicles by means driven by the vehicle G07C5/02; coin-freed parking meters G07F17/24
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 15/005 dispensed for the electrical charging of vehicles electrical charging as such, B60L50/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/24 for parking meters
• 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 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 90/167 : Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• 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 30/14 : Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/12 : Billing, invoicing, buying or selling transactions or other related activities, e.g. cost or usage evaluation

Abstract

A parking management system generates a first record reflecting the time a parking interval begins. A persistent memory 12, 14 stores the first record. A recharging station 30 connects to a vehicle 40 having rechargeable batteries to supply electricity from a power source 60. A communications link 42 is connected with the recharging station 30 and communicates with the power source 60. A controller 50 enables the recharging station to direct electricity from the vehicle'"'"'s batteries to the power source 60 in response to a request. A second device 32 generates a second record reflecting use of electricity for battery recharging and reflecting the repurchase of electricity directed from the vehicle'"'"'s batteries. The persistent memory stores the second record. A third device reads the first and second records and calculates an amount due for parking and recharging and notifies the customer of the calculated amount.

Claims

7. A parking management system comprising:

a ticket dispenser that issues to a customer a ticket encoded with a unique identifier at the beginning of a parking interval and generates a record of the beginning of a parking interval;

a recharging station providing electricity to recharge the batteries of an electric vehicle, the recharging station reading the unique identifier encoded on the ticket and generating a record associated with the unique identifier and reflecting electricity used during a recharging cycle; and

a ticket reader associating the records generated by the ticket dispenser and the recharging station to determine the amount owed for parking and recharging.

8. The parking management system of claim 7 wherein ticket dispenser encodes the record of the beginning of the parking interval on the ticket.

9. The parking management system of claim 7 wherein the recharging station includes a communications link with a supplier of electricity and a controller enabling the recharging station to deliver electricity from the batteries of the electric vehicle to the supplier of electricity in response to a request for such electricity received through the communications link.

12. The parking management system of claim 9 wherein the recharging station includes an input device to enable a customer to specify in advance of receiving a request for electricity whether and to what extent electricity may be discharged from the batteries of the customer'"'"'s vehicle in response to a request received through the communications link.

10-1. The parking management system of claim 10 including an automated pay station, the automated pay station including an apparatus for accepting legal tender.

11-2. Parking management system of claim 10 wherein the automated pay station further includes a network connection for approving payment with credit or debit cards.