OPERATION MANAGING SERVER FOR CHARGING STATIONS AND OPERATION MANAGING SYSTEM FOR CHARGING STATIONS

• US 20110193522A1
• Filed: 02/03/2011
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kanematsu Communications Ltd. (Kanematsu Corporation), Kanematsu Corporation, Motion Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Kanematsu Communications Ltd. (Kanematsu Corporation), Kanematsu Corporation, Motion Company Limited
• Inventors: UESUGI, Kenichiro
• Application Number:
  US13/020,183
• Publication Number:
  US 20110193522A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/109
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/003 to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/08 Methods and devices for control or regulation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/34 Cabin temperature
• 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 2240/80 Time limits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/44 by parameter estimation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/52 drive range estimation, e.g. of estimation of available travel distance
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/54 Energy consumption estimation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/58 Departure time prediction
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/32 of electricity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/11 DC charging controlled by the charging station, e.g. mode 4
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/64 Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates
• 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 58/12 responding to state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 : Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 : Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 15/005 : dispensed for the electrical charging of vehicles electrical charging as such, B60L50/00
• 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 30/14 : Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

An operation managing server for charging stations each of which has a charger and accepts a charging request for charging a vehicle battery of a user through the charger at a charging station, including a charging request accepting unit that accepts a charging request from a user when the user makes the charging request, and a charging time estimating unit that estimates a charging time required to charge the vehicle battery of the user on the basis of past charger using data of the user, wherein when there is any charging request from a next user, the charging request accepting unit accepts the charging request concerned while reflecting the estimated charging time of the former user.

Claims

1. An operation managing server for charging stations each of which has a charger and accepts a charging request for charging a vehicle battery of a user through the charger at a charging station, comprising:

a charging request accepting unit that accepts a charging request from a user when the user makes the charging request; and

a charging time estimating unit that estimates a charging time required to charge the vehicle battery of the user on the basis of past charger using data of the user, wherein when there is any charging request from a next user, the charging request accepting unit accepts the charging request concerned while reflecting the estimated charging time of the former user.

2. The operation managing server according to claim 1, wherein when there is any charging request from the next user, the charging request accepting unit presents a charging start allowance time to the next user on the basis of the estimated charging time and accepts the charging request from the next user.

3. The operation managing server according to claim 2, wherein when the charging request accepting unit accepts a charging request containing a charging station which is selected and specified from plural charging stations by a user, the charging time estimating unit calculates waiting times of the user at the plural charging stations and presents a charging station bringing a shorter waiting time as a recommended charging station to the user.

4. The operation managing server according to claim 3, wherein when the charging request accepting unit accepts the charging request containing the charging station which is selected and specified from the plural charging stations by the user, the charging time estimating unit calculates a distance from each of the plural charging stations to the specified charging station or a present position of the user and presents a charging station located at a shorter distance from the specified charging station or the present position of the user as a recommended charging station to the user.

5. The operation managing server according to claim 1, wherein the charging request is a request for reserving charging.

6. An operation managing system comprising:

a plurality of charging stations each of which has a battery charger for charging a battery of an electric vehicle, and a controller for managing the battery charger; and

a server that accepts a charging request for charging a battery of a user when the user makes the charging request to the server, has a data base for storing past charger using data of the user, and estimates a charging time required to charge the battery of the user on the basis of the past charger using data of the user.

7. The operation managing system according to claim 6, wherein when there is a charging request from a next user, the server accepts the charging request from the next user while reflecting the estimated charging time of the former user.

8. The operation managing system according to claim 6, wherein the charging request is a request for reserving charging.