Method for Validation and Introduction of One or More Features in Electrically Powered System

• US 20120053774A1
• Filed: 04/30/2010
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Pvt., Ltd. (Mahindra & Mahindra Limited)
• Original Assignee: Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Pvt., Ltd. (Mahindra & Mahindra Limited)
• Inventors: Maini, Chetan Kumar, Ramaraju, Prakash, Sathyanarayana, Nagendra Babu
• Application Number:
  US13/319,652
• Publication Number:
  US 20120053774A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/22
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/2045 for optimising the use of energy
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/54 Energy consumption estimation
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/03 for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/82 Energy audits or management systems therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• 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 10/84 Data processing systems or methods, management, administration
• 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

A method and a system for facilitating validation of introduction of one or more features in a variant of an electrically powered system are provided. The method includes, introducing the features in plurality of electrically powered systems which are at least partially powered by electricity. Thereafter, data is collected, corresponding to at least one of the energy storage system and the energy consumption system of each of the plurality of electrically powered systems, based on the data required for validating the features introduced in the electrically powered system. The collected data corresponding to the energy storage system and the energy consumption system is transmitted to a remote location, thereby enabling analysis of the data, at the remote location, for validating introduction of the at least one feature in the variant of the electrically powered system.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating validation of introduction of one or more features in a variant of an electrically powered system which is at least partially powered by electricity, the electrically powered system comprising an energy storage system adapted to store electric energy, an energy consumption system configured to at least partially consume electric energy from the energy storage system, and an energy management system configured to at least manage the energy storage system and the energy consumption system, the method comprising:

introducing the one or more features in a plurality of electrically powered systems which are at least partially powered by electricity;

collecting data corresponding to at least one of the energy storage system and the energy consumption system of each of the plurality of electrically powered systems, based on the data required for validating the features introduced in the electrically powered system; and

transmitting the data corresponding to at least one of the energy storage system and the energy consumption system to a remote location, thereby enabling analysis of the data, at the remote location, for validating introduction of the at least one feature in the variant of the electrically powered system.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein introducing the features in the plurality of systems comprises introducing the features in the systems which are currently used by consumers.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein one or more of the systems in which the features are introduced are located in distinct geographic locations.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein introducing the features in plurality of systems comprises, reprogramming the energy management system of each of the systems to introduce the features.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein reprogramming the energy management system comprises, reprogramming the energy management system using a wireless network.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein reprogramming the energy management system comprises, reprogramming the energy management system using a wired network.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein introducing the features in a plurality of systems comprises, introducing one or more components corresponding to the features, into each of the systems.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein introducing the features in plurality of systems comprises, introducing variations of the features in one or more of the plurality of systems.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising processing collected data before transmitting.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein transmitting comprises, transmitting to the remote location using a wireless communication network.

11. A system for facilitating validation of introduction of one or more features in a variant of an electrically powered system which is at least partially powered by electricity, the system comprising:

a plurality of electrically powered systems, wherein each of the electrically powered systems are configured to enable introduction of the features thereto, wherein each of the electrically powered systems comprises,

energy storage system adapted to store electric energy;

an energy consumption system configured to at least partially consume electric energy from the energy storage system; and

energy management system configured to;

collect data from the energy storage system and the energy consumption system;

send instructions to the energy storage system and the energy consumption system; and

transmit data to a remote location; and

data processing system located at the remote location, said data processing system configured to communicate with the electrically powered systems at least for receiving transmitted data, thereby enabling analysis of the data at the remote location for validating introduction of the at least one feature in the variant of the electrically powered system.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the electrically powered systems are currently used by consumers.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein the electrically powered systems are electric vehicles which are at least partially powered by electricity.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein the energy management system is configured to be reprogrammed to enable features in the electrically powered systems.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the energy management system is configured to be reprogrammed over a wireless communication network.

16. (canceled)

17. (canceled)