METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA EXCHANGE BETWEEN A VEHICLE AND A SERVER

• US 20120221703A1
• Filed: 08/19/2010
• Published: 08/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Schwager, Andreas, Difrancesco, Renaud
• Application Number:
  US13/391,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20120221703A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/04 fed by the power supply line
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• 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: H04B 2203/547 via DC power distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/548 the power on the line being DC arrangements for feeding power H04L12/10; extracting feeding power from signals H04L25/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/10 Current supply arrangements
• 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: 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

Abstract

A method for data exchange between a vehicle and a server, the vehicle including a battery and a first communication unit, the server including a second communication unit. The method connects the first communication unit and the second communication unit via a connection line wherein the connection line is adapted for charging the battery via a power supply unit and exchanges data between the first communication unit and the second communication unit via the connection line.

Claims

1. A method for data exchange between a vehicle and a server, the vehicle including a battery and a first communication unit, the server including a second communication unit, the method comprising:

connecting the first communication unit and the second communication unit via a connection line wherein the connection line is adapted for charging the battery via a power supply unit;

exchanging data between the first communication unit and the second communication unit via the connection line.

2. The method for data exchange between a vehicle and a server according to claim 1, wherein

the data exchanged between the first communication unit and the second communication unit via the connection line comprises multimedia data.

3. The method for data exchange between a vehicle and a server according to claim 1, wherein

the data exchanged between the first communication unit and the second communication unit via the connection line comprises power billing information or timing information when to exchange energy with the vehicle.

4. The method for data exchange between a vehicle and a server according to claim 1, wherein

the data exchanged between the first communication unit and the second communication unit via the connection line comprises diagnosis information.

5. A system for data exchange comprising:

a vehicle including

a battery, and

a first communication unit;

a server including

a second communication unit;

a connection line connecting the first communication unit with the second communication unit wherein the connection line is adapted for charging the battery via a power supply unit;

wherein

the connection line being adapted to exchange data between the first communication unit and the second communication unit.

6. The system for data exchange according to claim 5, wherein

the first communication unit and the second communication unit are power line communication devices.

7. The system for data exchange according to claim 5, wherein

the connection line is a cable connected to the server and the vehicle.

8. The system for data exchange according to claim 5, wherein

the connection line is a plurality of rails embedded in the road coating.

9. A vehicle comprising

a battery, and

a first communication unit;

the first communication unit being configured to connect the vehicle to a second communication unit via a connection line, wherein the connection is adapted for charging the battery via a power supply unit.

10. The vehicle according to claim 9, further comprising:

a connection adapter for connecting the first communication unit and the battery with the connection line, wherein

the connection adapter is adapted to filter the power stream from the data stream through the connection line, the power stream being forwarded to the battery and the data stream to the first communication unit.

11. A server comprising

a second communication unit;

the second communication unit being configured to connect the server to a first communication unit via a connection line, wherein the first communication unit is located in a vehicle.