ELECTRIC VEHICLE CLUSTERED CHARGE DISTRIBUTION AND PRIORITIZATION METHOD,SYSTEM AND APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A clustered charge distribution and prioritization system, comprising:
- a plurality of distributed processing units, each distributed processing unit configured to receive member information about a chargeable member;
a power distribution manager coupled to each of the distributed processing units, the power distribution manager including a prioritizer,wherein the prioritizer is configured to determine a prioritization for charging the chargeable members based on the member information received by each of the distributed processing units.
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Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus include a clustered charge distribution and prioritized charge distribution system for electric vehicles (EVs). Distributed processing units (DPUs) receive member information about an EV or EV user. A power distribution manager (PDM) is coupled to each of the DPUs. The PDM includes a prioritizer. The prioritizer determines a prioritization for charging the EVs based on the member information received by each of the DPUs. Also disclosed is a method for providing clustered charge distribution and charge prioritization for electric vehicles. The method includes sensing whether power is requested by any one of a plurality of EVs within a cluster, generating individual EV-specific information for the EVs using the DPUs, transmitting the EV-specific information to the PDM, and selecting and applying a prioritization algorithm based at least in part on the transmitted information.
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27 Claims
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1. A clustered charge distribution and prioritization system, comprising:
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a plurality of distributed processing units, each distributed processing unit configured to receive member information about a chargeable member; a power distribution manager coupled to each of the distributed processing units, the power distribution manager including a prioritizer, wherein the prioritizer is configured to determine a prioritization for charging the chargeable members based on the member information received by each of the distributed processing units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for providing clustered charge distribution and charge prioritization for electric vehicles, the method comprising:
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sensing whether additional power is requested by any one of a plurality of N electric vehicles within a cluster of electric vehicles; generating a first EV-specific message, using a first distributed processing unit, for the first electric vehicle, wherein the first message is associated with a first power port connected to said first electric vehicle; generating a second EV-specific message, using a second distributed processing unit, for the second electric vehicle, wherein the second message is associated with a second power port connected to said second electric vehicle; generating an Nth EV-specific message, using an Nth distributed processing unit, for the Nth electric vehicle, wherein the Nth message is associated with an Nth power port connected to said Nth electric vehicle; transmitting the first message from the first distributed processing unit to a power distribution manager; transmitting the second message from the second distributed processing unit to the power distribution manager; transmitting the Nth message from the Nth distributed processing unit to the power distribution manager; determining, using the power distribution manager, whether power requested by the first, second, and Nth electric vehicles exceeds a location power line limit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method for providing clustered charge distribution and charge prioritization for electric vehicles, the method comprising:
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receiving member information about electric vehicles at a plurality of distributed processing units; each distributed processing unit generating a message based on the member information received for each electric vehicle; collecting, using a power distribution manager, the message from each of the distributed processing units; performing, using the power distribution manager, a preliminary screening of the electric vehicles based on the messages; selecting, using the power distribution manager, a prioritization algorithm based on the messages; and selectively activating a subset of the distributed processing units based at least on the preliminary screening and the prioritization algorithm. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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