ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM AND CHARGING MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130119920A1
• Filed: 11/06/2012
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Hsu, Yu-Ching, Gan, Chai-Hien, Lin, Yung-Chun
• Application Number:
  US13/670,371
• Publication Number:
  US 20130119920A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/106
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/665 Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• 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 30/12 Remote or cooperative charging
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment provides a charging system including a management device and a plurality of charging devices. The management device includes a scheduling control module and a charging host. The scheduling control module executes dynamic scheduling according to a residence time and a charging time, and re-executes the dynamic scheduling according to a queue-jumping request. The charging host calculates the charging time according to battery information, and charges a plurality of electric vehicles according to the dynamic scheduling. The charging devices are coupled to the management device and connected to the electric vehicles, wherein each of the charging devices includes an input interface and a charging plug. The input interface receives the residence time and a power demand. The charging plug is connected to one of the electric vehicles to receive the battery information, and charges the connected electric vehicle.

Claims

1. A charging system, comprising:

a management device, comprising;

a scheduling control module, configured to execute dynamic scheduling according to a residence time and a charging time, and re-execute the dynamic scheduling according to a queue-jumping request; and

a charging host, configured to calculate the charging time according to battery information, and charge a plurality of electric vehicles according to the dynamic scheduling; and

a plurality of charging devices, coupled to the management device, wherein each of the charging devices comprises;

an input interface, configured to receive the residence time and a power demand; and

a charging plug, connected to one of the electric vehicles to receive the battery information, and charge the connected electric vehicle.

2. The charging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the scheduling control module further comprises:

a storage device, configured to store a current scheduling result according to the dynamic scheduling, wherein the current scheduling result comprises a charging plan of each of the connected electric vehicles scheduled by the dynamic scheduling;

a charging-time estimation module, configured to calculate a required charging time according to the charging time and a power demand;

a control module, configured to determine whether the electric vehicles need to jump the queue of the dynamic scheduling according to the residence time, the required charging time, and the current scheduling result;

a scheduling calculation module, configured to execute a scheduling calculation according to the required charging time, the residence time, and the current scheduling result when the electric vehicles do not need to jump the queue of the dynamic scheduling, and update the current scheduling result of the storage device according to the scheduling calculation; and

a queue-jumping module, configured to determine whether the current scheduling result has a time point which is allowed to jump the queue when one of the electric vehicles need to jump the queue of the dynamic scheduling, wherein the queue-jumping module produces the queue-jumping request and executes a queue-jumping calculation according to the time point, required charging time, residence time, and the current scheduling result when the current scheduling result has the time point, and updates the current scheduling result of the storage device according to the queue-jumping calculation.

3. The charging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the management device further comprises a first network module configured to send related events occurred in the scheduling control module to a handheld device, and receive an adjusted residence time and an adjusted power demand from the handheld device, wherein the scheduling control module re-executes the dynamic scheduling according to the adjusted residence time and the adjusted power demand.

4. The charging system as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the charging devices further comprises an output interface configured to display the other charging system with a lower loading than the charging system with a output interface when the current scheduling result does not have the time point.

5. The charging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the charging devices further comprises a second network module configured to execute a payment process.

6. The charging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the battery information comprises a battery type and remaining power of the electric vehicle.

7. The charging system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the scheduling control module further comprises:

a billing module, configured to execute a billing operation according to the time period of the connection between the electric vehicle and the charging plug, the queue-jumping request, and the dynamic scheduling when the connected electric vehicle and the charging plug are separated; and

an authentication module, configured to certify a smart card or a credit card according to the billing operation.

8. A charging management method for electric vehicles, applied to a plurality of charging systems of an electric vehicle management system, wherein each of the charging systems charges a plurality of electric vehicles, the charging management method for electric vehicles comprising:

receiving battery information, a residence time, and a power demand from a first electric vehicle of the electric vehicles, when the first electric vehicle connects to a charging plug;

calculating a required charging time according to the battery information and the power demand;

executing a charging process when the required charging time is less than the residence time, wherein the charging process comprises;

executing dynamic scheduling according to the residence time and the required charging time;

re-executing the dynamic scheduling according to a queue-jumping request, when the queue-jumping request is received; and

charging the first electric vehicle according to the dynamic scheduling; and

executing a billing operation according to the time period of the connection between the first electric vehicle and the charging system, the queue-jumping request, and the dynamic scheduling, when the first electric vehicle and the charging system are separated.

9. The charging management method for electric vehicles as claimed in claim 8, when the required charging time is less than the residence time, further comprising:

displaying a charging start time and a charging stop time, wherein the charging start time represents when the charging system will start to charge the first electric vehicle and the charging stop time represents when the charging system will finish charging the first electric vehicle; and

displaying charging events occurring in the charging process.

10. The charging management method for electric vehicles as claimed in claim 8, wherein the charging process further comprises:

receiving an adjusted residence time or an adjusted power demand;

displaying an allowing message when the charging system has met the adjusted residence time or the adjusted power demand; and

displaying a disallowing message when the charging system has not met the adjusted residence time or the adjusted power demand.

11. The charging management method for electric vehicles as claimed in claim 8, further comprising displaying a disallowing message when the required charging time is more than the residence time.

12. The charging management method for electric vehicles as claimed in claim 8, when the required charging time is more than the residence time, further comprising:

displaying a disallowing message and a charging stop time, wherein the charging stop time represents when the charging system will finishes charging the first electric vehicle

requiring an adjusted residence time or an adjusted power demand;

displaying an allowing message when the required charging time is less than the required adjusted residence time; and

re-calculating an adjusted required charging time after receiving the adjusted power demand, and displaying the allowing message when the adjusted required charging time is less than the residence time.

13. The charging management method for electric vehicles as claimed in claim 8, when the required charging time is more than the residence time, further comprising:

determining whether the other charging systems of the electric vehicle management system will finishes charging the first electric vehicle in the residence time according to the residence time and the power demand of the first electric vehicle by an inquiry procedure; and

displaying a disallowing message and information of a first charging system of the other charging systems when the first charging system will finish charging the first electric vehicle in the residence time.

14. The charging management method for electric vehicles as claimed in claim 13, when the first charging system has met the residence time, further comprising, exchanging an appointment certificate between the first charging system and the first electric vehicle by the inquiry procedure when receiving an agreement corresponding to executing the appointment, wherein the appointment certificate comprises identification information of the first charging system, identification information of the first electric vehicle, an expected residence time of the first electric vehicle, and an expected power demand of the first electric vehicle.

15. The charging management method for electric vehicles as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

receiving the battery information and the appointment certificate of the first electric vehicle when the first charging system and the first electric vehicle are connected during an appointment time, and sending the battery information and the appointment certificate of the first electric vehicle to the first charging system;

executing the charging process according to the expected residence time and the expected power demand by the first charging system; and

executing the billing operation according to the time period of the connection between the first electric vehicle and the charging system, the queue-jumping request, and the dynamic scheduling, when the first electric vehicle and the first charging system are separated.

16. The charging management method for electric vehicles as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

receiving the battery information and the appointment certificate of the first electric vehicle when the first charging system and the first electric vehicle are not connected during an appointment time, and sending the battery information and the appointment certificate of the first electric vehicle to the first charging system;

displaying a re-enter request by the first charging system;

re-receiving the battery information and the appointment certificate of the first electric vehicle, and the power demand by the first charging system;

calculating the required charging time according to the battery information and the power demand by the first charging system;

executing the charging process according to the required charging time by the first charging system; and

executing the billing operation according to the queue-jumping request, the dynamic scheduling, and period of the connection between the first electric vehicle and the charging system when the first electric vehicle and the charging system are separated.

17. A charging management method for electric vehicles, comprising:

sending data of an electric vehicle connected to a first charging system to a second charging system, wherein the data comprises identification information, a charging start time, a residence time, battery information, and a power demand of the electric vehicle;

calculating whether the second charging system has met the power demand in the residence time according to the data, and producing a result;

sending the result to the first charging system;

sending an appointment request to the second charging system by the first charging system when the result represents that the second charging system has met the power demand in the residence time, wherein the appointment request comprises identification information and an appointment certificate of the electric vehicle, and the appointment certificate comprises identification information, an expected residence time, and an expected power demand of the electric vehicle; and

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sending an appointment confirmation to the second charging system from the first charging system when the second charging system receives the appointment request, wherein the appointment confirmation comprises identification information and an appointment certificate of the second charging system.

18. A charging management method for electric vehicles, comprising:

receiving data from an electric vehicle, wherein the data comprises identification information, a payment certificate, a charging start time, a residence time, battery information, and a power demand of the electric vehicle;

calculating whether the charging system has met the power demand in the residence time according to the data, and producing a result;

sending the result to the electric vehicle;

receiving an appointment request of the electric vehicle when the result represents that the charging system has met the power demand in the residence time, wherein the appointment request comprises the identification information and the payment certificate;

executing a certification process according to the identification information and the payment certificate; and

sending an appointment confirmation to the electric vehicle, wherein the appointment confirmation comprises identification information of the charging system.