ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH CHARGING STATIONS OPTIMUMALLY SITED
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1. A system for siting charging stations in an area, said method comprising:
- a plurality of vehicle sensors distributed in an area;
a mobility detection module collecting traffic data from said vehicle sensors;
a map matching module mapping detected traffic in said area;
a vehicle flow module temporally characterizing mapped traffic flow in said area; and
an electric vehicle (EV) requirements (EVR) evaluator determining a number of charging stations and respective locations for siting said charging stations in said area.
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Abstract
A system, method and program product for siting charging stations. A mobility detection module collects traffic data from vehicle sensors distributed in an area. A map matching module maps detected traffic in the area. A vehicle flow module temporally characterizes mapped traffic flow. An electric vehicle (EV) requirements (EVR) evaluator determines an optimal number of charging stations and respective locations for siting the charging stations.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for siting charging stations in an area, said method comprising:
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a plurality of vehicle sensors distributed in an area; a mobility detection module collecting traffic data from said vehicle sensors; a map matching module mapping detected traffic in said area; a vehicle flow module temporally characterizing mapped traffic flow in said area; and an electric vehicle (EV) requirements (EVR) evaluator determining a number of charging stations and respective locations for siting said charging stations in said area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of locating charging stations comprising:
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collecting traffic information from a plurality of traffic sensors; mapping traffic in an area; determining flow through zones in said area with respect to time; recursively determining a number of charging stations and respective locations for siting said charging stations; and displaying recursively determined charging station sites. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product for siting charging stations in an area, said computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code stored thereon, said computer readable program code comprising:
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computer readable program code means for receiving traffic data from a plurality of vehicle sensors distributed in an area; computer readable program code means for collecting traffic data from said vehicle sensors; computer readable program code means for mapping detected traffic in said area; computer readable program code means for temporally characterizing mapped traffic flow; and computer readable program code means for determining a number of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and respective locations for siting said EV charging stations. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product for locating charging stations, said computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code stored thereon, said computer readable program code causing a computer executing said code to:
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collect traffic information from a plurality of traffic sensors; map traffic in an area; determine flow through zones in said area with respect to time; recursively determine a number of charging stations and respective locations for siting said charging stations in said area; and display recursively determined charging station sites. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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