SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE MONITORING OF CHARGING THE BATTERY OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, CHARGER AND DEVICE FOR USE IN THE SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20140266047A1
• Filed: 10/08/2012
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ABB BV (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: ABB BV (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Bouman, Crijn, Robers, Egbert Wouter Joghum, Ugur, Ali, Van Dorp, Evelinde, Tyrell, Robert
• Application Number:
  US14/350,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20140266047A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/109
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/26 Rail vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/665 Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00024 by means of mobile telephony
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00026 involving a local wireless network, e.g. Wi-Fi, ZigBee or Bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• 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 20/221 General power management systems
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/126 using wireless data transmission

Abstract

The present invention relates to a charger for charging the battery of an electric vehicle, comprising at least one port for exchanging electric power and/or data with a vehicle during a charge session, first data communication means, for saving information regarding the charge session to a data storage location, second data communication means, for communicating a reference for obtaining access to the data storage location comprising the information regarding said charge session to an external device.

Claims

1. Charger for charging the battery of an electric vehicle, comprising:

at least one port for exchanging at least one of electric power and data with a vehicle during a charge session;

first data communication means for saving information regarding the charge session to a data storage location;

second data communication means for communicating an optical reference, the second data communications means including a bar or QR code obtaining access to the data storage location, wherein

the first data communication means are configured for saving said information to an external data storage location having a server, and

the second data communication means are configured for communicating a unique reference to the data storage location of said specific charge session.

2. Charger according to claim 1, wherein the reference comprises a hyperlink.

3. Charger according to claim 1, at least partly controllable via the first or second communication means.

4. Charger according to claim 1, comprising the data storage.

5. Charger according to claim 1, comprising means for measuring information regarding the charge session, the means for measuring including a sensor for sensing electric quantities including at least one of current, voltage and power.

6. Charger according to claim 1, comprising a power converter for converting at least one of a power level and waveform from a power source to at least one of a power level and/or and waveform for a vehicle.

7. System for monitoring a charging process, comprising:

a charger according to claim 1, and

an external device configured for receiving and following the reference and for processing the data on the storage location,

wherein the external device includes at least one device selected from the group consisting of a mobile phone, a smart phone, a PDA, a portable computer and a tablet computer.

8. System for monitoring a charging process, comprising:

the charger according to claim 1, wherein the reference leads to a webpage at a server; and

said server, having access to said stored data, and being configured to disclose said data when an external device follows the reference.

9. System according to claim 8, wherein the server is hosting a website that discloses the saved information upon following the reference.

10. System according to claim 8, comprising an external device configured for receiving the reference and for processing the data on the storage location,

wherein the external device includes at least one device selected from the group consisting of a mobile phone, a smart phone, a PDA, a portable computer and a tablet computer.

11. System according to claim 7, wherein the external device is further configured to send a control signal to the first or second communication port of the charger.

12. System according to claim 7, wherein the external device is configured to display a progress of the charge session of a vehicle.

13. System according to claim 7, wherein the external device is configured to display an estimation of the remaining time of the charge session of a vehicle.

14. System according to claim 7, wherein the external device is configured to send a control command to the charger, the control command including at least one of a desired amount of kilometres the vehicle needs to be able to surpass, a maximum payment amount, an available amount of time, and an abort command.

16. Communication device, configured for receiving the reference and for processing the data on the storage location, and/or for controlling the charger according to claim 1,

wherein the communication device comprises at least one device selected from the group consisting of a mobile phone, a smart phone, a PDA, a portable computer and a tablet computer.

17. Server comprising an application for configuring a communication device configured for receiving the reference and for processing the data on the storage location, and/or for controlling the charger according to claim 1, for use in a system for monitoring a charging process, the system comprising:

the charger, and

an external device configured for receiving and following the reference and for processing the data on the storage location.

15. System for monitoring a charging process, comprising:

a charger coupled to;

a power supply, for exchanging electric power;

an electric vehicle, for exchanging at least one of electric power and data;

one or more servers coupled to;

said charger, for exchanging data;

an external device, for exchanging data;

said external device coupled to;

said charger, for exchanging data;

said one or more servers, for exchanging data;

18. Method for monitoring a charge session of an electrical vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting a connection of the electric vehicle to a port for power exchange of a charger for electric vehicles;

starting a charge session;

saving, by the charger, data regarding the charge session to a data storage location;

providing, by the charger to an external device, a unique reference to the data storage location;

retrieving the stored data and displaying monitoring information based on the data on the external device.

19. Method according to claim 18, comprising:

sending a command from the external device to the charger, for controlling the charge process.

20. Method according to claim 18, comprising:

sending a notification from the charger to the external device, based on an action of a third party at or near the charger.