APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HOME COMMUNICATION

• US 20140312847A1
• Filed: 10/19/2012
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Inventors: Chauhdary, Sajjad Hussain, Hahn, Kwang Soo
• Application Number:
  US14/352,995
• Publication Number:
  US 20140312847A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/128
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/10 by alarm
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/66 Arrangements of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/31 Charging columns specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/53 Batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/60 Monitoring or controlling charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/64 Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/68 Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control
• 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: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• 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 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• 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 apparatus for controlling home communication receives first battery information on a first battery of an electric vehicle, receives second battery information on a second battery of a home power storage device, and receives power policy information from a power supply facility. The apparatus for controlling home communication decides available options for charging the first battery on the basis of the first battery information, the second battery information, and the power policy information. The apparatus for controlling home communication comprises a step of controlling the charging of the first battery according to the available options.

Claims

1. An operating method of a home communication control device installed at home and controlling charging of an electric vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving first battery information on a first battery of the electric vehicle;

receiving second battery information on a second battery of a home power storage device;

receiving power policy information from a power supply facility;

determining an available option for charging of the first battery on the basis of the first battery information, the second battery information, and the power policy information; and

controlling the charging of the first battery according to the available option.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving charging information of the first battery; and

transmitting the charging information of the first battery to a user terminal device.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the charging information comprises at least one of information on an initial state of charging, information on a current state of charging, information on a charge start time, information on an estimated charge end time, information on an actual end time, and information on an electric vehicle charging status.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

checking a charging completion of the first battery on the basis of the charging information of the first battery; and

notifying the charging completion of the first battery to a user terminal device when the charging completion of the first battery is checked.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting an interruption factor for the charging of the first battery; and

if the interruption factor for the charging of the first battery is detected, transmitting an interruption factor notification message including information on the interruption factor for the charging of the first battery to a user terminal device.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the controlling of the charging of the first battery according to the available option comprises:

transmitting information on the available option to a user terminal device; and

receiving a permission message for the charging of the first battery according to the available option from the user terminal device.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first battery information comprises at least one of information on a total capacity of the first battery, information on a remaining power amount in the first battery, information on a power amount necessary for fully charging the first battery, information on a current state of charging of the first battery, and information on an average cost spent for charging the first battery.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second battery information comprises at least one of information on a total capacity of the second battery, information on a remaining power amount in the second battery, information on a power amount necessary for fully charging the second battery, information on a current state of charging of the second battery, and information on an average cost spent for charging the second battery.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the power policy information comprises at least one of information on a power sale available time slot, information on a power sale price, information on a power purchase available time slot, and information on a power purchase price,

wherein

the power sale available time slot is a time slot in which the power supply facility is capable of selling power to the outside;

the power sale price is a price at which the power supply facility sells power to the outside;

the power purchase available time slot is a time slot in which the power supply facility is capable of purchasing power from the outside; and

the power purchase price is a price at which the power supply facility purchases power from the outside.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the available option comprises at least one of a power source for charging the first battery, a charging time slot, and a charging amount.

11. An operating method of a home communication control device installed at home and controlling discharging of an electric vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving first battery information on a first battery of the electric vehicle;

receiving second battery information on a second battery of a home power storage device;

receiving power policy information from a power supply facility;

determining an available option for discharging of the first battery on the basis of the first battery information, the second battery information, and the power policy information; and

controlling the discharging of the first battery according to the available option.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the available option comprises at least one of a power sink for discharging the first battery, a discharging time slot, and a discharging amount.

13. An operating method of a home communication control device installed at home and controlling charging of a home power storage device, the method comprising:

receiving first battery information on a first battery of an electric vehicle;

receiving second battery information on a second battery of the home power storage device;

receiving power policy information from a power supply facility;

determining an available option for charging of the second battery on the basis of the first battery information, the second battery information, and the power policy information; and

controlling the charging of the second battery according to the available option.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the available option comprises at least one of a power source for charging the second battery, a charging time slot, and a charging amount.

15. An operating method of a home communication control device installed at home and controlling discharging of a home power storage device, the method comprising:

receiving first battery information on a first battery of an electric vehicle;

receiving second battery information on a second battery of the home power storage device;

receiving power policy information from a power supply facility;

determining an available option for discharging of the second battery on the basis of the first battery information, the second battery information, and the power policy information; and

controlling the discharging of the second battery according to the available option.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the available option comprises at least one of a power sink for charging the second battery, a discharging time slot, and a discharging amount.

17. An operating method of a home communication control device installed at home, the method comprising:

receiving first battery information on a first battery of an electric vehicle;

receiving second battery information on a second battery of a home power storage device;

receiving power policy information from a power supply facility;

determining at least one recommendation power control content on the basis of the first battery information, the second battery information, and the power policy information; and

controlling at least one of the first battery and the second battery according to a control content selected from the at least one recommendation power control content.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein each of the at least one recommendation power control content comprises at least one of a price, a power source, a power sink, a control time, and a power amount,

wherein

the power source is determined from among the first battery, the second battery, and the power supply facility;

and

the power sink is determined from among the first battery, the second battery, and the power supply facility.

19. An operating method of a home communication control device installed at home, the method comprising:

receiving scheduling information of an electric vehicle;

receiving power policy information from a power supply facility;

determining at least one recommendation power control content on the basis of the scheduling information of the electric vehicle and the power policy information; and

controlling at least one of a first battery and a second battery according to a control content selected from the at least one recommendation power control content.

20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising:

receiving first battery information on the first battery of the electric vehicle; and

receiving second battery information on the second battery of a home power storage device,

wherein the determining of the at least one recommendation power control content comprises determining the at least one recommendation power control content on the basis of the first battery information and the second battery information.