EMBEDDED DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION WITH VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR ACTUATING SAME

• US 20140354235A1
• Filed: 10/19/2012
• Published: 12/04/2014
• 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:
  US14/353,003
• Publication Number:
  US 20140354235A1
• 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 2250/16 by display
• 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 53/63 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 53/66 Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles
• 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: B60L 58/14 Preventing excessive discharging
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/02 for charging batteries from ac mains by converters
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/548 the power on the line being DC arrangements for feeding power H04L12/10; extracting feeding power from signals H04L25/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/00 Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field H04B10/00, H04B15/00 take precedence
• 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

A device for controlling communication with a vehicle, which is embedded inside an electric vehicle, collects battery information with respect to a battery of the electric vehicle, and receives power policy information from a power supply facility. The device for controlling communication decides available options for charging the battery of the electric vehicle on the basis of the battery information and the power policy information. The device for controlling communication controls the charging of the battery of the electric vehicle according to the available options.

Claims

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

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

receiving power policy information from a power supply facility;

determining an available option for charging the first battery on the basis of the first 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:

collecting charging information on the first battery; and

transmitting the charging information on 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 charge 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 charging information on the first battery; and

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

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

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

if the interruption factor of the charging of the first battery is detected, transmitting an interruption factor notification message including information on the interruption factor of 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 the remaining power amount in the first battery, information on a power amount necessary for fully charging the first battery, information on an 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, further comprising receiving second battery information on a second battery of a home power storage device, wherein the determining of the available option comprises determining an available option for charging the first battery on the basis of the first battery information, the second battery information, and the power policy information.

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

10. 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 purchases power from the outside; and

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

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

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

collecting charging information on the first battery;

determining whether the charging of the electric vehicle is necessary on the basis of the charging information on the first battery; and

if it is determined that the charging of the electric vehicle is necessary, transmitting a charging recommendation message of the electric vehicle to a user terminal device.

13. An operating method of a communication control device embedded in an electric vehicle and controlling discharging of the electric vehicle, the method comprising:

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

receiving power policy information from a power supply facility;

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

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

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

15. The method according to claim 13, further comprising receiving second battery information on a second battery of a home power storage device, wherein the determining of the available option comprises determining an available option for discharging the first battery on the basis of the first battery information, the second battery information, and the power policy information.

16. The method according to claim 13, further comprising:

collecting charging information on the first battery;

determining whether the discharging of the electric vehicle is necessary on the basis of the charging information on the first battery; and

if it is determined that the discharging of the electric vehicle is necessary, transmitting a discharging recommendation message of the electric vehicle to a user terminal device.

17. An operating method of a communication control device embedded in an electric vehicle, the method comprising:

collecting 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 the selected control content among 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 the first battery, the second battery, the power supply facility;

and

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

19. An operating method of a communication control device embedded in an electric vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving scheduling information on 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 on the electric vehicle and the power policy information; and

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

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

collecting first battery information on the first battery of the electric vehicle;

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.