SCORING CHARGING EVENTS AT ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• US 20150032660A1
• Filed: 07/25/2014
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Recargo, Inc. (E.ON SE)
• Original Assignee: Recargo, Inc. (E.ON SE)
• Inventors: MANFIELD, Lucas, NORTH, Forrest, PETROSIAN, Armen, WILD, Nick
• Application Number:
  US14/341,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20150032660A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/347
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/003 to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/02 to electric heating circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/14 to electric lighting circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/12 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/14 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/34 Cabin temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/36 Temperature of vehicle components or parts
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• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/622 by satellite navigation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/665 Light intensity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/72 Charging station selection relying on external data
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/80 Time limits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/22 by presence detection
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/52 characterised by DC-motors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/62 charged by low-power generators primarily intended to support the batteries, e.g. range extenders
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• 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 53/665 : Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/68 : Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 : Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 : Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 : Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 : Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 : Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• 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 30/14 : Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A system and method for ranking or scoring charging stations and/or charging events or sessions, and/or performing actions based on the ranking or scoring is described. In some embodiments, a charging station ranking engine is configured to rank charging stations, or potential charging events, based on feedback received from users of the charging stations, such as drivers of electric vehicles, or other dynamically determined factors.

Claims

1. A computerized method, comprising:

accessing information associated with a charging event at an electric vehicle;

scoring the charging event based on the accessed information; and

performing an action associated with the scored charging event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein performing an action associated with the scored charging event includes displaying an indication of a score assigned to the charging event via a mapping application associated with a driver of the electric vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein performing an action associated with the scored charging event includes presenting a reward to a driver of the electric vehicle that is based on a score assigned to the charging event.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing information associated with a charging event at an electric vehicle includes accessing information associated with an energy source used to provide energy to the electric vehicle during the charging event.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing information associated with a charging event at an electric vehicle includes accessing information associated with a cost of energy provided to the electric vehicle during the charging event.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing information associated with a charging event at an electric vehicle includes accessing information associated with a cost of energy provided to the electric vehicle during the charging event and associated with an energy source used to provide energy to the electric vehicle during the charging event.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing information associated with a charging event at an electric vehicle includes accessing information associated with a ranking assigned to a charging station used during the charging event.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein scoring the charging event based on the accessed information includes assigning a relatively high score to the charging event when a renewable energy source is used to provide energy to the electric vehicle during the charging event.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein scoring the charging event based on the accessed information includes assigning a relatively low score to the charging event when the charging event occurs during a peak energy time period for an electric grid that provided the energy to the electric vehicle during the charging event.

10. A system, comprising:

an energy identification module that is configured to access information associated with a charging event at an electric vehicle;

a scoring module that is configured to score the charging event based on the accessed information; and

an action module that is configured to perform an action associated with the scored charging event.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the action module is configured to display an indication of a score assigned to the charging event via a mapping application associated with a driver of the electric vehicle.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the action module is configured to present a reward to a driver of the electric vehicle that is based on a score assigned to the charging event.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the energy identification module is configured to access information associated with an energy source used to provide energy to the electric vehicle during the charging event.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the energy identification module is configured to identify an energy source used to provide energy to the electric vehicle during the charging event.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the energy identification module is configured to access information associated with a cost of energy provided to the electric vehicle during the charging event.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the energy identification module is configured to access information associated with a cost of energy provided to the electric vehicle during the charging event and associated with an energy source used to provide energy to the electric vehicle during the charging event.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the energy identification module is configured to access information associated with a ranking assigned to a charging station used during the charging event.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the scoring module is configured to assign a relatively high score to the charging event when a renewable energy source is used to provide energy to the electric vehicle during the charging event.

19. The system of claim 10, wherein the scoring module is configured to assign a relatively low score to the charging event when the charging event occurs during a peak energy time period for an electric grid that provided the energy to the electric vehicle during the charging event.

20. A computer-readable storage medium whose contents, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations, comprising:

identifying a source of energy used to charge an electric vehicle during a charging event;

assign a score to the charging event based on the identified source of energy; and

perform an action for a driver of the electric vehicle based on the score assigned to the charging event.