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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING POWER TO ELECTRICAL VEHICLES

  • US 20150301547A1
  • Filed: 11/18/2013
  • Published: 10/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A cloud server (100) adapted for controlling a group (142) of one or more electric distribution appliances (130, 134, 138),each electric distribution appliance (130, 134, 138) of said group being adapted for distributing electric power from a power mains (164) to a mobile device (182) such as an electric vehicle, each electric distribution appliance (130, 134, 138) of said group having a controller (168), a communication unit (178) adapted for communication with a cloud server (100), a user interface section (176) and a switching means (166), said user interface section (176) being adapted for generating a distribution request after receiving input from a user and adapted for forwarding said distribution request to said controller (168), said controller (168) being adapted to transfer said distribution request to said communication unit (178), said communication unit (178) being adapted for transferring said distribution request to a cloud server (100) and to receive a distribution decision from said cloud server (100) and to forward said distribution decision to said controller (168), said controller (168) being adapted to control the distribution of power carried out by said switching means (166) based on information transferred from said user interface section (176) and said distribution decision forwarded from said communication unit (178);

  • said cloud server (100) comprisinga processor (104);

    a memory means (107) adapted for storing one or more rules regarding distribution of electricity in an electric distribution appliance (130, 134, 138) of the group (142) of one or more electric distribution appliances; and

    a master communication unit (106) being adapted for communication with each electric distribution appliance (130, 134, 138) of a group (142) of one or more electric distribution appliances;

    said master communication unit (106) being set up to receive a distribution request from an electric distribution appliance (130) of the group (142) of one or more electric distribution appliances and to forward the distribution to said processor (104);

    said processor (104) being set up to receive a distribution request from said master communication unit (106);

    said processor (104) being set up to access one or more rules stored in said memory means (107);

    said processor (104) being set up to prepare a distribution decision based upon said distribution request using said one or more rules;

    said processor (104) being set up to instruct said master communication unit (106) to forward said distribution decision to said electrical distribution appliance (130) of the group (142) of one or more electrical distribution appliances.

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