BILLING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING

• US 20170008414A1
• Filed: 07/08/2015
• Published: 01/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Powercube Corporation
• Original Assignee: Powercube Corporation
• Inventors: HAN, Chan Hee, SHIN, Gyu Sik
• Application Number:
  US14/793,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20170008414A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/36 Temperature of vehicle components or parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/80 Time limits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/44 by parameter estimation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• 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: 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 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a billing system for electric vehicle charging, which enables optimal charging and billing, considering details associated with electric vehicle charging, such as charging quality corresponding to charging power supply states, and an estimated rate determined differently according to a charging time and a charging power quantity. The present invention has a maximum electricity quantity sensing function, a charging electricity quantity setting function based on a sensing value, and a charging condition setting function based on a power reserve rate on a basis of a time, a user, an area, and a power company, a regional power situation, and the like. Also, while continuously managing a maximum charging electricity quantity, a voltage/current fluctuation point, an electricity supplier-charging device-connection information, a fee corresponding to a charging time, and fee information corresponding to a charging electricity quantity, optimal charging and billing are performed according to charging conditions.

Claims

1. A billing system for electric vehicle charging, the billing system comprising:

an electricity supplier for supplying electricity;

a charging device for charging an electric vehicle through the electricity supplier;

the electric vehicle charged by the charging device;

a billing server for estimating a fee separately for a normal-consumption electricity quantity and a charging electricity quantity, out of a total electricity quantity consumed through the electric supplier;

an operator server for storing and managing information regarding the electricity supplier and the charging device, receiving a charging electricity quantity of the electric vehicle from the charging device and transmitting the charging electricity quantity to the billing server, receiving an estimated fee of the charging electricity quantity from the billing server and charging an owner of the charging device the estimated fee, and processing a cost with a power company; and

a payment server for receiving payment of the estimated fee of the charging electricity quantity from the owner of the charging device.

2. The billing system of claim 1, wherein the charging device comprises:

a first connection unit electrically connected to the electricity supplier and including a temperature sensor therein;

a sensing unit for sensing the electricity supplier;

a measurement unit for measuring the charging electricity quantity and supply power of the electricity supplier;

a controller for controlling an operation corresponding to a charging control condition and communication with an operator server;

a manipulation unit manipulated for performing an operation from start of charging to completion of charging; and

a second connection unit electrically connected to the electric vehicle and including a temperature sensor therein,

wherein power supplied from the power supplier is measured and a measurement value is transmitted to the operator server, and thus a charging electricity quantity is automatically set for each electricity supplier under control of the operator server.

3. The billing system of claim 1, wherein the operator server shares, with the power company, power supply and demand situation information regarding a building or an area where the electricity supplier is installed, and distributes the charging electricity quantity to each electricity supplier in real time.

4. The billing system of claim 1, wherein the electricity supplier information is extracted and determined by the operator server in association with a unique identifier (ID).

5. The billing system of claim 1, wherein the operator server comprises a charging electricity quantity auto setting function and a charging condition setting function, and comprises a maximum charging electricity quantity database (DB), a voltage and current fluctuation point DB, a DB of information in which the electricity supplier and the charging device are connected, a DB of a fee corresponding to a charging time, and a DB of a fee corresponding to a charging electricity quantity.

6. The billing system of claim 4, wherein the charging conditions comprise a charging time, a charging electricity quantity, a charge start time, charging suspension, a charging resume time, and a power supply and demand situation shared between an operator and the power company.

7. The billing system of claim 6, wherein the charging conditions are set via any one of a homepage of the operator, a smart phone, and the charging device.

8. A billing system for electric vehicle charging, the billing system comprising:

an electricity supplier for supplying electricity;

a charging device for charging an electric vehicle through the electricity supplier, wherein the charging device stores and manages electricity supplier information and transmits a charging electricity quantity of the electric vehicle to an operator server and a billing server;

the electric vehicle charged by the charging device;

a billing server for estimating a fee separately for a normal-consumption electricity quantity and a charging electricity quantity, out of a total electricity quantity consumed through the electric supplier;

an operator server for receiving an estimated fee of the charging electricity quantity from the billing server and charging an owner of the charging device the estimated fee, and processing a cost with a power company; and

a payment server for receiving payment of the estimated fee of the charging electricity quantity from the owner of the charging device.

9. The billing system of claim 8, wherein the charging device comprises:

a first connection unit electrically connected to the electricity supplier and including a temperature sensor therein;

a sensing unit for sensing the electricity supplier;

a measurement unit for measuring the charging electricity quantity and a supply power of the electricity supplier;

a controller for controlling an operation corresponding to a charging control condition and communication with an operator server;

a manipulation unit manipulated for performing an operation from start of charging to completion of charging; and

a second connection unit electrically connected to the electric vehicle and including a temperature sensor therein,

wherein power supplied from the power supplier is measured and a measurement value is transmitted to the operator server, and thus a charging electricity quantity is automatically set for each electricity supplier under control of the operator server.

10. The billing system of claim 8, wherein the operator server shares, with the power company, power supply and demand situation information regarding a building or an area where the electricity supplier is installed, and distributes the charging electricity quantity to each electricity supplier in real time.

11. The billing system of claim 8, wherein the electricity supplier information is extracted and determined by the operator server in association with a unique identifier (ID).

12. The billing system of claim 8, wherein the operator server comprises a charging electricity quantity auto setting function and a charging condition setting function, and comprises a maximum charging electricity quantity database (DB), a voltage and current fluctuation point DB, a DB of information in which the electricity supplier and the charging device are connected, a DB of a fee corresponding to a charging time, and a DB of a fee corresponding to a charging electricity quantity.

13. The billing system of claim 10, wherein the charging conditions comprise a charging time, a charging electricity quantity, a charge start time, charging suspension, a charging resume time, and a power supply and demand situation shared between an operator and the power company.

14. The billing system of claim 12, wherein the charging conditions are set via any one of a homepage of the operator, a smart phone, and the charging device.