BATTERY CHARGING METHOD AND SYSTEM OF BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE

• US 20170313205A1
• Filed: 07/20/2016
• Published: 11/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Primax Electronics Limited
• Original Assignee: Primax Electronics Limited
• Inventors: Tseng, Ying-Che, Tsai, Cheng-Yi
• Application Number:
  US15/215,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20170313205A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/423 Torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/32 of electricity
• 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 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/665 Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0047 with monitoring or indicating devices or circuits
• 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 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 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A charging method of a battery electric vehicle is provided. In the method of the present invention, a user of a battery electric vehicle sends a pairing request to a charging station by using a mobile phone. The charging station sends a charging authentication code to the mobile phone after pairing succeeds. During charging, the charging station keeps monitoring whether a charging connector of the charging station is separated from a charging interface of the battery electric vehicle. When monitoring that the charging connector is separated from the charging interface of the battery electric vehicle, the charging station stops charging, and sends a charging confirmation request to the mobile phone. When receiving the charging authentication code again, the charging station continues charging the battery electric vehicle. A charging system using the method is further provided. With the present invention, an electricity stealing behavior of another person during a charging process may be prevented.

Claims

1. A charging method of a battery electric vehicle, applied to charging, by using a charging station, a battery electric vehicle, wherein the charging station is connected to a charging interface of the battery electric vehicle by using a charging connector and transfers power to the battery electric vehicle, and the method comprises steps of:

(a) transmitting, by a handheld electronic device, a pairing request signal to the charging station;

(b) randomly generating, after the charging station receives the pairing request signal and confirms that pairing succeeds, a charging authentication code, and transmitting the charging authentication code to the handheld electronic device;

(c) transmitting, by the handheld electronic device, the charging authentication code to the charging station;

(d) starting to charge the battery electric vehicle when the charging station receives the charging authentication code and confirms that the charging connector is connected to the charging interface, wherein during duration that the battery electric vehicle is charged, the charging station keeps monitoring whether the charging connector is separated from the charging interface, stops charging the battery electric vehicle when monitoring that the charging connector is separated from the charging interface, and transmits a charging confirmation request to the handheld electronic device; and

(e) requiring, by the charging station, the handheld electronic device to provide the charging authentication code when the handheld electronic device transmits a charging continuation instruction to the charging station, and continuing charging the battery electric vehicle after receiving the charging authentication code.

2. The charging method of a battery electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein after the charging station receives the pairing request signal, step (b) further comprises:

requiring the handheld electronic device to provide a device identifier, and confirming, by the charging station, that the pairing succeeds when confirming that the device identifier is an identifier of a logged on device, wherein the device identifier is transmitted to an external data center by the charging station, and the data center confirms whether the device identifier is the identifier of the logged on device.

3. The charging method of a battery electric vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the device identifier is an IMEI (international mobile equipment identity) code of the handheld electronic device.

4. The charging method of a battery electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein step (c) further comprises:

transmitting, by the handheld electronic device, a password to the charging station; and

step (d) further comprises;

starting, by the charging station, to charge the battery electric when confirming that the password is a logged on password, wherein the password is transmitted to an external data center by the charging station, and the data center confirms whether the password is the logged on password.

5. The charging method of a battery electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein after step (e), the method further comprises:

step (f) confirming, after the charging station completes the charging, whether the handheld electronic device has a preset payment account, and executing a debit procedure on the preset payment account when the handheld electronic device has the preset payment account.

6. The charging method of a battery electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the handheld electronic device is a mobile phone.

7. A charging system of a battery electric vehicle, comprising:

a charging station, configured to provide power to a battery electric vehicle, wherein the charging station comprises;

a charging connector, configured to be connected to a charging interface of the battery electric vehicle, so as to transfer power to the battery electric vehicle; and

a first monitoring program; and

a handheld electronic device, comprising a second monitoring program, wherein after pairing between the charging station and the handheld electronic device succeeds, the first monitoring program randomly generates a charging authentication code and sends the charging authentication code to the handheld electronic device;

during duration that the charging station charges the battery electric vehicle, the first monitoring program keeps monitoring whether the charging connector is separated from the charging interface, stops charging the battery electric vehicle when monitoring that the charging connector is separated from the charging interface, and transmits a charging confirmation request to the handheld electronic device; and

after the first monitoring program of the charging station receives a charging continuation instruction transmitted by the handheld electronic device and the handheld electronic device transmits the charging authentication code to the charging station, the first monitoring program of the charging station continues charging the battery electric vehicle.

8. The charging system of a battery electric vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the second monitoring program further comprises providing a user interface that is displayed on a display screen of the handheld electronic device.

9. The charging system of a battery electric vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the user interface displays information about a current charged quantity of electricity and information about remaining charging time of the battery electric vehicle.

10. The charging system of a battery electric vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the handheld electronic device is a mobile phone.