SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING WITH AUTOMATED TRIP PLANNING INTEGRATION

• US 20190061545A1
• Filed: 08/31/2017
• Published: 02/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Enel X North America, Inc. (ENEL SPA)
• Original Assignee: Electric Motor Werks, Inc. (ENEL SPA)
• Inventors: VARGAS-REIGHLEY, DORIAN, MIFTAKHOV, VALERY
• Application Number:
  US15/691,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20190061545A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/60 Navigation input
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/66 Ambient conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/68 Traffic data
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/60 Monitoring or controlling charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/13 Maintaining the SoC within a determined range
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• 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 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

Systems and methods for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration. The inventive charging system sends requests to various available web services, such as mapping or route planning service, weather service and the like to obtain various data related to the planned trip. Such data may include trip distance, terrain information, vehicle information, traffic data, weather data as well as vehicle user driving behavior. All this information is used to calculate the amount of battery charge required to complete the trip. The system then automatically issues a charge command to electric vehicle supply equipment to charge the vehicle in accordance with the calculated battery charge amount.

Claims

1. A system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration comprising:

a. an electric vehicle supply equipment for charging an electric vehicle battery from an electric power grid; and

b. a control server communicatively coupled with the electric vehicle supply equipment via a data network and executing a software application and configured to;

i. receive trip information from a user;

ii. obtain data associated with the trip information from a third party service;

iii. calculate a required charge level for the electric vehicle battery based on the received trip information and the obtained trip associated data; and

iv. issue a vehicle charge command to the electric vehicle supply equipment based on the calculated required electric vehicle battery charge level.

2. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 1, wherein the trip information comprises a trip destination.

3. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 1, wherein the trip information comprises a trip departure time.

4. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 1, wherein the trip information comprises information on at least one stop along the way.

5. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 1, wherein the obtained trip associated data comprises weather data.

6. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 5, wherein the weather data comprises temperature data.

7. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 5, wherein the weather data comprises wind data.

8. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 1, wherein the obtained trip associated data comprises traffic data.

9. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 8, wherein the traffic data comprises traffic speed data.

10. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 1, wherein the obtained trip associated data comprises day of the week data.

11. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 1, wherein the obtained trip associated data comprises vehicle data.

12. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 11, wherein the vehicle data comprises battery capacity data.

13. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 11, wherein the vehicle data comprises efficiency data.

14. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 11, wherein the vehicle data comprises aerodynamics data.

15. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 1, wherein the obtained trip associated data comprises driver data.

16. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 15, wherein the driver data comprises historical speed data.

17. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 15, wherein the driver data comprises historical braking data.

18. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 1, wherein the obtained trip associated data comprises distance data.

19. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 1, wherein the obtained trip associated data comprises route data.

20. The system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration of claim 1, wherein the obtained trip associated data comprises terrain data.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a set of computer-executable instructions, which, when executed in connection with a system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration comprising an electric vehicle supply equipment for charging an electric vehicle battery from an electric power grid and a control server communicatively coupled with the electric vehicle supply equipment via a data network and executing a software application, causes the system to:

i. receive trip information from a user;

ii. obtain data associated with the trip information from a third party service;

iii. calculate a required charge level for the electric vehicle battery based on the received trip information and the obtained trip associated data; and

iv. issue a vehicle charge command to the electric vehicle supply equipment based on the calculated required electric vehicle battery charge level.

22. A method performed in connection with a system for electric vehicle charging with automated trip planning integration comprising:

an electric vehicle supply equipment for charging an electric vehicle battery from an electric power grid and a control server communicatively coupled with the electric vehicle supply equipment via a data network and executing a software application, the method comprising;

i. receiving trip information from a user;

ii. obtaining data associated with the trip information from a third party service;

iii. calculating a required charge level for the electric vehicle battery based on the received trip information and the obtained trip associated data; and

iv. issuing a vehicle charge command to the electric vehicle supply equipment based on the calculated required electric vehicle battery charge level.