Method and system for real-time aggregation of electric vehicle information for real-time auctioning of ancillary services, and real-time lowest cost matching electric vehicle energy demand to charging services

• US 8,594,859 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2011
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Contreras Delpiano, Raul I., Wood, Andrew A., Jaime, Manuel E., Michaelis, Oliver, Moallemi, Kamran
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUYNH, LUAT T
• Application Number:
  US13/275,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20120095830A1
• Time in Patent Office: 771 Days
• Field of Search: 701/2, 705/53, 705/57, 705/80, 705/30, 705/32, 705/412
• US Class Current: 701/2
• 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 55/00 Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• 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 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/14 Marketing, i.e. market research and analysis, surveying, promotions, advertising, buyer profiling, customer management or rewards

Abstract

Ancillary service capability data is received in real time from participating electrical vehicles (EVs) connected through EV charging equipment to a power grid. Aggregate offers based on the ancillary service capability data from participating EVs are generated and matched with requests received from electrical power generating entities for ancillary service electrical power. Associated with the matches, ancillary power is transferred from batteries of one or more EV batteries to the power grid and, based on received transaction parameters, transaction payment is made.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for real-time aggregating of electrical vehicle (EVs) energy capacity for real-time auctioning of ancillary services, comprising:

receiving a set-up data identifying each of a plurality of participating EVs;

aggregating, using a processor, in real time, EV energy capacity data from each of the plurality of participating EVs;

generating, based on the EV energy capacity data, an aggregated ancillary services offer;

communicating the aggregated ancillary services offer to an auction entity;

testing whether an operability of a real-time communications link from an aggregator entity to one of the participating EVs fails to meet a given criterion; and

if a result of the testing indicates the real-time communication link fails to meet the given criterion, enabling the charging of the participating EV at a default rate.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein aggregating, in real time, includes communicating the EV energy capacity data from at least one of the plurality of participating EVs over a real-time wireless link.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the real-time wireless link is a wireless cellular communication link.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

aggregating, in real time, EV energy demand data from each of the plurality of the participating EVs; and

generating and communicating to the auction entity, based on a result of the aggregating, at least one aggregated EV energy demand.

5. The method of claim 4, the method further comprising receiving from the auction entity an aggregator ancillary services control command indicating a matching of the aggregated ancillary services offer with an ancillary services requirement.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein at least one participating EV is identified as associated with the aggregated ancillary services offer indicated as matching the ancillary services requirement.

7. The method of claim 6, the method further comprising sending, to an EV support equipment (EVSE) associated with each of the at least one participating EVs, an EVSE ancillary services control command, the EVSE ancillary services control command indicating a control of the EVSE for delivering a power from a storage battery of the associated participating EV to a power grid.

8. The method of claim 7, the method further comprising receiving, from at least one of the at least one participating EVs and the EV support equipment (EVSE) associated with each of the at least one participating EVs, an EV verification information corresponding to the EVSE ancillary services control command.

9. The method of claim 8, the method further comprising sending to the auction entity an aggregated verification information based, at least in part, on the EV verification information.

10. The method of claim 9, the method further comprising settling a transaction payment to the at least one of the participating EVs identified as associated with the aggregated ancillary services offer indicated as matching the ancillary services requirement.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein settling the transaction payment is conditional on receiving the EV verification information from the at least one of the participating EVs.

12. The method of claim 4, the method further comprising:

receiving, from the auction entity, an EV charging enablement data associated with an aggregated EV energy demand among the communicated aggregated EV energy demands and a matching EV charging service offer indicating an offering power generator; and

controlling, based on the received EV charging enablement data, a charging of at least one of the participating EVs.

13. The method of claim 4, wherein the EV energy capacity data indicates a kilowatt power delivery capacity of the participating EV, and wherein the generating and communicating to the auction entity of at least one aggregated ancillary services offer is further based, at least in part, on the kilowatt power delivery capacity of the participating EVs associated with said aggregated ancillary services offer.

14. The method of claim 4, wherein the EV energy capacity data from at least one of the participating EVs includes a geographic location identifier indicating a geographic location of the participating EV, and wherein the generating and communicating to the auction entity at least one aggregated ancillary services offer is further based, at least in part, on the geographic location identifier of the participating EVs associated with said aggregated ancillary services offer.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein generating and communicating the aggregated ancillary services offer based at least in part on EV geographic location identifier from at least one of the participating EVs comprises:

calculating a virtual location based on the EV location data; and

including the virtual location with the aggregated ancillary services offer.

16. The method of claim 15, the method further comprising receiving from the auction entity an aggregator ancillary services control command indicating a matching of the aggregated ancillary services offer with an ancillary services requirement.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein at least one participating EV is identified as associated with the aggregated ancillary services offer indicated as matching the ancillary services requirement.

18. The method of claim 17, the method further comprising sending, to an EV support equipment (EVSE) associated with each of the at least one participating EVs, an EVSE ancillary services control command, the EVSE ancillary services control command indicating a control of the EVSE for delivering a power from a storage battery of the associated participating EV to a power grid.

19. The method of claim 18, the method further comprising receiving, from at least one of the at least one participating EVs and the EV support equipment (EVSE) associated with each of the at least one participating EVs, an EV verification information corresponding to the EVSE ancillary services control command.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the real-time communications link is a wireless communications link.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein enabling the charging of the participating EV at the default rate includes communicating an indication to the participating EV of a default rate offer, over a secondary communication channel.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the secondary communication channel is a text-messaging channel of a wireless cellular network.

23. The method of claim 1 wherein the EV energy capacity data indicates a kilowatt power delivery capacity of the participating EV, and wherein the generating and communicating to the auction entity of at least one aggregated ancillary services offer is further based, at least in part, on the kilowatt power delivery capacity of the participating EVs associated with said aggregated ancillary services offer.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the EV energy capacity data from at least one of the participating EVs includes a geographic location identifier indicating a geographic location of the participating EV, and wherein the generating and communicating to the auction entity at least one aggregated ancillary services offer is further based, at least in part, on the geographic location identifier of the participating EVs associated with said aggregated ancillary services offer.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein generating and communicating the aggregated ancillary services offer based at least in part on EV geographic location identifier from at least one of the participating EVs comprises:

calculating a virtual location based on the EV location data; and

including the virtual location with the aggregated ancillary services offer.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the criterion is a ping test.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein the criterion is a threshold round-trip time.

28. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining an optimal real-time communications link, from a plurality of available real-time communications links, for use in communicating from the aggregator entity to one of the participating EVs.

29. A computer implemented method for real-time aggregating of electrical vehicles (EVs) charging, comprising:

aggregating, using a processor, in real time, EV energy demand data from each of a plurality of the EVs;

generating and communicating to an auction entity, based on a result of the aggregating, at least one aggregated EV energy demand;

testing whether an operability of a real-time communications link from an aggregator entity to one of the EVs fails to meet a given criterion; and

if a result of the testing indicates the real-time communication link fails to meet the given criterion, enabling the charging of the EV at a default rate.

30. The method of claim 29, the method further comprising:

receiving, from the auction entity, an EV charging enablement data associated with an aggregated EV energy demand among the communicated aggregated EV energy demands and a matching EV charging service offer indicating an offering power generator; and

controlling, based on the received EV charging enablement data, a charging of at least one of the EVs.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein aggregating, in real time, includes communicating EV energy demand data from at least one of the plurality of EVs over a real-time wireless link.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the real-time wireless link is a wireless cellular communication link.

33. The method of claim 29, wherein the real-time communications link is a wireless communications link.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein enabling the charging of the EV at the default rate includes communicating an indication to the EV of a default rate offer, over a secondary communication channel.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the secondary communication channel is a text-messaging channel associated with the real-time wireless cellular communication link.

36. The method of claim 29, wherein the criterion is a ping test.

37. The method of claim 29, wherein the criterion is a threshold round-trip time.

38. The method of claim 29, the method further comprising:

determining an optimal real-time communications link, from a plurality of available real-time communications links, for use in communicating from the aggregator entity to one of the participating EVs.

69. The computer program product of claim 38, the instructions further comprising:

instructions to receive from the auction entity an aggregator ancillary services control command indicating a matching of an aggregated ancillary services offer with an ancillary services requirement;

instructions to identify at least one participating EV as associated with the aggregated ancillary services offer indicated as matching the ancillary services requirement; and

instructions to send, to an EV support equipment (EVSE) associated with each of the at least one participating EVs, an EVSE ancillary services control command, the EVSE ancillary services control command indicating a control of the EVSE for delivering a power from a storage battery of the associated participating EV to a power grid.

39. An aggregator for real-time aggregating of electrical vehicle (EVs) energy capacity for real-time auctioning of ancillary services, comprising:

means for receiving a set-up data identifying each of a plurality of participating EVs;

means for aggregating, in real-time, EV energy capacity data from each of the plurality of participating EVs;

means for generating, based on the EV energy capacity data, an aggregated ancillary services offer;

means for communicating the aggregated ancillary services offer to an auction entity;

means for testing whether an operability of a real-time communications link from an aggregator entity to one of the participating EVs fails to meet a given criterion; and

means for enabling, if a result of the testing indicates the real-time communication link fails to meet the given criterion, a charging of the participating EV at a default rate.

40. The aggregator of claim 39, wherein aggregating, in real time, includes communicating EV energy capacity data from at least one of the plurality of participating EVs over a real-time wireless link.

41. The aggregator of claim 39, the aggregator further comprising:

means for receiving from the auction entity an aggregator ancillary services control command indicating a matching of the aggregated ancillary services offer with an ancillary services requirement;

means for identifying at least one participating EV as associated with the aggregated ancillary services offer indicated as matching the ancillary services requirement; and

means for sending, to an EV support equipment (EVSE) associated with each of the at least one participating EVs, an EVSE ancillary services control command, the EVSE ancillary services control command indicating a control of the EVSE for delivering a power from a storage battery of the associated participating EV to a power grid.

42. The aggregator claim 41, wherein the EV energy capacity data from at least one of the participating EVs includes a geographic location identifier indicating a geographic location of the participating EV, and wherein the generating and communicating to the auction entity at least one aggregated ancillary services offer is further based, at least in part on the geographic location identifier of the participating EVs associated with said aggregated ancillary services offer.

43. The aggregator of claim 42, wherein generating and communicating the aggregate ancillary services offer based at least in part on the EV location data from at least one of the EVs comprises:

calculating a virtual location based on the EV location data; and

including the virtual location with the aggregated ancillary services offer.

44. The aggregator of claim 39, the aggregator further comprising:

means for aggregating, in real time, EV energy demand data from each of the plurality of the participating EVs; and

means for generating and communicating to the auction entity, based on a result of the aggregating, at least one aggregated EV energy demand.

45. The aggregator of claim 44, the aggregator further comprising:

means for receiving, from the auction entity, an EV charging enablement data associated with an aggregated EV energy demand among the communicated aggregated EV energy demands and a matching EV charging service offer indicating an offering power generator; and

means for controlling, based on the received EV charging enablement data, a charging of at least one of the participating EVs.

46. The aggregator of claim 44, the aggregator further comprising means for sending, to an EV support equipment (EVSE) associated with each of the at least one participating EVs, an EVSE ancillary services control command, the EVSE ancillary services control command indicating a control of the EVSE for delivering a power from a storage battery of the associated participating EV to a power grid.

47. The aggregator of claim 46, the aggregator further comprising means for receiving, from at least one of the at least one participating EVs and an EV support equipment (EVSE) associated with each of the at least one participating EVs, an EV verification information corresponding to the EVSE ancillary services control command.

48. The aggregator of claim 39, wherein the real-time communications link is a wireless communications link.

49. The aggregator of claim 48, wherein enabling the charging of the participating EV at the default rate includes communicating an indication to the participating EV of a default rate offer, over a secondary communication channel.

50. The aggregator of claim 49, wherein communicating the indication over the secondary communication channel includes communicating over a text-messaging channel of a wireless cellular network.

51. The aggregator of claim 39, wherein the EV energy capacity information indicates a kilowatt power delivery capacity of the participating EV, and wherein the generating and communicating to the auction entity of at least one aggregated ancillary services offer is further based, at least in part, on the kilowatt power delivery capacity of the participating EVs associated with said aggregated ancillary services offer.

52. The aggregator of claim 39, wherein the EV energy capacity data from at least one of the participating EVs includes a geographic location identifier indicating a geographic location of the participating EV, and wherein the generating and communicating to the auction entity at least one aggregated ancillary services offer is further based, at least in part, on the geographic location identifier of the participating EVs associated with said aggregated ancillary services offer.

53. The aggregator of claim 52, wherein the means for generating and communicating the aggregate ancillary services offer based at least in part on the EV location data from at least one of the EVs comprises:

means for calculating a virtual location based on the EV location data; and

means for including the virtual location with the aggregated ancillary services offer.

54. The aggregator of claim 39, wherein the criterion is a ping test.

55. The aggregator of claim 39, wherein the criterion is a threshold round-trip time.

56. The aggregator of claim 39, the aggregator further comprising:

means for determining an optimal real-time communications link, from a plurality of available real-time communications links, for use in communicating from the aggregator entity to one of the participating EVs.

57. An aggregator for real-time aggregating of electrical vehicles (EVs) charging, comprising:

means for aggregating, in real time, EV energy demand data from each of a plurality of the EVs;

means for generating and communicating to the auction entity, based on a result of the aggregating, at least one aggregated EV energy demand;

means for testing whether an operability of a real-time communications link from an aggregator entity to one of the EVs fails to meet a given criterion; and

means for enabling, if a result of the testing indicates the real-time communication link fails to meet the given criterion, a charging of the EV at a default rate.

58. The aggregator of claim 57, the aggregator further comprising:

means for receiving, from the auction entity, an EV charging enablement data associated with an aggregated EV energy demand among the communicated aggregated EV energy demands and a matching EV charging service offer indicating an offering power generator; and

controlling, based on the received EV charging enablement data, a charging of at least one of the EVs.

59. The aggregator of claim 57, wherein the real-time communications link is a wireless communications link.

60. The aggregator of claim 59, wherein enabling the charging of the EV at the default rate includes communicating an indication to the EV of a default rate offer, over a secondary communication channel.

61. The aggregator of claim 59, wherein communicating the indication to the EV of a default rate offer the secondary communication channel includes communicating a on a text-messaging channel of a wireless cellular network.

62. The aggregator of claim 57, wherein aggregating, in real time, includes communicating EV energy demand data from at least one of the plurality of EVs over a real-time wireless link.

63. The aggregator of claim 57, wherein the criterion is a ping test.

64. The aggregator of claim 57, wherein the criterion is a threshold round-trip time.

65. The aggregator of claim 57, the aggregator further comprising:

means for determining an optimal real-time communications link, from a plurality of available real-time communications links, for use in communicating from the aggregator entity to one of the participating EVs.

66. A computer program product, having a non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium comprising a set of computer instructions that upon execution would cause an associated processor to perform a real-time aggregating of electrical vehicle (EVs) energy capacity for real-time auctioning of ancillary services, the computer instructions comprising:

instructions to receive a set-up data identifying each of a plurality of participating EVs;

instructions to aggregate, in real time, EV energy capacity data from each of a plurality of participating EVs;

instructions to generate, based on the EV energy capacity data, an aggregated ancillary services offer;

instructions to communicate the aggregated ancillary services offer to an auction entity;

instructions to test whether an operability of a real-time communications link from an aggregator entity to one of the participating EVs fails to meet a given criterion; and

instructions to enable, if a result of the testing indicates the real-time communication link fails to meet the given criterion, a charging of the participating EV at a default rate.

67. The computer program product of claim 66, wherein the instructions to aggregate, in real time, include instructions to communicate EV energy capacity data from at least one of the plurality of participating EVs over a real-time wireless link.

68. The computer program product of claim 67, the instructions further comprising:

instructions to aggregate, in real time, EV energy demand data from each of a plurality of the participating EVs; and

instructions to generate and communicate to the auction entity, based on a result of the aggregating, at least one aggregated EV energy demand.

70. The computer program product of claim 68, the instructions further comprising:

instructions to receive, from the auction entity, an EV charging enablement data associated with an aggregated EV energy demand among the communicated aggregated EV energy demands and a matching EV charging service offer indicating an offering power generator; and

instructions to control, based on the received EV charging enablement data, a charging of at least one of the participating EVs.

71. The computer program product of claim 68, wherein the EV energy capacity data from at least one of the participating EVs includes a geographic location identifier indicating a geographic location of the participating EV, and wherein the generating and communicating to the auction entity at least one aggregated ancillary services offer is further based, at least in part on the geographic location identifier of the participating EVs associated with said aggregated ancillary services offer.

72. The computer program product of claim 71, wherein generating and communicating the aggregate ancillary services offer based at least in part on the EV location data from at least one of the EVs comprises:

calculating a virtual location based on the EV location data; and

including the virtual location with the aggregated ancillary services offer.

73. The computer program product of claim 72, the instructions further comprising instructions to receive from the auction entity an aggregator ancillary services control command indicating a matching of an aggregated ancillary services offer with an ancillary services requirement.

74. The computer program product of claim 73, the instructions further comprising:

instructions to identify at least one participating EV as associated with the aggregated ancillary services offer indicated as matching the ancillary services requirement; and

instructions to send, to an EV support equipment (EVSE) associated with each of the at least one participating EVs, an EVSE ancillary services control command, the EVSE ancillary services control command indicating a control of the EVSE for delivering a power from a storage battery of the associated participating EV to a power grid.

75. The computer program product of claim 73, the instructions further comprising

instructions to receive, from at least one of the at least one participating EVs and an EV support equipment (EVSE) associated with each of the at least one participating EVs, an EV verification information corresponding to the EVSE ancillary services control command.

76. The computer program product of claim 75, wherein settling the transaction payment is conditioned on receiving an EV verification information from the at least one of the participating EVs.

77. The computer program product of claim 66, wherein the real-time communications link is a wireless communications link.

78. The computer program product of claim 77, wherein enabling the charging of the participating EV at the default rate includes communicating an indication to the participating EV of a default rate offer, over a secondary communication channel.

79. The computer program product of claim 78, wherein communicating the indication over the secondary communication channel includes communicating over a text-messaging channel of a wireless cellular network.

80. The computer program product of claim 66, wherein the EV energy capacity information indicates a kilowatt power delivery capacity of the participating EV, and wherein the generating and communicating to the auction entity of at least one aggregated ancillary services offer is further based, at least in part, on the kilowatt power delivery capacity of the participating EVs associated with said aggregated ancillary services offer.

81. The computer program product of claim 66, wherein the EV energy capacity data from at least one of the participating EVs includes a geographic location identifier indicating a geographic location of the participating EV, and wherein the generating and communicating to the auction entity at least one aggregated ancillary services offer is further based, at least in part, on the geographic location identifier of the participating EVs associated with said aggregated ancillary services offer.

82. The computer program product of claim 81, wherein the instructions to generate and communicate the aggregate ancillary services offer based at least in part on the EV location data from at least one of the EVs comprise:

instructions to calculate a virtual location based on the EV location data; and

instructions to include the virtual location with the aggregated ancillary services offer.

83. The computer program product of claim 66, wherein the criterion is a ping test.

84. The computer program product of claim 66, wherein the criterion is a threshold round-trip time.

85. The computer program product of claim 66, the instructions further comprising:

instructions to determine an optimal real-time communications link, from a plurality of available real-time communications links, for use in communicating from the aggregator entity to one of the participating EVs.

86. A computer program product, having a non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium comprising a set of computer instructions that upon execution would cause an associated processor to perform a real-time aggregating of electrical vehicle (EVs) energy capacity for real-time auctioning of ancillary services, the computer instructions comprising:

instructions to aggregate, in real time, EV energy demand data from each of a plurality of the EVs;

instructions to generate and communicate to the auction entity, based on a result of the aggregating, at least one aggregated EV energy demand;

instructions to test whether an operability of a real-time communications link from an aggregator entity to one of the EVs fails to meet a given criterion; and

instructions to enable, if a result of the testing indicates the real-time communication link fails to meet the given criterion, a charging of the EV at a default rate.

87. The computer program product of claim 86, the instructions further comprising:

instructions to receive, from the auction entity, an EV charging enablement data associated with an aggregated EV energy demand among the communicated aggregated EV energy demands and a matching EV charging service offer indicating an offering power generator; and

instructions to control, based on the received EV charging enablement data, a charging of at least one of the EVs.

88. The computer program product of claim 87, wherein the instructions to aggregate, in real time, include instructions to communicate EV energy demand data from at least one of the plurality of EVs over a real-time wireless link.

89. The computer program product of claim 86, wherein the real-time wireless link is a wireless cellular communication link.

90. The computer program product of claim 89, wherein the instructions to enable the charging of the EV at the default rate include instructions to communicate an indication to the EV of a default rate offer, over a secondary communication channel.

91. The computer program product of claim 90, the instructions to communicate the indication to the EV of a default rate offer over the secondary communication channel include instructions to communicate over a text-messaging channel of a wireless cellular network.

92. The computer program product of claim 86, wherein the criterion is a ping test.

93. The computer program product of claim 86, wherein the criterion is a threshold round-trip time.

94. The computer program product of claim 86, the instructions further comprising:

instructions to determine an optimal real-time communications link, from a plurality of available real-time communications links, for use in communicating from the aggregator entity to one of the participating EVs.