System for remotely managing electric vehicle

• US 9,100,420 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2011
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LSIS Co. Ltd. (LS Corporation)
• Inventors: Oh, Jung Hwan, Park, Jae Seong
• Primary Examiner(s): Khatib, Rami
• Assistant Examiner(s): Boomer, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US13/207,377
• Publication Number:
  US 20120059533A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,455 Days
• Field of Search: 701/2, 701/22, 320/109
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/30 including control of auxiliary equipment, e.g. air-conditioning compressors or oil pumps
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 21/00 Arrangements for measuring electric power or power factor G01R7/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• 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 90/16 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 30/12 Remote or cooperative charging
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

In a system for remotely managing an electric vehicle, a meter related to charge of the electric vehicle, installed in each parking lot, and a meter installed in each home communicate information related to the electric vehicle using a communication network constructed for the purpose of energy management. The meter in each home is linked with an in-home display (IHD) device installed in the home, and a user identifies and manages, in the home, information of the user'"'"'s own electric vehicle through the IHD device. The user remotely controls the electric vehicle in the parking lot through the IHD device. Accordingly, it is possible to considerably improve convenience in the use of the electric vehicle, in relation to information management or control of the electric vehicle.

Claims

1. A system for remotely managing an electric vehicle, the system comprising:

a first meter located remotely from the electric vehicle and configured to meter an amount of electric energy used to charge the electric vehicle and to receive data via communication with the electric vehicle;

a first repeater configured to receive information related to the electric vehicle from the first meter and to relay the received information;

a second repeater configured to relay the information related to the electric vehicle;

a second meter installed in a user'"'"'s home and configured to receive the information related to the electric vehicle from the second repeater;

a remote management server configured to receive the information related to the electric vehicle from the first repeater, to transfer the information to the second repeater through a communication network, and to store a correspondence relationship between vehicle identification information and second meter identification information for each of a plurality of electric vehicles; and

an in-home display (IHD) device configured to analyze and manage the information related to the electric vehicle that is received by the second meter and to transmit an electric vehicle control command to the electric vehicle sequentially via the second meter, the remote management server and the first meter, the control command input by a user via the IHD,

wherein the control command is related to at least starting/turning off the vehicle, opening/closing a window, turning a headlight on/off or adjustment of internal temperature, and

wherein the information related to the electric vehicle comprises at least a starting state, an open/closed state of a window or door, an on/off state of a headlight, a state of a burglar alarm or information input via a user input device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication network includes a wide area communication network.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the wide area communication network comprises at least a wireless local area network (WLAN), an Internet network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, a personal communication service (PCS) network, a personal handyphone service (PHS) network, a wireless broadband Internet (Wibro) network or a Power Line Communication (PLC) network.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the information related to the electric vehicle further comprises at least driving record information of the electric vehicle, component change information or video information photographed by a camera.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the information related to the electric vehicle further comprises video information photographed by a camera and driving record information detected by at least a navigation device; and

the IHD device is further configured to reproduce a driving path and video of the electric vehicle based on the driving record information and the video information and display the reproduced driving path and video on a screen.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first meter communicates with the first repeater and the second meter communicates with the second repeater via a near-field communication network.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the near-field communication network comprises at least a wireless local area network (WLAN), a power line communication (PLC) network, a Bluetooth™

network or a Zigbee™

network.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first repeater and second repeater communicate with the remote management server via a wide area communication network.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the wide area communication network comprises at least a wireless local area network (WLAN), an Internet network, a division multiple access (CDMA) network, a personal communication service (PCS) network, a personal handyphone service (PHS) network, a wireless broadband Internet (Wibro) network or a Power Line Communication (PLC) network.