System and method for transmitting and receiving a data when charging an electric vehicle

• US 9,161,104 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2012
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Park, Yun Joong
• Primary Examiner(s): Beaulieu, Y.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jos, Basil T
• Application Number:
  US13/567,332
• Publication Number:
  US 20130166136A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,163 Days
• Field of Search: 320/109
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/66 Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/46 Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2010/4278 Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0048 Detection of remaining charge capacity or state of charge [SOC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5412 by modofying wave form of the power source
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/547 via DC power distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/548 the power on the line being DC arrangements for feeding power H04L12/10; extracting feeding power from signals H04L25/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/30 using a wired architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/84 Measuring functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• 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

Abstract

A system and method for transmitting and receiving a data while charging a vehicle includes first module configured to calculate an expected charging time based on an instantaneous SOC value obtained through a CAN communication when charging the electrical vehicle is started and a second module that is configured to determine a size of transmittable or receivable data considering a transmission speed and based on information obtained through the expected charging time analysis module. Communication equipment enables data to be transmitted and received between the vehicle and a data center via power line communication. A first storage unit within the vehicle and a second data storage unit provided within the data center are configured to store telematics related data, and an output unit is configured to output information related to data determined by the second module.

Claims

1. A system for transmitting and receiving data when charging a vehicle, the system comprising:

a first module including an instantaneous state of charge (SOC) data storage unit and a processor configured to calculate an expected charging time based on the SOC value obtained through a controller area network (CAN) communication once charging the vehicle is started;

a second module including a second processor configured to determine a size of transmittable or receivable data considering a transmission speed, wherein the determination is based on information obtained through the first module;

communication equipment configured to transmit and receive data between the vehicle and a data center via a power line communication (PLC);

a first data storage unit provided within the vehicle and configured to store telematics related data;

a second data storage unit provided at the data center and configured to store the telematics related data; and

an output unit configured to output information related to data determined by the second module,

wherein the second module identifies a service list transmitted from the data center considering the transmission speed and based on charging time information analyzed by the first module.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first module comprises:

the SOC data storage unit configured to analyze and store received SOC data periodically transmitted from an engine control unit (ECU) within the vehicle through a CAN-High communication; and

the processor including;

a comparison operation unit configured to calculate a difference between a full charge amount and a current SOC amount; and

an expected charging time calculating unit configured to calculate the expected charging time according to a charging method.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the charging method is a higher speed charging or a lower speed charging.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein, when a list of a transmittable data is output to the output unit and a service item in the list is triggered by user manipulation, the second module transmits information about the selected service item to the data center through a communication apparatus.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the output unit recognizes the service item that is triggered by the user manipulation according to a touch method or a voice recognition method.

6. A method of transmitting and receiving data when charging a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving, by a first module including an instantaneous state of charge (SOC) data storage unit and a processor, an SOC value of a battery of the vehicle, the first module including the SOC data storage unit having memory that stores the SOC value received from the vehicle;

calculating, by the processor of the first module, an expected charging time based on the SOC value obtained through a controller area network (CAN) communication when the vehicle is plugged in to be charged;

recognizing, by the processor of the first module, a difference between a full charge amount and a current SOC amount and determining whether a high speed charging method or a low speed charging method is used by a charger to calculate the expected charging time;

determining, by a second module, a size of data that is transmittable or receivable within the expected charging time;

reading, by the second module including a second processor, corresponding data and data information among telematics related data of the vehicle in which the second module is stored to transmit the corresponding data and data information to a data center through communication equipment;

outputting, by an output unit, telematics data to a driver prior to transmitting the telematics data to the data center to allow the driver to confirm a type of a data to be transmitted to the data center; and

identifying, by the second module, a service list transmitted from the data center considering a transmission speed and based on charging time information analyzed by the first module.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein calculating the expected charging time comprises:

analyzing and storing, by the SOC data storage unit, received SOC data transmitted periodically from an engine control unit (ECU) of the vehicle through a CAN-High communication;

calculating, by a comparison operation unit, a difference between the full charge amount and the current SOC amount; and

calculating, by an expected charging time calculating unit, the expected charging time according to a charging method.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein, when a list of data that is transmittable to the output unit is outputted and a service in the list is triggered by user manipulation, the second module transmits information about the selected service to the data center through a communication apparatus.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the output unit recognizes a service item that is triggered by user manipulation according to a touch method or a voice recognition method.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a processor or controller, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that calculate an expected charging time based on an instantaneous state of charge (SOC) value obtained through a controller area network (CAN) communication when a vehicle is plugged in to be charged;

program instructions that recognize a difference between a full charge amount and a current SOC amount and determining whether a high speed charging method or a low speed charging method is used by a charger to calculate the expected charging time;

program instructions that determine a size of data that is transmittable or receivable within the expected charging time;

program instructions that read corresponding data and data information among telematics related data of the vehicle to transmit the corresponding data and data information to a data center through communication equipment;

program instructions that output telematics data to a driver prior to transmitting the telematics data to the data center to allow the driver to confirm a type of a data to be transmitted to the data center; and

program instructions that identify a service list transmitted from the data center considering a transmission speed and based on charging time information analyzed by the expected charging time analysis module.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 10, wherein the program instructions that calculate the expected charging time comprises:

program instructions that analyze and store received SOC data transmitted periodically from an ECU of the electrical vehicle through a CAN-High communication;

program instructions that calculate a difference between a full charge amount and a current SOC amount; and

program instructions that calculate the expected charging time according to a charging method.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 10, wherein, when a list of data that is transmittable is outputted and a service in the list is triggered by user manipulation, program instructions transmit information about the selected service to the data center through a communication apparatus.