Method for dynamic and forward management of the battery recharging with electric power

• US 9,550,430 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2014
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Parknplug Co.
• Original Assignee: Parknplug Co.
• Inventors: Toggenburger, Pascal
• Primary Examiner(s): PELTON, NATHANIEL R
• Application Number:
  US14/277,790
• Publication Number:
  US 20140340038A1
• Time in Patent Office: 985 Days
• Field of Search: 320/109, 700/291
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/80 Time limits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/58 Departure time prediction
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/302 Cooling of charging equipment
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0013 acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially H02J7/1423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0071 with a programmable schedule
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 Regulation of charging current or voltage
• 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 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• 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

Abstract

The method for dynamic and forward management of the recharging of batteries with electric power includes retrieving at least one data record relating to a previous recharging of each battery in the form of a recharging time extending from a time of beginning of the power supply to a time of ending of the power supply. The method also includes determining a forward duration of recharging of each battery from a forward time of beginning of power supply to a forward time of ending of the supply and determining a schedule for recharging while sequencing the forward times of recharging determined for each battery. The durations follow each other and overlap at least partially over time, while applying each forward duration to the recharging, from forward time of beginning of power supply to forward time of ending of power supply.

Claims

1. A method for dynamic and forward management of recharging of batteries with electric power, the method comprising the steps of:

associating a single power supply point with a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle being comprised of a rechargeable battery and a user;

electrically connecting each vehicle to said single power supply unit;

identifying each vehicle after the step of electrically connecting each vehicle,

wherein the step of identifying each vehicle comprises the steps of;

retrieving a data record of a previous recharging of a respective battery by said single power supply unit, said data record being comprised of a recharging time duration, a beginning time of said recharging time duration, and an ending time of said recharging time duration; and

confirming the vehicle, a respective battery, a respective user, and current charge status as confirmed data;

determining a forward duration, a forward beginning time of said forward duration, and a forward ending time of said forward duration for each vehicle based on recorded data of said single power supply unit and said confirmed data;

determining a schedule for each vehicle to recharge for a respective forward duration,

wherein the step of determining a schedule comprises the steps of;

sequencing forward durations of each battery, said forward durations following each other and overlapping at least partially over time;

applying each forward duration from each respective forward beginning time to each respective forward ending time, each forward beginning time having an actual time set by said schedule; and

recharging each vehicle according to a respective schedule at said single power supply unit.

2. The method for dynamic and forward management, according to claim 1, wherein the step of sequencing forward durations further comprises the steps of:

calculating electric power required for recharging each battery over a respective forward duration; and

setting respective actual times for each forward duration, wherein electric power of each forward duration corresponds to nominal power of said power supply unit over all forward durations.

3. The method for dynamic and forward management, according to claim 1, the method further comprising the steps of:

deactivating said single power supply unit, after a last forward ending time of a respective battery in said schedule and a pre-determined period of time.

4. The method for dynamic and forward management, according to claim 1, wherein the step of identifying further comprises the steps of:

authenticating said respective user with a unique identifier; and

confirming personal information of said respective user.