Grid overlay for a zip coded map system and method therefor

• US 9,731,615 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2015
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: O Nguyen, Christine, Uyeki, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Deberadinis, Robert
• Application Number:
  US14/667,311
• Publication Number:
  US 20160280089A1
• Time in Patent Office: 875 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/67 Controlling two or more charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/68 Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control
• 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: B60L 58/12 responding to state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/28 Arrangements for balancing of the load in a network by storage of energy
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0013 acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially H02J7/1423 takes precedence
• 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 30/12 Remote or cooperative charging

Abstract

A system and method for managing a demand response (DR) event requests divides a geographic region into a plurality of units, wherein each unit is associated with a specific utility provider; issues a DR event request from the specific utility provider for at least one particular unit of the plurality of units; determines which of a plurality of vehicles are in the at least one particular unit; determines a subset of the plurality of vehicles that meet qualifying criteria of the DR event request; and sends a vehicle to grid (V2G) request to the subset of the plurality of vehicles to participate in the DR event request.

Claims

1. A method for managing a demand response (DR) event request comprising:

dividing a geographic region into a plurality of units, wherein each unit is associated with a specific utility provider;

issuing a DR event request from the specific utility provider for at least one particular unit of the plurality of units;

determining which of a plurality of vehicles are in the at least one particular unit;

determining a subset of the plurality of vehicles that meet qualifying criteria of the DR event request; and

sending a vehicle to grid (V2G) request to the subset of the plurality of vehicles to participate in the DR event request.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising recording each vehicle of the subset of the plurality of vehicles that participates in the V2G request.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising establishing the qualifying criteria for the DR event request, the qualifying criteria is established to reduce battery degradation of the plurality of vehicles.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of units are arrange in a grid, each unit of the plurality of units sharing at least one common border with an adjacent unit.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographical area is associated with a specific zip code boundary.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein each unit is a rectangular boundary indentified by a two sets of latitude and longitude points.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each unit is a geometric shape boundary indentified by multiple sets of latitude and longitude points.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the qualifying criteria comprises State of Charge (SOC) and at least one of:

number of discharge cycles, vehicle range based on a fully charged battery pack, or condition and degree of degradation of the battery pack.

9. A system for managing demand response (DR) event requests comprising:

a network configured for communication between one or more utility providers, a vehicle company, and a plurality of vehicles manufactured by the vehicle company;

at least one server with a database containing information for the plurality of vehicles, wherein the at least one server has a processor configured to access the database and to execute a set of program instructions causing the processor to;

divide a geographic region into a plurality of units, wherein each unit is associated with a specific utility provider;

issue a DR event request from the specific utility provider for a region defined by at least one particular unit of the plurality of units;

determine which of the plurality of vehicles are in the at least one particular unit;

determine a subset of the plurality of vehicles that meet qualifying criteria of the DR event request; and

send a vehicle to grid (V2G) request to the subset of the plurality of vehicles to participate in the DR event request.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the program instructions executed by the processor, causes the processor to record each vehicle of the subset of the plurality of vehicles that participates in the V2G request.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the program instructions executed by the processor, causes the processor to establish the qualifying criteria for the DR event request, the qualifying criteria is established to reduce battery degradation of the plurality of vehicles.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the geographical area is associated with a specific zip code boundary.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the plurality of units are arrange in a grid, each unit of the plurality of units sharing at least one common border with an adjacent unit.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein each unit is a geometric shape boundary indentified by at least two sets of latitude and longitude points.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the qualifying criteria comprises State of Charge (SOC) and at least one of:

number of discharge cycles, vehicle range based on a fully charged battery pack, or condition and degree of degradation of the battery pack.

16. A method for managing a demand response (DR) event request comprising:

dividing a geographic region having a plurality of utility providers into a plurality of units, each unit associated with a specific utility provider, the plurality of units arrange in a grid, wherein each unit of the plurality of units share at least one common border with an adjacent unit;

issuing a DR event request by a first of the plurality of utility providers, the DR event request designated for at least one particular unit of the plurality of units associated with the first of the plurality of utility providers;

determining which of a plurality of vehicles are in the at least one particular unit;

determining a subset of the plurality of vehicles that meet qualifying criteria of the DR event request, the qualifying criteria established to reduce battery degradation of the plurality of vehicles;

sending a vehicle to grid (V2G) request to the subset of the plurality of vehicles to participate in the DR event request; and

recording each vehicle of the subset of the plurality of vehicles that participates in the V2G request.

17. The method of claim 16, comprising calculating a total event load based on a battery state of charge (SOC) of each vehicle of the subset of the plurality of vehicles, the total event load indicating an amount of energy that may be delivered to the particular unit by the subset of the plurality of vehicles.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the geographical area is associated with a specific zip code boundary.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein each unit is a geometric shape boundary indentified by at least two sets of latitude and longitude points.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the qualifying criterion comprises state of charge (SOC) and at least one of:

number of discharge cycles, vehicle range based on a fully charged battery pack, or condition and degree of degradation of the battery pack.