ELECTRIC BUS BATTERY EXCHANGE STATION

• US 20130192060A1
• Filed: 07/01/2012
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kookmin University, University-Industry Cooperation Foundation of Korea Aerospace University
• Original Assignee: Kookmin University, University-Industry Cooperation Foundation of Korea Aerospace University
• Inventors: Park, Jun Seok, Kim, Won-Kyu, Jung, Won-Jae
• Granted Patent: US 8,869,384 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 29/729
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/18 Buses
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/66 Arrangements of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/36 by positioning the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/37 using optical position determination, e.g. using cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/80 Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable 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
• 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 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/5313 Means to assemble electrical device
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53135 Storage cell or battery
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53278 Storage cell or battery

Abstract

Provided is an electric bus battery exchange station. The electric bus battery exchange station according to the present invention includes: an exchange station body having a battery exchange, wherein said battery exchange unit is projected out to be connected with a hole of; an imaging unit taking images of the electric bus moving toward said exchange station body; an entry process storing unit storing entry process information needed in order that the electric bus is positioned exactly below the battery exchange unit; an entry information output unit comparing an entry state of the electric bus obtained from images taken by said imaging unit with the entry information stored, and outputting entry information for modifying the entry state of the electric bus to make equal to said entry process information; and an entry information providing unit providing information outputted by said entry information output unit to the electric bus.

Claims

1. An electric bus battery exchange station, comprising:

an exchange station body having a battery exchange unit for removing a discharged battery and providing a charged battery, wherein said battery exchange unit is projected out to be connected with a hole of battery exchange disposed on top of an electric bus;

an imaging unit taking images of the electric bus moving toward said exchange station body in order to exchange discharged battery;

an entry process storing unit storing entry process information needed in order that the electric bus is positioned exactly below the battery exchange unit;

an entry information output unit comparing an entry state of the electric bus obtained from images taken by said imaging unit with the entry information stored at said entry process storing unit, and outputting entry information for modifying the entry state of the electric bus to make equal to said entry process information; and

an entry information providing unit providing information outputted by said entry information output unit to the electric bus.

2. The electric bus battery exchange station of claim 1, wherein said entry process information comprises at least one of information of entry route, entry direction and speed of each section.

3. The electric bus battery exchange station of claim 1, further comprises a reservation check unit confirming whether the electric bus has a reservation for battery exchange, and wherein said imaging unit takes images of the electric bus confirmed to have the reservation by said reservation check unit.

4. The electric bus battery exchange station of claim 1,

wherein said exchange station body comprises the plurality of battery exchange units, and further comprises an exchange position allocation unit selecting among said plural battery exchange units and allocating selected battery exchange unit to the electric bus as the position for exchanging the battery,

and wherein said entry information output unit outputs the entry information for positioning the electric bus below the selected battery exchange unit.