Charging systems for use with electric vehicles and methods of monitoring same
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring operation of an electric vehicle charging station, said system comprising:
- a battery charger configured to couple to a device for supplying current to the device;
a current sensor coupled to said battery charger for measuring current supplied from said battery charger to the device, said current sensor configured to generate a measured current profile based on the measured current supplied to the device; and
a processor coupled to said current sensor, said processor configured to;
receive the measured current profile transmitted from said current sensor;
compare the measured current profile to at least one known current profile to monitor operation of the charging station; and
determine whether the device is at least one of an unauthorized device and a malfunctioning device based on the result of the comparison.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring operation of an electric vehicle charging station is provided. The system includes a battery charger configured to couple to a device for supplying current to the device, a current sensor coupled to the battery charger for measuring current supplied from the battery charger to the device, the current sensor configured to generate a measured current profile based on the measured current supplied to the device, and a processor coupled to the current sensor. The processor is configured to receive the measured current profile transmitted from the current sensor, and compare the measured current profile to at least one known current profile to monitor operation of the charging station.
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1. A system for monitoring operation of an electric vehicle charging station, said system comprising:
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a battery charger configured to couple to a device for supplying current to the device; a current sensor coupled to said battery charger for measuring current supplied from said battery charger to the device, said current sensor configured to generate a measured current profile based on the measured current supplied to the device; and a processor coupled to said current sensor, said processor configured to; receive the measured current profile transmitted from said current sensor; compare the measured current profile to at least one known current profile to monitor operation of the charging station; and determine whether the device is at least one of an unauthorized device and a malfunctioning device based on the result of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electric vehicle charging station comprising:
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a connector configured to couple to a device; a battery charger configured to supply current the device via said connector a current sensor coupled to said battery charger for measuring current supplied from said battery charger to the device, said current sensor configured to generate a measured current profile based on the measured current supplied, to the device; and a processor coupled to said current sensor, said processor configured to; receive the measured current profile transmitted from said current sensor; compare the measured current profile to at least one known current profile to monitor operation of said charging station, and determine whether the device is at least one of an unauthorized vehicle, a non-vehicular device, and a malfunctioning device based on the results of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for monitoring operation of an electric vehicle charging station, said method comprising:
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supplying current to a device using a battery charger; measuring the current supplied to the device; generating a measured current profile based on the measured current supplied to the device; transmitting the measured current profile to a processor; comparing, using the processor, the measured current profile to at least one known current profile; monitoring operation of the charging station based on the comparison of the measured current profile to the at least one known current profile; and determining, using the processor, whether the device is at least one of unauthorized and malfunctioning based on the results of the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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