Methods and systems for distributing electricity to multiple loads based on a scheduler and ammeter measurements
AssigneePismo Labs Technology Limited
InventorsAlex Wing Hong Chan, Ming Pui Chong, King Shan Lam, Chi Leong Kwok
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Abstract
The present invention discloses methods and systems for scheduling and distributing power for electric vehicle chargers, through enabling and disabling a plurality of relays at a system. One of the criteria to allow an authenticated user to use an electric vehicle charger is whether there is enough electricity capacity. When the user is allowed to use a scheduled electric vehicle charger, its location is then sent to the user. Alert messages can be generated if charging does not begin within a first time limit and the cancellation of a reservation will take place if the second time limit is reached.
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A method for scheduling electricity supply to a plurality of electric vehicle (EV) chargers, comprising:
- a. authenticating a user through an authentication server;
- b. when there is not enough electricity capacity to allow all EV chargers in the plurality of EV chargers to charge a plurality of electric vehicles simultaneously, determining whether to allow an EV charger in the plurality of EV chargers to be a scheduled EV charger for charging an EV associated with the user by enabling a relay based on an amount of electricity available to all EV chargers in the plurality of EV chargers;
- and
- c. when the user is authenticated and there is enough electricity capacity to allow the EV charger to charge the EV of the user:
- i. determining a location of the EV charger and making a reservation of the EV charger for the user;
- ii. informing the user of the location of the EV charger;
- iii. when charging has not commenced at the EV charger within a first time limit, sending an alert to the user;
- iv. after the sending the alert to the user, when charging has still not commenced at the EV charger within a second time limit, canceling the reservation;
- v. when charging has commenced and is about to be completed, sending an about-completion-message to the user;
- and
- vi. reporting an amount of electricity used after completion;
- wherein:
- the EV charger is coupled to or connected to the relay;
- and
- when the relay is disabled, the EV charger is not capable of charging the EV associated with the user.
A system for scheduling electricity supply at a time scheduler to a plurality of electric vehicle (EV) chargers, comprising:
- a network interface;
- a processing unit coupled to the network interface;
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium coupled to the processing unit and storing program instructions configured to cause the processing unit to perform the steps of:
- a. authenticating a user through an authentication server;
- b. when there is not enough electricity capacity to allow all EV chargers in the plurality of EV chargers to charge a plurality of electric vehicles simultaneously, determining whether to allow an EV charger in the plurality of EV chargers to be a scheduled EV charger for charging an EV associated with the user based on an amount of electricity available to all EV charges in the plurality of EV chargers;
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- c. when the user is authenticated and there is enough electricity capacity to allow the EV charger to charge the EV of the user:
- i. determining a location of the EV charger and making a reservation of the first EV charger for the user;
- ii. informing the user of the location of the EV charger;
- iii. when charging has not commenced at the EV charger within a first time limit, sending an alert to the user;
- iv. after the sending the alert to the user, when the charging has still not commenced at the EV charger within a second time limit, canceling the reservation;
- v. when the charging has commenced and is about to be completed, sending an about-completion-message to the user;
- and
- vi. reporting an amount of electricity used after completion;
- wherein:
- the EV charger is coupled to the relay;
- and
- when the relay is disabled, the EV charger is not capable of charging the EV associated with the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.