# US 10,872,361 B2 · Methods and apparatuses for charging of electric vehicles

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- Number: US 10,872,361 B2
- Document ID: US10872361B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/277,925
- Filed: 2019-02-15
- Published: 2019-06-13
- Granted: 2020-12-22
- Earliest claimed: 2011-10-19
- Assignees: Zeco Systems Pte Ltd.
- Applicants: Zeco Systems Pte Ltd.
- Inventors: Lin-Zhuang Khoo; Ron Mahabir; Terence Siew; Renaldo Noma; Neeraj Jhanji
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10872361B2

## CPC

- G06Q 30/0283: Price estimation or determination
- B60L 53/14: Conductive energy transfer
- B60L 53/305: {Communication interfaces}
- B60L 53/31: Charging columns specially adapted for electric vehicles
- B60L 53/63: in response to network capacity
- B60L 53/64: Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates
- B60L 53/65: involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
- B60L 53/66: Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles
- B60L 53/665: {Methods related to measuring, billing or payment}
- B60L 53/67: Controlling two or more charging stations
- B60L 53/68: Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control
- G01C 21/3476: {using point of interest [POI] information, e.g. a route passing visible POIs}
- G01C 21/3492: {employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical (traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968)}
- G06F 1/26: Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof (for memories G11C)
- G06Q 10/02: Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
- G06Q 10/1093: Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
- G06Q 20/102: {Bill distribution or payments}
- G06Q 20/24: Credit schemes, i.e. "pay after"
- G06Q 20/409: {Device specific authentication in transaction processing}
- G06Q 30/0206: {Price or cost determination based on market factors}
- G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply
- G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083)
- G07F 15/005: {dispensed for the electrical charging of vehicles (electrical charging as such, B60L50/00)}
- G08G 1/144: {on portable or mobile units, e.g. personal digital assistant [PDA]}
- H01M 10/44: Methods for charging or discharging (circuits for charging H02J7/00)
- H02J 7/50: acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially
- H04L 25/20: Repeater circuits; Relay circuits
- H04L 63/10: {for controlling access to devices or network resources}
- H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46)
- H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information
- H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds}
- H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
- B60L 2240/12: Speed
- B60L 2240/545: Temperature
- B60L 2240/622: by satellite navigation
- B60L 2240/72: Charging station selection relying on external data
- B60L 2260/52: drive range estimation, e.g. of estimation of available travel distance
- B60L 2260/54: Energy consumption estimation
- B60L 2260/58: Departure time prediction
- B60L 2270/32: of electricity
- H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
- H02J 3/322: {the battery being on-board an electric or hybrid vehicle, e.g. vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G], power aggregation, use of the battery for network load balancing, coordinated or cooperative battery charging}
- H02J 7/42: with electronic devices having internal batteries, e.g. mobile phones
- H02J 2105/37: exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV]
- Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks
- Y02E 60/00: Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
- Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
- Y02T 10/72: Electric energy management in electromobility
- Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations
- Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles
- Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
- 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]
- 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]
- Y04S 30/14: Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
- Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS

## Abstract

A system for controlling a charging of an electric vehicle, wherein a charging at one electric vehicle charging station affect a charging at another electric vehicle charging station is disclosed. The system includes: an electric power grid, a first electric vehicle charging station connected to the electric power grid, and a second electric vehicle charging station connected to the electric power grid, wherein the first electric vehicle charging station facilitates a charge transfer for an electric vehicle at the second electric vehicle charging station using a mobile device. The mobile device relays communication from the electric vehicle charging stations to the cloud server. The charge transfer request received at the cloud server is authorized using identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device. The charge transfer at the first electric vehicle charging station is adjusted based on a charging level at the second electric vehicle charging station.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for controlling a charging of an electric vehicle, wherein a charging at one electric vehicle charging station affect a charging at another electric vehicle charging station, the system comprising:
a first electric vehicle charging station connected to an electric power grid;
a second electric vehicle charging station connected to the electric power grid; and
a mobile device disposed between the electric vehicle charging stations and a cloud server, wherein the mobile device relays communication from the electric vehicle charging stations to the cloud server, wherein the charge transfer request relayed from the mobile device includes identification information and credit account information, wherein the mobile device includes a mobile application for communicating with the cloud server, the electric vehicle charging station, or both, and wherein the mobile application initiates communication with the cloud server;
wherein in response to a charging control signal being authorized using identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device, the charging control signal is received from the cloud server via the mobile device at the first electric vehicle charging station;
wherein the first electric vehicle charging station and the second electric vehicle charging station determine their charging transfers in relation to each other using received charging control signals.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device communicates with the first electric vehicle charging station via a wireless connection.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device communicates with the first electric vehicle charging station via a wired connection.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the charging control signal is adjusted based on a communication with a grid utility.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein a user interface on the mobile device provides charging information related to one or more of: a charge transfer, including a length of a time period until a user's charge transfer is complete, whether any complications occurred in a charging process, and a current cost of a charging transaction.

### Claim 6

A method for controlling a charging of an electric vehicle, wherein a charging at one electric vehicle charging station affect a charging at another electric vehicle charging station, the method comprising:
receiving, at a mobile device, a charge transfer request for an electric vehicle of a user directly from a first electric vehicle charging station, wherein a user of the mobile device is associated with the electric vehicle to be charged, wherein the first electric vehicle charging station is connected to an electric power grid, and the electric power grid is further connected to a second electric vehicle charging station;
sending, from the mobile device, a charge transfer request for the electric vehicle to the cloud server, wherein the charge transfer request from the mobile device includes identification information and credit account information, wherein the mobile device includes a mobile application for communicating with the cloud server, the electric vehicle charging station, or both, and wherein the mobile application initiates communication with the cloud server; and
in response to the charge transfer request being authorized using identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device, receiving a charging control signal from the cloud server via the mobile device at the first electric vehicle charging station that enables a charge transfer from the first electric vehicle charging station to the electric vehicle; and
wherein the first electric vehicle charging station and the second electric vehicle charging station determine their charging transfers in relation to each other using received charging control signals.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the mobile device communicates with the charging station via a wireless connection.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the mobile device communicates with the charging station via a wired connection.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the mobile device executes a mobile application for communicating with one or more of the cloud server, the charging station, and the electric vehicle.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein a message is sent from the first electric vehicle charging station to the cloud server.

### Claim 11 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the charging control signal is adjusted based on a communication with a grid utility.

### Claim 12

A method for controlling a charging of an electric vehicle, wherein a charging at one electric vehicle charging station affect a charging at another electric vehicle charging station, the method comprising:
sending, from a mobile device, a charge transfer request for an electric vehicle at a first electric vehicle charging station to a cloud server, wherein a user of the mobile device is associated with the electric vehicle to be charged, wherein the charge transfer request from the mobile device includes identification information and credit account information, wherein the first electric vehicle charging station is connected to an electric power grid, and the electric power grid is further connected to a second electric vehicle charging station, wherein the mobile device includes a mobile application for communicating with the cloud server, the electric vehicle charging station, or both, and wherein the mobile application initiates communication with the cloud server;
in response to the charge transfer request being authorized using identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device, receiving a charging control signal from the cloud server via the mobile device at the first electric vehicle charging station that enables a charge transfer from the first electric vehicle charging station to the electric vehicle; and
wherein the first electric vehicle charging station and the second electric vehicle charging station determine their charging transfers in relation to each other using received charging control signals.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the mobile device communicates with the charging station via a wireless connection.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the mobile device communicates with the charging station via a wired connection.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the mobile device is a cell phone.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the mobile device is a component of an electric vehicle.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the mobile device uses a telematics platform to communicate with the cloud server.

### Claim 18 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the mobile device executes a mobile application for communicating with one or more of the cloud server, the charging station, and the electric vehicle.

### Claim 19 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein a message is sent from the first electric vehicle charging station to the cloud server.

### Claim 20 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the charging control signal is adjusted based on a communication with a grid utility.

### Claim 21 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein a current for charging the electric vehicle is determined from the plurality of charging control signals from a plurality of electric vehicle charging stations.

### Claim 22 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the system, which includes a cloud server, a mobile device, and charging stations, aggregates data from an in-vehicle telematics platform to forecast an energy load.

### Claim 23 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the system includes a mesh network of electric vehicle charging stations or other charging agents that use logic to communicate, self-regulate, and optimize the local load on a microgrid.

### Claim 24 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the system includes electric vehicle charging stations in a network that adjust electrical loads to address a new electric vehicle connecting to and charging in the network.

### Claim 25 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the system includes charging electric vehicle stations in the network that adjust electrical loads to take into account one fewer load on the network when an electric vehicle disconnects from the network.

### Claim 26 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the system includes electric vehicle charging stations in the network that adjust electrical loads based on a forecasted demand of electricity use locally and at the grid level.