Systems and methods of modifying idle thresholds for charging electric vehicles
AssigneeVolta Charging, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Kinsey, Alexandra Prodaniuk Carpenter
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Abstract
A method for charging an electric vehicle is performed at an electric vehicle charging station. The method includes determining that, a vehicle is occupying a bay of an electric vehicle charging station. The method further includes, identifying a user associated with the vehicle; allotting a charging parameter threshold for charging the vehicle and determining that the user is located within a predefined geographic area. The method includes, when the user is located within the predefined geographic area, increasing the charging parameter threshold from a first charging parameter threshold value to a second charging parameter threshold value.
Claims13
A method, comprising:
- determining that a vehicle is occupying a bay of an electric vehicle charging station (EVCS);
- identifying a user associated with the vehicle;
- allotting a predefined time threshold during which the vehicle is allowed to occupy the bay of the EVCS;
- during the predefined time during which the vehicle is allowed to occupy the bay of the EVCS, charging, by the EVCS, the vehicle;
- determining whether a device associated with the user has detected a signal from a BLE beacon that is located within a predefined geographic area;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the device associated with the user has detected a signal from a BLE beacon that is located within the predefined geographic area, increasing the predefined time threshold from a first predefined time threshold value to a second predefined time threshold value;
- and
- transmitting, to the user, an alert indicating that the predefined time threshold has increased.
A system for charging a vehicle at an electric vehicle charging station, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- memory storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are configured for execution by the one or more processors and include instructions for:
- determining that a vehicle is occupying a bay of an electric vehicle charging station (EVCS);
- identifying a user associated with the vehicle;
- allotting a predefined time threshold during which the vehicle is allowed to occupy the bay of the EVCS;
- during the predefined time during which the vehicle is allowed to occupy the bay of the EVCS, charging, by the EVCS, the vehicle;
- determining whether a device associated with the user has detected a signal from a BLE beacon that is located within a predefined geographic area;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the device associated with the user has detected a signal from a BLE beacon that is located within the predefined geographic area, increasing the predefined time threshold from a first predefined time threshold value to a second predefined time threshold value;
- and
- transmitting, to the user, an alert indicating that the predefined time threshold has increased.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed by a system that includes one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a set of operations, comprising:
- determining that a vehicle is occupying a bay of an electric vehicle charging station (EVCS);
- identifying a user associated with the vehicle;
- allotting a predefined time threshold during which the vehicle is allowed to occupy the bay of the EVCS;
- during the predefined time during which the vehicle is allowed to occupy the bay of the EVCS, charging, by the EVCS, the vehicle;
- determining whether a device associated with the user has detected a signal from a BLE beacon that is located within a predefined geographic area;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the device associated with the user has detected a signal from a BLE beacon that is located within the predefined geographic area, increasing the predefined time threshold from a first predefined time threshold value to a second predefined time threshold value;
- and
- transmitting, to the user, an alert indicating that the predefined time threshold has increased.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.