# US 2023/0410164 A1 · Electric vehicle charging system capable of integrated billing and collection of parking fees and electric vehicle charging fees, and integrated billing and collection method thereof

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- Number: US 2023/0410164 A1
- Document ID: US20230410164A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/897,129
- Filed: 2022-08-27
- Published: 2023-12-21
- Earliest claimed: 2022-06-17
- Assignees: Ecarplug Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Ecarplug Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Kwangseob SHIN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230410164A1

## CPC

- G06Q 30/04: Billing or invoicing
- B60L 53/65: involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
- B60L 53/665: {Methods related to measuring, billing or payment}
- B60L 53/68: Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control
- B60L 2250/16: by display
- G06Q 2240/00: Transportation facility access, e.g. fares, tolls or parking
- 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]
- 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
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

An electric vehicle charging system capable of billing and collecting a parking fee together when to bill an electric vehicle charging fee, and a parking fee collection method thereof are proposed. More particularly, there are provided an electric vehicle charging system capable of collection and billing of parking fees, and a parking fee billing method thereof, wherein while providing convenience to users, various additional services such as parking fee discounts may be provided by enabling the users to pay the parking fees together with electric vehicle charging fees when electric vehicles are charged in a paid parking lot, and also since chargers are not equipped with license plate recognition systems, the electric vehicle charging system has a low price and few breakdowns thereof.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A parking fee billing method using an electric vehicle charging system capable of collection and billing of parking fees, the method comprising:
confirming membership status or receiving a vehicle number of a non-member by information guidance when an electric vehicle accesses an electric vehicle charger including an electric vehicle charging service server;
displaying the vehicle number on a display device or outputting the vehicle number in a voice through a voice output device by retrieving the vehicle number from a database when the electric vehicle charging service server determines that an owner of the corresponding vehicle is a member; and
performing collective billing of a parking fee and an electric vehicle charging fee according to information of the member by retrieving the information of the member who manages the electric vehicle matching the vehicle number from the database and by receiving an entry time of the vehicle number from a parking control system after the electric vehicle charging service server completes charging of the electric vehicle.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the vehicle number on the display device or outputting of the vehicle number in the voice through the voice output device further comprises:
receiving, by the electric vehicle charging service server, confirmation of whether the vehicle number matches or not from the owner of the vehicle by outputting the vehicle number to the display device or the voice output device of the electric vehicle charger.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the confirming of the membership status further comprises:
determining, by the electric vehicle charging service server, the membership status on the basis of vehicle information corresponding to the confirmed vehicle number; and
performing, by the electric vehicle charging service server, a billing function on the basis of the membership status.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
providing, by the electric vehicle charging service server, a selection of whether to perform membership registration to the owner of the vehicle when the owner of the corresponding vehicle is determined to be the non-member in the confirmation of the membership status, and proceeding with a membership registration procedure when the owner of the corresponding vehicle selects the membership registration; and
performing the collective billing of the parking fee and the electric vehicle charging fee by requesting the parking fee of the corresponding vehicle to the parking control server connected to the electric vehicle charging service server through a network.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
operating the electric vehicle charging service server by generating a connection signal when the electric vehicle accesses the electric vehicle charger.

### Claim 6

An electric vehicle charging system capable of collection and billing of parking fees, the system comprising:
a member information acquisition and transmission part connected to a database for storing member information and configured to provide member confirmation information, which confirms whether an owner of an electric vehicle accessing an electric vehicle charger is a member or not, to an electric vehicle charging service server;
the electric vehicle charging service server configured to acquire a vehicle number from a member DB by confirming membership status through the member information acquisition and transmission part when the electric vehicle accesses; and
a parking fee and electric vehicle charging fee collective billing part configured to perform, after charging is completed, collective billing of a parking fee and an electric vehicle charging fee according to the member information of the member who manages the electric vehicle.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6, wherein the member information acquisition and transmission part operated in the electric vehicle charger comprises:
a tagging and insertion part configured to receive information by tagging or inserting a plastic card having a communication function; and
a QR code part configured to acquire the member information through a recognition part including a two-dimensional or three-dimensional QR code.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6, further comprising:
a license plate input part configured to receive the vehicle number through an LCD screen of the charger or the license plate recognized by a user's mobile communication device or a user's voice.

### Claim 9

A parking fee billing method using an electric vehicle charging system capable of collection and billing of parking fees, the method comprising:
recognizing, by a parking control server, a license plate when an electric vehicle enters, and allowing the electric vehicle to proceed with parking;
confirming, by a member information acquisition and transmission part, whether a member or a non-member meets a condition for charging after the parking;
acquiring, by the member information acquisition and transmission part, a vehicle number or a phone number through a membership card or a smartphone in a case of the member, or acquiring the vehicle number or the phone number through an input part in a case of the non-member;
acquiring the vehicle number through the membership card or the smart phone or a license plate input part, setting information on parking fee and charging fee processing by an electric vehicle charging service server, and displaying the information on a display device of an electric vehicle charger;
setting, by the electric vehicle charging service server, charging termination and information guidance, and displaying the same on the display device of the electric vehicle charger;
performing a charging service by the electric vehicle charging service server;
terminating the charging by the electric vehicle charging service server; and
performing a billing function according to the parking fee and the charging fee corresponding to the vehicle number or the phone number.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein, in the setting of the information on the parking fee and charging fee processing by the electric vehicle charging service server, the electric vehicle charging service server sets discount or additional service information, so as to display the discount or additional service information on the display device of the electric vehicle charger and apply the discount or additional service information to a discount additional service.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, further comprising:
confirming, by the electric vehicle charging service server, whether the vehicle number acquisition is correctly performed, and entering and confirming the vehicle number again when the vehicle number is incorrectly entered.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, further comprising:
recognizing, by the parking control server, the license plate when the vehicle exits;
confirming, by the parking control server, whether the parking fee is collected by the charging service server;
calculating and collecting, by the parking control server, the parking fee when the parking fee is not collected by the charging service server; and
proceeding, by the parking control server, with a vehicle exit process of raising a blocking bar.

### Claim 13 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, further comprising:
providing, by the electric vehicle charging service server, a selection of whether to perform membership registration to the owner of the vehicle when the owner of the corresponding vehicle is determined to be the non-member in the confirmation of the membership status, and proceeding with a membership registration procedure when the owner of the corresponding vehicle selects the membership registration; and
performing the collective billing of the parking fee and the electric vehicle charging fee by requesting the parking fee of the corresponding vehicle to the parking control server connected to the electric vehicle charging service server through a network.