Systems and methods for managing electrical and internal combustion vehicles
OwnerStephen William COWPERinventor
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There is disclosed a computerized method of managing access of electric vehicles (EVs) or of internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEs) into parking bays using a computerized system comprising parking-sensor pucks with communication capabilities, connected to a remote server. The parking-sensor pucks, each installed on corresponding parking bays, comprise a thermal sensor configured to measure at least one value representative of a temperature of an underside of a vehicle and a magnetometer configured to measure at least one value representative of magnetic field at the magnetometer. The method comprises processing said at least one temperature value and/or magnetic field value, and, based on said processing, performing at least a selective determination of whether an EV or an ICE has entered a given parking space. In this way, parking bays specifically provided for EVs, for example for charging purposes, may be efficiently managed.
A parking-sensor puck for selectively determining access of an electric vehicle (EV) or of an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle into a parking bay, the parking sensor puck comprising:
The puck of any preceding claim, wherein the magnetometer is a three-axis magnetometer.
The puck of any preceding claim, further comprising a GNSS sensor.
The puck of any preceding claim, further comprising a battery.
The puck of any preceding claim, wherein the wireless transmitter is configured to communicate said values over one or more of the following connections:
A computerized system for selectively determining access of an electric vehicle (EV) or of an internal combustion engine vehicle (ICE) into a predetermined zone of interest, the system comprising:
The system of any one of the preceding claims, the system further comprising a sensor configured to sense ingress of said vehicle into said interest zone.
A method of selectively determining access of an EV or of an ICEe into a predetermined zone of interest, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.