CN114834277A

CN114834277A - Automatic charging system for vehicle, charging method, device and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN114834277A
Application number: CN202210375564.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈超; 董保权
Original assignee: Dongguan Xuanchi Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Dongguan Xuanchi Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-04-11
Filing date: 2022-04-11
Publication date: 2022-08-02

Abstract

The application discloses an automatic vehicle charging system, a charging method, equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of intelligent control. The system is provided with at least one charging parking space for parking a first vehicle to be charged, a plurality of waiting parking spaces for parking a second vehicle, at least one charging device, a carrying device and a control module, wherein the control module is used for controlling the charging device to charge the first vehicle to be charged according to the ready state of the charging parking space, and is also used for controlling the carrying device to move the first vehicle which is charged to an idle waiting parking space and controlling the carrying device to move the second vehicle to be charged to the idle charging parking space to be automatically charged. The charging method adopts the system, the equipment and the storage medium to store the method, compared with the prior art, the automatic charging can be realized, the charging time can be more flexibly utilized by a vehicle owner, and meanwhile, the vehicle can be directly moved to a waiting parking space for automatic charging, so that the traffic pressure can be relieved.

Description

Automatic charging system for vehicle, charging method, device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of intelligent control technologies, and in particular, to an automatic vehicle charging system, a charging method, a device, and a storage medium.

Background

With the popularization of rechargeable vehicles, such as electric vehicles and electric vehicles, the charging problem of rechargeable vehicles is becoming a focus of more people's attention, and is limited by the technical bottleneck and safety requirements of fast charging, and rechargeable vehicles take more time to charge, for example, an electric vehicle with a duration of about 500 km is full of 30% of electric energy to 90% of electric energy, a general charging mode needs more than 3 hours, and a super fast charging mode also needs about 0.5 hour (30 minutes). Therefore, under the condition that the existing charging potential exists, the charging energy storage of the electric automobile needs at least 30 minutes; under the condition that no idle charging position exists or vehicles are queued, 30 minutes or even several hours are needed, at the moment, the vehicle owner can only wait on the vehicle, so that huge waiting time is wasted, and for occasions such as high-speed service areas, parking lots, shopping malls and the like with tense charging positions, in order to ensure quick charging, the vehicle owner can queue near the charging position usually, so that traffic jam is easily caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The present application is directed to solving at least one of the problems in the prior art. Therefore, the automatic vehicle charging system, the charging method, the charging equipment and the storage medium are provided, and the effective utilization rate of charging time of the rechargeable vehicle can be improved.

According to the automatic vehicle charging system in the embodiment of the first aspect of the application, the automatic vehicle charging system is provided with at least one charging parking space and a waiting parking space, and the charging parking space is used for parking a first vehicle to be charged; a plurality of waiting parking spaces are arranged; the waiting parking space is used for parking a second vehicle;

the vehicle automatic charging system further includes:

the charging device is provided with at least one charging device, and the charging device is arranged close to the charging parking space;

a carrying device;

the control module is used for controlling the charging device to charge the first vehicle to be charged according to the ready state of the charging parking space, and the control module is also used for controlling the carrying device to move the first vehicle to be charged to the idle waiting parking space and controlling the carrying device to move the second vehicle to be charged to the idle charging parking space for automatic charging.

According to the charging method of the automatic vehicle charging system in the embodiment of the second aspect of the application, the automatic vehicle charging system is provided with a charging parking space and a waiting parking space, the system comprises a charging device and a carrying device, the charging parking space is provided with at least one charging parking space, and the charging parking space is used for parking a first vehicle to be charged; the charging device is provided with at least one charging device, and the charging device is arranged close to the charging parking space; a plurality of waiting parking spaces are arranged; the waiting parking space is used for parking a second vehicle; the method comprises the following steps:

controlling the charging device to charge the first vehicle to be charged according to the ready state of the charging parking space;

acquiring waiting parking space information of an idle waiting parking space corresponding to the first vehicle after charging and a second vehicle to be charged;

sending the waiting parking space information to the carrying device so as to move the first vehicle to the idle waiting parking space through the carrying device;

and sending the waiting parking space information corresponding to the second vehicle to be charged to the conveying device, so that the conveying device can move the second vehicle to an idle charging parking space for automatic charging.

An electronic device according to an embodiment of a third aspect of the present application includes: at least one processor, and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; wherein the memory stores instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor, when executing the instructions, to implement the method of charging of an automatic vehicle charging system according to any of the first aspects.

A computer-readable storage medium according to an embodiment of a fourth aspect of the present application, the computer-executable instructions are for causing a computer to execute a charging method as applied to the automatic vehicle charging system of any one of the first aspect.

According to the above embodiments of the present application, at least the following advantages are provided: through setting up the parking stall of waiting for, make under the non-idle state of parking stall of charging, wait that the vehicle of charging waits at the parking stall, alleviate traffic pressure, simultaneously, through control module to the automatic charging of the first vehicle on the parking stall of charging and move to idle waiting parking stall, and the automatic vehicle that moves to idle parking stall of charging that waits to charge on waiting parking stall carries out the automatic charging, and then makes the interior owner of car of charging period can need not to wait in the car, utilization time that can be better. Therefore, for prior art, the embodiment of this application makes the car owner more nimble utilization charge time when can realizing automatic charging, owing to can directly move to waiting the parking stall and carry out automatic charging simultaneously, consequently can also alleviate traffic pressure.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of an automatic vehicle charging system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a charging method of an automatic vehicle charging system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic system flow diagram of an automatic vehicle charging system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing embodiments of the present application only and is not intended to be limiting of the application.

Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided to give a thorough understanding of embodiments of the disclosure. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the subject matter of the present disclosure can be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, devices, steps, and so forth. In other instances, well-known methods, devices, implementations, or operations have not been shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the disclosure.

The block diagrams shown in the figures are functional entities only and do not necessarily correspond to physically separate entities. I.e. these functional entities may be implemented in the form of software, or in one or more hardware modules or integrated circuits, or in different networks and/or processor means and/or microcontroller means.

The flow charts shown in the drawings are merely illustrative and do not necessarily include all of the contents and operations/steps, nor do they necessarily have to be performed in the order described. For example, some operations/steps may be decomposed, and some operations/steps may be combined or partially combined, so that the actual execution sequence may be changed according to the actual situation.

With the popularization of rechargeable vehicles, such as electric vehicles and electric vehicles, the charging problem of rechargeable vehicles is becoming a focus of more people's attention, and is limited by the technical bottleneck and safety requirements of fast charging, and rechargeable vehicles take more time to charge, for example, an electric vehicle with a duration of about 500 km is full of 30% of electric energy to 90% of electric energy, a general charging mode needs more than 3 hours, and a super fast charging mode also needs about 0.5 hour (30 minutes). Therefore, under the condition that the existing charging potential exists, the charging energy storage of the electric automobile needs at least 30 minutes; under the condition that no idle charging position exists or vehicles are queued, 30 minutes or even several hours are needed, at the moment, a vehicle owner can only wait on the vehicle, so that huge waiting time is wasted, and for occasions such as high-speed service areas, parking lots, shopping malls and the like with tense charging positions, in order to ensure quick charging, the vehicle owner can queue at the accessories of the charging positions, so that traffic jam is easily caused.

Referring to the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the present application provides an automatic vehicle charging system, which is provided with at least one charging slot 100 and a waiting slot 300, wherein the charging slot 100 is used for parking a first vehicle to be charged; a plurality of waiting parking spaces 300 are arranged; the waiting space 300 is used for parking a second vehicle;

The vehicle automatic charging system further includes:

at least one charging device 200 is arranged, and the charging device 200 is arranged close to the charging parking space 100;

a handling device 400;

the control module 500, the control module 500 is configured to control the charging device 200 to charge a first vehicle to be charged according to a ready state of the charging parking space 100, and the control module 500 is further configured to control the conveying device 400 to move the first vehicle to be charged to the idle waiting parking space 300, and control the conveying device 400 to move a second vehicle to be charged to the idle charging parking space 100 for automatic charging.

Therefore, through setting up waiting parking stall 300, make under the non-idle state in charging parking stall 100, wait to charge the vehicle and wait at waiting parking stall 300, alleviate traffic pressure, simultaneously, through control module 500 to the automatic charging of the first vehicle on charging parking stall 100 and move to idle waiting parking stall 300, and wait to charge the vehicle on waiting parking stall 300 and automatically move to idle charging parking stall 100 and carry out automatic charging, and then make the car owner in the charging period can need not to wait in the car, utilization time that can be better. Therefore, the embodiment of this application for prior art can realize making the car owner more nimble utilization charge time when automatic charging, owing to can directly move to waiting parking stall 300 and carry out automatic charging simultaneously, consequently can also alleviate traffic pressure.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the waiting space 300 may also be used as a normal space for parking a normal vehicle, and in other embodiments, after the vehicle enters the waiting space 300, the vehicle to be charged is automatically detected and added to the queue of vehicles waiting for automatic charging. In other embodiments, the automatic charging request is manually initiated by the user, triggering the vehicle at the waiting space 300 as the vehicle to be charged.

It should be noted that the charging device 200 may be a combination of a charging pile and a robot arm, and the robot arm is controlled to charge the vehicle through a charging plug on the charging pile. In other embodiments, the charging device 200 may be subject to variations due to differences in vehicle charging port settings. Therefore, the composition of the charging device 200 is not limited in this application.

It should be noted that, for the combination of the charging pile and the mechanical arm, the charging pile may be fixed on the ground or on the wall, installed in public buildings (public buildings, shopping malls, public parking lots, etc.) and residential area parking lots or charging stations, and may charge various types of electric vehicles according to different voltage classes. The input end of the charging pile is directly connected with an alternating current power grid, and the output end of the charging pile is provided with a charging plug for charging the vehicle. In some embodiments, a vision system is disposed on the robot arm, and the vision system collects image information of the vehicle in the charging slot 100 and sends the image information to the control module 500, so that the control module 500 controls the position where the robot arm needs to move.

The transport apparatus 400 may be an AGV transport vehicle, and two transport vehicles may be provided for each charging station. It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the carrying device 400 may also be configured for each parking space, and when the vehicle is stopped on the carrying device 400 and needs to be displaced, the carrying device 400 is driven to move, so as to perform position exchange.

It should be noted that the control module 500 may be a remote server platform, or may be integrated on the charging device 200, and the vehicle owner may be remotely connected to the control module through the internet. In the embodiment of the present application, the control module 500 is preferably configured as a remote server platform. The carrying device 400 and the charging device 200 are both wirelessly connected to the control module 500, and the application program is connected to the control module 500 through a wireless network, and then sends an automatic charging command.

It should be noted that when a first vehicle is located in the charging slot 100 and it is determined that the first vehicle is to be charged, the charging slot 100 is considered to be ready, otherwise, the first vehicle is considered to be about to drive away from the charging slot 100, and the charging slot 100 is an idle slot.

It should be noted that the control module 500 further includes a charging module, where the charging module automatically calculates the charge according to the charging state of the user and sends the charge to the user, when the user sets an automatic charging, the charging module realizes automatic charging of the account, and when the user does not set an automatic charging, the user needs to pay manually.

It will be appreciated that the control module 500 is also configured to: in response to an automatic charging request of the first vehicle by the user, the charging device 200 is controlled to automatically charge the first vehicle.

It should be noted that the charging is more flexible by issuing the automatic charging mode by the user.

It is to be appreciated that the control module 500 is further configured to: in response to an automatic charging request of a user for a second vehicle, charging wait information is calculated and displayed, the charging wait information including the number of waiting vehicles and a waiting time.

It should be noted that the display waiting time allows the user to choose to continue the automatic charging or to leave directly, so that the user can better perform the time planning.

It is to be appreciated that the control module 500 is further configured to: in response to an automatic charge confirmation request of the user for the second vehicle, the second vehicle is determined as a vehicle to be charged and position information of the second vehicle is recorded, wherein the conveying device 400 is used for determining a travel path according to the position information.

It should be noted that, by the automatic charging confirmation request, in this case, the user can be made to consider that automatic charging or ordinary parking is selected after confirming the charging wait information.

It is understood that the control module 500 is further configured to push charging data to the user of the first vehicle with the charging completed, wherein the charging data includes the position data of the corresponding waiting space 300.

It should be noted that, by pushing the charging data, the user can quickly obtain the charging state of the vehicle, and thus the user can conveniently exit the vehicle in time.

It will be appreciated that the control module 500 is also operable to respond to an automatic charge cancellation request of the second vehicle.

It can be understood that, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the present application also provides a charging method of an automatic charging system for a vehicle, applied to the control module 500 of the automatic charging system for a vehicle of the first aspect, the method comprising:

step S100, controlling the charging device 200 to charge the first vehicle to be charged according to the ready state of the charging parking space 100.

And S200, acquiring the waiting parking space information of the idle waiting parking space 300 corresponding to the charged first vehicle and the second vehicle to be charged.

Step S300, the information of the waiting parking spaces is sent to the conveying device, so that the first vehicle is moved to the idle waiting parking space 300 through the conveying device.

Step S400, sending the waiting space information corresponding to the second vehicle to be charged to the conveying device, so that the conveying device moves the second vehicle to the vacant charging space 100 for automatic charging.

It should be noted that the empty waiting space 300 indicates that the waiting space 300 is not parking any vehicle or that a parked second vehicle is about to be moved out for automatic charging. An empty charging slot 100 represents a charging slot 100 without any vehicle parked or a charging slot 100 out of which the first vehicle parked is about to move.

It can be understood that the charging method of the automatic charging system for the vehicle further comprises the following steps: receiving an automatic charging request of a user for a second vehicle; calculating and displaying charging waiting information according to the automatic charging request, wherein the charging waiting information comprises the number of waiting vehicles and waiting time; receiving an automatic charging confirmation request of a user for a second vehicle, and determining the second vehicle as a vehicle to be charged; the position information and the queuing order of the second vehicle are recorded, wherein the handling device 400 is used for determining the driving path according to the position information.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the queuing order may be confirmed by the front-back order of the user application, or may be confirmed together according to the charging time period requested by the user and the front-back order of the application. It should be noted that the location information may be input by the user, and the location information includes a parking space number. In other embodiments, the position information may be automatically obtained by the corresponding waiting space 300 through a sensor; and after the user confirms the automatic charging, storing the automatically acquired position information. When the vehicle needs to be charged, the conveying device 400 acquires a travel route according to the position information, and further conveys the vehicle.

It can be understood that the charging method of the vehicle automatic charging system further comprises: judging whether an idle charging parking space 100 exists or not; when the vacant charging parking space 100 does not exist, the user is prompted to drive into the vacant waiting parking space 300.

It should be noted that, when the user enters the parking lot where the automatic charging system is located, the user is prompted to directly go to the charging parking space 100 or wait for the parking space 300, so as to reduce the probability of traffic congestion.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the charging method of the automatic charging system for a vehicle further includes: a cancellation request of the second vehicle is received.

In some embodiments, the system detects that the second vehicle directly drives away without being charged, cancels the waiting of the second vehicle, and renews the queue of the vehicles to be charged. In other embodiments, the automatic charging request of the second vehicle is triggered by a user.

It can be appreciated that the present application also provides an electronic device comprising at least one processor, and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; the memory stores instructions, and the instructions are executed by the at least one processor, so that when the at least one processor executes the instructions, the charging method of the automatic charging system for the vehicle is realized.

The hardware structure of the computer apparatus is described in detail below with reference to fig. 3. The electronic device includes: a processor 610, a memory 620, an input/output interface 630, a communication interface 640, and a bus 650.

The processor 610 may be implemented by a general CPU (Central processing Unit), a microprocessor, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or one or more Integrated circuits, and is configured to execute a relevant program to implement the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure;

the Memory 620 may be implemented in a ROM (Read Only Memory), a static Memory device, a dynamic Memory device, or a RAM (Random Access Memory). The memory 620 may store an operating system and other application programs, and when the technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure is implemented by software or firmware, the relevant program codes are stored in the memory 620, and the processor 610 calls the charging method of the vehicle automatic charging system according to the embodiments of the present disclosure;

an input/output interface 630 for implementing information input and output;

the communication interface 640 is used for realizing communication interaction between the device and other devices, and may realize communication in a wired manner (e.g., USB, network cable, etc.) or in a wireless manner (e.g., mobile network, WIFI, bluetooth, etc.); and a bus 650 that transfers information between various components of the device, such as the processor 610, memory 620, input/output interfaces 630, and communication interface 640;

Wherein processor 610, memory 620, input/output interface 630, and communications interface 640 are communicatively coupled to each other within the device via bus 650.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a storage medium, which is a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to execute a charging method of an automatic vehicle charging system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The memory, which is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, may be used to store non-transitory software programs as well as non-transitory computer executable programs. Further, the memory may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-transitory memory, such as at least one disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-transitory solid state storage device. In some embodiments, the memory optionally includes memory located remotely from the processor, and these remote memories may be connected to the processor through a network. Examples of such networks include, but are not limited to, the internet, intranets, local area networks, mobile communication networks, and combinations thereof.

It can be appreciated that the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing the charging method of the automatic charging system for a vehicle as described above.

For example, referring to the embodiment shown in fig. 4, taking the transporting device 400 as an AGV cart as an example, the system realizes the charging method of the automatic vehicle charging system according to the flow shown in fig. 4.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or some of the steps, systems, and methods disclosed above may be implemented as software, firmware, hardware, and suitable combinations thereof. Some or all of the physical components may be implemented as software executed by a processor, such as a central processing unit, digital signal processor, or microprocessor, or as hardware, or as an integrated circuit, such as an application specific integrated circuit. Such software may be distributed on computer readable media, which may include computer storage media (or non-transitory media) and communication media (or transitory media). The term computer storage media includes volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data, as is well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, Digital Versatile Disks (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store the desired information and which can accessed by a computer. In addition, communication media typically embodies computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media as known to those skilled in the art.

The embodiment described in the embodiment of the present invention is to illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application more clearly, and does not constitute a limitation to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious to a person skilled in the art that, with the evolution of the technology and the occurrence of new application scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application are also applicable to similar technical problems.

It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that all or some of the steps of the methods, systems, and functional modules/units in the devices disclosed above may be implemented as software, firmware, hardware, and suitable combinations thereof.

The terms "comprises," "comprising," and any other variation thereof, in the description of the present invention are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing and various other changes, omissions and deviations in the form and detail thereof may be made without departing from the scope of this invention.

Claims

1. The automatic vehicle charging system is characterized by comprising at least one charging parking space and a waiting parking space, wherein the charging parking space is used for parking a first vehicle to be charged; a plurality of waiting parking spaces are arranged; the waiting parking space is used for parking a second vehicle;

the automatic vehicle charging system further includes:

a carrying device;

2. The vehicle automatic charging system of claim 1, wherein the control module is further configured to:

the method includes the steps of responding to an automatic charging request of a user for a first vehicle, and controlling the charging device to automatically charge the first vehicle.

3. The vehicle automatic charging system of claim 1, wherein the control module is further configured to:

in response to an automatic charging request of the second vehicle by a user, charging wait information including the number of waiting vehicles and a waiting time is calculated and displayed.

4. The vehicle automatic charging system of claim 3, wherein the control module is further configured to:

in response to an automatic charging confirmation request of a user for the second vehicle, determining the second vehicle as a vehicle to be charged and recording position information of the second vehicle, wherein the carrying device is used for determining a running path according to the position information.

5. The vehicle automatic charging system of any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control module is further configured to at least one of:

responding to an automatic charge cancellation request of the second vehicle;

and pushing charging data to the user of the first vehicle after charging is completed, wherein the charging data comprises corresponding position data of the waiting parking space.

6. The charging method of the automatic vehicle charging system is characterized in that the automatic vehicle charging system is provided with a charging parking space and a waiting parking space, the system comprises a charging device and a carrying device, at least one charging parking space is arranged, and the charging parking space is used for parking a first vehicle to be charged; the charging device is provided with at least one charging device, and the charging device is arranged close to the charging parking space; a plurality of waiting parking spaces are arranged; the waiting parking space is used for parking a second vehicle;

The method comprises the following steps:

7. The charging method of a vehicle automatic charging system according to claim 6, characterized by further comprising:

receiving an automatic charging request of a user for the second vehicle;

according to the automatic charging request, calculating and displaying charging waiting information, wherein the charging waiting information comprises the number of waiting vehicles and waiting time;

receiving an automatic charging confirmation request of a user for the second vehicle, and determining the second vehicle as a vehicle to be charged;

and recording the position information and the queuing sequence of the second vehicle, wherein the carrying device is used for determining a running path according to the position information.

8. The charging method of a vehicle automatic charging system according to claim 6, characterized by further comprising:

judging whether the vacant charging parking spaces exist or not;

and when the vacant charging parking space does not exist, prompting the user to drive into the vacant waiting parking space.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

at least one processor, and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; wherein the memory stores instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the at least one processor, when executing the instructions, to implement a charging method of an automatic vehicle charging system according to any one of claims 6 to 8.

10. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that,

the storage medium stores computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform a charging method of the vehicle automatic charging system according to any one of claims 6 to 8.