KR101150257B1 - Method and apparatus for providing electric power, wireless charging apparatus of electric bike - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for supplying power by wireless and a wireless charging device of an electric bike are provided to implement an eco-friendly automation power system by providing the ubiquitous environment. CONSTITUTION: A sensor(104) senses the charging amount and the parking state of an electric bike. An information interface unit(108) outputs information of the electric bike, the user, and payment to outside. A controller(102) searches a charging pattern of the electric bike depends on the information from the sensor and the information interface unit. The controller controls a power supply unit(100) for supplying power by wireless to the electric bike according to the charging pattern. A storage unit(106) stores the information of the electric bike, the user and the charging pattern.

Description

WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY AND METHOD, WIRELESS CHARGEING OF ELECTRIC MOBILE {METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ELECTRIC POWER, WIRELESS CHARGING APPARATUS OF ELECTRIC BIKE}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the charging technology of electric bikes such as electric bicycles and two-wheeled vehicles. In particular, contact or non-contact magnetic induction current is used for a battery used in an electric bike without using an electric plug during parking. The present invention relates to a wireless power supply and method suitable for charging by a wireless charging method, and a wireless charging device for an electric bike.

Since electric bicycles and electric motorcycles operate by using a battery and a motor, the battery must be charged after a certain time.

In general, a charging device for an electric bicycle and a two-wheeled vehicle receives electric power through an electric plug and an electric plug connected to a charging adapter to charge the electric bicycle. In this case, since the facility charging with an electric plug outdoors is affected by various external environments such as weather and bad weather, the possibility of electric safety accidents due to user's carelessness may increase, and in order to prevent an electric shock or an electric leakage accident, It is necessary to have facilities that are shielded from snow and rain.

For this reason, users have to bear a lot of inconvenience in order to charge electric bicycles and electric motorcycles.

In the embodiment of the present invention, by wirelessly supplying power to an electric bike (electric bicycle and electric two-wheeled vehicle) parked, to provide a wireless power supply technology that can increase the stability of the power supply system.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the electric bicycle such as an electric bicycle and electric two-wheeled vehicle in close proximity to the power supply system to charge the power by a wireless charging method by the contact or contactless magnetic induction current, the driver's ease of use We want to come up with wireless charging technology for electric bikes.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless power supply apparatus including: a power supply unit for wirelessly supplying electric power by a contact or non-contact magnetic induction current to an electric bike, a sensing unit sensing whether the electric bike is parked, and a charge amount; An information interface unit for recognizing the information or user information or payment information of the electric bike and outputting the information to the outside; and searching for a charging pattern of the electric bike according to the information of the sensing unit and the information interface unit, The controller may control the power supply unit to wirelessly supply electric power to the electric bike, and a storage unit to store information or user information of the electric bike or the charging pattern.

Here, the control unit may select one of the electric bike information, user information, or the charging pattern.

The control unit may control the power supply unit to wirelessly supply the power to the electric bike according to the charging amount of the sensing unit and the position of the electric bike.

The control unit may block the supply of the electric power when the electric bike is located at a position where the electric bike leaves the parking area.

The controller may block the supply of power when the amount of charge of the detector reaches a preset amount.

The controller may update the information of the storage unit.

The controller may store the parking time of the electric bike in the storage unit.

The power supply unit may wirelessly supply power according to a charging pattern of the electric bike.

In addition, the information interface unit may output one or more of information of the electric bike, user information or payment information as voice information or video information.

The wireless charging device for an electric bike according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on a wheel of the electric bike or at a position adjacent to the power supply device, and the electric power from the power supply device is contacted by a contact or non-contact magnetic induction current. A power charging unit for wireless charging, a driving unit for operating the electric bike according to the power, a storage unit for storing power charging details or parking details of the electric bike for each location and time, and the power charging stored in the storage unit An information interface unit for transmitting details or parking details to the power supply device, and a control unit for transmitting the power charged through the power charging unit to the driving unit, and manages the power charging details or parking details stored in the storage unit. It may include.

Here, the power charging unit may have a coil shape.

In addition, the information interface unit may include a near field communication means.

In addition, when input information by short-range wireless communication occurs, determining whether an electric bike is currently detected by the wireless power supply device, and when the electric bike is detected, corresponding to the input information and sensing information of the electric bike. Searching for a charging pattern, and searching for a charging pattern corresponding to the input information and the sensing information by the searching process, supplying wireless power to the electric bike according to the successful charging pattern; The method may include determining whether the charging of the electric bike is completed, and stopping the wireless power supply to the electric bike when the charging of the electric bike is completed.

Here, the wireless power may be characterized in that the wireless power by the contact or contactless magnetic induction current.

The wireless power supply method may further include outputting and storing a final charging result when the supply of the wireless power is stopped.

According to the present invention, compared to the conventional technology of charging and operating at a time in the off-line format, it is possible to conveniently charge at the charging bases installed in parking facilities everywhere, and reduce the weight of the battery of the electric bike. It also has the advantage of being able to charge automatically and parking at the same time wirelessly, which can increase the ease of use. In addition, the ubiquitous environment is possible through an information interface technology applied with short-range communication such as Bluetooth, so that a more modern, efficient and eco-friendly power automation system can be realized.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a wireless power supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a schematic block diagram of a wireless charging device for an electric bike according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary wireless power supply method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.

In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. In addition, terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the embodiments of the present invention, which may vary according to intentions or customs of users and operators. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

Each block of the accompanying block diagrams and combinations of steps of the flowchart may be performed by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be mounted on a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing equipment such that instructions executed through the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment may not be included in each block or flowchart of the block diagram. It will create means for performing the functions described in each step. These computer program instructions may be stored in a computer usable or computer readable memory that can be directed to a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to implement functionality in a particular manner, and thus the computer usable or computer readable memory. It is also possible for the instructions stored in to produce an article of manufacture containing instruction means for performing the functions described in each block or flowchart of each step of the block diagram. Computer program instructions may also be mounted on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, such that a series of operating steps may be performed on the computer or other programmable data processing equipment to create a computer-implemented process to create a computer or other programmable data. Instructions that perform processing equipment may also provide steps for performing the functions described in each block of the block diagram and in each step of the flowchart.

Also, each block or each step may represent a module, segment, or portion of code that includes one or more executable instructions for executing the specified logical function (s). It should also be noted that in some alternative embodiments, the functions mentioned in blocks or steps may occur out of order. For example, two blocks or steps shown in succession may in fact be performed substantially concurrently, or the blocks or steps may sometimes be performed in reverse order according to the corresponding function.

The present invention provides for charging a battery of an electric bicycle or an electric motorcycle (hereinafter referred to as an electric bike) without charging an electric plug even during parking of an electric bicycle, without using a wireless charging method such as a contact or non-contact magnetism. It is intended to apply the wireless charging method by the induction current, it will be easy to achieve the object of the present invention from this technical idea.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a wireless power supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the power supply unit 100, the control unit 102, the sensing unit 104, the storage unit 106, the information interface unit 108 And the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, the power supply unit 100 may serve to wirelessly supply power to a point located adjacent to the wireless power supply device when the front wheel or the parking of the electric bike is parked. The power supply unit 100 may be a wireless charging method by a contact or contactless magnetic induction current. The power supply unit 100 may supply power corresponding to the standard of the wireless power supply apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The detector 104 may serve to detect whether the electric bike is parked or not. Even though information about the user of the electric bike is input through the information interface unit 108, since the electric vehicle cannot be charged unless it is parked adjacent to the wireless power supply device, the sensing unit 104 detects the electric bike. After confirming the existence, this information can be transmitted to the control unit 102 to start comprehensive control.

In addition, the sensing unit 104 may serve to detect a charging amount. Information about the amount of remaining power or the charging voltage specification of the electric bike may be detected, and the detected information may be transmitted to the controller 102.

The sensing unit 104 may include, for example, an optical sensor, and because the size of the front wheel or front fork is different according to the shape of the electric bike, the sensor system may include all of these standards. You will be able to confirm the correct parking.

The information interface unit 108 recognizes the information of the electric bike, the user information or the payment information and outputs to the outside, and outputs one or more of such information or user information or payment information of the electric bike as voice information or video information. can do. In this case, the information of the electric bike may include, for example, a model name, a unique number, and the like of the electric bike, and the user information may include, for example, a user's social security number and personal information of the electric bike. In addition, the payment information may include, for example, the user's credit card information, traffic card information, and the like. The information interface unit 108 may not only recognize the information, but also output the recognized information to the outside.

The storage unit 106 may store the above-described information or user information of the electric bike or the charging pattern, and the parking time of the electric bike, for example, the parking start time and the parking end time of the electric bike.

The control unit 102 searches for the charging pattern of the electric bike according to the information of the sensing unit 104 and the information interface unit 108 described above, and the power supply unit 100 to wirelessly supply electric power to the electric bike according to the found charging pattern. ) Can be controlled.

The controller 102 may select one of the information of the electric bike, the user information, or the charging pattern stored in the storage 106, and update the information as necessary.

In addition, the controller 102 may control the power supply unit 100 to wirelessly supply power to the electric bike according to the amount of charge of the detector 104 and the position of the electric bike. For example, when the electric bike has left the parking area or when it is determined by the sensing unit 104 that the current charging amount of the electric bike has reached a preset amount, the control unit 102 blocks the wireless power supply. The power supply unit 100 may be controlled to be controlled.

In addition, the controller 102 may allow the electric bike to be discharged only when the user information of the electric bike input through the information interface unit 108 and the information input when leaving the parked electric bike coincide with each other. Allowed.

In addition, the control unit 102 outputs a voice message or video information indicating that charging is impossible when the charging pattern of the currently parked electric bike does not match the charging pattern stored in the storage unit 106. 108 can be controlled.

2 is a schematic block diagram of a wireless charging apparatus for an electric bike according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which includes a power charging unit 200, a controller 202, a storage unit 206, an information interface unit 208, and a driver. 210, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the power charging unit 200 may be mounted on a wheel of an electric bike or on a body of an electric bike at a position adjacent to a power supply device, and may be mounted on a contact or non-contact magnetic induction current. It may serve to wirelessly charge the power from the wireless power supply of the. The power charging unit 200 may have a coil shape, for example.

The driving unit 210 serves to operate the electric bike according to the power of the power charging unit 2000 described above, and may include, for example, a motor driving unit and a battery.

In the storage unit 206, the electric charge charging details or the parking details of the electric bike may be stored for each location and time, and the information may be selected by the controller 202 as necessary.

The information interface unit 208 may serve to transmit power charging details or parking details stored in the storage 206 to the power supply device of FIG. 1. In this case, the transmission means may include, for example, short-range wireless communication means such as Near Field Communication (NFC), more specifically, any one of Bluetooth, Zig-Bee, or Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). have.

The controller 202 may serve to transfer power charged through the power charger 200 to the driver 210, and may manage power charge details or parking details stored in the storage 206.

Hereinafter, the wireless power supply method according to the embodiment of the present invention together with the above-described configuration will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3.

As shown in FIG. 3, the controller 102 may determine whether input information is generated through the information interface unit 108 (S300). In this case, the input information may include, for example, information about the electric bike (model name), user information (resident number), and the like.

When the input information is generated, the controller 102 may determine whether the current electric bike is detected through the detector 104 (S302). For example, it may be determined whether the electric bike is correctly parked in the parking area of the wireless power supply device, or whether the power charging unit 200 of the electric bike is correctly positioned in the power supply unit 100 of the wireless power supply device.

If it is determined that the electric bike is detected, the control unit 102 may search the storage unit 106 for a charging pattern corresponding to the input information from the information interface unit 108 and the sensing information from the detection unit 104. There is (S304).

As a result of the search process, when a charging pattern matching the input information and the sensing information is found in the storage unit 106 (S306), the controller 102 determines that the wireless power is transferred to the wireless charging device of the electric bike according to the found charging pattern. The power supply unit 100 may be controlled to be supplied. Accordingly, the power charging unit 200 of the wireless charging device may be charged with power by a contact or non-contact magnetic induction method (S308).

Thereafter, the control unit 102 determines whether the charging of the wireless charging device of the current electric motorcycle is completed through the sensing unit 104 (S310), and when it is determined that the charging is completed, the wireless power supply to the electric bicycle may be stopped. In order to control the power supply unit 100 so as to (S312).

Finally, the controller 102 may output the final charging results through the information interface unit 108 and store these charging results in the storage unit 106 (S314).

According to the embodiment of the present invention as described above, by supplying power to the electric bike parked by wireless, it is possible to increase the stability of the power supply system, wireless charging by the contact or non-contact magnetic induction current to the electric bike By charging the power in a manner, it is implemented to increase the driver's ease of use. According to an embodiment of the present invention, compared to the conventional technology of charging and operating at a time in an off-line format, the battery of an electric bike can be easily charged at a charging base installed in parking facilities everywhere. It has the advantage of reducing weight, and can be used automatically because it can be charged automatically while parking wirelessly. In addition, the information interface technology, such as Bluetooth, is expected to enable a ubiquitous environment so that a more modern, efficient and eco-friendly power automation system can be realized.

100: power supply
102, 202: control unit
104: detector
106, 206: storage unit
108, 208: information interface unit
200: power charging unit
210: drive unit

Claims (15)

A power supply unit for wirelessly supplying electric power by contact or non-contact magnetic induction current to an electric bike;
A detector for sensing whether the electric bike is parked and charged;
An information interface unit for recognizing information of the electric bike, user information or payment information and outputting it to the outside;
A control unit which searches for a charging pattern of the electric bike according to information of the sensing unit and the information interface unit, and controls the power supply unit to wirelessly supply electric power to the electric bike according to the found charging pattern;
It includes a storage unit for storing the information or user information of the electric bike or the charging pattern
Wireless power supply.
The method of claim 1,
The controller may be configured to select one of the electric bike information, user information, or the charging pattern.
Wireless power supply.
The method of claim 1,
The control unit controls the power supply unit to wirelessly supply the power to the electric bike according to the charge amount of the sensing unit and the position of the electric bike.
Wireless power supply.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The controller is configured to block the supply of power when the position of the electric bike is a position where the electric bike has left the parking area.
Wireless power supply.
Claim 5 was abandoned upon payment of a set-up fee. The method of claim 3, wherein
The controller is configured to block the supply of power when the amount of charge of the detector reaches a preset amount.
Wireless power supply.
Claim 6 was abandoned when the registration fee was paid. The method of claim 1,
The controller is configured to update the information of the storage unit.
Wireless power supply.
Claim 7 was abandoned upon payment of a set-up fee. The method of claim 1,
The control unit stores the parking time of the electric bike in the storage unit.
Wireless power supply.
Claim 8 was abandoned when the registration fee was paid. The method of claim 1,
The power supply unit wirelessly supplies power according to a charging pattern of the electric bike.
Wireless power supply.
Claim 9 was abandoned upon payment of a set-up fee. The method of claim 1,
The information interface unit outputs one or more of information of the electric bike, user information or payment information as voice information or video information.
Wireless power supply.
A power charging unit mounted on a wheel of an electric bike or in a position adjacent to the power supply device and wirelessly charging power from the power supply device by a contact or non-contact magnetic induction current;
A driving unit for operating the electric bike according to the electric power;
A storage unit for storing power charging details or parking details of the electric bike for each place and time;
An information interface for transmitting the power charging details or the parking details stored in the storage to the power supply device;
And a controller configured to transfer the power charged through the power charger to the driver and to manage the power charging details or the parking details stored in the storage.
Wireless charging device for electric bikes.
11. The method of claim 10,
The power charging unit has a coil shape
Wireless charging device for electric bikes.
Claim 12 is abandoned in setting registration fee. 11. The method of claim 10,
The information interface unit includes a near field communication means.
Wireless charging device for electric bikes.
Determining whether an electric bike is currently detected by the wireless power supply when the input information by the short range wireless communication is generated;
Searching for a charging pattern corresponding to the input information and the sensing information of the electric bike when the electric bike is detected;
If the charging pattern search corresponding to the input information and the sensing information is successful by the searching, supplying wireless power to the electric bike according to the successful charging pattern;
Determining whether the charging of the electric bike is completed;
Stopping the wireless power supply to the electric bike when the electric bike is fully charged;
Wireless power supply method.
The method of claim 13,
The wireless power is characterized in that the wireless power by a contact or contactless magnetic induction current
Wireless power supply method.
Claim 15 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. The method of claim 13,
The wireless power supply method,
Outputting and storing a final charging result when the supply of the wireless power is stopped;
Wireless power supply method.

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