KR102047913B1 - Virtual power plant management method to provide reward by reflecting game elements, server and system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a virtual power plant management method providing rewards by reflecting a game element, a server thereof and a system using the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, virtual power plant management method providing rewards comprises: a transport means information collecting step of collecting at least one of power reserves included in at least one transport means, a power charging history of the at least one transport means, a driving history of the at least one transport means, and location information of the at least one transport means; a power request event generating step of generating a power request event including at least one of a requested power amount indicating required power supply, a request location indicating a location at which power supply is required, a request time indicating the time when the power supply is required, and incentive information for providing rewards according to the result of power supply corresponding to the request; an event reply step of transmitting the power request event to at least one user terminal connected to the at least one transport means through wired and wireless communication, and receiving an acceptance message corresponding to the power request event; and a rewards providing step of providing the rewards according to the incentive information to the user terminal for supplying power in accordance with the power request event. The present invention induces competence of users such that power can be effectively supplied.

Description

VIRTUAL POWER PLANT MANAGEMENT METHOD TO PROVIDE REWARD BY REFLECTING GAME ELEMENTS, SERVER AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a virtual power plant management method, a server and a system using the same, which provide rewards by reflecting game elements. In particular, the present invention relates to a user who has built and supplied a virtual power plant using power stored in a vehicle such as an electric vehicle. The present invention relates to a virtual power plant management method, a server, and a system using the same that provide a reward by reflecting a game element.

Smart grid combines information technology with the existing one-way power grid, which was composed of the stages of power generation, transmission, distribution, and sales, and optimizes energy efficiency by exchanging real-time information in both directions. Intelligent power grid. The basic concept is that the entire power system operates efficiently through information that connects power plants, transmission and distribution facilities, and power consumers to the information network, and shares in both directions. Using this, the power supplier can adjust the supply flexibly by real-time monitoring of the power usage, and the electric power user can control the usage time and usage by avoiding expensive time periods by real-time understanding of the power usage. It is also possible to sell electricity produced in homes such as solar power generation, fuel cells and electric vehicles. In addition, the smart grid, an intelligent power grid, operates as an auto-adjustment system, minimizing power outages by detecting failure factors in advance, and unlike conventional power systems, it is transformed into a distributed power system in which various power providers and consumers are directly connected. Due to the amount of sunshine, the utilization of renewable energy with irregular power generation is increasing.

A virtual power plant refers to a system that integrates and manages small distributed power sources such as small renewable energy generation facilities, energy storage systems (ESS), and electric vehicle batteries using cloud-based software as a single power plant. Recently, V2G (Vehicle to Grid) technology, which connects an electric vehicle's battery to a power grid and uses the remaining power of the electric vehicle, is also gradually spreading. If the battery of the electric vehicle is viewed as a separate small-scale distributed power source, a virtual power plant using V2G can be constructed, but there is a disadvantage that requires active participation of electric vehicle users. Therefore, there is a need for a virtual power plant technology that can induce active participation of electric vehicle users to use low-cost electricity and to provide power where emergency power is needed.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, the virtual power plant management method, the server and the system using the same to provide a reward by reflecting the game element according to an embodiment of the present invention the user by providing a game element to the user It aims to effectively manage virtual power plants by encouraging them to supply power voluntarily.

In addition, a virtual power plant management method, a server and a system using the same that provide a reward by reflecting a game element according to an embodiment of the present invention may cause interest by providing various visual elements to a user according to the contribution of power supply. .

In order to achieve the above object, the virtual power plant management method for providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention is a power reserve included in at least one vehicle, power charging history of the at least one vehicle, history of operation And a vehicle information collecting step of collecting at least one of the location information, a requested power amount for power supply, a request place indicating a location where power supply is required, a request time indicating a time for power supply, and a power supply result according to the request. Generating a power request event including at least one of incentive information to be compensated accordingly, transmitting the power request event to at least one user terminal connected to the at least one vehicle by wire or wirelessly, and transmitting the power request event. Event reply to receive an acknowledgment message based on the event And providing a compensation according to the incentive information to a user terminal that supplies power according to the power request event.

In an embodiment, the providing of the reward may further include rewarding at least one user terminal forming the group when the at least one user terminal forms a group that performs the power request event together to supply power. Can be provided.

In an embodiment, the reward provider may determine the rank of the user terminal based on the reward transmitted to the user terminal.

In one embodiment, the incentive information may be any one of an icon interface displayed in the user terminal, a discount point of a predetermined device from the user terminal, a point voucher for charging energy of the at least one vehicle.

In an embodiment, the generating of the power request event may compare the location information of the at least one vehicle with the request location and transmit the power request event to a vehicle located within a preset range.

In one embodiment, the virtual power plant management method for providing the compensation, the verification to determine whether the at least one vehicle can supply power in accordance with the acceptance message based on the amount of power contained in the at least one vehicle It may further comprise a step.

In one embodiment, the verifying step, when determining the minimum amount of power required for the operation of at least one vehicle on the basis of the power reserve, power charge history and service history, and when supplying power from the at least one vehicle When the power reserve decreases to the minimum required power amount, a stop signal for stopping power supply may be generated.

In order to achieve the above object, the virtual power plant management server providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention, the power reserve stored by at least one vehicle, the power charging history of the at least one vehicle, the operation Vehicle information collecting unit for collecting at least one of the details and location information, the amount of power required to supply power, the request location indicating the location of the power supply, the request time indicating the time to supply power and the power supply result according to the request A power request event generator for generating a power request event including at least one of incentive information to be compensated according to the power supply request according to the power request event from at least one user terminal connected to the at least one vehicle by wire or wireless; An event reply unit that receives the response message to respond, and To the user terminal for supplying electric power according to the power request event group it is characterized in that it comprises providing compensation unit for providing compensation in accordance with the incentive information.

In order to achieve the above object, the virtual power plant management system for providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention, at least one vehicle, connected to the at least one vehicle and bidirectional with the at least one vehicle A power charging station for charging and discharging power and receiving at least one of power holding amount, power charging history, driving history, and position information of the at least one vehicle, and the power holding amount of the at least one vehicle connected to the power charging station; A virtual power plant management server that collects at least one of power charging history, service history, and location information, generates a power request event requesting power supply, and transmits an acceptance message according to the power request event, and transmits the power request event. The user receiving the compensation from the virtual power generation management server by supplying power according to And a terminal, wherein the power request event includes an incentive for compensating according to a requested amount of power required for power supply, a request location indicating a location where power supply is required, a request time indicating a time for power supply, and a result of power supply according to the request At least one of the information is characterized in that it is included.

The virtual power plant management method, a server and a system using the same, which provide a reward by reflecting a game element according to an embodiment of the present invention as described above, provide users with a game element such as an event so that users voluntarily supply power. It can be induced, there is an advantage that can be supplied more effectively by inducing competition of users.

In addition, a virtual power plant management method, a server and a system using the same, which provide a reward by reflecting a game element according to an embodiment of the present invention, provide a reward to a user according to the contribution of supplying power, By providing the visual elements that follow, it can provide the pleasure of playing a game while powering up.

1 is a schematic diagram of a virtual power plant management system for providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a virtual power plant management server providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing an interface configuration displayed on the user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart of a virtual power plant management method for providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings to clarify the technical spirit of the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of related known functions or components will be omitted when it is determined that the detailed description of the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention. Components having substantially the same functional configuration among the drawings have been given the same reference numerals and symbols as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. For convenience of explanation, the device and method should be described together when necessary.

1 is a schematic diagram of a virtual power plant management system providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a virtual power plant management server providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a virtual power plant management system 1000 providing compensation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes at least one vehicle 100, a power charging station 200, and a virtual power plant management server 400. can do.

The at least one vehicle 100 may be a vehicle driven by using electric power of a built-in battery such as an electric vehicle, an electric motorcycle, an electric bicycle, or a drone, but is not limited thereto. 100 may be an electric vehicle with a built-in battery.

The power charging station 200 may supply power by supplying power to at least one vehicle 100 or by discharging a battery of the at least one vehicle 100. That is, the power charging station 200 may be provided with a device (bi-directional charger, Bi-directional On-board Charger) capable of charging and discharging in both directions with at least one vehicle (100). The power charging station 200 may be a charging station that stores power. The power charging station 200 may be formed in plural inside and outside the city, and the at least one vehicle 100 may charge power required by any of the power charging stations 200 of the plurality of power charging stations 200.

In addition, the power charging station 200 receives the power holding amount, power charging history, service history and location information of the at least one vehicle 100 from the at least one vehicle 100 using wireless communication such as Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. can do. According to an embodiment, the power charging station 200 uses different ports of one cable to charge power when charging the at least one vehicle 100 or discharging the power of the at least one vehicle 100. The information can be transmitted and received simultaneously with discharge. In addition, according to an embodiment, the power charging station 200 may transmit and receive the information with at least one vehicle 100 using a separate cable for transmitting and receiving information in addition to a cable for supplying power.

The power reserve may be an amount of power of a battery that stores power of at least one vehicle 100. The power charging history may include a location, a charging power amount, and a charging time of the power charging station 200 in which the at least one vehicle 100 has charged power in the past. The driving history may include complex driving information such as a path traveled by at least one vehicle 100, a moving speed, and a weight of at least one vehicle 100. The driving history may be recorded using a diagnostic system such as an OBD scanner, but is not limited thereto. The driving history may be recorded and stored by various methods. The location information may be information of a place where at least one vehicle 100 is located. Based on the location information of the power charging station 200, it can be estimated that at least one vehicle 100 connected to the power charging station 200 is adjacent to the power charging station 200, and the position of the at least one vehicle 100 is determined. It can be estimated. According to an embodiment, the at least one vehicle 100 may include a location information collection device such as a GPS and communicate with a virtual power plant management server 400 to be described later to provide location information. In another embodiment, the at least one vehicle 100 is connected to the user terminal 300, which will be described later, in short-range communication, and determines that the position of the at least one vehicle 100 is adjacent to the user terminal 300. The position of the at least one vehicle 100 may be estimated using the position of the 300.

Since the power charging station 200 and the at least one vehicle 100 each have a unique identification number, the power charging station 200 can identify which vehicle the connected vehicle 100 is connected to, and at least one vehicle. The means 100 may identify which power charging station 200 is the connected power charging station 200. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the power charging stations 200_1 to 200_3 may be connected to at least one vehicle 100_1 to 100_7, respectively. The power station 200_1 may identify that it is connected with two vehicles 100_1 and 100_2, and the power station 200_2 may identify that it is connected with three vehicles 100_3 to 100_5, and the power station 200_3 may identify that the vehicle 100 is connected to two vehicles 100_6 to 100_7, and may identify which vehicle 100 is connected to each vehicle.

The user terminal 300 may be connected to at least one vehicle 100, respectively, and display information of the vehicle 100. The user terminal 300 may be connected to at least one vehicle 100 by short-range communication or a wired cable, but is not limited thereto. The user terminal 300 may be a portable electronic device such as a smartphone or a tablet PC equipped with a display. The user terminal 300 may display information of the vehicle 100 through an application and transmit and receive information to the virtual power plant management server 400 to be described later. The user terminals 300_1 to 300_7 may exchange data with the respective transportation means 100_1 to 100_7 as shown in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the virtual power plant management server 400 includes a vehicle information collecting unit 410, a power request event generating unit 420, an event replying unit 430, a verification unit 440, and a compensation providing unit 450. ), A server communication unit 460, and a control unit 470. The virtual power plant management server 400 is a device capable of communicating with the power charging station 200 and the user terminal 300 and operating and managing power virtually. The power generation station 200 is connected to the power charging station 200 and the information. Transmit and receive and control the operation of the power charging station 200 by the control signal input from the outside. The virtual power plant management server 400 may be directly connected to the power charging stations 200_1 and 200_3 in FIG. 1, but as described below, the aggregator 500 may be connected to the power charging station 200_2 according to another embodiment. It can also be connected with. Details of the virtual power plant management server 400 connected to the aggregator 500 will be described later.

The vehicle information collecting unit 410 may collect power reserves stored by the at least one vehicle 100, power charging details, driving details, and location information of the at least one vehicle 100. When the at least one vehicle 100 is connected to the power charging station 200 to transmit information, the vehicle information collecting unit 410 is a power holding amount of the at least one vehicle 100 from the power charging station 200, Power charging history, operation history and location information can be collected. According to an embodiment, the vehicle information collecting unit 410 may receive information about at least one vehicle 100 from the user terminal 300 corresponding to the at least one vehicle 100.

The power request event generator 420 may generate a power request event for requesting power supply. The power request event may include a requested power amount, a request location, a request time, incentive information, and the like. The requested amount of power indicates the amount of power that needs to be powered, the request point indicates the position where the power is required, the request time indicates the time when the power is required, and the incentive information indicates information on compensation provided according to the result of power supply according to the request. (Eg, an item on an application). The power request event may be, for example, the message "Gangnam-gu area, before 6 pm, 100KW power request".

The power request event generator 420 may transmit a power request event to all user terminals 300. The power request event generator 420 may compare the location information of the at least one vehicle 100 with the request location and transmit the power request event to the vehicle 100 located within a preset range. Therefore, the virtual power plant management system 1000 providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention can be quickly supplied with power from the vehicle 100 near the request location.

The power request event generator 420 may generate a power request event when externally supplied request information of a power supply, or automatically generate a power request event by analyzing a location and a time zone in which power supply is required.

The power request event may be a goal that can be achieved by one user terminal 300 in an application or a goal that can be achieved by forming a group by several user terminals 300. The power request event may provide additional compensation to the user terminal 300 in which the group is formed, as described below, when power is provided by forming a group that the at least one user terminal 300 performs together. The power request event is a kind of game element, and may be displayed as a game, a mission, or the like on an application of the user terminal 300. Therefore, the virtual power plant management system 1000 providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention has an effect of inducing users to voluntarily supply power by providing a game element to the user.

In addition, in order to generate a power request event, according to an embodiment, power may be requested from an external server. The external server pays a predetermined price to the virtual power plant management server 400 and then supplies power to the virtual power plant management server 400. You can request

The event reply unit 430 may receive an acceptance message in response to the power supply request according to the power request event from the at least one user terminal 300 connected to the at least one vehicle 100 in a wired or wireless manner. The event reply unit 430 may receive and store information regarding when and which vehicle 100 will supply power to the power charging station 200 at which location through the acceptance message received from the user terminal 300.

The verification unit 440 may determine whether the at least one vehicle 100 may supply power according to the acceptance message, based on the amount of power held in the at least one vehicle 100. Therefore, the virtual power plant management system 1000 providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention may determine in advance and predict whether the target of the power request event can be achieved. Accordingly, the virtual power plant management system 1000 providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention determines in advance whether additional power should be supplied from another vehicle 100 to achieve a goal of a power request event in advance. Can increase.

In addition, the verification unit 440 determines the minimum amount of power required for the operation of the at least one vehicle 100 based on the amount of power, the charge history and the history of operation, and the power from the at least one vehicle 100 When supplying the power when the amount of power is reduced to the minimum required amount of power may generate a stop signal for stopping the power supply.

For example, the verification unit 440 may calculate the amount of power that must be consumed every day using the power charging history and the driving history of the at least one vehicle 100. The verification unit 440 may calculate the amount of power consumed by the at least one vehicle 100 for each time zone, and may calculate the amount of power remaining for each hour to determine the minimum amount of power required. The verification unit 440 may stop the power supply when the power holding amount decreases below the minimum required power while the at least one vehicle 100 continues to supply power to the power charging station 200.

Therefore, the virtual power plant management system 1000 providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention can prevent the minimum power required for the vehicle 100 from running out. Therefore, the virtual power plant management system 1000 that provides compensation prevents the operation of the vehicle 100 from being impossible due to insufficient power remaining because the power supply is automatically stopped even if a user mistakenly attempts to supply power excessively. Can be.

In addition, since the at least one vehicle 100 may recharge the power from the power charging station 200 even when the power is supplied to the power charging station 200, the verification unit 440 may be configured to include at least one vehicle 100. In consideration of the power charging speed, the amount of power that can be recharged during a spare time for recharging power may be calculated by adding the power reserve. Accordingly, the virtual power plant management system 1000 that provides compensation has an advantage of inducing abundant power supply from the vehicle 100 by supplying additional power as much as the amount of power that can be recharged.

The compensation provider 450 may provide a compensation according to the incentive information to the user terminal 300 that supplies power according to the power request event. The incentive information may be any one of an icon interface displayed on the user terminal 300, a discount rate of a predetermined device from the user terminal 300, and a point voucher for charging energy of at least one vehicle 100. The icon interface displayed on the user terminal 300 may be an item for an exterior icon or a background picture of the vehicle displayed in the application described with reference to FIG. 3. Also, the incentive information may be an item whose level or ranking displayed on the application of the user terminal is increased. Such incentive information may be transferred to each other through the 'gift' function between the user terminals 300.

For example, the virtual power plant management server 400 through the power request event generation unit 420 "request time" is 12:00 to 13:00, "request place" is Gimpo Airport and "power request event of 100KW request power" "May be transmitted to the user terminal 300. The user terminal 300 may transmit an acceptance message according to the “power request event” to the virtual power plant management server 400.

When the vehicle 100 connected to the user terminal 300 supplies 100 KW to Gimpo Airport according to the acceptance message at 12 o'clock to 13 o'clock, the virtual power plant management server 400 may transmit the user terminal 300 to the acceptance message. As a result, the mobile terminal 300 may determine that the mobile device has since faithfully executed and transmit the above-described incentive information to the user terminal 300.

In another embodiment, if the contents of the approval message transmitted from the vehicle 100 connected to the user terminal 300 and the amount of power, time, and place actually supplied to the power charging station 200 are different, the virtual power plant management server ( 400 may transmit the penalty information. For example, when the vehicle 100 connected to the user terminal 300 does not satisfy any one of a request time, a request location, and a request power amount according to the acceptance message, the virtual power plant management server 400 may use the user terminal 300. ) Is determined not to faithfully perform according to the consent message, and transmits the penalty information indicating that the ranking displayed on the application of the user terminal 300 is reduced, the image of a broken wheel is displayed, or the image of which the vehicle is damaged is displayed. Can be.

In another embodiment, the vehicle 100 connected to the user terminal 300 is regularly parked in the building by a regular operation such as commute, and for a predetermined range of periods, such as supplying power into the building during the parked time. In the case of faithfully supplying a predetermined amount of power, the virtual power plant management server 400 may provide a coin or coupon that can be used in a store located in a predetermined building to the user terminal 300. For example, when parking a car of a company employee who commute to work in the company building, and provides power during the working hours every day, the virtual power plant management server 400 is to provide a coin or coupon that can be used in the company building as a user terminal of the office worker Can be. The coin or coupon may be a coupon that can be exchanged for a beverage, such as a virtual coin or coffee, that is of value as a good.

Accordingly, the virtual power plant management system 1000 may induce interest and competition to the users to effectively induce power supply.

The discount rate of the device pre-designated by the user terminal 300 may be information that is connected to an external gas fee, an electric fee, and a tax payment server, thereby reducing the fee charged by the various external servers. For example, if the fee for the gas device is specified in advance as being discounted from the user terminal 300, the compensation provider may request an external gas fee server to discount the fee for the gas device designated by the user terminal 300. have.

The point voucher for charging the energy of the at least one vehicle 100 may be a discount coupon that can be used to pay for the power charged in the power charging station 200. The at least one vehicle 100 may charge the electric power corresponding to the price of the point voucher by using the point voucher when charging the power in the power charging station 200.

When the at least one user terminal 300 supplies power by forming a group in which the power request event is performed together, the compensation provider 450 may further compensate the at least one user terminal 300 in which the group is formed. Can provide. For example, the virtual power plant management system 1000 providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention may form a group in advance on an application in order for a plurality of user terminals 300 together to achieve a goal according to a power request event. Can form a group.

In this case, the at least one user terminal 300 may invite the user to join the group to perform the power request event together with the other user terminal 300, and the other user terminal 300 accepts the invitation to the power request event. Join the group to perform together. In this case, the reward providing unit 450 accepts the invitation to form a group, and when the group together achieves the target according to the power request event, the group is invited to the user terminal 300 and the invited user terminal 300. In addition, compensation may be provided. Therefore, the virtual power plant management system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a rare value to a user who induced another user to participate in the system so that a user who does not induce another user to participate in the system is psychologically shaken. Rewards, which can induce competition among users more effectively.

In addition, at least one user terminal 300 may be formed of a group by chance without agreeing to form a group in advance. That is, the at least one user terminal 300 may form a group of the user terminal 300 that accidentally achieved the same power request event together. In this case, the compensation providing unit 450 may additionally provide a compensation similar to the case where the group is formed in advance with respect to the at least one user terminal 300 formed by group. For example, in the power request event, a total of 1000KW of power was requested to Gangnam-gu at 10 o'clock, and when 50 user terminals 300 watched the power request event and supplied 20KW to Gangnam-gu, 50 items contributed to the total power supply of 1000KW. The user terminal 300 may be treated as forming a group. In this case, the reward providing unit 450 may additionally provide a reward to the user terminal 300 forming a group according to the contents included in the incentive information.

The reward provider 450 may determine the rank of the user terminal 300 based on the reward transmitted to the user terminal 300. In addition, the compensation provider 450 may further provide a compensation to the user terminal 300 having a predetermined rank according to the determined rank. Therefore, the virtual power plant management system 1000 that provides compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention has an advantage of inducing interests of users by inducing competition and receiving power effectively.

The server communication unit 460 may exchange information with the user terminal 300 and the power charging station 200. The server communication unit 460 transmits a power request event to the user terminal 300 and receives location information of the user terminal 300 and information of the vehicle 100 connected to the user terminal 300 from the user terminal 300. Can be. In addition, the server communication unit 460 may receive information of the vehicle 100 connected to the power charging station 200 from the power charging station 200.

The control unit 470 may compare and analyze the acceptance message according to the power request event, determine whether power is supplied to the power charging station 200 according to the acceptance message, and provide compensation to the user terminal 300 according to the power supply result. have.

In another embodiment, the virtual power plant management server 400 may be connected to the power charging station 200_2 by connecting the aggregator 500 of FIG. 1 as an intermediate medium. According to the exemplary embodiment, the virtual power plant management server 400 may be directly connected to all the power stations 200, or may be connected to all the power stations 200 and the aggregator 500 as an intermediate, or a mixture of the two methods. Since it can be connected to the power charging station 200 is shown in Figure 1 mixed for convenience of description. That is, the power request event generator 420 of the virtual power plant management server 400 collects power by directly transmitting a power request event to the at least one vehicle 100, or the power request event to the aggregator 500. After transmitting the aggregator 500 may collect power by recruiting each vehicle member. The aggregator 500 may collect information about the rated capacity of the power stored in the at least one vehicle (100_3 to 100_5). The aggregator 500 may exchange data with the virtual power plant management server 400 through an aggregator terminal.

When the virtual power plant management server 400 receives the acceptance message from the aggregator 500 and collects power according to the requested amount of power, the virtual power plant management server 400 may transmit incentive information to the aggregator 500. In this case, the virtual power plant management server 400 may request a certain amount of power when the power request event is transmitted to the aggregator 500, or request to collect power for a predetermined time.

In this case, the aggregator 500 may be connected to various types of distributed power resources using power in addition to the at least one transportation device 100_3 to 100_5 to manage or collect power. Since the virtual power plant management system 1000 may collect power by being connected to various distributed power resources through the aggregator 500, the virtual power plant management system according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a new type of distributed power resource. When applied to the 1000, it is necessary to collect the power by connecting to the aggregator 500, so there is an advantage that can be compatible with the system regardless of the type of distributed power resources. That is, when the aggregator 500 uses the aggregator 500, the virtual power plant management system 1000 may form a new type of power market composed of a new type of distributed power resource.

3 is a view showing an interface configuration displayed on the user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the user terminal 300 may display an application implementing the virtual power plant management system 1000 that provides compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention on a display. Referring to FIG. 3A, an application implementing the virtual power plant management system 1000 that provides a reward may display an appearance c1 of a vehicle icon, and a background picture may be displayed as a background of the vehicle. The state s1 of the time for charging the current power and the incentive information corresponding thereto may be displayed, and the ranking g1 of the competition of the user terminal 300 may be displayed.

Referring to FIG. 3B, the user terminal 300 may display the appearance c2 of the vehicle icon on the display. The appearance c2 of the vehicle icon shown in FIG. 3B may be set to another kind of vehicle unlike FIG. 3A. As described above, the appearance of the vehicle icon may be an interface provided as another compensation for power supply. The vehicle icon may be a means for expressing the contribution of each user terminal 300 according to the type and design of the vehicle. In addition, (b) of FIG. 3 may display a background picture as a background of the vehicle, and may display a state (s2) regarding a current charging time and incentive information according thereto, and the user terminal 300. It is possible to display the ranking (g2) by the competition. Accordingly, the virtual power plant management system 1000 that provides a reward according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide various visual elements to the user according to the contribution of the power to provide pleasure as if playing a game while supplying power. Can be.

4 is a flowchart of a virtual power plant management method 2000 for providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the virtual power plant management method 2000 of providing a reward according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a vehicle information collecting step S210, a power request event generating step S230, and an event replying step S250. And providing a reward (S270). The virtual power plant management method 2000 for providing compensation according to an embodiment of the present invention may be performed by the virtual power plant management server 400 of FIG. 2.

The vehicle information collecting step (S210) may collect power holding amount included in at least one vehicle 100, power charging details, driving history, and location information of the at least one vehicle 100. The vehicle information collecting step (S210) may be performed by the vehicle information collecting unit 410 of the virtual power plant management server 400.

The power request event generation step (S230) includes a request power amount requiring power supply, a request location indicating a location where power supply is required, a request time indicating a time required for power supply, and incentive information that is compensated according to a power supply result according to the request. Generated power request event. The incentive information may be any one of an icon interface displayed on the user terminal 300, a discount on a pre-designated device from the user terminal 300, and a voucher for charging energy of at least one vehicle 100. The power request event generation step S230 may compare the location information of the at least one vehicle 100 with the request location and transmit the power request event to the vehicle 100 located within a preset range. The power request event generation step S230 may be performed by the power request event generator 420 of the virtual power plant management server 400.

The event reply step S250 may transmit a power request event to at least one user terminal 300 connected to the at least one vehicle 100 by wire or wireless, and receive a consent message according to the power request event. The event reply step S250 may be performed by the event reply unit 430 of the virtual power plant management server 400.

The reward providing step S270 may provide a reward according to the incentive information to the user terminal 300 that supplies power according to the power request event. In addition, in the providing of compensation (S270), when the at least one user terminal 300 forms a group that performs a power request event together and supplies power, the compensation step (S270) is added to the at least one user terminal 300 forming the group. Can provide compensation. In operation S270, the ranking of the user terminal 300 may be determined based on the compensation transmitted to the user terminal 300. The compensation providing step S270 may be performed by the compensation providing unit 450 of the virtual power plant management server 400.

In another embodiment, the virtual power plant management method 2000 may further include a verification step (not shown). The verifying step may determine whether the at least one vehicle 100 can supply power according to the acceptance message, based on the amount of power held in the at least one vehicle 100.

The verification step determines the minimum amount of power required for the operation of at least one vehicle 100 based on power reserves, power charge history and service history, and the power reserves when power is supplied from at least one vehicle 100. If this decreases to the minimum amount of power required, a stop signal can be generated to stop the power supply. The verification step (not shown) may be performed by the verification unit 440 of the virtual power plant management server 400.

So far, the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings. These examples are merely illustrative and not intended to limit the present invention, and should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims rather than the foregoing description. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of illustrating the concept of the invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or the claims. Each step of the invention need not necessarily be performed in the order described, and may be performed in parallel, selectively or individually. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible without departing from the essential technical spirit of the invention as claimed in the claims. Equivalents are to be understood to include not only currently known equivalents but also equivalents to be developed in the future, ie all components invented to perform the same function regardless of structure.

100: vehicle 200: power station
300: user terminal 400: virtual power plant management server
410: transportation information collection unit 420: power request event generator
430: event return unit 440: verification unit
450: compensation provider 460: server communication unit
470: control unit

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A vehicle information collection step of collecting, by the virtual power plant management server, at least one of power reserves included in at least one vehicle, power charging history, service history, and location information of the at least one vehicle;
At least one of the requested amount of power required for power supply, a request location indicating a location where power supply is required, a request time indicating a time for power supply, and incentive information compensated according to the power supply result according to the request A power request event generation step of generating an included power request event;
An event reply step of the virtual power plant management server transmitting the power request event to at least one user terminal connected to the at least one vehicle by wire or wirelessly, and receiving an acceptance message according to the power request event; And
The virtual power plant management server comprises a compensation providing step of providing a compensation according to the incentive information to the user terminal for supplying power in accordance with the power request event,
The reward providing step,
The virtual power plant management server is to provide an interface corresponding to the compensation through an application running in the user terminal,
The interface is,
Including a vehicle icon, the type and design of the vehicle of the vehicle icon represents the contribution to the power supply of each user terminal, and displays the ranking by the competition with the user terminals based on the reward transmitted to the user terminal However, according to the content of the acceptance message, the vehicle connected to the user terminal adjusts the display of the ranking and the vehicle icon according to whether or not at least one of the amount of power, time and place actually supplied, and the amount of power supplied , If at least one of time and place is not met, the ranking is lowered, and the wheel of the vehicle icon is displayed as a popped image or the image of the vehicle icon is damaged;
The reward providing step,
When a vehicle connected to the user terminal is parked in a building and supplies power to the building for a predetermined range of periods, the user terminal provides a coin or a coupon that can be used in a store located in the building.
The user terminal,
Invite the user to join the group to perform the power request event with another user terminal, and the other user terminal joins the group to accept the invitation and perform the power request event together,
The reward providing step,
A group is formed by accepting the invitation, and when the group together achieves a goal according to the power request event, by providing an additional reward to the user terminal and the invited user terminal invited to the group, to induce competition between users Virtual power plant management method for providing a reward, characterized in that for providing a reward to the user who induced the non-participating users to participate. delete delete The method of claim 1,
The incentive information,
The virtual power plant management method for providing a reward, characterized in that any one of the icon interface displayed on the user terminal, the discount rate of a predetermined device from the user terminal, the point voucher for charging the energy of the at least one vehicle. The method of claim 1,
The power request event generation step,
And comparing the location information of the at least one vehicle with the request location and transmitting the power request event to a vehicle located within a preset range. The method of claim 1,
Virtual power plant management method that provides the compensation,
And a verification step of determining whether the at least one vehicle can supply power according to the acceptance message based on the amount of power contained in the at least one vehicle. Way. The method of claim 6,
The verification step,
The minimum amount of power required for the operation of at least one vehicle is determined based on the amount of power, the charge history, and the service history, and when the power is supplied from the at least one vehicle, the amount of power is reduced to the minimum amount of power. The virtual power plant management method for providing a compensation, characterized in that for generating a stop signal to stop the power supply. A vehicle information collecting unit for collecting at least one of power holding amount stored by at least one vehicle, power charging history, driving history, and location information of the at least one vehicle;
A power request event including at least one of a requested amount of power required for power supply, a request location indicating a location where power supply is required, a request time indicating a time for power supply, and incentive information compensated according to the power supply result according to the request; Generating a power request event generator;
An event reply unit configured to receive an acceptance message in response to a power supply request according to the power request event from at least one user terminal connected to the at least one vehicle by wire or wireless; And
Compensation providing unit for providing a compensation according to the incentive information to the user terminal for supplying power in accordance with the power request event,
The compensation provider,
To provide an interface corresponding to the reward through an application executed in the user terminal;
The interface is,
Including a vehicle icon, the type and design of the vehicle of the vehicle icon represents the contribution to the power supply of each user terminal, and displays the ranking by competition with other user terminals of the user terminal, the user terminal Adjust the display of the ranking and the vehicle icon according to whether the vehicle connected to the terminal satisfies at least one of the amount of power, time and place actually supplied according to the content of the consent message, and among the amount of power, time and place supplied. If at least one is not met, the ranking is lowered and the wheel of the vehicle icon is displayed as a popped image or an image in which the vehicle icon is damaged,
The compensation provider,
When a vehicle connected to the user terminal is parked in a building and supplies power to the building for a predetermined range of periods, the user terminal provides a coin or a coupon that can be used in a store located in the building.
The user terminal,
Invite the user to join the group to perform the power request event with another user terminal, and the other user terminal joins the group to accept the invitation and perform the power request event together,
The compensation provider,
A group is formed by accepting the invitation, and when the group together achieves a goal according to the power request event, by providing an additional reward to the user terminal and the invited user terminal invited to the group, to induce competition between users Virtual power plant management server for providing a reward, characterized in that to provide a reward to the user who induced the non-participating users to participate. At least one vehicle;
A power connected to the at least one vehicle to charge and discharge power in both directions with the at least one vehicle, and to receive at least one of power reserve, power charge history, service history, and location information of the at least one vehicle; Charging station;
A virtual power plant management server connected to the power charging station, collecting at least one of power holding amount, power charging history, driving history, and location information of the at least one vehicle and generating a power request event requesting power supply; And
A user terminal which transmits an acceptance message according to the power request event and receives power from the virtual power plant management server by supplying power according to the power request event;
The power request event,
At least one of a requested amount of power required for power supply, a request location indicating a location where power supply is required, a request time indicating a time for power supply, and incentive information compensated according to the power supply result according to the request,
The virtual power plant management server,
The virtual power plant management server is to provide an interface corresponding to the compensation through an application running in the user terminal,
The interface is,
Including a vehicle icon, the type and design of the vehicle of the vehicle icon represents the contribution to the power supply of each user terminal, and displays the ranking by competition with other user terminals of the user terminal, the user terminal Adjust the display of the ranking and the vehicle icon according to whether the vehicle connected to the terminal satisfies at least one of the amount of power, time and place actually supplied according to the content of the consent message, and among the amount of power, time and place supplied. If at least one is not met, the ranking is lowered and the wheel of the vehicle icon is displayed as a popped image or an image in which the vehicle icon is damaged,
The virtual power plant management server,
When a vehicle connected to the user terminal is parked in a building and supplies power to the building for a predetermined range of periods, the user terminal provides a coin or a coupon that can be used in a store located in the building.
The user terminal,
Invite the user to join the group to perform the power request event with another user terminal, and the other user terminal joins the group to accept the invitation and perform the power request event together,
The virtual power plant management server,
A group is formed by accepting the invitation, and when the group together achieves a goal according to the power request event, by providing an additional reward to the user terminal and the invited user terminal invited to the group, to induce competition between users Virtual power plant management system for providing a reward, characterized in that for providing a reward to the user who induced the non-participating users to participate.

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