KR102569010B1 - Method and electric vehicle charging apparatus for automatically charging the battery by recognizing signals from self-driving electric vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for automatically charging a battery by recognizing a signal of an autonomous driving electric vehicle, in a state in which structural information for each of a plurality of autonomous driving electric vehicles is classified for each vehicle model and stored in a database, (a) specific When a first signal including at least a part of request information for requesting charging of a specific battery from an autonomous driving electric vehicle and specific vehicle ID information of the specific autonomous driving electric vehicle is obtained, the electric vehicle charging terminal (i) the specific autonomous driving terminal Determining the vehicle model of the specific self-driving electric vehicle with reference to at least one of vehicle scan information for the driving electric vehicle and (ii) the specific vehicle ID information of the specific self-driving electric vehicle included in the first signal doing; (b) When it is determined that the vehicle model corresponds to a specific vehicle model, the electric vehicle charging terminal refers to specific structure information among the structure information stored in the database, and the specific autonomy corresponding to the specific vehicle model Information on a specific location, which is the location of a specific charging interaction unit included in a driving electric vehicle, is acquired, and it is determined whether the specific location is located within a preset threshold distance from the electric vehicle charging terminal, so that the specific location is within the preset threshold distance. requesting payment of a charging fee to the specific self-driving electric vehicle when it is determined that it is located; (c) When a second signal including the charge payment completion information is obtained from the specific self-driving electric vehicle, the electric vehicle charging terminal performs the specific charging interaction among a plurality of charging connectors included in the electric vehicle charging terminal A specific charging connector corresponding to the unit is determined, and the specific charging robot arm to which the determined specific charging connector is coupled moves to the specific position or moves to a position where communication with the specific position is possible, so that the specific charging connector is determined by the specific charging connector. interacting with the charging interaction unit; (d) When a state in which an interaction is possible between the specific charging connector and the specific charging interaction unit is established, the electric vehicle charging terminal refers to at least one of the first signal and the second signal to determine the specific self-driving electric vehicle. A method and an electric vehicle charging terminal comprising the steps of charging a vehicle are disclosed.

Description

A method for automatically charging a battery by recognizing a signal of an autonomous driving electric vehicle and an electric vehicle charging terminal

A method for automatically charging a battery by recognizing a signal of an autonomous electric vehicle and an electric vehicle charging terminal.

In recent years, the use of electric vehicles has been expanding all over the world. In the case of Korea, as part of the post-2020 GHG reduction plan, diesel passenger cars are completely eliminated by 2030 and the goal is to supply 240,000 electric vehicles by 2020. A charging infrastructure equipped with chargers capable of charging electric vehicles is created It is becoming.

In addition, recently, electric vehicles equipped with autonomous driving functions have been released, and research and development on electric vehicles capable of fully autonomous driving are continuously conducted.

However, most electric car chargers are a method in which a person manually connects and charges an electric car (e.g., Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2021-0026907), and since the type of charging socket is different depending on the vehicle model of the electric car, the user of the electric car has a problem of finding a charging connector suitable for a corresponding charging socket.

Therefore, there is a need to develop a method and device capable of automatically charging an autonomous electric vehicle using a charging method suitable for a corresponding vehicle model.

The present invention aims to solve all of the above problems.

Another object of the present invention is to automatically charge an autonomous electric vehicle.

Another object of the present invention is to enable customized charging according to a vehicle model of an autonomous driving electric vehicle.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to automatically determine a charging amount without user intervention and to automatically proceed from charging request to charging completion.

Another object of the present invention is to efficiently control wired charging or wireless charging of an autonomous electric vehicle.

Another object of the present invention is to automatically charge the self-driving electric vehicle by recognizing an audio signal transmitted from the self-driving electric vehicle.

The characteristic configuration of the present invention for achieving the object of the present invention as described above and realizing the characteristic effects of the present invention described later is as follows.

According to one aspect of the present invention, in a method for automatically charging a battery by recognizing a signal of a self-driving electric vehicle, structural information on each of a plurality of self-driving electric vehicles is classified for each vehicle model and stored in a database. (a) when a first signal including at least a part of request information for requesting charging of a specific battery from a specific self-driving electric vehicle and specific vehicle ID information of the specific self-driving electric vehicle is obtained, the electric vehicle charging terminal With reference to at least one of (i) the vehicle scan information for the specific self-driving electric vehicle and (ii) the specific vehicle ID information of the specific self-driving electric vehicle included in the first signal, the specific autonomous driving Determining a vehicle model of a driving electric vehicle; (b) When it is determined that the vehicle model corresponds to a specific vehicle model, the electric vehicle charging terminal refers to specific structure information among the structure information stored in the database, and the specific autonomy corresponding to the specific vehicle model Information on a specific location, which is the location of a specific charging interaction unit included in a driving electric vehicle, is acquired, and it is determined whether the specific location is located within a preset threshold distance from the electric vehicle charging terminal, so that the specific location is within the preset threshold distance. requesting payment of a charging fee to the specific self-driving electric vehicle when it is determined that it is located; (c) When a second signal including the charge payment completion information is obtained from the specific self-driving electric vehicle, the electric vehicle charging terminal performs the specific charging interaction among a plurality of charging connectors included in the electric vehicle charging terminal A specific charging connector corresponding to the unit is determined, and the specific charging robot arm to which the determined specific charging connector is coupled moves to the specific position or moves to a position where communication with the specific position is possible, so that the specific charging connector is determined by the specific charging connector. interacting with the charging interaction unit; and (d) when an interaction enabled state between the specific charging connector and the specific charging interaction unit is established, the electric vehicle charging terminal refers to at least one of the first signal and the second signal for the specific autonomous driving. A method comprising the steps of charging an electric vehicle is disclosed.

As an example, in step (b), the electric vehicle charging terminal is included in (i) the specific self-driving electric vehicle corresponding to the specific vehicle model as information on the specific location, which is the location of the specific charging interaction unit. Information on the location of the specific charging socket and (ii) charging socket type information, which is the type information of the specific charging socket, are obtained, and it is determined whether the location of the specific charging socket is located within the predetermined threshold distance from the electric vehicle charging terminal. When it is determined that the location of the specific charging socket is located within the predetermined threshold distance, the specific self-driving electric vehicle is requested to pay the charging fee, and in the step (c), the specific self-driving electric vehicle When the second signal including the charge payment completion information is obtained from the electric vehicle charging terminal, the electric vehicle charging terminal corresponds to the charging socket type information of the specific charging socket among the plurality of charging connectors included in the electric vehicle charging terminal. Determining the specific charging connector to be, and causing the specific charging robot arm to which the determined specific charging connector is coupled to move to the position of the specific charging socket so that the specific charging connector is connected to the specific charging socket characterized in that, in the step (d), when the specific charging connector and the specific charging socket are connected, the electric vehicle charging terminal refers to at least one of the first signal and the second signal to refer to the specific self-driving electric vehicle. A method characterized by charging a vehicle is disclosed.

As an example, in step (b), the electric vehicle charging terminal determines a specific charging method corresponding to the specific vehicle model with reference to the specific structure information, wherein the specific charging method is at least one of wired charging and wireless charging. And, with reference to the determined specific charging method, according to the type of the specific charging method, (i) when the specific charging method corresponds to the wired charging, as information about the specific location, which is the location of the specific charging interaction unit. Obtain information on a first specific location, which is the location of a specific charging socket included in the specific self-driving electric vehicle corresponding to the specific vehicle model, and obtain charging socket type information, which is type information of the specific charging socket, It is determined whether the first specific location where the specific charging socket is located is located within a preset first threshold distance from the electric vehicle charging terminal by using vehicle scan information and information on the first specific location, and the first specific location is When it is determined that the location is within the first critical distance, a charge payment is requested to the specific self-driving electric vehicle, and (ii) when the specific charging method corresponds to the wireless charging, the location of the specific charging interaction unit As information on the specific location, information on a second specific location, which is the location of the specific battery included in the specific self-driving electric vehicle corresponding to the specific vehicle model, is obtained, and information on the vehicle scan information and the second specific location is obtained. When it is determined whether the second specific location where the specific battery is located is located within a predetermined second threshold distance from the electric vehicle charging terminal using the information on characterized in that the specific self-driving electric vehicle is requested to pay the charging charge, and in the step (c), when the second signal including the charge payment completion information is obtained from the specific self-driving electric vehicle, the In an electric vehicle charging terminal, (i) when the specific charging method corresponds to the wired charging, the first one corresponding to the charging socket type information of the specific charging socket among the plurality of charging connectors included in the electric vehicle charging terminal A specific charging connector is determined, and the first specific charging robot arm to which the determined first specific charging connector is coupled is moved to a first specific position, which is the position of the specific charging socket, so that the first specific charging connector is (ii) when the specific charging method corresponds to the wireless charging, a second specific charging connector corresponding to the specific battery among the plurality of charging connectors included in the electric vehicle charging terminal Determine and move the second specific charging robot arm to which the determined second specific charging connector is coupled to a predetermined position where communication with the second specific position, which is the position of the specific battery, is possible, and the second specific charging It is characterized in that the connector is connected to the specific battery through a predetermined communication protocol, and in the step (d), the electric vehicle charging terminal, (i) when the first specific charging connector is connected to the specific charging socket , The specific self-driving electric vehicle is charged by wire with reference to at least one of the first signal and the second signal, and (ii) the second specific charging connector is connected to the specific battery through the predetermined communication protocol. Then, a method characterized by wirelessly charging the specific self-driving electric vehicle with reference to at least one of the first signal and the second signal is disclosed.

As an example, at least one audio signal for each vehicle model or vehicle ID of each of the plurality of self-driving electric vehicles—the audio signal includes at least one of tone, beat, and pitch of sound, through which vehicle model information , A signal for indicating at least one of battery model information and required battery charge amount information - and at least one piece of identification information corresponding thereto - wherein the identification information recognizes the audio signal based on the vehicle model or the vehicle ID When a specific audio signal is acquired from the specific self-driving electric vehicle in a state in which each of the battery charging actions is matched and stored in the database, the electric vehicle charging terminal determines the specific vehicle of the specific self-driving electric vehicle. A method characterized by recognizing at least one specific identification information included in the specific audio signal with reference to a model or the specific vehicle ID, and determining a specific battery charging action with reference to the specific identification information do.

As an example, at least one of the first signal and the second signal may further include battery management system (BMS) information and navigation information of the specific self-driving electric vehicle, and the electric vehicle charging terminal, the BMS The required charge amount of the specific battery is determined by referring to at least one of information and the navigation information, and the electric vehicle charging terminal analyzes the plurality of past charge amount information included in the BMS information to (i) the plurality of past charge amounts. Obtaining information about a first customized charge amount range having a first predetermined threshold probability or more among a first charge amount probability distribution obtained by the information, and a first specific past charge amount existing within the first customized charge amount range of the specific battery A first charge amount determination mode for determining the required charge amount and (ii) current battery state information included in the BMS information, current location information included in the navigation information, and distance information to a destination are obtained as reference information, The plurality of pieces of past charge amount information included in the BMS information are analyzed, and a second predetermined threshold probability or more of the second charge amount probability distribution obtained by predetermined past charge amount information charged in the past under the same or similar conditions as the reference information is obtained. Using at least one of the second charge amount determination modes for acquiring information on a second customized charge amount range having a, and determining a second specific past charge amount existing within the second customized charge amount range as the required charge amount of the specific battery A method characterized by determining the amount of charge of the particular battery is disclosed.

As an example, in step (a), the first signal further includes specific battery ID information of the specific battery, and the electric vehicle charging terminal refers to at least one of the specific vehicle ID information and the specific battery ID information. and additionally performing a process for member authentication of the specific self-driving electric vehicle, wherein the member authentication is completed, and the first signal and the second signal Determine the amount of charge of the specific battery in at least one of the signals When required battery charge amount information is included, the electric vehicle charging terminal (i) refers to the maximum charge amount information corresponding to the specific battery ID information of the specific battery and the current charge amount information of the specific battery to obtain the required battery charge amount information or (ii) determining desired charge amount information input by a user as the battery required charge amount information, wherein the desired charge amount information input by the user is related to the specific battery ID information of the specific battery. When it is determined that the difference between the corresponding maximum charge amount information and the current charge amount information of the specific battery is greater than the difference, the desired charge amount information is replaced with the maximum charge amount information and managed.

According to the present invention, there are the following effects.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of automatically charging an autonomous driving electric vehicle.

In addition, the present invention has an effect of enabling customized charging according to a vehicle model of an autonomous driving electric vehicle.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of automatically determining the charging amount without user intervention and automatically proceeding from charging request to charging completion.

In addition, the present invention has an effect of efficiently controlling wired charging or wireless charging of an autonomous electric vehicle.

In addition, the present invention has an effect of enabling the self-driving electric vehicle to be automatically charged by recognizing an audio signal transmitted from the self-driving electric vehicle.

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an electric vehicle charging terminal that automatically charges a battery by recognizing a signal of an autonomous electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram for explaining a schematic sequence of a method of automatically charging a battery by recognizing a signal of an autonomous electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram for explaining an example of a case corresponding to wired charging according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram for explaining an example of a case corresponding to wireless charging according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The detailed description of the present invention which follows refers to the accompanying drawings which illustrate, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the present invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable one skilled in the art to practice the present invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different from each other but are not necessarily mutually exclusive. For example, specific shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented in one embodiment in another embodiment without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Additionally, it should be understood that the location or arrangement of individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the detailed description set forth below is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention, if properly described, is limited only by the appended claims, along with all equivalents as claimed by those claims. Like reference numbers in the drawings indicate the same or similar function throughout the various aspects.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily practice the present invention.

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an electric vehicle charging terminal 100 that automatically charges a battery by recognizing a signal of an autonomous electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 for automatically charging the battery by recognizing the signal of the self-driving electric vehicle of the present invention includes a memory 110, a processor 120, a vehicle scanning unit 130, It may include a charging connector unit 140 and a robot arm unit 150 for charging.

The memory 110 of the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may store instructions of the processor 120. Specifically, the instructions are codes generated for the purpose of making the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 function in a specific way. , may be stored in a computer usable or computer readable memory that may be directed to a computer or other programmable data processing equipment. Instructions may perform processes for executing functions described in the specification of the present invention.

In addition, the processor 120 of the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may include a hardware configuration such as a micro processing unit (MPU) or a central processing unit (CPU), a cache memory, and a data bus. . In addition, it may further include a software configuration of an operating system and an application that performs a specific purpose.

In addition, the vehicle scanning unit 130 of the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may acquire exterior information and distance information of the electric vehicle. Here, the vehicle scan unit 130 may include at least one of an image capture device, an image capture device, lidar, and radar, but will not be limited thereto.

In addition, the charging connector part 140 of the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 is a part to which the charging socket of the electric vehicle is connected, AC single-phase 5-pin charging connector, AC 3-phase 7-pin charging connector, DC car demo 10-pin charging connector and DC combo 7-pin charging It may include at least one of the connectors, but is not limited thereto, and all charging connectors capable of charging an electric vehicle may be included.

In addition, the charging robot arm unit 150 of the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may include at least one charging robot arm. Here, the robot arm unit 150 for charging can move the charging connector unit 140 to a position where the electric vehicle can be charged. In addition, the charging robot arm unit 150 includes the same number of charging robot arms as the number of charging connectors included in the charging connector unit 140, and each charging robot arm is coupled to the charging connector. may be In addition, the charging robot arm unit 150 includes a smaller number of charging robot arms than the number of charging connectors included in the charging connector unit 140, and the charging robot arm is separated from the charging connector, if necessary. It may also be coupled to the charging connector according to. Here, the charging robot arm may be an articulated robot arm, but it will not be limited thereto.

In addition, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may be linked with a database 900 including information used to automatically charge a battery by recognizing a signal of an autonomous electric vehicle. Here, the database 900 is a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (eg SD or XD memory), At least one of RAM (Random Access Memory, RAM), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (ReadOnly Memory, ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ReadOnly Memory), PROM (Programmable ReadOnly Memory), magnetic memory, magnetic disk, and optical disk It may include one type of storage medium, but is not limited thereto and may include any medium capable of storing data. In addition, the database 900 may be installed separately from the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 or may be installed inside the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 to transmit data or record received data. The above may be implemented separately, which may vary depending on the implementation conditions of the invention. In addition, the database 900 may store structure information for each of a plurality of self-driving electric vehicles, which is classified according to each vehicle model.

In addition, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may transmit and receive necessary information to and from a management server (not shown) that manages battery charging-related histories of each of a plurality of self-driving electric vehicles through a communication unit (not shown).

In addition, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 can transmit and receive necessary information with each of a plurality of self-driving electric vehicles through a communication unit (not shown), and transmit and receive necessary information with a user terminal of each of a plurality of self-driving electric vehicles. there is.

A method of automatically charging a battery by recognizing a signal of an autonomous electric vehicle using the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 2 .

2 is a diagram for explaining a schematic sequence of a method of automatically charging a battery by recognizing a signal of an autonomous electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, when the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 obtains a first signal including at least a part of request information for requesting charging of a specific battery from a specific self-driving electric vehicle and specific vehicle ID information of a specific self-driving electric vehicle, A vehicle model of a specific self-driving electric vehicle may be determined with reference to at least one of vehicle scan information about the self-driving electric vehicle and specific vehicle ID information of the specific self-driving electric vehicle included in the first signal (S210). .

Here, the vehicle scan information is information obtained through the vehicle scan unit 130 and may be images of the appearance of a specific self-driving electric vehicle taken from various angles, but is not limited thereto.

For example, in the electric vehicle charging terminal 100, a plurality of images showing the appearance of a corresponding vehicle are stored for each of a plurality of vehicle models, and the plurality of images and the appearance of a specific self-driving electric vehicle are photographed by referring to the database 900. It may be possible to determine the vehicle model of a specific self-driving electric vehicle by determining the matching rate of one image. In addition, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may determine the vehicle model of a specific self-driving electric vehicle corresponding to a specific vehicle ID by referring to the database 900 in which vehicle models of the corresponding vehicle are stored for each of a plurality of vehicle IDs. There will be.

In addition, when the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 determines that a vehicle model of a specific self-driving electric vehicle corresponds to a specific vehicle model, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 refers to specific structural information among structural information stored in the database 900 to determine the specific vehicle model. Information on a specific location, which is the location of a specific charging interaction unit included in a corresponding specific self-driving electric vehicle, is acquired, and it is determined whether the specific location is located within a preset threshold distance from an electric vehicle charging terminal, so that the specific location is within a preset threshold distance. When determined to be located, a charge payment may be requested to a specific self-driving electric vehicle (S220).

Here, the charging interaction unit is a part that performs a predetermined function to charge the self-driving electric vehicle. In the case of an autonomous electric vehicle capable of wired charging, it may be a battery charging socket, and an autonomous electric vehicle capable of wireless charging. In the case of a car, it may be a battery.

In addition, the predetermined threshold distance may be a distance at which a specific charging robot arm to which a specific charging connector is coupled, which will be described later, can move and charge a specific self-driving electric vehicle through a specific charging connector, but it will not be limited thereto.

In addition, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may determine whether a specific location is located within a preset threshold distance from the electric vehicle charging terminal using vehicle scan information and specific structure information, and Distance-related information additionally acquired through lidar or radar may be moved, or may be determined using a separate distance sensor.

In addition, when the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 determines that a specific location is not located within a preset threshold distance, the specific autonomous driving electric vehicle provides a signal requesting a location movement or a position change request to the specific autonomous driving electric vehicle. The electric vehicle may move or change the location to support a specific location within a predetermined critical distance.

Next, when the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 acquires a second signal including charge payment completion information from a specific self-driving electric vehicle, a specific charging connector among a plurality of charging connectors included in the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 is used. A specific charging connector corresponding to the interaction unit is determined, and the specific charging robot arm to which the determined specific charging connector is coupled moves to a specific position or moves to a position where communication with the specific position is possible so that the specific charging connector is connected to the specific charging interaction unit. It can be made to interact with (S230).

Here, the charging fee may be paid using a CarPay payment system, but it will not be limited thereto.

In addition, when the specific charging interaction unit is a battery charging socket, the specific charging connector may be a charging connector capable of wired charging, and when the specific charging interaction unit is a battery, the specific charging connector may be a charging connector capable of wireless charging. . This will be explained through an embodiment of the present invention to be described later.

In addition, a specific charging connector may be already coupled to a specific charging robot arm, or may be coupled to a specific charging robot arm after a specific charging connector is determined by the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 .

Next, when an interaction enabled state between a specific charging connector and a specific charging interaction unit is established, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 charges the specific self-driving electric vehicle by referring to at least one of the first signal and the second signal. It can (S240).

Here, at least one of the first signal and the second signal may include information about a charging amount to be charged for a specific self-driving electric vehicle.

Thereafter, when charging is completed, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 releases the interaction enabled state established between the specific charging connector and the specific charging interaction unit, returns the specific robot arm for charging, and reverts to the specific self-driving electric vehicle. It will be able to deliver a signal that charging is complete.

The steps consisting of S210 to S240 of the method for automatically charging the battery by recognizing the signals of the self-driving electric vehicle as described above are applied to all embodiments to be described below, and the embodiments of the present invention will be described through this. same.

A case in which the electric vehicle charging terminal 100, which is an embodiment of a method for automatically charging a battery by recognizing a signal of an autonomous electric vehicle consisting of steps S210 to S240 of the present invention, supports wired charging will be described as follows.

First, as described in step S210, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 includes at least some of request information for requesting charging of a specific battery from a specific self-driving electric vehicle and specific vehicle ID information of a specific self-driving electric vehicle. When the first signal is acquired, the vehicle model of the specific self-driving electric vehicle is obtained by referring to at least one of the vehicle scan information for the specific self-driving electric vehicle and the specific vehicle ID information of the specific self-driving electric vehicle included in the first signal. can judge

And, as described in step S220 above, when the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 determines that the vehicle model of a specific self-driving electric vehicle corresponds to a specific vehicle model, the specific structure among the structural information stored in the database 900 Information on the location of a specific charging socket included in a specific self-driving electric vehicle corresponding to a specific vehicle model as information on a specific location, which is the location of a specific charging interaction unit, is obtained by referring to the information, and type information of the specific charging socket is obtained. Charging socket type information is acquired, and it is determined whether the location of a specific charging socket is located within a preset critical distance from an electric vehicle charging terminal. Payment may be requested.

Here, the charging socket type information corresponds to a charging socket corresponding to an AC single-phase 5-pin charging connector, a charging socket corresponding to an AC 3-phase 7-pin charging connector, a charging socket corresponding to a DC chademo 10-pin charging connector, and a DC combo 7-pin charging connector. It may include information about at least one of the charging sockets, but it will not be limited thereto. The type of the charging socket may vary depending on the vehicle model.

Next, as described in step S230 above, when the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 acquires a second signal including charge payment completion information from a specific self-driving electric vehicle, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 includes Among the plurality of charging connectors, a specific charging connector corresponding to the charging socket type information of the specific charging socket is determined, and the specific charging robot arm to which the determined specific charging connector is coupled is moved to the location of the specific charging connector. can be connected to a specific charging socket.

That is, a specific charging connector is contact-connected to a specific charging socket so that the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 can be placed in a state capable of charging a specific self-driving electric vehicle through the specific charging connector.

Next, as described in step S240 above, when a specific charging connector and a specific charging socket are connected, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 charges the specific self-driving electric vehicle by referring to at least one of the first signal and the second signal. can do.

Meanwhile, a case in which the electric vehicle charging terminal 100, which is another embodiment of a method for automatically charging a battery by recognizing a signal of an autonomous electric vehicle composed of steps S210 to S240 of the present invention, supports both wired charging and wireless charging will be described. If you do the following

First, as described in step S210, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 includes at least some of request information for requesting charging of a specific battery from a specific self-driving electric vehicle and specific vehicle ID information of a specific self-driving electric vehicle. When the first signal is acquired, the vehicle model of the specific self-driving electric vehicle is obtained by referring to at least one of the vehicle scan information for the specific self-driving electric vehicle and the specific vehicle ID information of the specific self-driving electric vehicle included in the first signal. can judge

In addition, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may determine a specific charging method corresponding to a specific vehicle model by referring to specific structure information. Here, the specific charging method may be at least one of wired charging and wireless charging.

Here, when the specific charging method corresponds to wired charging, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 is information on a specific location, which is the location of a specific charging interaction unit, and is included in a specific self-driving electric vehicle corresponding to a specific vehicle model. Information on the first specific location, which is the location of the socket, is acquired, charging socket type information, which is the type information of the specific charging socket, is acquired, and the specific charging socket is located using the vehicle scan information and the information on the first specific location. It is determined whether the first specific location is located within a preset first threshold distance from the electric vehicle charging terminal, and when it is determined that the first specific location is located within the first threshold distance, charging payment may be requested to a specific self-driving electric vehicle. In addition, when a specific charging method corresponds to wireless charging, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 is information about a specific location, which is the location of a specific charging interaction unit, and a specific battery included in a specific self-driving electric vehicle corresponding to a specific vehicle model. Acquiring information on the second specific location, which is the location of , and using the vehicle scan information and the information on the second specific location, whether the second specific location where the specific battery is located is located within a preset second threshold distance from the electric vehicle charging terminal. and if it is determined that the second specific location is located within the second threshold distance, a charge payment may be requested from a specific self-driving electric vehicle.

At this time, when a specific charging method corresponds to both wired charging and wireless charging, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 analyzes a plurality of past charging history information of a specific self-driving electric vehicle and obtains by the plurality of past charging history information A first charging method determining mode for determining a charging method having a high ratio as a specific charging method according to a charging method ratio, a second charging method determining mode for determining a charging method preset by a user as a specific charging method, and a user terminal A specific charging method may be determined using one of the third charging method determination modes for determining a charging method input by the user as a specific charging method by providing a UI for selecting one of the charging methods. Here, the user terminal may include a terminal or display included in a specific self-driving electric vehicle.

Next, when the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 acquires a second signal including charge payment completion information from a specific self-driving electric vehicle, it may operate differently according to a specific charging method. If a specific charging method corresponds to wired charging, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 selects a first specific charging connector corresponding to the charging socket type information of a specific charging socket among a plurality of charging connectors included in the electric vehicle charging terminal. Determine and move the first specific charging robot arm to which the determined first specific charging connector is coupled to the first specific position, which is the position of the specific charging socket, so that the first specific charging connector is connected to the specific charging socket. there is. If a specific charging method corresponds to wireless charging, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 determines a second specific charging connector corresponding to a specific battery among a plurality of charging connectors included in the electric vehicle charging terminal, and determines the second specific charging connector. The second specific charging robot arm to which the specific charging connector is coupled is moved to a predetermined position where communication is possible with the second specific position, which is the location of the specific battery, so that the second specific charging connector can communicate with the specific battery and a predetermined communication protocol. can be connected through

Here, the first specific charging connector may be a charging connector capable of charging by wire, and the second specific charging connector may be a charging connector capable of charging wirelessly.

For example, referring to FIG. 3 , when a specific charging method corresponds to wired charging, a first specific charging connector 320 corresponding to charging socket type information of a specific charging socket 310 is coupled. It can be seen that the charging robot arm 330 moves to the position of the specific charging socket 310 and the first specific charging connector 320 is connected to the specific charging socket 310 . In addition, referring to FIG. 4 , when a specific charging method corresponds to wireless charging, a second specific charging robot arm 430 to which a second specific charging connector 420 corresponding to a specific battery 410 is coupled Moving to a predetermined position where communication with the specific battery 410 is possible, it can be seen that the second specific charging connector 420 is connected to the specific battery 410 through a predetermined communication protocol. Here, the second specific charging connector 420 may be a charging connector capable of wireless charging. For reference, only the first specific charging connector 320 capable of wired charging is shown in FIG. 3, and only the second specific charging connector 420 capable of wireless charging is shown in FIG. 4, but the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 is the first It may include both the specific charging connector 320 and the second specific charging connector 420 .

That is, in the case of wired charging, the first specific charging connector is contact-connected to the specific charging socket so that the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 can be placed in a state capable of charging a specific self-driving electric vehicle through the first specific charging connector, In the case of wireless charging, even if the second specific charging connector does not directly contact a specific battery, it is non-contactly connected through a predetermined communication protocol so that the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 can charge a specific self-driving electric vehicle through the second specific charging connector. You can put it in a state.

Next, when the first specific charging connector is connected to the specific charging socket, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 charges the specific self-driving electric vehicle in a wired manner by referring to at least one of the first signal and the second signal, and When the charging connector is connected to a specific battery through a predetermined communication protocol, a specific self-driving electric vehicle can be wirelessly charged with reference to at least one of the first signal and the second signal.

As such, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 supports wired charging and wireless charging so that charging can be customized according to the vehicle model of the self-driving electric vehicle.

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention including the steps of S210 to S240, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may further obtain a specific audio signal from a specific self-driving electric vehicle. Here, the specific audio signal may be included in at least one of the first signal and the second signal, or may be a signal separate from the first signal and the second signal. In addition, the specific audio signal may be a voice or a mechanical sound, but is not limited thereto.

At this time, in the database 900, at least one audio signal and at least one identification information corresponding thereto may be matched and stored for each vehicle model or vehicle ID of a plurality of self-driving electric vehicles. Here, the audio signal includes at least one of tone, beat, and pitch of sound, and may be a signal for indicating at least one of vehicle model information, battery model information, and required charge amount information of the battery. In addition, the identification information may indicate a battery charging action recognized based on the vehicle model or vehicle ID of the audio signal.

In addition, when the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 obtains a specific audio signal from a specific self-driving electric vehicle, with reference to a specific vehicle model or specific vehicle ID of the specific self-driving electric vehicle, at least one audio signal included in the specific audio signal Specific identification information may be recognized, and a specific battery charging action may be determined with reference to the specific identification information.

That is, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 recognizes a specific audio signal through a voice recognition device included in the electric vehicle charging terminal 100, checks the identification information matched to the specific audio signal, and identifies the previously promised identification information. It is to be able to charge a specific self-driving electric vehicle as it is.

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention including the steps of S210 to S240, at least one of the first signal and the second signal is BMS (battery management system) information and navigation information of a specific self-driving electric vehicle. may further include.

At this time, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may determine a required charging amount of a specific battery by referring to at least one of BMS information and navigation information.

Here, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 analyzes the plurality of past charge amount information included in the BMS information and has a first customized first charge amount probability distribution having a first predetermined threshold probability or higher among the first charge amount probability distributions obtained by the plurality of past charge amount information. A first charge amount determination mode for obtaining information on a charge amount range and determining a first specific past charge amount existing within a first customized charge amount range as a required charge amount of a specific battery, and current battery state information included in the BMS information, navigation Current location information included in the information and distance information to the destination are obtained as reference information, and a plurality of past charge amount information included in the BMS information is analyzed to determine a predetermined amount of charge that has been charged in the past under the same or similar conditions as the reference information. Obtaining information about a second customized charge amount range having a second predetermined threshold probability or more among a second charge amount probability distribution obtained by the past charge amount information, and a second specific past charge amount existing within the second customized charge amount range of a specific battery. The charge amount of a specific battery may be determined using at least one of the second charge amount determining modes for determining the required charge amount.

For example, assuming that a specific self-driving electric vehicle has a history of charging a specific battery to 50%, 75%, 80%, 80%, 85%, 60%, 100%, and 80% respectively in the past, electric vehicle charging The terminal 100 may obtain charge amount range information of 75% to 85% as information on the first customized charge amount range based on the corresponding past charge amount information. Here, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may determine 80%, which is the most frequently charged past charge amount among past charge amounts existing within 75% to 85%, as the required charge amount of a specific battery.

As another example, when the current state of charge of a specific battery is 30%, the current location of a specific self-driving electric vehicle is a rest area in Seoul Meeting Square, and the current destination of a specific self-driving electric vehicle is the Sejong Government Complex, a specific self-driving electric vehicle It is said that the electric vehicle has a history of charging certain batteries to 60%, 85%, 85%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 100%, and 80% respectively at the Sejong Government Complex and the Seoul Meeting Plaza rest area in the past. Assuming, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 will be able to obtain charge amount range information of 80% to 85% as information on the second customized charge amount range based on the corresponding past charge amount information. Here, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may determine 85%, which is the most frequently charged past charge amount among past charge amounts existing within 80% to 85%, as the required charge amount of a specific battery.

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention including the steps of S210 to S240, the first signal may further include specific battery ID information of a specific battery, and at least one of the first signal and the second signal One may further include required battery charge amount information for determining the charge amount of a specific battery.

At this time, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may additionally perform a process for member authentication of a specific self-driving electric vehicle by referring to at least one of specific vehicle ID information and specific battery ID information in step S210. In this way, through member authentication, benefits such as discounts and mileage provision can be provided to the user. If member authentication is not performed, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 may provide a UI enabling member authentication by user input to at least one of a user terminal and a terminal included in a specific self-driving electric vehicle. There will be.

In addition, when membership authentication is completed, the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 determines required battery charge information with reference to the maximum charge amount information corresponding to the specific battery ID information of the specific battery and the current charge amount information of the specific battery, or Desired charging amount information input by the above may be determined as required battery charging amount information.

Here, when the electric vehicle charging terminal 100 determines that the desired charge amount information input by the user is greater than the difference between the maximum charge amount information corresponding to the specific battery ID information of the specific battery and the current charge amount information of the specific battery, the desired charge amount Information can be managed by replacing the information with the maximum charge amount information.

As such, the present invention is to automatically charge an autonomous driving electric vehicle, and can support wired charging or wireless charging according to the vehicle model of the autonomous driving electric vehicle, and can automatically determine the charging amount without user intervention. , It is characterized by being able to automatically proceed from charging request to charging completion.

Embodiments according to the present invention described above may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer components and recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer readable recording medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the computer-readable recording medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and usable to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetooptical media such as floptical disks. , and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like as well as machine language codes such as those produced by a compiler. The hardware device may be configured to act as one or more software modules to perform processing according to the present invention and vice versa.

In the above, the present invention has been described by specific details such as specific components and limited embodiments and drawings, but these are provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. , Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may seek various modifications and variations from these descriptions.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, and not only the claims described later, but also all modifications equivalent or equivalent to these claims belong to the scope of the spirit of the present invention. will do it

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A method for automatically charging a battery by recognizing a signal of an autonomous driving electric vehicle,
In a state where structural information for each of a plurality of self-driving electric vehicles is classified for each vehicle model and stored in the database,
(a) When a first signal including at least a part of request information for requesting charging of a specific battery from a specific self-driving electric vehicle and specific vehicle ID information of the specific self-driving electric vehicle is obtained, an electric vehicle charging terminal, (i ) of the specific self-driving electric vehicle with reference to at least one of the vehicle scan information for the specific self-driving electric vehicle and (ii) the specific vehicle ID information of the specific self-driving electric vehicle included in the first signal determining a vehicle model;
(b) When it is determined that the vehicle model corresponds to a specific vehicle model, the electric vehicle charging terminal refers to specific structure information among the structure information stored in the database, and the specific autonomy corresponding to the specific vehicle model Information on a specific location, which is the location of a specific charging interaction unit included in a driving electric vehicle, is acquired, and it is determined whether the specific location is located within a preset threshold distance from the electric vehicle charging terminal, so that the specific location is within the preset threshold distance. requesting payment of a charging fee to the specific self-driving electric vehicle when it is determined that it is located;
(c) When a second signal including the charge payment completion information is obtained from the specific self-driving electric vehicle, the electric vehicle charging terminal performs the specific charging interaction among a plurality of charging connectors included in the electric vehicle charging terminal A specific charging connector corresponding to the unit is determined, and the specific charging robot arm to which the determined specific charging connector is coupled moves to the specific position or moves to a position where communication with the specific position is possible, so that the specific charging connector is determined by the specific charging connector. interacting with the charging interaction unit; and
(d) When a state in which an interaction is possible between the specific charging connector and the specific charging interaction unit is established, the electric vehicle charging terminal refers to at least one of the first signal and the second signal to determine the specific self-driving electric vehicle. charging the car;
It is characterized by including,
In step (b),
The electric vehicle charging terminal determines a specific charging method corresponding to the specific vehicle model with reference to the specific structure information - the specific charging method is at least one of wired charging and wireless charging - and refers to the determined specific charging method Depending on the type of the specific charging method, (i) when the specific charging method corresponds to the wired charging, the specific autonomy corresponding to the specific vehicle model as information on the specific location, which is the location of the specific charging interaction unit. Information on a first specific location, which is the location of a specific charging socket included in a driving electric vehicle, is acquired, charging socket type information, which is information on the type of the specific charging socket, is obtained, and the vehicle scan information and the first specific location It is determined whether the first specific position where the specific charging socket is located is located within a preset first threshold distance from the electric vehicle charging terminal using the information on, and it is determined that the first specific position is located within the first threshold distance (ii) when the specific charging method corresponds to the wireless charging, the specific vehicle model is used as information about the specific location, which is the location of the specific charging interaction unit. Obtaining information on a second specific location corresponding to the location of the specific battery included in the specific self-driving electric vehicle, and using the vehicle scan information and information on the second specific location, where the specific battery is located It is determined whether the second specific location is located within a predetermined second threshold distance from the electric vehicle charging terminal, and when it is determined that the second specific location is located within the second threshold distance, charging fee is paid for the specific self-driving electric vehicle. It is characterized by requesting,
In step (c),
When the second signal including the charge payment completion information is obtained from the specific self-driving electric vehicle, the electric vehicle charging terminal (i) when the specific charging method corresponds to the wired charging, the electric vehicle charging terminal Determines a first specific charging connector corresponding to the charging socket type information of the specific charging socket among the plurality of charging connectors included in, and a first specific charging robot arm to which the determined first specific charging connector is coupled to move to a first specific position, which is the position of the specific charging socket, so that the first specific charging connector is connected to the specific charging socket, and (ii) if the specific charging method corresponds to the wireless charging, the Among the plurality of charging connectors included in the electric vehicle charging terminal, a second specific charging connector corresponding to the specific battery is determined, and a second specific charging robot arm to which the determined second specific charging connector is coupled causes the specific charging robot arm to be connected to the specific charging connector. It is characterized in that the second specific charging connector is connected to the specific battery through a predetermined communication protocol by moving to a predetermined position where communication with the second specific position, which is the location of the battery, is possible,
In step (d),
The electric vehicle charging terminal, (i) when the first specific charging connector is connected to the specific charging socket, charges the specific self-driving electric vehicle by wire with reference to at least one of the first signal and the second signal , (ii) when the second specific charging connector is connected to the specific battery through the predetermined communication protocol, wirelessly charging the specific self-driving electric vehicle with reference to at least one of the first signal and the second signal characterized in that,
In step (b),
When the specific charging method corresponds to both the wired charging and the wireless charging, the electric vehicle charging terminal analyzes a plurality of past charging history information of the specific self-driving electric vehicle and acquires the plurality of past charging history information. A first charging method determining mode for determining a charging method having a high ratio as the specific charging method according to a charging method ratio to be determined, a second charging method determining mode for determining a charging method preset by a user as the specific charging method, and The specific charging method by using one of the third charging method determination modes for determining the charging method input by the user as the specific charging method by providing a UI for selecting one of the wired charging and the wireless charging to the user terminal. It is characterized by determining
Characterized in that at least one of the first signal and the second signal further includes battery management system (BMS) information and navigation information of the specific self-driving electric vehicle,
The electric vehicle charging terminal determines the required charging amount of the specific battery by referring to at least one of the BMS information and the navigation information,
The electric vehicle charging terminal (i) analyzes a plurality of past charge amount information included in the BMS information and has a first predetermined threshold probability or higher among a first charge amount probability distribution obtained by the plurality of past charge amount information A first charge amount determination mode for acquiring information on a customized charge amount range and determining a first specific past charge amount existing within the first customized charge amount range as the required charge amount of the specific battery and (ii) included in the BMS information Current battery state information included in the navigation information and distance information to the destination are obtained as reference information, and the plurality of past charge amount information included in the BMS information is analyzed to obtain the same information as the reference information. Alternatively, obtaining information on a second customized charge amount range having a second predetermined threshold probability or more among a second charge amount probability distribution obtained by predetermined past charge amount information that was charged in the past under similar conditions, and within the second customized charge amount range Characterized in that the charge amount of the specific battery is determined using at least one of a second charge amount determination mode for determining a second specific past charge amount that exists as the required charge amount of the specific battery,
In step (a),
The first signal further includes specific battery ID information of the specific battery,
Characterized in that the electric vehicle charging terminal additionally performs a process for member authentication of the specific self-driving electric vehicle by referring to at least one of the specific vehicle ID information and the specific battery ID information,
When the member authentication is completed and at least one of the first signal and the second signal includes required battery charge information for determining the charge amount of the specific battery, the electric vehicle charging terminal (i) of the specific battery Determining the required charge amount information of the battery with reference to the maximum charge amount information corresponding to the specific battery ID information and the current charge amount information of the specific battery, or (ii) determining desired charge amount information input by a user as the required battery charge amount information It is characterized by
When it is determined that the desired charge amount information input by the user is greater than a difference between the maximum charge amount information corresponding to the specific battery ID information of the specific battery and the current charge amount information of the specific battery, the desired charge amount information A method characterized in that managed by replacing with the maximum charge amount information. According to claim 1,
In step (b),
The electric vehicle charging terminal, (i) information on the location of a specific charging socket included in the specific self-driving electric vehicle corresponding to the specific vehicle model, as information about the specific location, which is the location of the specific charging interaction unit, and (ii) obtaining charging socket type information, which is type information of the specific charging socket;
It is determined whether the location of the specific charging socket is located within the preset threshold distance from the electric vehicle charging terminal, and when it is determined that the location of the specific charging socket is located within the preset threshold distance, charging fee is paid for the specific self-driving electric vehicle. It is characterized by requesting,
In step (c),
When the second signal including the charge payment completion information is obtained from the specific self-driving electric vehicle, the electric vehicle charging terminal determines the specific charging socket among the plurality of charging connectors included in the electric vehicle charging terminal. The specific charging connector corresponding to the charging socket type information is determined, and the specific charging robot arm to which the determined specific charging connector is coupled is moved to the position of the specific charging socket, so that the specific charging connector is connected to the specific charging connector. Characterized in that it is connected to the socket,
In step (d),
Wherein the electric vehicle charging terminal charges the specific self-driving electric vehicle by referring to at least one of the first signal and the second signal when the specific charging connector and the specific charging socket are connected. delete According to claim 1,
At least one audio signal for each vehicle model or vehicle ID of each of the plurality of self-driving electric vehicles - the audio signal includes at least one of tone, beat, and pitch of sound, through which vehicle model information and battery model Information, a signal indicating at least one of required battery charge information - and at least one piece of identification information corresponding thereto - wherein the identification information is a battery charge that recognizes the audio signal based on the vehicle model or the vehicle ID Pointing to an action - In a state where each is matched and stored in the database,
When a specific audio signal is obtained from the specific self-driving electric vehicle, the electric vehicle charging terminal refers to the specific vehicle model of the specific self-driving electric vehicle or the specific vehicle ID, and at least one included in the specific audio signal A method characterized by recognizing specific identification information of and determining a specific battery charging action with reference to the specific identification information. delete delete

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