KR20230082496A - A system and method for sharing and managing chargers for charging electric vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle.
To this end, the present invention provides a system for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle, a charger for supplying power to an electric vehicle, a terminal requesting sharing and management of at least one charger to a server, and the at least one and the server that shares and manages the charger, and based on the request, the server acquires information of an owner who owns the charger and an identifier of the charger, and power supplied to the electric vehicle through the charger. It is possible to calculate a charging cost for , and transmit payment information including the calculated charging cost to a terminal of an owner who owns the charger that supplied the power.

Description

System and method for sharing and managing chargers for charging electric vehicles {A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING AND MANAGING CHARGERS FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES}

The present invention relates to a system and method for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle.

The charger market for charging electric vehicles is growing steadily as part of strong policies such as fine dust reduction policies along with the government's willingness to actively promote policies.

In addition, as the number of users who want to use an electric vehicle with a public charging infrastructure increases, the supply of personal (non-open type) chargers is also steadily increasing. A user charges an electric vehicle through such a charger and pays a corresponding charging amount.

Conventional prior art (Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0131669) relates to a system for charging an electric vehicle and a charging method thereof, charging a battery of an electric vehicle passing through a specific section on a driving road, and charging accordingly It discloses the contents of providing a method.

However, this conventional prior art only charges through a charger placed on the driving road and provides a charging method for it, and the owner is provided with a charging service through another personal (non-open) charger and charging method for this It does not disclose the contents to provide.

Currently, about 70% of personal (non-open type) chargers are mostly installed and operated in public buildings such as apartments.

In the case of apartments, only a certain number of chargers can be installed per 100 households due to limitations in power supply, which is far below the demand of electric vehicle users.

Therefore, there is a steady increase in the need for shared economy services to convert to a shared open charging infrastructure as much as possible by utilizing existing personal (non-open) chargers and to solve the problem of insufficient electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

In addition, in sharing a personal non-public charger with other users as an open charger, the need to set a charging unit price and sharing time is raised.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0131669

In the past, personal (non-open) chargers could not be shared for use by other users, and even if they were shared, they had to be used for free, and owners of personal chargers were not provided with a profit for sharing the charger. couldn't

Therefore, the present invention is to provide a charging infrastructure sharing platform that provides profits according to charging to the charger owner by sharing the charger with other users.

In addition, the present invention provides a system and method for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle that shares and manages the charger and provides the owner of the charger with an amount according to the charging of another user.

In addition, the present invention sets the charge sharing time setting and charging unit price for the charge sharing set time through a charger sharing and management system for charge sharing of a personal charger, which is a non-public charger, and provides a charge sharing service for electric vehicle users. It is to provide a system and method for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects and advantages of the present invention not mentioned above can be understood by the following description and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. It will also be readily apparent that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by means of the instrumentalities and combinations indicated in the claims.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a system and method for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle and a server therefor.

To this end, the present invention provides a system for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle, a charger for supplying power to an electric vehicle, a terminal requesting sharing and management of at least one charger to a server, and the at least one and the server that shares and manages the charger, and based on the request, the server acquires information of an owner who owns the charger and an identifier of the charger, and power supplied to the electric vehicle through the charger. It is possible to calculate a charging cost for , and transmit payment information including the calculated charging cost to a terminal of an owner who owns the charger that supplied the power.

In addition, the present invention is a method of a system for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle, wherein the terminal requests a server to share and manage at least one charger, the server, based on the request, The process of identifying the information of the owner who owns the charger and the identifier of the charger, the process of the server calculating the charging cost for the power supplied to the electric vehicle through the charger, and the server calculating the power and transmitting payment information including the calculated charging cost to a terminal of an owner who owns the supplied charger.

The present invention obtains the information of the owner who owns the charger and the identifier of the charger, calculates the charging cost for the power supplied to the electric vehicle through the charger, and sends the calculated charging cost to the terminal of the owner who owns the charger. By transmitting the payment information including, it is possible to create a profit for the owner.

In addition, the present invention calculates the charging cost by obtaining information on the charging unit price according to the time when the charger is shared and the power supply from the charger, so that the charging cost can be calculated differently for different time zones and days of the week.

In addition, the present invention can calculate different charging costs for each user by setting the charge unit price according to the time when the owner shares the charger and the power supply from the charger.

In addition, the present invention sets the charge unit price according to the time when the business operator shares the charger and the power supply from the charger, so that the charger owner can conveniently manage the charger and generate profits.

In addition, the present invention can provide a charging infrastructure sharing platform by allowing the server to operate, reserve, manage, and settle power supply for the charger.

Also, according to the present invention, the server identifies whether at least one other user other than the owner of the terminal charges the electric vehicle through the charger within a shared time period, thereby preventing an overlapping charging time with the owner of the charger.

In addition, the present invention is a manager who manages a charging infrastructure sharing platform by allowing a server to calculate a maintenance cost for operation, reservation, and management of a charger, and calculating a final payment amount obtained by subtracting the calculated charging cost from the charging cost. can generate revenue.

In addition, in the present invention, the server transmits information about the charger to the terminal, and the terminal displays the information about the charger through an application, so that the owner can check the status of at least one charger he or she owns in real time. .

In addition to the effects described above, specific effects of the present invention will be described together while explaining specific details for carrying out the present invention.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram for explaining a platform for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a server for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating operations of a server for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram for explaining a process of sharing a charger through a system for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram for explaining functions of a service of a manager who manages a platform for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a screen for setting an available time of an electric vehicle charger by an owner through an owner terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen on which an owner sets a unit price of an electric vehicle charger through an owner terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The above objects, features and advantages will be described later in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and accordingly, those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs will be able to easily implement the technical spirit of the present invention. In describing the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to indicate the same or similar components.

Although first, second, etc. are used to describe various components, these components are not limited by these terms, of course. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another component, and unless otherwise stated, the first component may be the second component, of course.

Hereinafter, the arrangement of an arbitrary element on the "upper (or lower)" or "upper (or lower)" of a component means that an arbitrary element is placed in contact with the upper (or lower) surface of the component. In addition, it may mean that other components may be interposed between the component and any component disposed on (or under) the component.

In addition, when a component is described as "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, the components may be directly connected or connected to each other, but other components may be "interposed" between each component. ", or each component may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected" through other components.

Throughout the specification, unless otherwise stated, each element may be singular or plural.

Singular expressions used herein include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this application, terms such as "consisting of" or "comprising" should not be construed as necessarily including all of the various components or steps described in the specification, and some of the components or some of the steps It should be construed that it may not be included, or may further include additional components or steps.

Throughout the specification, when "A and/or B" is used, this means A, B or A and B unless otherwise specified, and when used as "C to D", this means unless otherwise specified Unless otherwise specified, means greater than or equal to C and less than or equal to D

Hereinafter, a system and method for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to some embodiments of the present invention will be described.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a system 100 for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a charger sharing and management server 140, a user terminal 120, and an owner terminal 110. and a manager terminal 130 .

According to an embodiment, the user terminal 120 is a user terminal (eg, a portable terminal, a laptop computer, etc.) that charges his/her electric vehicle, and the user shares the charger and manages the server 140 through the user terminal 120. (Hereinafter referred to as a server) may use a charger (not shown) that communicates with and supplies power to the electric vehicle. That is, the user may use the charger by transmitting a request for power supply to the server 140 through the user terminal 120 .

According to an embodiment, the owner terminal 130 is an owner terminal (eg, a portable terminal, a laptop computer, etc.) that owns a charger, and the owner shares and By communicating with the server 140 that performs management, at least one charger owned by the user can be shared with other people. That is, the owner who owns at least one charger can share the charger and change information about the shared charger by sending a request to the server 140 through the owner terminal 110 .

According to an embodiment, the manager terminal 130 is a terminal used by a manager of a platform that shares and manages a charger according to the present invention, and the manager relates to a charger shared with the server 140 through the manager terminal 130. You can manage your data. That is, the manager may manage data related to at least one shared charger by transmitting a request to the server 140 through the manager terminal 130 .

According to an embodiment, the server 140 includes information about the charger and supplies power to the electric vehicle based on requests received from the user terminal 120, the owner terminal 110, and the manager terminal 130. You can manage the charger that does. The charger may include a wired charger based on wire or a wireless charger based on wireless.

According to one embodiment, the server 140 may include a charger management module 141, an owner management module 142, a user management module 143, a reservation management module 144, and a settlement execution module 145. can

The configuration of the server 140 shown in FIG. 1 is according to an embodiment, and components of the server 140 are not limited to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and some components are added or changed as necessary. or can be deleted.

According to an embodiment, the charger management module 141 may manage charger data including information about the charger. At this time, the charger management module 141 may manage charger data of chargers registered in the server 140 to be shareable. The charger registered to be shareable may be a personal charger, but is not limited thereto, and a business charger may also be registered.

The charger data may include a charger identifier, charger location information, charger status information, available time information, unit price information, and reservation status information.

The charger identifier is unique information of the charger. Further, the location information is data representing the location where the charger is installed, and may include an address name, GPS coordinates, and the like.

In addition, the state information is information indicating the current state of the charger, and may include information indicating states such as usable, in use, failure, and the like. Further, the time information is information representing a time at which the charger can be used, and may be set for each day of the week and for each time by an owner who owns the charger or a manager who entrusts management of the charger.

The unit price information is information indicating a unit price for power supplied from the charger, and may be set by an owner who owns the charger or a manager who entrusts management of the charger. In this case, the unit price information may be set differently for each time zone or for each day of the week with respect to a time set as an available time by the owner.

And, the reservation status information is information indicating a time when use of the charger is reserved by the user using the charger and a time when use is not reserved among the times set by the owner or manager who owns the charger to enable use of the charger.

According to an embodiment, the charger management module 141 may transmit charger data to the user terminal 120 upon receiving a charger inquiry request from a user. At this time, when the charger management module 141 receives the location information of the user terminal 120 together with a charger inquiry request from the user terminal 120, based on the location information of the user terminal 120 and the location information included in the charger data, , it can selectively transmit only charger data about shared chargers located close to the user.

When the user receives charger data from the charger management module 141, the user can reserve a charger based on the charger data. In more detail, the user can determine the location of the charger based on location information and determine whether the charger is usable based on state data. In addition, the user may determine whether the electric vehicle can be charged at a desired time at a desired price based on available time information, unit price information, and reservation status information. Also, the user may reserve the use of the charger based on the determination result.

According to an embodiment, upon receiving a request for changing the available time from the owner, the charger management module 141 may update available time data based on the request for changing the available time. At this time, the owner may update available time data using the owner terminal 110 .

According to an embodiment, upon receiving a unit price change request from an owner, the charger management module 141 may update unit price data based on the unit price change request. At this time, the owner may update unit price data using the owner terminal 110 .

According to one embodiment, the owner management module 142 may manage owner data including information about the owner of the charger. The owner data may include information (eg, owner identifier) of the owner who owns the charger, revenue status data, and an identifier of at least one charger. The owner identifier is information indicating a unique ID (identifier) set for each individual owner.

The revenue status data is information representing the amount of revenue obtained through at least one charger shared by the owner.

According to an embodiment, when the charger management module 141 receives a request for a change in available time or a request for a change in unit price, the owner management module 142 transmits owner information of an owner who has a charger to which the change request is made. It can be sent to the management module 141.

At this time, the charger management module 141 compares the owner information of the owner terminal 110 that has transmitted the available time change request or unit price change request with the owner information included in the owner data received from the owner management module 142. , it is possible to perform an operation according to a request to change available time or a request to change unit price only in the same case. Through this, it is possible to prevent a person other than the owner from arbitrarily changing the usable time or unit price of the charger.

According to an embodiment, the owner management module 142 may pay the owner profit according to the profit status data when receiving a profit settlement request from the owner. That is, when the owner transmits a profit settlement request through the owner terminal 110, the owner management module 142 may deposit an amount corresponding to the amount of profit included in the owner's profit status data into the owner's account. In this case, the owner management module 142 may transfer the remaining amount to the owner's account after excluding an amount according to a preset ratio as a commission from among the amount of income included in the current state of profit data. Alternatively, the owner management module 142 may deposit an amount obtained by subtracting the maintenance cost of the charger from the charging cost according to power supply into the owner's account.

According to an embodiment, the user management module 143 may manage user data including information about the user of the charger. User data may include user information, balance status data, and point status data. User information is information indicating a unique ID set for each individual user.

In addition, the balance status data may include data representing the remaining amount of money deposited in the server 140 in advance by the user to use for charging the electric vehicle.

In addition, the point status data may include data representing points acquired by the user using a charger or participating in an event.

The user management module 143 may perform functions such as new user registration, user data change, and user withdrawal by communicating with the user terminal 120 .

According to one embodiment, when receiving reservation request data from the user, the reservation management module 144 may update charger data based on the reservation request data.

The reservation request data may include user information, a charger identifier, and reservation time information. The reservation time information includes information about a time at which the user wishes to use the charger corresponding to the charger identifier.

According to one embodiment, the reservation management module 144 may update the reservation status data included in the charger data based on the charger identifier and reservation time data included in the reservation request data. Through this, the reservation management module 144 may prevent the charger corresponding to the charger identifier from being reserved by another person at the time corresponding to the reservation time data.

According to an embodiment, when charging is performed according to the reservation request data, the settlement performer 145 may calculate a charging cost according to charging based on the charger identifier, owner information, and user information.

When the electric vehicle is charged according to the reservation request data, the settlement execution module 145 subtracts the amount based on the unit price data from the balance status data or the point status data, and converts the amount based on the unit price data into the revenue status data. Calculation can be performed by addition.

In this case, when subtracting an amount based on the unit price data from balance status data or point status data, a subtraction priority among balance status data or point status data may be set by the user.

According to an embodiment, the owner terminal 110 transmits a request for sharing and management of at least one charger to the server 140 through an application so as to share at least one charger owned by the owner with other users. can transmit

Alternatively, the manager terminal 130 may transmit a request for sharing and management of the at least one charger to the server 140 through an application so as to share the at least one charger owned by the owner with other users.

The request may include information including a sharing time for making the at least one charger available to other users and a charging unit price.

In addition, the owner terminal 110 (or the manager terminal 130) may receive payment information including a charging cost for power supplied to the electric vehicle through the charger from the server 140 .

According to an embodiment, the server 140 performs a function of sharing and managing at least one charger, and based on a request received from the owner terminal 110 (or the manager terminal 130), at least Information on an owner who owns one charger and an identifier of the charger may be acquired.

In addition, according to an embodiment, the server 140 transmits information about charging unit prices according to charging time and power supply from the charger from the owner terminal 110 (or the manager terminal 130). can receive Through this, the server 140 can perform operation, reservation, management, and settlement of power supply for the at least one charger owned by the user of the terminal.

According to an embodiment, the server 140 allows at least one other user other than the owner to charge the electric vehicle based on the information received from the owner terminal 110 (or the manager terminal 130). charging, and if it is identified as charging the electric vehicle within the sharing time, a charging cost for charging the electric vehicle may be calculated.

In addition, the server 140 calculates maintenance costs for operation, reservation, and management of at least one charger, and transmits payment information including the calculated charging costs and the calculated maintenance costs to the owner terminal ( 110) (or the manager terminal 130).

In this way, when the server 140 transmits payment information to the owner terminal 110 (or the manager terminal 130), the owner terminal 110 (or the manager terminal 130) transmits the payment through an application. Information can be provided to the owner. In addition, the owner terminal 110 (or the manager terminal 130) provides information indicating which charger has been used through an application (eg, charger identifier, charger location, charge unit price in the charger, owner's name of the charger). information, etc.)

The server 140 in charge of sharing and managing such a charger includes a charger management module 141 that manages charger data including information about the charger, and an owner including information about the owner who owns the charger that charges the electric vehicle. Owner management module 142 for managing data, user management module 143 for managing user data including information about users receiving charging service through a charger, and reservation request data received from a user, the reservation request A reservation management module 144 for updating the charger data based on data, and supplying power to the electric vehicle based on the charger data, the owner data, and the user data when charging is in progress according to the reservation request data. It may include a settlement performing module 145 that calculates the charging cost for .

2 is a diagram for explaining a platform for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , a platform for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an owner terminal 110, a user terminal 120, a manager terminal 130, and a server of FIG. 1 It can be configured through (140).

According to an embodiment, the charging infrastructure sharing platform 210 is a manager service area, and includes a service area 211, a platform as a service (PaaS) area 212, and a database area 213. .

According to an embodiment, the service area 211 may include an external connection service, a charging infrastructure management service, and a charging infrastructure operation service.

In addition, the service area 211 supports middleware, information management, status management, operation management, and external linkage.

The charging infrastructure sharing platform 210 can transmit and receive information related to charging infrastructure, data transmission and reception with a distributed ledger platform, and information related to user services based on the information linkage area 240 and an application programming interface (API). .

The information management manages basic information, owner information, and user information of the charger, and state management manages unit price (eg unit price) according to charging, reservation and use management, and status information management. In addition, operation management manages payment and settlement management, billing / point management, and statistical information, and external linkage manages the manager terminal 130 of the user area 220, the owner terminal 110, and the call center and web page information can be transmitted and received.

According to an embodiment, the service platform area 212 performs API linkage management, service linkage, middleware management, service environment management, data management database linkage, network management, and platform management.

According to an embodiment, the database area 213 may store data related to charger information, owner information, user information, reservation/use information, payment settlement information, and point information, respectively.

In addition, the charging infrastructure sharing platform 210 may transmit and receive API-based information with an external organization 230 .

3 is a block diagram of a server for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , a server 140 for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a communication unit 310, a memory 320, and a processor 330. .

According to an embodiment, the communication unit 310 may transmit and receive at least one signal or information with the owner terminal 110, the user terminal 120, and the manager terminal 130 through a network (not shown). may include a circuit of

In addition, the communication unit 310 may communicate with the owner terminal 110, the user terminal 120, and the manager terminal 130 through wire or wireless, and transmits signals or data for sharing and managing chargers. can transmit and receive.

According to one embodiment, the memory 320 may store information, data, programs, applications, software, commands, etc. necessary for the operation of the server 140 . In addition, the memory 320 may be, for example, a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, or a card type memory (eg, SD). Or XD memory, etc.), RAM (RAM), ROM (EEPROM, etc.) may include at least one type of storage medium. The memory 320 may store programs necessary for sharing and managing at least one charger.

According to an embodiment, the memory 320 may store data transmitted and received between the owner terminal 110, the user terminal 120, and the manager terminal 130, and may store various information generated by the server 140. can be saved

According to an embodiment, the processor 330 loads and processes commands or data received from the communication unit 310 and the memory 320 into the memory 320, and stores the processed data in the memory 320. can

According to one embodiment, the processor 330 may perform an artificial intelligence algorithm. Alternatively, the artificial intelligence algorithm may be implemented by the processor 330. The artificial intelligence is a program that imitates a human brain neural network and can support a deep learning algorithm that analyzes, recognizes, infers, and judges various data by itself.

According to an embodiment, the processor 330 transmits a request for sharing and management of at least one charger from at least one terminal (eg, the owner terminal 110 and/or the manager terminal 130) to the communication unit 310. ) can be received through Based on the request, the processor 330 may acquire information about the owner of the charger and an identifier of the charger.

According to an embodiment, the processor 330 transmits information including a sharing time for making the at least one charger available to other users and a charge unit price to at least one terminal (eg, the owner terminal 110, and / or can be received from the manager terminal (130).

Also, the processor 330 may receive information about the at least one charger from at least one terminal (eg, the owner terminal 110 and/or the manager terminal 130). For example, the information about the at least one charger may include a location where the charger is installed, a charge unit price in the charger, an identifier of the charger, and information of an owner who owns the charger.

Further, the processor 330 may identify whether at least one other user other than the owner of the terminal charges the electric vehicle through at least one charger, based on the information (eg, owner information).

According to an embodiment, the processor 330 calculates a charging cost for power supplied to an electric vehicle through a charger, and includes the calculated charging cost to a terminal of an owner who owns a charger that supplied the power. Payment information can be sent. The processor 330 may perform operation, reservation, management, and settlement of power supply for the at least one charger owned by the user of the terminal.

For example, the processor 330 calculates a maintenance cost for operation, reservation, and management of at least one charger, and transmits the calculated charging cost and payment information including the calculated maintenance cost to the terminal. can transmit The payment information may include information about an amount obtained by subtracting the maintenance cost from the charging cost.

In addition, the owner terminal 110 receiving the payment information may provide the payment information to the owner through a pre-installed application. In addition, the owner terminal may receive information about at least one charger from the server 140 and provide the information to the owner. The information about the at least one charger includes a location where the at least one charger is installed, a charge unit price in each of the at least one charger, an identifier of the at least one charger, and information of an owner who owns the at least one charger. can include

The processor 330 may be composed of various modules that share the owner's charger with others and manage the charger.

According to an embodiment, the processor 330 includes a charger management module 332 that manages charger data including information about at least one charger, and at least one owner who owns at least one charger that charges an electric vehicle. An owner management module 331 for managing owner data including information about, a user management module 335 for managing user data including information about at least one user receiving a charging service through at least one charger , When receiving reservation request data from the user, a reservation management module 334 for updating charger data based on the reservation request data, and when charging according to the reservation request data proceeds, the charger data, the owner data, and the user Based on the data, it may include a settlement execution module 333 that calculates a charging cost for the power supply provided to the electric vehicle.

4 is a flowchart illustrating operations of a server for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, an operation of a server for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

According to an embodiment, the processor 330 may receive information requesting sharing and management of at least one charger through the communication unit 310 (S410). The processor 330 may share at least one charger with another person and receive information requesting management of the shared charger from the owner terminal 110 of the owner who owns the at least one charger. The information may include information about charging unit price according to time for sharing the charger and power supply from the charger. In addition, the information may include information on the owner who owns the charger and an identifier of the charger. Alternatively, the information may include a location where the charger is installed.

According to an embodiment, the processor 330 may obtain information including information about the owner of the charger, identifier of the charger, charge sharing time, and charge unit price (S412). The processor 330 may analyze the information to obtain information including information about the owner of the charger, identifier of the charger, charge sharing time, and charge unit price. Alternatively, the processor 330 transmits information including information about the owner of the charger, identifier of the charger, charge sharing time, and charge unit price to the owner terminal 110 or the manager terminal 130, separately from the analysis of the information. It can also be obtained upon request.

According to one embodiment, the processor 330 may store the obtained information in the memory 320 (S414). The processor 330 may store the information obtained in step S412 in the memory 320 . For example, the processor 330 may classify and store information on at least one charger owned by each owner (eg, reservation available time, charge unit price, location, etc.), and display this information on a map. can be added

According to one embodiment, the processor 330 may identify whether a charging service is provided (S416). The processor 330 acquires information including a sharing time for making the at least one charger available to other users and a charging unit price, and based on the obtained information, at least one other user other than the owner of the terminal It is possible to identify whether the electric vehicle is being charged through the at least one charger.

According to an embodiment, the processor 330 may calculate a charging cost for the provided charging service (S418). When it is identified that the electric vehicle is charged within a sharing time, the processor 330 may calculate a charging cost for charging the electric vehicle. For example, the processor 330 calculates a maintenance cost for operation, reservation, and management of at least one charger, and calculates a final payment amount by subtracting the calculated maintenance cost from the calculated charging cost. can

According to an embodiment, the processor 330 may transmit payment information for charging to an owner terminal that owns a charger that provided a charging service (S420). The processor 330 may transmit payment information including the calculated charging cost and the calculated maintenance cost to the owner terminal 110 . In addition, the owner terminal 110 may provide (eg, display) payment information to the owner through a pre-installed application.

5 is a diagram for explaining a process of sharing a charger through a system for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , charger owners 510 and 520 may entrust management of at least one charger for charging an electric vehicle to a sharing platform 540 interlocked with a server 140 ( S510 and S520 ). In this case, the owners 510 and 520 may be individuals 510 who own a charger in a general house, or may be a business operator 520 who owns at least one charger in a place such as an accommodation or restaurant.

Owners 510 and 520 share and manage at least one charger by inputting owner data (eg, owner information) and charger data (eg, charger identifier) through the owner terminal 110. Sharing platform 540 can be entrusted with

The sharing platform 540 performs operation, maintenance, settlement, and statistics on at least one charger, and responds to owners, users, managers, and the like.

When the consignment is made, the owners 510 and 520 may provide a charging service to the charger consumer 530, that is, the user, through the sharing platform 540 linked with the server 140 (S530). At this time, the user may reserve and use the charger by transmitting charger inquiry request and reservation request data to the server 140 through the user terminal 120 .

When a charging service is provided to the user's electric vehicle, the user 530 pays a charging fee (S540). If the user 530 has charged a certain amount in advance, the settlement execution module 145 of the server 140 may subtract the amount based on the unit price data from the balance status data or the point status data to pay the charging fee. there is. In addition, the settlement execution module 145 may calculate a maintenance cost for operation, reservation, and management of the charger, and calculate a final payment amount obtained by subtracting the calculated maintenance cost from the charging cost according to charging of the electric vehicle. there is. Also, the settlement execution module 145 may add an amount based on the unit price data to the revenue status data.

When the charging fee is paid, the charging fee is settled through the sharing platform 540 linked with the server 140 (S550 and S560). At this time, the owners 510 and 520 may obtain profits obtained by sharing the charger by transmitting a profit settlement request through the owner terminal 110 . In addition, even in a situation where charging infrastructure for an electric vehicle is insufficient, the user 530 can conveniently charge the electric vehicle by using a charger shared by others. Therefore, the present invention can alleviate the lack of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

6 is a diagram for explaining functions of a service of a manager who manages a platform for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6 , a platform 610 for sharing and managing chargers may be divided into a settlement system 611 and a service system 612 for each operator.

The operator-specific settlement system 611 is for management of the server 140, and the administrator can operate and manage the charging infrastructure by accessing the operator-specific settlement system 611 through the manager terminal 130. The administrator may access the settlement system 611 for each operator and manage the charge usage fee or charge operator information.

At this time, the settlement system 611 for each operator can enhance security by storing confidential information such as payment information in the distributed ledger platform 620 .

The operator service system 612 is a system for operating the server 140 . Through the operator service system 612, owners or users can manage shared electric vehicle charger infrastructure settings, reservation management, and operation information management.

The owner may access the operator service system 612 through the owner terminal 110 to manage charging unit costs. In addition, the user may access the operator service system 612 through the user terminal 120 to receive information related to the state of the electric vehicle charger infrastructure, perform charging, and then provide charging payment information.

In addition, the operator service system 612 provides charging infrastructure state information as a user service and receives charging payment information.

7 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a screen for setting an available time of an electric vehicle charger by an owner through an owner terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7 , an example of an available time setting window of an electric vehicle charger displayed on the owner terminal 110 may be confirmed. The owner terminal 110 may display a screen including an available time setting window 720 .

Owners can set the times they want other users to use their EV charger. At this time, the owner may set a use start time 710 and a use end time 720 . Alternatively, the user may add or set other available times.

The owner may set the available time using the available time setting times 710 and 720 . For example, as shown in FIG. 7 , when a user sets an electric vehicle charger to be available to other users at a specific time, the owner may set a desired time for the use start time 710 and use end time 720. there is.

Further, the owner terminal 110 may transmit a usable time change request to the server 140 (eg, the charger management module 141) based on the data input through the screen as shown in FIG. 7 . Then, the server 140 (eg, the charger management module 141 ) may update available time data based on the available time change request received from the owner terminal 110 .

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen on which an owner sets a unit price of an electric vehicle charger through an owner terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8 , an example of a unit price setting window of an electric vehicle charger displayed on the owner terminal 110 may be confirmed. The unit price setting window 810 may be configured to differently set the unit price according to time.

The owner may set the unit price by changing the unit price input in the columns divided according to time in the unit price setting window. In this case, the unit price input box 810 may be set to input a unit price for the available time set as shown in FIG. 8 .

The owner may set and change the unit price according to the time of the electric vehicle charger using the unit price setting window.

Further, the owner terminal 110 may transmit a unit price change request to the server 140 (eg, the charger management module 141) based on the data input through the screen as shown in FIG. 8 . Then, the server 140 (eg, the charger management module 141 ) may update the unit price data based on the unit price change request received from the owner terminal 110 .

In this way, in sharing the charger with other people, the owner or manager may set the usable time and unit price and transmit them to the server 140 . In addition, a user who wants to use such a charger charges his or her electric vehicle after checking the available time and unit price set by the owner or manager, and pays other payment amounts accordingly.

Each step in each of the flowcharts described above may be operated regardless of the order shown, or may be performed simultaneously. In addition, at least one component of the present invention and at least one operation performed by the at least one component may be implemented by hardware and/or software.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings illustrated, but the present invention is not limited by the embodiments and drawings disclosed in this specification, and various modifications are made by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. It is obvious that variations can be made. In addition, although the operational effects according to the configuration of the present invention have not been explicitly described and described while describing the embodiments of the present invention, it is natural that the effects predictable by the corresponding configuration should also be recognized.

100: system 110: owner terminal
120: user terminal 130: manager terminal
140: server 141: charger management module
142 Owner management module 143 User management module
144: reservation management module 145: settlement execution module

Claims (10)

In a system for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle,
chargers that power electric vehicles;
A terminal requesting sharing and management of at least one charger to the server; and
Including the server for sharing and managing the at least one charger,
The server,
Based on the request, obtaining information of an owner who owns the charger and an identifier of the charger;
Calculate a charging cost for the power supplied to the electric vehicle through the charger;
A system for transmitting payment information including the calculated charging cost to a terminal of an owner who owns the charger that supplied the power.
According to claim 1,
The server,
Acquiring information about a time for sharing the charger and a charging unit price according to power supply from the charger;
A system for calculating the charging cost based on the obtained information.
According to claim 1,
The terminal,
A system including at least one of the owner's terminal and the charging operator's terminal.
According to claim 1,
The server,
A system for performing operation, reservation, management, and settlement of power supply for the at least one charger owned by the user of the terminal.
According to claim 1,
The terminal,
Transmitting information including a sharing time for making the at least one charger available to other users and a charging unit price to the server;
The server,
Based on the information, it is identified whether at least one other user other than the owner of the terminal charges the electric vehicle through the at least one charger;
If it is identified that the electric vehicle is charged within the sharing time, a system for calculating a charging cost for charging the electric vehicle.
According to claim 1,
The server,
Calculate maintenance costs for operation, reservation, and management of the at least one charger;
A system for transmitting payment information including the calculated charging cost and the calculated maintenance cost to the terminal.
According to claim 1,
The server,
Transmitting information about the at least one charger to the terminal;
The terminal displays information about the at least one charger through an application.
According to claim 7,
Information about the at least one charger,
A system including the location where the charger is installed, the charge unit price in the charger, the identifier of the charger, and the information of the owner who owns the charger
According to claim 1,
The server,
a charger management module that manages charger data including information about the charger;
an owner management module that manages owner data including information about an owner who owns a charger for charging the electric vehicle;
a user management module that manages user data including information about a user receiving a charging service through the charger;
a reservation management module for updating the charger data based on the reservation request data when reservation request data is received from the user; and
and a settlement execution module that calculates a charging cost for power supply provided to the electric vehicle based on the charger data, the owner data, and the user data when charging is performed according to the reservation request data.
In the method of a system for sharing and managing a charger for charging an electric vehicle,
Requesting, by the terminal, sharing and management of at least one charger to the server;
identifying, by the server, information on an owner who owns the charger and an identifier of the charger, based on the request;
calculating, by the server, a charging cost for power supplied to the electric vehicle through the charger; and
and transmitting, by the server, payment information including the calculated charging cost to a terminal of an owner who owns the charger that supplied the power.

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