KR20240051470A - Business Method for Charging a Battery of a Electric Vehicle by Use of an Electric Aircraft, and Charging Station and Discharging Module for the Same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to electric vehicle charging technology using electric aircraft. The charging and charging service method of this embodiment includes a user registration step in which a server computer issues a user ID according to a user registration request through a user terminal and completes the user registration, and the server computer requests an electric vehicle charging service from the terminal. A service reception step in which the service is received through wireless communication, a service execution command step in which the server computer transmits an execution command for the electric vehicle charging service along with charging station information to the electric aircraft, and the electric aircraft is transferred to the charging station according to the execution command. It includes a service execution step of moving to and executing the charging service.

Description

Electric vehicle charging service method using an electric aircraft and its charging station and discharging module {Business Method for Charging a Battery of a Electric Vehicle by Use of an Electric Aircraft, and Charging Station and Discharging Module for the Same}

The present invention relates to electric vehicle charging technology using electric aircraft.

There is no longer any doubt that the use of electric vehicles as an eco-friendly means of land transportation will continue to increase and the market will grow significantly, but for this to happen, the construction of related infrastructure must take precedence.

In particular, the lack of electric vehicle charging infrastructure is considered one of the main factors causing consumers to hesitate to purchase electric vehicles.

Recently, electric vehicle chargers have been installed in parking lots in complex buildings and highway rest areas, but their number is still significantly insufficient.

Moreover, because current electric vehicle chargers are installed in places where power can be supplied from the grid, there is a problem that there is no solution for emergency situations that require electric vehicle charging in places where this is not possible.

Therefore, it is expected that there will be a need for a charging infrastructure that can solve the problem of lack of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and can emergencyly charge electric vehicles in places where power cannot be supplied from the grid.

The present invention aims to solve at least one problem of the prior art described above.

We provide a charging infrastructure and service method that can emergencyly charge electric vehicles in places where power cannot be supplied from the grid.

The electric vehicle charging service method according to one embodiment of the present invention uses an electric aircraft.

The charging and charging service method of this embodiment includes a user registration step in which a server computer issues a user ID according to a user registration request through a user terminal and completes the user registration, and the server computer requests an electric vehicle charging service from the terminal. A service reception step in which the service is received through wireless communication, a service execution command step in which the server computer transmits an execution command for the electric vehicle charging service along with charging station information to the electric aircraft, and the electric aircraft is transferred to the charging station according to the execution command. It includes a service execution step of moving to and executing the charging service.

In at least one embodiment of the present invention, the server computer may further include receiving current location or desired charging station information from the terminal and assigning the charging station to execute the service accordingly.

Additionally, in at least one embodiment of the present invention, the charging station receives the user ID from the server computer, and charges the electric vehicle as the user ID is input from the user or received from the terminal. An additional step of allowing electrical connection may be included.

Meanwhile, the electric vehicle charging station according to an embodiment of the present invention is electrically connected to a vertical takeoff and landing unit where an electric aircraft vertically takes off and lands, and a discharge module of the electric aircraft in a state where the electric aircraft lands on the vertical takeoff and landing unit. A docking unit including an electrical connection unit, a charging module electrically connected to the electrical connection unit and including a charging connector inserted into a charging socket of an electric vehicle, receiving a user ID input from the user or receiving it from a user terminal, and the user ID Compares the user ID received from the server computer, and according to the comparison result, includes a microprocessor that performs charging from the battery of the electric aircraft to the battery of the electric vehicle through the discharge module and the charging connector.

The charging station of this embodiment may further include a charge metering unit that measures the charge amount for the electric vehicle.

Additionally, the charging station of this embodiment may further include a communication module that transmits the charging amount or the status of the charging station to the server computer.

On the other hand, a discharge module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a connector part connected to an electric aircraft charging socket, a discharge circuit part that performs discharge to supply power from the battery of the electric aircraft to the electric vehicle through a charging station, It includes a docking connection part that is automatically electrically connected to the electrical connection part of the docking part of the charging station through vertical takeoff and landing of the electric aircraft, and a detachable part that is attachable and detachable to the electric aircraft.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the current shortage of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles can be somewhat resolved.

Additionally, charging infrastructure can be built in areas where it is difficult to receive power from the grid.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a system configuration for implementing an electric vehicle charging service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 shows a time-series process for an electric vehicle charging service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a detailed view of the electric aircraft of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a detailed view of the charging station of Figure 1.

Hereinafter, embodiments disclosed in the present specification will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. However, identical or similar components will be assigned the same reference numbers regardless of reference numerals, and duplicate descriptions thereof will be omitted.

The suffix "part" for the components used in the following description is given or used interchangeably only considering the ease of preparing the specification, and does not necessarily require that they be physically distinguished or separated. Illustratively, the "oo part" may be a component that performs a different function from the "xx part", but in the embodiment, the functions are not physically distinguished or separated and the functions are performed in parallel or in one and the same microprocessor. It can be implemented to be performed sequentially in time, and the suffix “boo” does not exclude this. And, the same applies to the suffix “module”.

Additionally, in describing the embodiments disclosed in this specification, if it is determined that detailed descriptions of related known technologies may obscure the gist of the embodiments disclosed in this specification, the detailed descriptions will be omitted.

In addition, the attached drawings are only for easy understanding of the embodiments disclosed in this specification, and the technical idea disclosed in this specification is not limited by the attached drawings, and all changes included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention are not limited. , should be understood to include equivalents or substitutes.

Terms containing ordinal numbers, such as first, second, etc., may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another component, and in particular, they should not be interpreted as establishing an order among components based solely on their names.

In addition, the criteria for “top/top” or “bottom/bottom” are naturally determined from the properties of each component or between them, or, unless otherwise expressed in the specification, are in principle based on the appearance shown in the drawing for convenience. It is only used to indicate the relative positional relationship between components and should not be understood as limiting the positions of actual components. For example, “B located above A” simply indicates that B is shown above A in the drawing, unless otherwise stated or in cases where B must be located above A due to the nature of A or B. In products, etc., B may be located below A, or B and A may be placed side to side.

The term “and/or” is used to include any combination of multiple items that are the subject of the term. For example, “A and/or B” includes all three cases: “A”, “B”, and “A and B”.

When a component is said to be "connected" or "connected" to another component, it is understood that it may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, but that other components may exist in between. It should be. On the other hand, when it is mentioned that a component is “directly connected” or “directly connected” to another component, it should be understood that there are no other components in between.

Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In this specification, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate the presence of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, but are not intended to indicate the presence of one or more other features. It should be understood that this does not exclude in advance the possibility of the existence or addition of elements, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present application. No.

Before a detailed description of an embodiment of the present invention, first, briefly describe the attached drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a system configuration for implementing an electric vehicle charging service method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 represents a time-series process for an electric vehicle charging service method according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a detailed view of the electric aircraft of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 shows a detailed view of the charging station of FIG. 1. .

With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 , a charging service method for an electric vehicle 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, the user can access the service provider's server computer 20 through the user's terminal 10 to download and install the necessary application program (hereinafter referred to as 'service app').

User registration can be performed by running the service app on the user's terminal 10, and the server computer 20 executes and completes registration for the user as the information required for user registration is received.

Through user registration, a user ID can be assigned, and the user can identify himself by entering the ID when using the service.

Methods for paid use of various online services using the user terminal 10 are known, and since user registration in this embodiment may not be significantly different from user registration for such conventional paid services, detailed descriptions are omitted. However, since this embodiment relates to a charging service for the electric vehicle 30, additional information about the vehicle such as vehicle model, model year, license plate, etc. may be required. However, this embodiment is not limited to this.

Once user registration is completed, the user is ready to use the charging service of this embodiment at any time.

The user can transmit a charging service request to the server computer 20 through the service app, and the server computer 20 can receive a charging service request for the electric vehicle 30 from the user terminal 10 through wireless communication.

When a charging service request is received, the server computer 20 may execute a service execution command step of transmitting an execution command for the electric vehicle 30 charging service along with charging station 200 information to the electric aircraft 40.

Here, the electric aircraft 40 side provides space so that at least one electric aircraft 40 used for the service can wait in a landed state, and allocates the electric aircraft 40 according to the above service execution command. It may include an aircraft control system (not shown) capable of transmitting control commands for execution. Additionally, it goes without saying that the service execution command of the server computer 20 may be directly transmitted to the electric aircraft 40.

The electric aircraft 40 moves to the charging station 200 according to the above execution command and executes the charging service.

Then, when charging is completed, the charging station 200 transmits a service execution completion report to the server computer 20. At this time, charge amount information may be included.

As the charging completion report is received, the server computer 20 transmits billing information to the user terminal 10. At this time, the payment can be processed using the payment information of the already registered user, and the payment information can be transmitted to the user terminal 10.

Figure 3 shows an electric aircraft 40 and a discharge module 100 detachably attached thereto according to an embodiment of the present invention, which will be described in detail below.

First, the electric aircraft 40 of this embodiment is in the form of a drone equipped with four propellers 41 and, although not shown, is equipped with a battery as a power source.

In addition, the electric aircraft 40 is provided with a charging socket (not shown) for supplying external grid power to the on-board battery, that is, for charging the on-board battery.

The discharge module 100 of this embodiment has a connector portion (not shown) connected to the charging socket of the electric aircraft 40, and transmits power from the battery of the electric aircraft 40 to the electric vehicle 30 through the charging station 200. A discharge circuit unit 110 that performs discharge to supply, a docking connection unit 120 that is electrically connected to the docking unit 210 of the charging station 200, which will be described later, automatically through vertical takeoff and landing of the electric aircraft 40, and an electric It includes a detachable part 130 that can be attached and detached from the aircraft 40.

When charging the electric vehicle 30, the discharge circuit 110 operates so that the battery power of the electric aircraft 40 passes through the connector part and the docking connection part 120 and the docking part 210 of the charging station 200. , the battery of the electric vehicle 30 is charged through the charging module 220 electrically connected to the docking unit 210.

To this end, as will be described later, the docking unit 210 of the charging station 200 has positive and negative connecting portions, and the docking connecting portion 120 has corresponding positive and negative connecting portions.

In addition, each positive and negative connection portion of the docking portion 210 and the docking connection portion 120 is exposed to the outside at least when docked, and through this, electrical connection is possible through vertical takeoff and landing of the electric aircraft 40.

The detachable part 130 may be made of a known structure that can detachably attach the discharge module 100 to the electric aircraft 40. Therefore, when the charging service is not performed, the electric aircraft 40 can perform other services without the discharge module 100 attached.

Figure 4 shows a charging station 200 according to one embodiment of the present invention, which will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 4, the charging station 200 includes a vertical takeoff and landing unit 240 at the top, a docking unit 210 provided thereon, a charging module 220, and a user interface 230.

The vertical takeoff and landing section 240 provides space and support structure so that the electric aircraft 40 can be landed and supported during charging.

The docking unit 210 is provided in the vertical takeoff and landing unit 240, and although not shown, it has electrical connections including positive and negative electrode connections corresponding to the positive and negative electrode connections of the docking connection 120 of the electric aircraft 40. .

In addition, the electrical connection part of the docking unit 210 is electrically connected to the discharge module 100 of the electric aircraft 40 when the electric aircraft 40 lands on the vertical takeoff and landing unit 240.

The charging module 220 serves to charge the electric vehicle 30 with the power of the battery of the electric aircraft 40 input through the docking unit 210.

To this end, the charging module 220 includes a connector for connection to the charging socket of the electric vehicle 30, and the user can couple the connector to the charging socket of the electric vehicle 30 when charging.

The user can determine the charging amount through the user interface 230 and input a charging start command. Additionally, the user ID can be input through the user interface 230 or received from the user terminal 10 through short-distance communication.

The charging station 200 may include a communication module, through which it can receive a user ID from the server computer 20, compare the received user ID with the user ID obtained from the user, and connect the electric vehicle 30 to the user ID. Electrical connection for charging may be permitted.

The charging station 200 may include a microprocessor to perform the functions described above, and such a microprocessor may be provided in the user interface 230.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, an electric aircraft is a concept that collectively refers to any type of mechanical device capable of levitating and moving in the air using electricity as a power source. By way of example, electric aircraft are capable of unmanned autonomous flight, but are not limited thereto.

Additionally, in this embodiment, the user-side terminal may be a portable communication terminal such as the user's smartphone, but this embodiment is not limited to this, and the user-side terminal may be installed inside the electric vehicle.

10: user terminal 20: server computer
30: Electric vehicle 40: Electric aircraft
100: Discharge module 200: Charging station

Claims (5)

A user registration step in which a server computer issues a corresponding user ID in response to a user registration request through a user terminal and completes the user registration;
A service reception step in which the server computer receives an electric vehicle charging service request from the terminal through wireless communication;
A service execution command step in which the server computer transmits an execution command for the electric vehicle charging service along with charging station information to the electric aircraft;
A service execution step in which the electric aircraft moves to the charging station according to the execution command and executes the charging service.
An electric vehicle charging service method using an electric aircraft including. According to paragraph 1,
The server computer receiving current location or desired charging station information from the terminal and assigning the charging station to execute the service accordingly; and
Allowing the charging station to receive the user ID from the server computer and allow an electrical connection for charging the electric vehicle as the user ID is input from the user or received from the terminal.
Additionally comprising at least one of,
Electric vehicle charging service method using electric aircraft. A docking unit including a vertical takeoff and landing unit where the electric aircraft vertically takes off and lands, and an electrical connection unit electrically connected to a discharge module of the electric aircraft when the electric aircraft lands on the vertical takeoff and landing unit;
a charging module electrically connected to the electrical connection unit and including a charging connector inserted into a charging socket of an electric vehicle;
A user ID is input from the user or received from the user's terminal, the user ID is compared with the user ID received from the server computer, and according to the comparison result, the battery of the electric aircraft through the discharge module and the charging connector A microprocessor that performs charging of the battery of the electric vehicle from
An electric vehicle charging station including. According to paragraph 3,
A charge metering unit that measures the charge amount for the electric vehicle, and
A communication module that transmits the charging amount or the status of the charging station to the server computer
additionally containing at least one of
Electric vehicle charging station. A connector portion connected to an electric aircraft charging socket;
a discharge circuit unit that performs discharge to supply power from the battery of the electric aircraft to the electric vehicle through a charging station;
a docking connection that is automatically electrically connected to the electrical connection of the docking section of the charging station through vertical takeoff and landing of the electric aircraft; and
Detachable part attachable to the above electric aircraft
An electric aircraft detachable discharge module containing a.