NL2014018B1 - A charging system for charging an electric vehicle, a method and a computer program product. - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Abstract
The invention relates to a charging system for charging an electric vehicle. The system comprises a control unit, one or more electric power access terminals providing electric power to the control unit, and an electric power supply unit for supplying electric power from the control unit to an electric vehicle. Further, the electric power supply unit includes a multiple number of delivery lines provided with respective terminals that are positioned at different vehicle parking locations. The control unit is arranged for connecting a selected delivery line to the electric power access terminal.
Description
Title: A charging system for charging an electric vehicle, a method and a computer program product
The invention relates to a charging system for charging an electric vehicle, comprising a control unit, an electric power access terminal providing electric power to the control unit, and an electric power supply unit for supplying electric power from the control unit to an electric vehicle.
Such charging systems are known, both for public and private applications, for charging electric vehicles such as electric cars. The electric car is then usually parked in a reserved parking location, near the electric power supply unit to connect the charging system to a delivery terminal in the electric car.
In densely populated areas, parking places may be scarce. Then, it may not be desired, from a public perspective, to assign private parking locations on a regular basis. Otherwise, electric vehicle owners would benefit from unfair parking facilities in relation to owners of conventionally driven vehicles. On the other hand, when parking locations are free, parking locations close to the electric power supply unit may be occupied when an owner of an electric vehicle wants to charge his or her vehicle. Then, in practice, there is a trade off between fair parking rights and availability of charging facihties.
It is an object of the invention to provide a charging system according to the preamble wherein the above-identified drawback is reduced. In particular, it is an object of the invention to provide a charging system wherein the availability of charging facilities increases without introducing an unbalance in parking rights of vehicles. Thereto, according to an aspect of the invention, a charging system according to the preamble is provided, wherein the electric power supply unit includes a multiple number of delivery lines provided with respective delivery terminals that are positioned at different vehicle parking locations, and wherein the control unit is arranged for connecting a selected delivery line to the electric power access terminal.
The invention is at least partly based on the insight that, on a statistical basis, a chance that at least one parking location in a set of parking locations is free is in general larger than a chance that a specific parking location in a set of parking locations is free. Then, by providing a delivery terminal at each parking location of a set of parking locations the availability of the charging system increases significantly without modifying parking rights of vehicle users. Then, if the set of parking locations exceeds a threshold number, the availability of the charging system reaches a point at which there is no more need to provide a charging system with charging functionality at a single parking location that would require a modification of parking rights of vehicle users.
By providing multiple delivery fines and providing a control unit for selectively connecting a selected delivery fine, an electric vehicle can be charged at a multiple number of parking locations. Advantageously, the vehicle can be connected in a decentralized manner while the charging process can be controlled in a central manner.
The invention also relates to a method.
Further, the invention relates to a computer program product. A computer program product may comprise a set of computer executable instructions stored on a data carrier, such as a flash memory, a CD or a DVD. The set of computer executable instructions, which allow a programmable computer to carry out the method as defined above, may also be available for downloading from a remote server, for example via the Internet, e.g. as an app.
Other advantageous embodiments according to the invention are described in the following claims.
By way of example only, embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying figures in which
Fig. 1 shows a schematic view of a first embodiment of a charging system according to the invention;
Fig. 2 shows a schematic view of a second embodiment of a charging system according to the invention, and
Fig. 3 shows a flow chart of an embodiment of a method according to the invention.
The figures merely illustrate preferred embodiments according to the invention. In the figures, the same reference numbers refer to equal or corresponding parts.
Figure 1 shows a schematic view of a first embodiment of a charging system 1 according to the invention. The charging system 1 has a control unit 2, an electric power access terminal 3 and an electric power supply unit 4. The electric power access terminal 3 is arranged for providing electric power to the control unit 2. Further, the electric power supply unit 4 is arranged for supplying electric power from the control unit 2 to an electric vehicle 10 that is parked on a parking location 11.
The electric power supply unit 4 includes a multiple number of delivery fines 5a-e that are each provided with a delivery terminal 6a-e. The individual delivery terminals 6a-e are positioned at different vehicle parking locations. During operation of the system 1, the control unit 2 may connect a selected delivery fine 5a to the electric power access terminal 3 as described in more detail below.
The electric power access terminal 3 is directly connected to a private electric power network 7. It is noted, however, that the electric power access terminal 3 can also be directly connected to another electric power network such as a public grid. Further, the electric power access terminal 3 can be indirectly connected to a power network, e.g. via an intermediate electric power feeding fine.
As illustrated in Fig. 1 the delivery terminals 6a-e are positioned near two vehicle parking locations so that a single dehvery terminal 6a may facilitate charging a vehicle at two parking locations 11a, 11a’, thus reducing the number of delivery terminals 6 to half the amount of parking locations where an electric vehicle can be charged. In principle, the number of delivery terminals 6 can even be further reduced by positioning a delivery terminal near three or more parking locations 11. Then, the three or more parking locations are in an advantageous embodiment situated around the position of the corresponding delivery terminal.
In order to enable communication between the delivery terminals 6 and the control unit 2, the dehvery lines 5a-e are optionally each provided with a data channel 8a-e. The delivery lines can be provided with further means, e.g. mains for driving a locking mechanism locking the delivery terminal 6 to a connection cable contacting a receipt terminal of an electric vehicle. Further, the control unit 2 is provided with a switch 12 and a controller 13 for controlhng the switch 12. The switch may include one or more relays for electrically connecting the electric power access terminal 3 to a selected dehvery line 5a in a controhed and secure manner. Further, the controller 13 may include a microcontroher for controlhng said one or more relays.
Optionally, the control unit 2 further comprises a transceiver 14 and the system further comprises an Internet-based platform 40 for exchanging data with each other and with a portable electronic device having Internet connectivity 50.
Figure 2 shows a schematic view of a second embodiment of a charging system 1 according to the invention.
The charging system 1 of Fig. 2 includes two electric power terminals 3a,b each of them being connected, via a respective intermediate electric power feeding hne 20a,b, to a first and a second private electric power network 7a,b, respectively. Accordingly, the control unit 2 includes two switches 12a,b for controlling a first electric power flow flowing from the first, electric power access terminal 3a to a first selected delivery fine and for controlling a second electric power flow flowing from the second electric power access terminal 3b to a second selected delivery line, different from the first selected delivery line. In principle, each delivery line can be fed by either the first or the second power access terminal 3a,b. The control unit 2 is arranged for avoiding that the first and the second power access terminal 3a, b are connected to the same delivery fine at the same moment, preferably by the controller 13 and by the hardware structure of the switches 12a,b. Then, a delivery hne is connected to at most one power access terminal. On the other hand, however, a single power access terminal might be connected to a multiple number of delivery fines, e.g. if the power flow per delivery fine is moderate relative to the maximum power that the power access terminal may deliver.
It is noted that the above-mentioned switches may include a hardware device such as a relay or an electronic switch for mechanically and/or electrically connecting the access terminal 3 to a delivery fine 5. Further, the switch may include a controller with dedicated hardware and/or software for controlling the actual state of the switch.
In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2, a set of delivery fines 5 extend in a common coating 15 along a substantial length thereof so that multiple fines can effectively be joined in a single cable. In the shown embodiment, the delivery fines 5 are pairwise joined. The delivery terminals 6 of the joined delivery fines 5 are located close to each other so that both terminals can be used for charging a vehicle on one of the two adjacent parking locations. In another embodiment, the delivery fines 5 are placed separately. The delivery terminals are provided with a connection cable 16 to enable connection with a receipt terminal of an electric vehicle 10.
In this respect it is mentioned that, similar to the approach implemented in the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, a single delivery terminal 6 can be positioned near two vehicle parking locations, thus reducing the number of delivery terminals 6 to half the amount of parking locations where an electric vehicle can be charged. Similarly, the number of delivery terminals 6 can even be further reduced by positioning a delivery terminal near three or more parking locations 11.
It is further noted that the charging system is scalable, both in the number of delivery lines and in the number of electric power access terminals. As an example, more than two electric power access terminals can be provided, e.g. three or four power access terminals. The control unit is then arranged for connecting the individual power access terminals to different delivery lines, so that feedings lines remain separate.
Figure 3 shows a flow chart of an embodiment of a method according to the invention. The method is used for charging an electric vehicle, and comprises a step of providing 110 an electric power access terminal 3, a step of providing 120 an electric power supply unit 4 for supplying electric power to an electric vehicle, wherein the electric power supply unit 4 includes a multiple number of delivery lines 5 provided with respective delivery terminals 6 that are positioned at different vehicle parking locations 11, and a step of connecting 130 a selected delivery line 5 to the electric power access terminal 3. During operation, a user selects a specific delivery terminal 6 corresponding with a parking location of an electric vehicle 10. In accordance with the user specified selection, the electric power access terminal 3 is connected to the selected delivery line 5, controlled by the control unit 2.
In a specific embodiment, a charging process may be as follows. A user parks an electric vehicle 10 on a parking location Ilf and connects a connection cable 16 of the closest delivery terminal 6f to a receipt terminal (not shown) of the electric vehicle 10. A signal generated and monitored by the control unit 2 indicates that the user has selected a delivery line 5 because the impedance at the delivery terminal 6f connected to the vehicle has changed. Otherwise, an alert signal can automatically be generated upon sensing that a connection cable 16 of the delivery terminal is connected to an electric vehicle. As a further alternative, the user may directly activate the corresponding delivery terminal 6f, e.g. by interaction with a user interface on the terminal. Then, the user may select a delivery line by connecting the connection cable 16 to the car or by entering an input signal to the corresponding delivery terminal. In this approach, a user connects a car to a delivery terminal, carries out an authentication process, and selects the connected delivery terminal. The user interaction can be performed on an interface on the terminal, on the control unit, on another hardware wired interface or in another way, e.g. using an Internet interface.
The generated signal can be implemented in accordance with existing protocols, such as the J1772 protocol. Using said J1772 protocol, the pilot signal may be used for enabling charging an electric vehicle and monitoring status information about the charging process by the control unit. Then, the impedance or resistance at the delivery terminal depends on its status, e.g. standby, connected, charging, or error. By generating a signal from the control unit to the delivery terminal, a resulting pilot signal has an amplitude depending on the impedance or resistance associated with its status, thereby informing the control unit of said status. The impedance or resistance at the delivery terminal is at least partially determined by the car that is connected to said delivery terminal. The pilot signal may also be used to specify the maximum current that the electric vehicle may draw from the used electric power access terminal. In principle, also other data signals protocols can be applied.
After monitoring a change in the pilot signal from standby to a connected state, at the control unit 2, the control unit 2 may connect the selected delivery line 5 to the corresponding electric power access terminal 3, preferably after performing an authentication process with the user. This process may include a number of sub-steps, viz. a sub-step of transmitting a first data signal si to the Internet-based platform 40, and a sub-step of changing a status parameter associated with the selected delivery line. Specifically, the status parameter can be changed from a “free” status into an “available” status. Further, the process may include a sub-step of transmitting a second signal s2 from a portable electronic device having Internet connectivity 50 to the Internet-based platform 40 requesting that an actual charging process is initiated. Upon receipt of the second signal s2, an authentication process may be carried out. Then, the platform 40 may send a third signal s3 to the portable device 50 confirming that the selected delivery terminal is available and that the actual charging process may start, and may send a fourth signal s4 to the control unit 2 to operate the switch 12 to connect the selected delivery line 5 to the electric power access terminal 3. The control unit may send a fifth signal s5 to the Internet based platform 40 to indicate that the charging process has actually started. Then the Internet based platform may change the status parameter from “available” to “charging”.
Generally, the authentication process may include that actual data are compared to pre-stored authentication data including authorization information concerning a specific electric power access terminal that is available for the person associated with the authentication data and/or car data.
It is noted that many variations to the process are possible. As an example, the process can be arranged such that the portable device 50 of the user sends a signal indicating the selected delivery fine 6. Further, in the described embodiment, the portable electronic device, the platform and the control unit communicate via data channels that are at least partly wireless, e.g. via telecommunication and/or Internet connections. In another embodiment, at least one of the connections is wired. Also, the described functionality of the portable device 50 can be implemented on the control unit 2 so that the user may operate the charging system 1 directly via the control unit 2, e.g. using a card reader for authentication purposes.
Further, if more than one electric power access terminal is present, a specific electric power access terminal for charging the electric vehicle must be chosen. Advantageously, the selection of the electric power access terminal is automatically performed by the charging system as described above. Then, in a specific embodiment, a user may only have to confirm the selected delivery line after performing an authentication process.
When the charging process has finalized, the control unit interrupts the connection between the electric power access terminal and the selected delivery hne to counteract overloading. For example, the interruption process can be initiated by a finalizing signal e.g. the pilot signal in conformity with the J1772 protocol.
The method of charging an electric vehicle can be facilitated using dedicated hardware structures, such as computer servers. Otherwise, the method can also at least partially be performed using a computer program product comprising instructions for causing a processor of a computer system or a control unit to facilitate connecting a selected delivery hne to the electric power access terminal. All (sub)steps can in principle be performed on a single processor. However, it is noted that at least one step can be performed on a separate processor. A processor can be loaded with a specific software module. Dedicated software modules can be provided, e.g. from the Internet.
The invention is not restricted to the embodiments described herein. It will be understood that many variants are possible.
As an example, the control unit of the charging system can be arranged for connecting a single selected delivery hne to the electric power access terminal. In principle, however, the control unit can also be arranged for connecting multiple selected dehvery hnes to the electric power access terminal, e.g. when the connected public grid or private electric power network has sufficient power to charge two or more vehicle simultaneously.
These and other embodiments will be apparent for the person skilled in the art and are considered to fall within the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims. For the purpose of clarity and a concise description features are described herein as part of the same or separate embodiments. However, it will be appreciated that the scope of the invention may include embodiments having combinations of all or some of the features described.
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