TWI677162B - Charging facility sharing method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a charging facility sharing method, which aims to solve the problem of conveniently and conveniently sharing charging facilities. The charging facility sharing method of the present invention includes the following steps: charging facilities are shared and set for idle periods; receiving a reservation request for charging an object to be charged through the shared charging facility; and after completing a predetermined action, automatically charging the object to be charged Authentication is performed. If the authentication is successful, the reserved charging facility starts to charge the object to be charged. Compared with the prior art, the charging facility sharing method of the present invention enables a user to reach the charging pile within a reserved time period, and only needs to perform the automatic authentication of the car pile after completing a predetermined action, thereby being more convenient and safer than the traditional sharing method. The user experience is good.

Description

Charging facility sharing method

The invention relates to the application field of charging facilities, and in particular to a method for sharing charging facilities.

When the owner of an electric vehicle purchases an electric vehicle, the electric vehicle factory generally distributes a charging pile matching the electric vehicle for installation in a parking space in a residential area. When the owner of the electric vehicle uses the electric vehicle to go out, the charging pile will be idle. Therefore, the sharing of private charging piles can fully integrate these charging resources and improve the utilization rate of charging piles.

The existing sharing operation method of the charging pile is mainly: the charging pile is connected to the charging operator's platform through a certain communication method, and the owner of the charging pile sets the idle time of the charging pile through mobile phone APP / WeChat, etc., and opens it to the charging operation platform to charge The operating platform opens these charging piles to users based on idle time. After the user retrieves the information of the idle charging pile, he can use the navigation to find the charging pile, and scan the two-dimensional code on the charging pile to implement authentication. After passing the authentication, the user can pull the gun to start charging. In the above method, since the authentication must be performed by scanning the two-dimensional code on the charging pile before charging the gun, it results in a poor user experience for the user and is relatively unsafe.

Based on the above status quo, how to easily implement automatic authentication of electric vehicles and then use shared charging piles conveniently has become a technical problem that needs to be solved urgently. In view of this, the present invention is proposed.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is how to realize convenient sharing of charging facilities.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a charging facility sharing method. The charging facility sharing method includes the following steps: the charging facility is shared and an idle period is set; and a reservation request for charging an object to be charged through the shared charging facility is received; After completing the predetermined action, the object to be charged is automatically authenticated. If the authentication is successful, the reserved charging facility starts to charge the object to be charged. In a preferred embodiment of the above-mentioned charging facility sharing method, the predetermined action is to establish a charging connection between the charging facility and the object to be charged.

In a preferred embodiment of the above charging facility sharing method, the charging connection is achieved by inserting a charging gun of the charging facility into a charging end of an object to be charged.

In a preferred embodiment of the above-mentioned charging facility sharing method, the step "receiving a reservation request for charging an object to be charged" further includes: the reserved charging facility obtains and stores authentication information of the object to be charged.

In a preferred embodiment of the above charging facility sharing method, the step "automatically authenticates the object to be charged" further includes: the object to be charged automatically sends authentication information; and the charging facility obtains the object to be charged and sends And matching it with the stored authentication information to authenticate the object to be charged.

In a preferred embodiment of the above-mentioned charging facility sharing method, the reserved charging facility receives authentication information of the object to be charged from a cloud server.

In a preferred embodiment of the above charging facility sharing method, the cloud server is a smart home cloud server.

In a preferred embodiment of the charging facility sharing method, the object to be charged is an electric vehicle, and the authentication information is a VIN code of the electric vehicle.

In a preferred embodiment of the above charging facility sharing method, the authentication information is valid only during a reservation period.

In a preferred embodiment of the above-mentioned charging facility sharing method, the charging facility is a personal charging station.

Compared with the prior art, the charging facility sharing method of the present invention automatically implements authentication by completing a predetermined action, for example, when a user arrives at a charging pile within a predetermined period of time, unplugs a charging gun, and inserts a charging interface of an electric vehicle. More convenient and secure than traditional sharing methods, and has a good user experience.

Various exemplary embodiments, features, and aspects of the invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The same reference numerals in the drawings represent the same or similar elements. The word "exemplary" as used herein means "serving as an example, embodiment, or illustration." Any embodiment described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as superior to or better than other embodiments. In addition, in order to better explain the present invention, numerous specific details are given in the following specific embodiments. However, those skilled in the art should understand that the present invention can be implemented without certain specific details. In some examples, methods, means, components and circuits that are well known to those skilled in the art are not described in detail in order to highlight the core principles of the present invention. Those skilled in the art should understand that these embodiments are only used to explain the technical principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention.

In general, the basic idea of the present invention is to trigger the automatic authentication of the objects to be charged through a certain predetermined action, such as when the objects to be charged reach the charging post or the charging post establishes a charging connection with the objects to be charged, thereby sharing the charging conveniently and safely. pile.

According to an embodiment of the charging facility sharing method of the present invention, the charging facility sharing method includes the following steps: the charging facility is shared and an idle period is set; receiving a reservation request for charging an object to be charged through the shared charging facility; After completing the predetermined action, the object to be charged is automatically authenticated. If the authentication is successful, the reserved charging facility starts to charge the object to be charged.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the predetermined action is to establish a charging connection between the charging facility and the object to be charged.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the charging connection is implemented by inserting a charging gun of the charging facility into a charging end of an object to be charged.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the step "receiving a reservation request for charging the object to be charged" further includes: the reserved charging facility obtains and stores authentication information of the object to be charged.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the step "automatically authenticate the object to be charged" further includes: the object to be charged automatically sends authentication information; and the charging facility obtains the authentication sent by the object to be charged Information and matching it with the authentication information stored in order to authenticate the object to be charged.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the reserved charging facility receives authentication information of the object to be charged from a remote server.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the remote server is a smart home cloud server.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the authentication information is valid only during a reservation period.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the object to be charged is an electric vehicle, and the authentication information is a VIN code of the electric vehicle.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the charging facility is a personal charging station.

The charging pile and electric vehicle are taken as examples below to describe the charging facility sharing method of the present invention in detail.

Figures 1 and 2 show the flow of interactive information between a charging pile and an electric vehicle, and the sharing of charging piles by electric vehicles. As shown in FIG. 1, the charging pile and the electric vehicle are connected to the cloud platform, that is, the electric vehicle and the charging pile are connected to each other in real time, and the cloud platform, the charging pile owner, the charging pile and the user B exchange information in real time. As shown in FIG. 2, the charging pile master A sets the idle period of charging pile A through the vehicle, and uploads the information of charging pile A to the cloud platform. When user B retrieves the charging pile matching the idle period through the vehicle, At A, click to select the charging period and make an appointment. The charging station A automatically pre-stores the personal information of user B, the electric vehicle information (mainly the VIN code of the electric vehicle), the reservation information, etc. through the cloud platform, and presets the electric vehicle. The VIN code can achieve a one-time legal charging authorization within the reserved time period. When user B finds charging pile A within the reserved time period, he only needs to unplug the charging gun and plug in the electric vehicle charging interface of user B, and the electric vehicle will automatically or wirelessly send electric vehicle authorization information to charging pile A. When the charging pile A reads that the VIN code of the electric vehicle matches the VIN code of the previously reserved electric vehicle, it automatically recognizes that the electric vehicle is a legally authorized vehicle, that is, implements automatic authentication and starts charging. Charging stops immediately after the scheduled time period ends, and reminds the user to complete the transaction.

In another embodiment of the charging facility sharing method of the present invention, in the scenario of a private charging pile, since the charging pile is generally fixedly installed in a residential community / office, it can be performed with a smart home in the main home / office of the charging pile. Machine group network communication, electric vehicles and smart homes are also connected. When user B makes a reservation for charging pile A through the smart home's cloud platform, the smart home's cloud platform automatically sends the VIN code of the reserved vehicle to the smart home, and the smart home sends the charging pile A via local communication. Charging post A defaults this VIN code as one-time legal authorization information for user B during the reservation period. When user B arrives at the reserved charging pile A and inserts a gun to charge during the reserved period, charging pile A automatically compares the VIN code of the vehicle with the pre-stored information of the charging pile. If the match is successful, the authentication is passed, and the charging is turned on. If the match fails, the authentication is performed. Right failed, do not turn on charging.

It is worth noting that user B can also reserve a charging pile through a mobile phone APP; during automatic authentication, automatic authentication can also be performed on a remote server or a smart home cloud server. Although in the above embodiment, after the charging pile establishes a charging connection with the electric vehicle, the car pile automatically authenticates, but it is not limited to this. For example, after the electric vehicle reaches the charging pile, the car pile automatically authenticates.

In the charging facility sharing method of the embodiment of the present invention, when a user completes a predetermined action, for example, arrives at a charging pile within a reserved time period, or establishes a charging connection between an electric vehicle and a charging pile, the car pile automatically implements authentication, so , The user does not need to scan the code for charging authentication, it can achieve charging authentication, safe and reliable, so that the user operation is very convenient, the experience is better; the charging pile owner does not need to modify the charging pile due to sharing, no need to charge A two-dimensional code is affixed to the pile separately; sharing of charging piles through resource integration and sharing fully improves the utilization rate of charging piles and solves the charging needs of owners who have not installed charging piles.

It should be noted that the charging facility sharing method provided in the foregoing embodiment is only described by taking the division of the foregoing steps as an example. In practical applications, the steps in the embodiment of the present invention may be re-divided or combined according to requirements. For example, the foregoing The multiple steps of the embodiment may be combined into one step, or further divided into multiple sub-steps to complete all or part of the functions described above. The names of the steps involved in the embodiments of the present invention are only for distinguishing the steps, and are not considered as a limitation to the present invention.

Those skilled in the art should be able to realize that the method steps of the examples described in combination with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of the two, in order to clearly explain the electronic hardware and software In terms of interchangeability, the composition and steps of each example have been described generally in terms of functions in the above description. Whether these functions are performed by electronic hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present invention.

So far, the technical solution of the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. However, those skilled in the art can easily understand that the protection scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Without departing from the principle of the present invention, those skilled in the art can make equivalent changes or replacements to related technical features, and the technical solutions after these changes or replacements will fall into the protection scope of the present invention.

[Fig. 1] is a schematic diagram of information interaction during a charging pile reservation according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a charging facility sharing method according to the present invention.

Claims (9)

A charging facility sharing method includes: a charging facility is shared and an idle period is set; receiving a reservation request for charging an object to be charged through the shared charging facility; and automatically completing the predetermined action after completing a predetermined action The object to be charged is authenticated. If the authentication is successful, the reserved charging facility starts to charge the object to be charged. The predetermined action is to establish a charging connection between the charging facility and the object to be charged. The charging facility sharing method according to claim 1, wherein the charging connection is achieved by inserting a charging gun of the charging facility into a charging terminal of the object to be charged. The charging facility sharing method according to claim 1, wherein the step "receiving a reservation request for charging an object to be charged through the shared charging facility" further includes: the reserved charging facility acquires and stores the to-be-charged An authentication information for the object. The charging facility sharing method according to claim 3, wherein the step of "automatically performing an authentication on the object to be charged" further comprises: the object to be charged automatically sends the authentication information; and the charging facility that is reserved obtains the The authentication information sent by the object to be charged is matched with the stored authentication information in order to perform the authentication on the object to be charged. The charging facility sharing method according to claim 3, wherein the reserved charging facility receives the authentication information of the object to be charged from a remote server. The charging facility sharing method according to claim 5, wherein the remote server is a smart home cloud platform. The charging facility sharing method according to claim 3, wherein the object to be charged is an electric vehicle, and the authentication information is a VIN code of the electric vehicle. The charging facility sharing method according to claim 1, wherein the authentication information is valid only within a reservation period. The charging facility sharing method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the charging facility is a one-person charging pile.