WO2014175569A1

WO2014175569A1 - Robot for charging electric vehicle

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Publication number: WO2014175569A1
Application number: PCT/KR2014/002792
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김종혁
Original assignee: (주)세화하이테크
Priority date: 2013-04-25
Filing date: 2014-04-02
Publication date: 2014-10-30
Also published as: KR101410272B1

Abstract

Disclosed is a robot for charging an electric vehicle. The present invention comprises: a driving unit for supporting driving according to a specific driving route inside of a parking lot; a recognition unit for recognizing a vehicle parked on the driving route; an verification unit for verifying whether the vehicle recognized by the recognition unit is registered; and a power supply unit for supplying charging power to a battery in the vehicle. According to the present invention, a user can simply park the electric vehicle belonging to the user to receive automatic inspection of the status of the battery and complete automatic charging of the battery.

Description

Electric Vehicle Charging Robot

The present invention relates to a robot for charging an electric vehicle, and more particularly, a user simply parks his or her electric vehicle in a parking lot, and performs automatic check of battery status and automatic charging of a battery, as well as in a parking lot for an unregistered vehicle. It relates to an electric vehicle charging robot for executing the security management of.

The demand for electric vehicles has recently increased rapidly due to the problem of environmental pollution due to the exhaust gas of automobiles, and the burden of oil prices such as diesel fuel and gasoline.

However, until recently, many potential consumers are hesitant to purchase electric vehicles because of insufficient infrastructure for battery charging facilities inside electric vehicles.

In addition, since electric vehicles still need frequent charging due to the limitation of the battery capacity, users of electric vehicles have to check the battery condition of the electric vehicle and perform the charging almost every day. .

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to perform an automatic check of battery status and automatic charging of a battery, as well as security management in a parking lot for an unregistered vehicle, as long as a user parks his electric vehicle in a parking lot. The present invention provides a charging robot.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a robot for charging an electric vehicle, including: a driving unit supporting driving along a predetermined movement path in a parking lot; A recognition unit recognizing a vehicle parked on the moving path; An authentication unit for checking whether the vehicle recognized by the recognition unit is registered; And a power supply unit supplying charging power to the battery of the vehicle.

Preferably, the communication unit further includes a communication unit which transmits the information of the vehicle recognized by the recognition unit to a management server and receives an authentication signal for the vehicle from the management server.

In addition, the parking lot is provided with a marker for marking the movement path of the robot for charging the electric vehicle, the recognition unit is characterized in that for recognizing the marker.

The apparatus may further include a power supply unit supplying power to the power supply unit.

The apparatus may further include a charging unit configured to supply external power to the power supply unit for charging the power supply unit.

The recognition unit may extract and recognize a vehicle number from an image photographing a license plate of a parked vehicle.

The apparatus may further include a storage unit in which registration information of a vehicle permitted to park in the parking lot is stored.

The apparatus may further include a storage unit in which battery remaining amount information of a vehicle which is parked in the parking lot is stored.

The apparatus may further include a controller configured to determine whether the battery needs to be charged by the vehicle, based on the remaining battery information of the vehicle recognized by the recognizer.

The apparatus may further include a communication unit configured to receive the vehicle information collected by the apparatus for collecting the information of the vehicle when the vehicle enters and exits the parking lot.

The apparatus may further include a communication unit configured to transmit a security risk message to a terminal of an external administrator when the vehicle is determined to be not registered.

According to the present invention, the user simply parks his electric vehicle in a parking lot, and the automatic check of the battery status and the automatic charging of the battery are completed.

In addition, according to the present invention, the security management in the parking lot for the unregistered vehicle is possible.

1 is a block diagram of an electric vehicle charging system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a functional block diagram showing the structure of an electric vehicle charging robot according to an embodiment of the present invention, and

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation principle of an electric vehicle charging system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described the present invention in more detail. It should be noted that the same elements in the figures are represented by the same numerals wherever possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram of an electric vehicle charging system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, an electric vehicle charging system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an indicator 50 for guiding movement of an electric vehicle charging robot 100, an electric vehicle charging robot 100, and a management server 200. ), The information collecting device 300, and the charging table 500.

The electric vehicle charging robot 100 operates unattended in a parking lot, and performs checking of the battery remaining amount of the electric vehicles parked and battery charging.

To this end, a marker 50 for guiding and marking a moving path of the robot 100 for charging the electric vehicle is installed in the parking lot, and the marker 50 is divided into respective parking sections along the parking line 30 as shown in FIG. 1. It may be installed at a specific point in the inside, in the practice of the present invention, the parking line 30 itself may be to perform the function of the marker 50.

That is, as in the method used for the cart in the golf course to move between courses in the golf course, a valley (or slit) of a predetermined width is formed along the parking line 30, and the electric vehicle charging robot 100 By recognizing the goal inside the parking line 30 may be implemented to enable unmanned driving in the parking lot.

On the other hand, the management server 200 stores the registration information of the vehicle 10 is allowed parking in the parking lot, if the vehicle information is received from the electric vehicle charging robot 100 is registered or not the vehicle 10 is registered. Check and perform the function of transmitting the result to the electric vehicle charging robot 100.

In addition, the information collection device 300 is provided in the parking blocker 20 installed in the parking control station 40 of the parking lot, and collects the remaining battery information and the driving distance information from the vehicle 10 entering and exiting the parking lot, Performs a function of transmitting to the management server 200.

In addition, when the electric vehicle charging robot 100 is docked on the charging station 500 installed at one side of the parking lot, the charging power of the electric vehicle charging robot 100 is supplied with external power from the charging station 500 to complete the charging. .

Figure 2 is a functional block diagram showing the structure of an electric vehicle charging robot according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2, the robot 100 for charging an electric vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a recognition unit 110, an authentication unit 120, a power supply unit 130, a control unit 140, and a storage unit 150. , A power supply unit 160, an output unit 170, a communication unit 180, and a charging unit 190.

First, the recognition unit 110 of the electric vehicle charging robot 100 performs a function of recognizing the parked vehicle 10 on the movement path of the electric vehicle charging robot 100. Specifically, the recognition unit 110 recognizes the vehicle 10 parked through an indicator 50 such as a radio frequency tag (RFID Tag) installed at a specific point in each parking section along the parking line 30. In addition, information about the parked vehicle 10 and the corresponding vehicle 10 may be recognized through radio frequency tags installed outside the license plate of the parked vehicle 10.

Meanwhile, for this purpose, the recognition unit 110 may be manufactured in the form of an RFID reader capable of recognizing information from a radio frequency tag.

The authentication unit 120 of the electric vehicle charging robot 100 inquires the management server 200 of the information of the vehicle 10 recognized by the recognition unit 110, and through the inquiry result of the vehicle 10. Performs a function to check registration.

On the other hand, the power supply unit 130 supplies the power of the power supply unit 160 inside the electric vehicle charging robot 100 to the internal battery of the vehicle 10, thereby performing a function of charging the battery of the vehicle 10. .

In the practice of the present invention, the power supply unit 130 may be a charging cable connected to the charging terminal provided in the battery of the vehicle 10, the power supply unit 160 if the electric vehicle supports wireless charging It may be a wireless charging module that transmits the power of the wireless to the outside to charge.

Meanwhile, when the power of the power supply unit 160 inside the electric vehicle charging robot 100 is exhausted due to the vehicle 10 charging, the charging unit 190 supplies external power supplied from the charging unit 500 to the power supply unit 160. To charge the power supply 160.

The controller 140 of the electric vehicle charging robot 100 includes a program in which an unmanned driving path of the electric vehicle charging robot 100 is set, and the corresponding program runs on an unmanned driving path of the electric vehicle charging robot 100. When this is completed or when the power supply of the power supply unit 160 is equal to or less than a predetermined ratio, the vehicle 10 management driving of the electric vehicle charging robot 100 is terminated, and the movement to the charging station 500 is instructed.

On the other hand, the control unit 140 performs a function of controlling a driving unit including a drive motor connected to a driving unit such as a steering device and a transfer wheel according to an execution command of an internal program.

The communication unit 180 of the electric vehicle charging robot 100 transmits the vehicle information recognized through the recognition unit 110 to the management server 200, and receives an authentication signal for the vehicle 10 from the management server 200. It performs the function.

In addition, the communication unit 180 may perform a function of receiving a control signal from a management terminal of the external manager when the external manager remotely controls the electric vehicle charging robot 100.

On the other hand, in the practice of the present invention, the communication unit 180 of the robot 100 for charging the electric vehicle to a series of vehicle management information, such as vehicle registration information, vehicle driving information, vehicle battery remaining information stored in the management server 200 It may be periodically received through, it is preferable that the vehicle management information received in this way to be stored in the storage unit 150.

When vehicle management information is stored in the storage unit 150 as described above, even when communication with the management server 200 is impossible, independent vehicle management by the electric vehicle charging robot 100 will be possible.

On the other hand, the output unit 170 of the electric vehicle charging robot 100 is confirmed as an unregistered vehicle 10 as a result of inquiring the vehicle information parked by the authentication unit 120 to the storage unit 150 or the management server 200. In this case, by outputting a warning sound to the outside, it performs a function to strengthen the security in the parking lot.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation principle of an electric vehicle charging system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 3, the operation principle of the electric vehicle charging system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit of the robot 100 for charging the electric vehicle is completed charging in the docked state 500 ( 140, when a specific time point in the day (for example, at 12 o'clock at night) arrives, management driving of the robot 100 for charging the electric vehicle starts (S410).

Specifically, the electric vehicle charging robot 100 may drive based on the marker 50 displayed on the path driving of the parking lot recognized by the recognition unit 110, and execute the automatic driving program installed in the controller 140. The command may drive the route already set.

A radio frequency tag or the like is attached to the vehicle 10 parked on the driving route, and the recognition unit 110 detects each vehicle 10 based on a signal from the radio frequency tag of each vehicle 10. The vehicle information such as the vehicle number is recognized (S430).

On the other hand, in the practice of the present invention, the recognition unit 110 may be implemented as an image reading module for extracting the character information from the camera module and the image taken by the camera module, in this case the recognition unit 110 is parked The vehicle number may be extracted and recognized from the image photographing the license plate of the vehicle 10 (S430).

As such, the authentication unit 120 transmits vehicle information, such as a vehicle number recognized through the recognition unit 110, to the management server 200 through the communication unit 180, thereby requesting inquiry of the vehicle information. Accordingly, the management server 200 searches the vehicle information included in the vehicle information inquiry request received from the electric vehicle charging robot 100 in the database of the management server 200, and if the same vehicle information is found, the vehicle The authentication message of the information is transmitted to the electric vehicle charging robot 100.

Accordingly, the electric vehicle charging robot 100 receives a vehicle information authentication message from the management server 200 through the communication unit 180, and accordingly, the authentication unit 120 completes the authentication of the vehicle 10 ( S450).

If, as a result of the search of the management server 200, the vehicle information received from the electric vehicle charging robot 100 is not retrieved, the management server 200 transmits an authentication disable message to the electric vehicle charging robot 100. In this case, the authentication unit 120 may maintain the security in the parking lot by outputting a warning sound through the output unit 170 such that "This vehicle is an unregistered vehicle, please leave early."

On the other hand, in this case, the controller 140 generates a security risk message and transmits it to the terminal of the external manager through the communication unit 180, so that the external manager directly dispatches to the site to process the unregistered vehicle 10. You may be encouraged to apply directly.

On the other hand, when the authentication of the vehicle 10 is completed in step S450 described above, the recognition unit 110 checks the charging state of the vehicle 10 from the radio frequency tag attached to the vehicle 10, the controller 140 When the remaining charge of the battery is less than a predetermined ratio (for example, 70%), the battery of the vehicle 10 is charged through the power supply unit 130 (S470).

Meanwhile, in the present invention, the vehicle information and vehicle battery level information may be collected from the radio frequency tag installed in the vehicle 10 entering and exiting the parking lot by the information collection device 300 installed in the parking blocker 20. will be.

Specifically, the information collecting device 300 calculates a difference value between the driving distance information collected from the specific vehicle 10 leaving the parking lot and the collected driving distance information when the vehicle 10 enters the parking lot again, The daily driving distance information after leaving the vehicle 10 may be calculated, and when the specific vehicle 10 enters the parking lot, battery charge remaining information of the collected vehicle 10 may be collected.

As such, the daily mileage information and the battery charge remaining information collected by the information collection device 300 installed in the parking blocker 20 are transferred to the management server 200 at a specific time of the day (eg, 12 o'clock at night). Preferably, the vehicle management information received from the information collection device 300 in the management server 200 is stored together with the registration information of the vehicle 10 in a database provided in the management server 200. Could be.

In this case, in step S470 described above, the management unit 110 of the electric vehicle charging robot 100 does not need to directly check the state of charge of the vehicle from the radio frequency tag of the vehicle 10. When the 200 transmits an authentication message of the vehicle information to the electric vehicle charging robot 100, the vehicle management information for the electric vehicle is charged by transmitting vehicle management information recently received from the information collection device 300 to the vehicle 10. The controller 140 of the robot 100 may be able to determine whether the vehicle 10 needs to be charged.

That is, the control unit 140 of the electric vehicle charging robot 100 may determine whether it is necessary to charge from the battery charge remaining information of the vehicle 10 received from the management server 200, It may be determined whether the charging is necessary from the daily mileage information.

For example, the controller 140 may determine that the battery needs to be charged when the daily travel distance information of the vehicle 10 exceeds 30 km.

On the other hand, after the execution of the above-described step S410 to S470 for all the vehicles 10 parked in the parking lot is completed, the control unit 140 terminates the management run of the electric vehicle charging robot 100, docked to the charging station 500 In the state docked with the charging table 500, the electric vehicle charging robot 100 is supplied with external power through the charging unit 190 to perform the charging of the power supply unit 160 (S490).

While the above has been shown and described with respect to preferred embodiments and applications of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments and applications described above, the invention without departing from the gist of the invention claimed in the claims Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

Also, the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Industrial Applicability The present invention is recognized in the field of electric vehicle related industries.

Claims

A driving unit supporting driving along a predetermined movement path in the parking lot;

A recognition unit recognizing a vehicle parked on the moving path;

An authentication unit for checking whether the vehicle recognized by the recognition unit is registered; And

Power supply unit for supplying a charging power to the battery of the vehicle

Electric vehicle charging robot comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

And a communication unit for transmitting the vehicle information recognized by the recognition unit to a management server and receiving an authentication signal for the vehicle from the management server.
The method of claim 1,

The parking lot is provided with a marker for marking the movement path of the robot for charging the electric vehicle, the recognition unit for recharging the robot for the electric vehicle.
The method of claim 1,

Electric vehicle charging robot further comprises a power supply for supplying power to the power supply.
The method of claim 4, wherein

And a charging unit for supplying external power to the power supply unit for charging the power supply unit.
The method of claim 1,

The recognition unit extracts and recognizes a vehicle number from an image of photographing a license plate of a parked vehicle.
The method of claim 1,

And a storage unit for storing registration information of the vehicle allowed to park in the parking lot.
The method of claim 1,

The electric vehicle charging robot further comprising a storage unit for storing battery remaining information of the vehicle allowed to park in the parking lot.
The method of claim 1,

And a controller configured to determine whether the battery of the vehicle needs to be charged based on the remaining battery information of the vehicle recognized by the recognition unit.
The method of claim 1,

And a communication unit configured to receive vehicle information collected by a device for collecting information of the vehicle when the vehicle is accessed and exited from the parking lot.
The method of claim 1,

If it is confirmed that the vehicle is not registered, the electric vehicle charging robot further comprising a communication unit for transmitting a security risk message to the terminal of the external administrator.