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Patent US10185978
Issued 2019-01-22
Methods And Apparatuses For Charging Of Electric Vehicles
A method for controlling a charge transfer of an electric vehicle using an electric vehicle charging station, a mobile device, and a cloud server is disclosed. The method includes: transmitting, from the electric vehicle charging station, a message regarding an electric vehicle to the mobile device; relaying, from the mobile device, the message regarding the electric vehicle to the cloud server, wherein the message relayed from the mobile device includes identification information and credit account information; authorizing a charging control signal using the identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device; receiving the charging control signal from the cloud server via the mobile device over a single networked link at the electric vehicle charging station, wherein the charging control signal is configured to adjust a parameter used to draw electric power from the electric vehicle charging station; and adjusting the charge transfer based on the adjusted parameter.
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- 1. A method for controlling a charge transfer of an electric vehicle using an electric vehicle charging station, a mobile device, and a cloud server, the method comprising:
transmitting, from the electric vehicle charging station, a charge transfer request message regarding the electric vehicle to the mobile device, wherein the electric vehicle charging station is unable to transmit the charge transfer request message to the cloud server without relaying through the mobile device; relaying, from the mobile device, the charge transfer request message regarding the electric vehicle directly to the cloud server, wherein the charge transfer request message relayed from the mobile device includes identification information and credit account information; authorizing a charging control signal using the identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device; receiving the charging control signal from the cloud server via the mobile device over a single networked link at the electric vehicle charging station, wherein the charging control signal is configured to adjust a parameter used to draw electric power from the electric vehicle charging station; and adjusting the charge transfer based on the adjusted parameter.
- 8. A method for controlling a charge transfer of an electric vehicle using an electric vehicle charging station, a mobile device, and a cloud server, the method comprising:
transmitting, from the electric vehicle charging station, a charge transfer request message regarding the electric vehicle to the mobile device, wherein the electric vehicle charging station is unable to transmit the charge transfer request message to the cloud server without relaying through the mobile device; relaying, from the mobile device, the charge transfer request message regarding the electric vehicle to the cloud server, wherein the charge transfer request message relayed from the mobile device includes identification information and credit account information, wherein the mobile device in a component of the electric vehicle that utilizes a telematics service to communicate directly with the electric vehicle charging station and the cloud server; authorizing a charging control signal at an electricity metering network using the identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device; sending the charging control signal from the mobile device to the electric vehicle charging station over a single networked link between the electric vehicle charging station and the mobile device, wherein the charging control signal is configured to adjust a parameter used to draw electric power from the electric vehicle charging station, wherein the electric vehicle charging station uses a smart charging option that staggers a charging rate, a charging period, or both depending at least in part on a specific time for completing a charging of the electric vehicle and how many other electric vehicles are being charged; and receiving a response from the electric vehicle charging station that the charge transfer has been adjusted based on the adjusted parameter.
