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Patent US10525848


Issued 2020-01-07

Vehicle Charging Lanes

Embodiments include apparatus and methods for implementing lane charging for a roadway. A road segment in a geographic region is identified from a geographic database. The road segment may be identified based on the geographic position of a vehicle. A lane charging management device receives real time data related to the vehicle, the environment, or the electricity associated with the charging station. A lane charging command for a charging device associated with the road segment is generated in response to the real time data.



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  • 1. A method for implementing lane charging for a roadway, the method comprising: identifying a road segment in a geographic region; receiving real time data at a lane charging management device; identifying a selected lane for the road segment; receiving lane charging data for the selected lane that indicates whether the selected lane is a charging lane; and generating a lane charging command for a charging device for the selected lane of the road segment, the lane charging command generated in response to the identified road segment, the lane charging data, and the real time data.

  • 16. An apparatus for implementing lane charging for a roadway, the apparatus comprising: a geographic database including data indicative of a plurality of road segments in a geographic region; a communication interface configured to receive real time data for at least one of the road segments in geographic region and lane charging data for a selected lane of the at least one of the road segments that indicates whether the selected lane is a charging lane; and a lane charging management controller configured to generate a lane charging command for a charging device of the selected lane of the at least one of the road segments in response to the real time data and in response to the lane charging data.

  • 20. A system for implementing lane charging for a roadway, the system comprising: a charging device integrated with a road surface; a geographic database including data indicative of a plurality of road segments in a geographic region, including a road segment associated with the road surface of the charging device; and a lane charging management device configured to receive real time data for at least one of the road segments in the geographic region, identify a selected lane for the at least one of the road segments based on the real time data, receive lane charging data for the selected lane that indicates whether the selected lane is a charging lane, and generate a lane charging command for the charging device associated with the road segment in response to the real time data.