Methods for finding electric vehicle (EV) charge units, status notifications and discounts sponsored by merchants local to charge units
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H02J-007/00
B60L-011/18
출원번호
US-0281892
(2014-05-20)
등록번호
US-9545853
(2017-01-17)
발명자
/ 주소
Penilla, Angel A.
Penilla, Albert S.
출원인 / 주소
Penilla, Angel A.
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4인용 특허 :
168
초록▼
Methods, systems, charge units, computer readable media, and combinations thereof are provided, to enable color coding of charging units (CUs), to provide a visual indication to users of when a CU is available, unavailable, in progress, out of service, etc. The method also include logic for finding
Methods, systems, charge units, computer readable media, and combinations thereof are provided, to enable color coding of charging units (CUs), to provide a visual indication to users of when a CU is available, unavailable, in progress, out of service, etc. The method also include logic for finding charge units and identifying discounts are the identified charge units. The discounts can, in some examples, be provided by merchants that may be proximate or local to a charge unit. The discount can be in the form of a discount for the charge purchased or obtained at the charge unit or discounts for goods or services offered a location of the merchant. The method executed by a processor at a charge unit or by a cloud processing logic, or by a server or servers or over the Internet, or combinations thereof.
대표청구항▼
1. A method, comprising, receiving data, at a server, indicative that a user account has accessed a charging unit for charging an electric vehicle, the charging unit having an indicator that identifies an active charging status while the electric vehicle is charging using the charging unit and ident
1. A method, comprising, receiving data, at a server, indicative that a user account has accessed a charging unit for charging an electric vehicle, the charging unit having an indicator that identifies an active charging status while the electric vehicle is charging using the charging unit and identifies a complete charging status when the electric vehicle is finished charging using the charging unit;receiving data, at the server, indicative of a status of charge of the electric vehicle during the charging;sending a notification to a device having access to the user account regarding said status of charge during the charging of the electric vehicle, the notification identifying a current level of charge of the electric vehicle and an estimate of a time remaining to finish charging the electric vehicle; andreceiving an instruction, from the device, to maintain the indicator of the charging unit in the active charging status for a set period of time after the electric vehicle is finished charging,wherein the instruction is received at the server, the server then sends data to the charge unit to maintain the indicator of the charging unit in the active charging status even when the electric vehicle has reached the complete charging status, the method being executed by a processor. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicator is a feature of the charge unit that illuminates to display a color, the color that is displayed is indicative of the status of charge of the electric vehicle during the charging, wherein the color is defined by one or more colors depending on the status of charge of the electric vehicle;wherein at least one or more of the colors represents the active charging status;wherein at least one or more of the colors represents the complete charging status. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification is saved to the user account for access from an application or a website via the device, the device being one of a mobile device, vehicle electronics of the vehicle, or a computer, wherein the user account is accessible via the internet that provides communication to the server and storage associated with the server. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the access of the charging unit for charging the electric vehicle includes receiving payment via the user account, the user account having access to a history of charge activity. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein a user interface of the device or a user interface of the electric vehicle receives data from the server to surface an application when the electric vehicle is determined to have arrived at the charge unit, the application being configured to provide options to login or accept to proceed with an automatic payment for charging the electric vehicle. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the current level of charge sent to the device is sent so that a user interface of the device shows a graphic of the current level of charge as the current level of charge changes to become more charged or finishes charging. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the estimate of the time to charge is dynamically calculated based on a current charge level of the electric vehicle and a charging rate capability of the charge unit. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction from the device includes data enabling payment of a fee charged to the user account to enable the maintaining of the indicator of the charging unit in the active charging status. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the set period of time is based on a fee paid via the user account or paid by a sponsoring merchant that is local or proximate to the charge unit. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the charge unit includes a message function to enable users proximate to the charge unit to send a message to the user account requesting that the electric vehicle be moved when the indicator identifies the complete charging status.
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