Apparatus and method for paying a wireless charging fee for an electric vehicle while driving

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11538120-B2
Application number	US-201916670479-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2019
Priority date	Dec 12, 2018
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

An apparatus for paying a wireless charging fee for an electric vehicle while being driven may include: an electric power receiver configured to perform wireless charging of an electric vehicle; a toll fee payment processor configured to perform a fee collection processing with respect to the electric vehicle in response to a toll fee payment request from a gantry; and a controller configured to generate information on an accumulated charging amount of the electric vehicle before the electric vehicle passes through the gantry in response to the toll fee payment request from the gantry and transmit the information on the accumulated charging amount to the toll fee payment processor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for paying a wireless charging fee and a toll fee for an electric vehicle while being driven, the apparatus comprising:
an electric power receiver configured to detect an electric power signal of a wireless charging pad embedded in at least one position in a highway and to perform wireless charging on a battery of the electric vehicle;
a gantry including a first gantry and a second gantry configured to process a toll fee and a charging fee payment;
a toll fee payment processor configured to perform a fee collection processing with respect to the electric vehicle in response to a toll fee payment request from the first gantry or the second gantry; and
a controller configured to generate information on an accumulated charging amount of the electric vehicle before the electric vehicle passes through the first gantry or the second gantry in response to the toll fee payment request from the first gantry or the second gantry, store the information on the accumulated charging amount in a non-transitory memory, and transmit the stored information on the accumulated charging amount to the toll fee payment processor,
wherein the first gantry and the second gantry are linked to a management server configured to calculate a charging fee for the accumulated charging amount transmitted from the controller, add the toll fee of the electric vehicle to the calculated charging fee, and perform the fee collection processing,
wherein the toll fee payment processor is configured to visually and auditorily notify a driver of a result of the fee collection processing through a display device and a speaker and to perform a simultaneous charging and payment to increase convenience of the driver,
wherein the second gantry transmits the vehicle information and the information on the accumulated charging amount to the management server, and
wherein the management server transmits the result of the fee collection processing to the toll fee payment processor via the second gantry, such that a full-scale wireless charging is available while the electric vehicle is traveling.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the toll fee payment processor transmits the information on the accumulated charging amount while transmitting vehicle information for the toll fee payment in response to the toll fee payment request from the gantry.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller calculates the accumulated charging amount of which the wireless charging is performed on the battery of the electric vehicle through the wireless charging pad by being interlocked with the electric power receiver.

4. A method of paying a wireless charging fee and a toll fee for an electric vehicle while being driven, the method comprising:
detecting, by a controller, an electric power signal of a wireless charging pad embedded in at least one position in a highway and performing wireless charging on a battery of the electric vehicle;
generating, by the controller, information on an accumulated charging amount and storing the information on the accumulated charging amount in a non-transitory memory while performing wireless charging on the electric vehicle by an electric power receiver;
when a fee collection processing is performed on the electric vehicle in response to a toll fee payment request from a gantry, transmitting, by the controller, the information on the stored accumulated charging amount to the gantry before the electric vehicle passes through the gantry; and
receiving, by the controller, a result of the fee collection processing for a charging fee and a toll fee as a result of the transmitting of the information of the accumulated charging amount from the gantry,
wherein the gantry including a first gantry and a second gantry is configured to process a toll fee payment, and
wherein the first gantry and the second gantry are linked to a management server configured to calculate a charging fee for the accumulated charging amount transmitted from the controller, add the toll fee of the electric vehicle to the calculated charging fee, and perform the fee collection processing,
wherein the controller is configured to visually and auditorily notify a driver of the result of the fee collection processing through a display device and a speaker and to perform a simultaneous charging and payment to increase convenience of the driver,
wherein the second gantry transmits the vehicle information and the information on the accumulated charging amount to the management server, and
wherein the management server transmits the result of the fee collection processing to the controller via the second gantry, such that a full-scale wireless charging is available while the electric vehicle is traveling.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the transmitting of the information of the accumulated charging amount includes transmitting, by the controller, the vehicle information for the toll fee payment in response to the toll fee payment request from the first gantry or the second gantry.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein:
the information on the accumulated charging amount is used in the fee collection processing for the charging fee by the management server; and
the vehicle information is used in the fee collection processing for the toll fee by the management server.

7. A method of paying a wireless charging fee and a toll fee for an electric vehicle while being driven, the method comprising:
determining, by a management server, whether the electric vehicle passes through a gantry;
determining, by the management server, whether an electric power signal is detected from a wireless charging pad embedded in at least one position in a highway;
generating, by the management server, information on an accumulated charging amount by checking charging amounts from the wireless charging pad which perform wireless charging on a battery of the electric vehicle being driven and storing, by the management server, the information on the accumulated charging amount in a non-transitory memory; and
when a fee collection processing is performed by the management server on a toll fee of the electric vehicle passing through a predetermined gantry, simultaneously performing, by the management server, the fee collection processing on a charging fee and a toll fee using the information on the accumulated charging amount,
wherein the gantry including a first gantry and a second gantry is configured to process a toll fee payment,
wherein the first gantry and the second gantry are linked to the management server, and
wherein the performing of the fee collection processing includes calculating the charging fee for the accumulated charging amount and adding the toll fee of the electric vehicle to the calculated charging fee,
wherein the management server is configured to visually and auditorily notify a driver of a result of the fee collection processing through a display device and a speaker and to perform a simultaneous charging and payment to increase convenience of the driver,
wherein the second gantry transmits the vehicle information and the information on the accumulated charging amount to the management server; and
wherein the management server transmits the result of the fee collection processing to the electric vehicle via the second gantry, such that a full-scale wireless charging is available while the electric vehicle is traveling.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the generating of the information on the accumulated charging amount includes generating, by the management server, the information on the accumulated charging amount before the electric vehicle being driven passes through the first gantry or the second gantry.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Lee Won-Jun

Classifications

• Y02T90/167

  Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV] · CPC title

• G06Q20/145

  Payments according to the detected use or quantity · CPC title

• B60L53/665 Primary

  Methods related to measuring, billing or payment · CPC title

• G06Q50/06 Primary

  Energy or water supply · CPC title

• Y02T90/12

  Electric charging stations · CPC title