Private charging station availability system and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024092217-A1
Application number	US-202217945828-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 15, 2022
Priority date	Sep 15, 2022
Publication date	Mar 21, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to electric vehicle supply equipment. More particularly, this disclosure describes a private charging station availability system that allows home owners or apartment dwellers to loan or rent out their idle station. Through this system, an owner of the private charging station may define special criteria for use of their charger. In one illustrative embodiment, after receiving a request for available charging stations in an area, the system may identify public charging stations and private charging stations. The private charging stations are limited to those that meet a defined requirement such as charging stations that are limited to only using renewable energy resources, whether an owner is onsite, or local grid power usage is below a threshold. After identifying those charging stations, they may be provided in response to the request.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system comprising:
a receiver receiving locations of a plurality of charging stations within private residences; a processor unit identifying available charging stations by filtering the plurality of charging stations through their locations and whether the charging stations meet a requirement defined by the private residences; and a transmitter providing the locations of the available charging stations.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein receiving the locations of the plurality of charging stations within the private residences comprises establishing a connection with the private residences and registering the private residences for the system.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the private residences comprise of at least one of a home and an apartment.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein filtering the plurality of charging stations through their locations comprises receiving a location from a vehicle and identifying the available charging stations nearby the location.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein filtering the plurality of charging stations through their locations comprises receiving a state-of-charge (SOC) from a vehicle and identifying the available charging stations based on the SOC.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the requirement defined by the private residences is whether renewable energy sources are available for charging.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the requirement defined by the private residences is whether an owner is onsite.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the requirement defined by the private residences is whether grid power usage is below a minimum threshold.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein providing the locations of the available charging stations comprises sending the locations to a vehicle telematics unit.

10 . A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer useable storage medium to store a computer readable program that, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request for available charging stations in an area; identifying public charging stations within the area; identifying private charging stations within the area that meet a defined requirement; and providing locations of the public charging stations and private charging stations in response to the request.

11 . The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein receiving the request from the available charging stations in the area is from a vehicle telematics unit.

12 . The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the defined requirement is whether a private charging station uses renewable energy sources for charging.

13 . The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the defined requirement is whether a private charging station has an owner onsite.

14 . The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the defined requirement is whether local grid power usage is below a minimum threshold.

15 . The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the computer readable program, when executed on the computer, causes the computer to perform operations to provide prices for the public charging stations and private charging stations in response to the request.

16 . The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein providing the locations of the public charging stations and private charging stations comprises sending the locations of the public charging stations and private charging stations on a map of the area.

17 . An electric vehicle supply equipment comprising:
an interface; at least one processor; and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
determine whether an owner defined requirement has been met;
transmit an availability of the electric vehicle supply equipment when the owner defined requirement has been met through the interface.

18 . The electric vehicle supply equipment of claim 17 , wherein the owner defined requirement is whether renewable energy sources are available for charging by the electric vehicle supply equipment.

19 . The electric vehicle supply equipment of claim 17 , wherein the owner defined requirement is whether an owner is onsite of where the electric vehicle supply equipment is located.

20 . The electric vehicle supply equipment of claim 17 , wherein the owner defined requirement is whether local grid power usage is below a minimum threshold.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Anand Geethanjali

Classifications

• B60L53/67 Primary

  Controlling two or more charging stations · CPC title

• B60L53/305

  Communication interfaces · CPC title

• B60L58/12

  responding to state of charge [SoC] · CPC title

• G06Q50/06

  Energy or water supply · CPC title

• B60L53/68 Primary

  Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control · CPC title