CN101860062A - Power supply method and charging device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an electricity supply method suitable for charging equipment arranged in a public area. The method comprises the following steps of: acquiring a trigger for charging a battery used by an electric traffic tool and acquiring charging authentification information; authenticating charging according to the charging authentification information; and charging the battery after the charging is authenticated or else refusing to charge the battery. The invention also provides the charging equipment. The method and the charging equipment ensure that a user using the electric traffic tool is convenient and rapid to supplement the electricity of the electric traffic tool.

Description

Power supply method and charging device

technical field

The present application relates to electric power technology, in particular to a method for providing electric energy and a charging device.

Background technique

Electric vehicles are a trend in the development of vehicles. Electric vehicles use electric energy as the power source. When the electric energy of the electric vehicle is about to be used up, the electric energy needs to be supplemented. How to provide electric energy for electric vehicles is a hot issue at present.

At present, whether using an electric bicycle or an electric car, the user can only use the power interface to charge the electric bicycle or the electric car. For example, when a user needs to charge an electric vehicle, the user must charge the electric vehicle at a place with a power interface.

However, in reality, when a user needs to charge an electric vehicle, the power outlet may not be immediately available. If the user cannot find the power interface in a short period of time, he will face the problem of running out of power and unable to start the car. Therefore, the current power supply scheme cannot guarantee that the user can conveniently and quickly replenish power for the electric vehicle.

Contents of the invention

The invention provides a method for providing electric energy and a charging device, so as to ensure that users using electric vehicles can conveniently and quickly supplement electric energy for the electric vehicles.

The present invention provides a method for providing electric energy, the method comprising:

After obtaining the trigger for charging the battery used by the electric vehicle, obtain the charging authentication information;

performing charging authentication according to the charging authentication information;

When the charging authentication is passed, charge the battery; otherwise, refuse to charge the battery.

The trigger for obtaining the charging of the battery used by the electric vehicle is specifically: the trigger for obtaining the charging card.

Said charging the battery includes:

Determine the user's charging type and charging-related setting data;

Charging of the battery is performed based on the charging-related setting data.

The method also includes:

During the charging process, the current charging electric quantity is measured.

It also includes: when it is judged that the charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed, the charging is stopped, and the user's charging settlement is performed according to the current charging quantity measured at the charging stop time.

It also includes: judging whether the charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed, and detecting the user's stop instruction, if the stop instruction is detected before the completion of charging, or, when the charging is completed before the detection of the stop instruction, stop charging , and the user's charging settlement is carried out according to the current charging quantity measured at the charging stop time.

The judging whether the charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed includes: judging whether the current charging time reaches the charging time indicated by the charging-related setting data; The amount of charge; or, it is determined that the charge required for the amount of charge this time has reached the charge charge indicated by the charging-related setting data.

The user's charging settlement according to the current charging quantity includes:

Send the current charging power to the remote server, so that the remote server can settle the charging fee according to the current charging power; or,

Obtain the unit price of electricity corresponding to the user from the remote server, calculate the charging fee for this time according to the unit price of electricity and the current charging quantity, and send the fee to the remote server.

Also provided is a charging device, the charging device comprising:

The obtaining unit is used to obtain the charging authentication information after obtaining the trigger for charging the battery used by the electric vehicle;

An authentication unit, configured to perform charging authentication according to the charging authentication information;

The charging unit is configured to charge the battery if the judging unit determines that the charging authentication is passed, otherwise, refuse to charge the battery.

The charging unit includes:

The first processing subunit is used to determine the user's charging type and charging-related setting data when the judging unit determines that the charging authentication is passed; charge the battery according to the charging-related setting data;

The second processing subunit is used for refusing to charge the battery when the judging unit determines that the charging authentication fails.

It also includes: a metering unit, which is used to measure the current charging power during the charging process.

It also includes: a first judging unit, configured to judge that the charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed;

The first settlement unit is used to stop charging when the judgment result of the first judging unit is yes, and perform charging settlement for the user according to the current charging quantity measured at the charging stop time.

It also includes: a second judging unit, configured to judge whether the charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed, and detect a user's stop instruction;

The second settlement unit is used to stop charging when a stop instruction is detected before the charging is completed, or to stop charging, and perform charging settlement for the user according to the current charging quantity measured at the time when the charging stops.

In the present invention, after the trigger for charging the battery used by the electric vehicle is obtained, the charging authentication information is obtained; the charging authentication is performed according to the charging authentication information; when the charging authentication is passed, the battery is charged; otherwise, the battery is refused to charge, thereby The charging device is used to charge the battery used by the electric vehicle, which ensures that the user of the electric vehicle can conveniently and quickly supplement the electric energy for the electric vehicle in the public area.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only These are some embodiments described in this application. Those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative work.

Fig. 1 is a flow chart of a method for providing electric energy provided by the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the flow chart of another kind of electric energy providing method provided by the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a charging device provided by the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, and to make the above-mentioned purposes, features and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more obvious and understandable, the following describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application in conjunction with the accompanying drawings For further detailed explanation.

In order to make those skilled in the art clearly understand all the technical solutions of the present invention, the professional knowledge involved in the present invention is firstly introduced.

The electric vehicles in the present invention include electric vehicles, electric bicycles and other vehicles that use electric energy as a power source. The electric energy is carried by the battery, and the battery with electric energy installed on the vehicle body provides electric energy for the electric vehicle.

The battery mentioned in the present invention may refer to a standard battery. Standard batteries provide uniform power quality (voltage and ampere hours, etc.) and physical properties (including installation size, interface, etc.). Certainly, corresponding to different types and models of electric vehicles, the battery standards may also be different.

The technical solution provided by the present invention will be introduced below.

In practical applications, users of electric vehicles can also charge the batteries themselves. It should be the charging device that charges the battery. For this reason, the present invention provides a method for providing electric energy from the perspective of charging equipment. This method is suitable for charging equipment installed in public areas, such as AC and DC charging piles installed in public parking spaces and scenic transfer centers. As shown in Figure 1, this approach involves:

Step 101: After obtaining the trigger for charging the battery used by the electric vehicle, obtain charging authentication information;

Step 102: Perform charging authentication according to the charging authentication information;

Step 103: When the charging authentication is passed, charge the battery; otherwise, refuse to charge the battery.

In the embodiment shown in Figure 1, after obtaining the trigger for charging the battery used by the electric vehicle, the charging authentication information is obtained; the charging authentication is performed according to the charging authentication information; when the charging authentication is passed, the battery is charged; otherwise, the rejection is Battery charging, so that the charging device can charge the battery used by the electric vehicle, ensuring that the user of the electric vehicle can conveniently and quickly supplement the electric energy for the electric vehicle in the public area.

Hereinafter, on the basis of FIG. 1 , the electric energy providing method of the present invention will be described in more detail through FIG. 2 . As shown in Figure 2, the power supply method includes:

Step 201: After the charging device obtains the trigger of charging the battery used by the electric vehicle, it obtains charging authentication information.

The trigger may be: the user uses the charging card to perform a card swiping operation trigger on the scanning device provided by the charging device, or it may also be: the user manually triggers on an input device such as a keyboard or a touch screen provided by the charging device.

Wherein, the charging authentication information may be: the user's identity and password; wherein, the user's identity may be stored in the charging card, or may be directly input by the user through the input device of the charging device; or, It is also possible to combine charging card storage and user input, which is not limited here. For example, the user's identity can be stored in the charging card and read directly by the charging device, while the password is directly input by the user on an input device such as a keyboard or a touch screen provided by the charging device. Therefore, the acquiring the charging authentication information in this step may be: acquiring the charging authentication information from the charging card and/or the input device.

Step 202: Carry out charging authentication according to the charging authentication information, and if it passes, execute step 203; otherwise, exit the charging process.

Wherein, depending on the charging authentication information, the content of the charging authentication may be different. Generally, the charging authentication in this step refers to: comparing the obtained charging authentication information with the preset charging authentication information, and if they are the same, determine The charging authentication is passed; otherwise, it is determined that the charging authentication is not passed. Wherein, the preset charging authentication information may be stored in the charging device; preferably, it may be stored in a remote server, at this time, the charging device obtains the preset charging authentication information from the remote server, and performs the charging locally Authentication is enough.

Wherein, when exiting the charging process, the charging device may display corresponding prompt information to the user through a display device such as a set display screen, such as prompting the user that "identity verification has not passed". Of course, correspondingly, when the identity verification is passed, a prompt may also be given to the user through the display device, such as prompting the user "passed the identity verification".

Step 203: Determine the user's charging type and charging-related setting data.

Among them, charging can be divided into multiple charging types on the charging device according to different charging voltages, charging port types, etc., and even different charging types correspond to different charging ports. At this time, the authentication can be passed in step 202 Finally, the user is prompted to select the charging type, or the user is prompted to insert the charging terminal into the charging port corresponding to the charging device, so that the charging type of the user is determined by the charging type selected by the user or the charging port inserted.

The charging-related setting data may include: charging time, or charging power, or charging fees used. The above charging-related setting data can be prompted by the charging device through a display screen or voice to input the customer, and the customer can input the data through an input device such as a keyboard or a touch screen.

Step 204: Carry out charging of the battery according to the charging-related setting data; and, measure the current charging quantity during the charging process.

Step 205: Determine whether the charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed, and detect the user's stop instruction, if the stop instruction is detected before the completion of charging, or, before the stop instruction is detected, when the charging is completed, stop charging, and carry out the user's charging settlement according to the charging power meter measured at the time when charging stops; otherwise, continue to perform the judgment and detection.

Wherein, when the charging-related setting data is charging time, the judging whether the charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed refers to: judging whether the duration of charging reaches the charging time;

When the charging-related setting data is the charging quantity, the judging whether the charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed refers to: judging whether the measured charging quantity reaches the charging quantity;

When the charging-related setting data is a charging fee, the judging whether the charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed refers to: calculating the charging quantity corresponding to the charging fee according to the charging fee and the current unit price of electricity, and then, It is judged whether the measured charged electric quantity reaches the charged electric quantity.

The detecting the charging stop instruction of the user may be: detecting the stop instruction input by the user on the input device. For example, it is detected that the user has clicked the preset charging stop button on the keyboard; or, the user has clicked the preset charging stop button on the touch screen.

Wherein, the charging settlement according to the charging quantity of the user in this step may include: the charging device obtains the preset unit price of the quantity of electricity, calculates the charging fee according to the unit price of the quantity of electricity and the charging quantity, sends the charging fee to the remote server, and The remote server subtracts the current charging fee from the user's available fee, and calculates the user's fee balance as the available fee for the next charge; or, it can also be: the charging device directly sends the user's charging power to the remote server, and the remote server The server calculates the current charging fee, subtracts the current charging fee from the user's available fee, and calculates the user's fee balance as the available fee for the next charging.

The above charging settlements all belong to the immediate billing mode, that is, after the user completes a charging (discharging) electricity consumption, the fee is immediately deducted according to the amount of electricity charged this time. Immediate billing is more intuitive for charging, and the effect of consumption is more intuitive. Billing and charging are performed immediately after use. In the case of inconvenient centralized billing such as taxis or car rentals or temporary charging of unsigned users, it must be divided into batches Billing consumption occasions are more applicable. (Taxi may have multiple contractors who bear the charging cost, and the renter also bears the cost of use after car rental). The advantage of immediate billing is also its weakness, which is mainly reflected in the relatively simple billing method, which cannot support complex billing models, can only be billed according to each usage, and cannot handle group users' requests for consolidated billing or packages, ladders, etc. billing policy. At the same time, the business model of immediate payment needs to be supplemented by pre-charged IC and other payment methods during the development process. Because at a manned charging station, cash, credit card and other payment methods can be used for immediate payment. However, for unattended charging equipment, it is necessary to equip a special charging card if it is required to pay immediately. When charging (discharging) electricity, it is necessary to swipe the card to control it. After the charging and discharging service is completed, the consumption amount will be deducted from the user's balance immediately. .

When performing charging settlement, you can use the above immediate payment method to settle the charging fee each time; you can also preset periodic charging settlement, or the user can use the post-payment method to settle the charging fee, for example: After the user completes one charging (discharging) electricity consumption, record the consumption data, and according to the contract agreement, the user's one or more consumption records are settled in a unified manner and consolidated into the account. The model is called fixed-cycle account payment. The policy of fixed-period billing has strong adaptability, and it can perform multiple complicated processes when billing: for example, combining and billing the consumption records of multiple users under a group customer, or calculating the total power consumption of the user in this period The data is processed step by step, or it provides the service package billing function, or solves the compensation problem of the discharge process, etc.

The remote server may refer to the server involved in billing of the above-mentioned power network management system.

Corresponding to the above method for providing electric energy, the present invention also provides a charging device, which is arranged in a public area. As shown in Figure 3, such charging equipment includes:

The obtaining unit 310 is configured to obtain charging authentication information after obtaining a trigger for charging the battery used by the electric vehicle;

An authentication unit 320, configured to perform charging authentication according to the charging authentication information;

The charging unit 330 is configured to charge the battery if the judging unit determines that the charging authentication is passed, otherwise, refuse to charge the battery.

Preferably, the charging unit 330 may include:

The first processing subunit is used to determine the user's charging type and charging-related setting data when the judging unit determines that the charging authentication is passed; charge the battery according to the charging-related setting data;

The second processing subunit is used for refusing to charge the battery when the judging unit determines that the charging authentication fails.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 3, the device may also include:

The metering unit 340 is used for metering the current charging quantity during the charging process.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 3, the charging device may also include:

The first judging unit 350 is configured to judge that the charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed;

The first settlement unit 360 is used to stop charging when the judgment result of the first judging unit is yes, and perform charging settlement for the user according to the current charging quantity measured at the time when charging stops.

Alternatively, the first judging unit 350 and the first settlement unit 360 may be replaced by:

A second judging unit, configured to judge whether the charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed, and detect a user's stop instruction;

The second settlement unit is used to stop charging when a stop instruction is detected before the charging is completed, or to stop charging, and perform charging settlement for the user according to the current charging quantity measured at the time when the charging stops.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 3, after the acquisition unit obtains the trigger for charging the battery used by the electric vehicle, the charging authentication information is obtained; the authentication unit performs charging authentication according to the charging authentication information; the charging authentication of the charging unit in the authentication unit When passing, the battery is charged; otherwise, the battery is refused to be charged, thereby realizing the charging of the battery used by the electric vehicle, and ensuring that the user of the electric vehicle can conveniently and quickly replenish electric energy for the electric vehicle in the public area.

From the above description of the implementation manners, it can be seen that those skilled in the art can clearly understand that some embodiments of the present invention can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform. Based on this understanding, the parts of these embodiments that are essentially or contribute to the prior art can be embodied in the form of software products, and the computer software products can be stored in storage media, such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disks, optical disks etc., including several instructions to make a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) execute the methods described in these embodiments.

For the same and similar parts among certain embodiments in this specification, reference may be made to each other.

Although the present application has been described by way of example, those of ordinary skill in the art know that there are many variations and changes in the application without departing from the spirit of the application, and it is intended that the appended claims cover these variations and changes without departing from the spirit of the application.

Claims (13)

1. An electrical energy providing method, the method comprising:

acquiring charging authentication information after acquiring a trigger for charging a battery used by the electric vehicle;

performing charging authentication according to the charging authentication information;

when the charging authentication passes, charging the battery; otherwise, the battery is refused to be charged.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that obtaining a trigger for charging a battery used by the electric vehicle is in particular: a trigger to charge the card is obtained.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein charging the battery comprises:

determining the charging type and charging related setting data of a user;

and charging the battery according to the charging related setting data.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

and measuring the charging electric quantity of this time in the charging process.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising: and stopping charging when the charging indicated by the charging related set data is judged to be finished, and performing charging settlement of the user according to the charging electric quantity measured at the charging stopping moment.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising: and judging whether the charging indicated by the charging related set data is finished or not, detecting a stop indication of the user, stopping the charging if the stop indication is detected before the charging is finished or the charging is finished before the stop indication is detected, and performing charging settlement of the user according to the charging electric quantity measured at the charging stop moment.

7. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the determining whether the charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed comprises: judging whether the charging time reaches the charging time indicated by the charging related set data; or, judging whether the current charging electric quantity reaches the charging electric quantity indicated by the charging related set data; or, the charge required by the current charging electric quantity is judged to reach the charging charge indicated by the charging related set data.

8. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the charging settlement of the user according to the current charging capacity comprises:

sending the current charging electric quantity to a remote server so that the remote server can settle the charging fee according to the current charging electric quantity; or,

and acquiring the unit price of the electric quantity corresponding to the user from the remote server, calculating the charging cost according to the unit price of the electric quantity and the charging electric quantity, and sending the charging cost to the remote server.

9. A charging apparatus, characterized in that the charging apparatus comprises:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire charging authentication information after acquiring a trigger for charging a battery used by an electric vehicle;

the authentication unit is used for carrying out charging authentication according to the charging authentication information;

and the charging unit is used for charging the battery if the judging unit determines that the charging authentication passes, and otherwise, refusing to charge the battery.

10. The charging device according to claim 9, wherein the charging unit includes:

the first processing subunit is used for determining the charging type and charging related setting data of the user when the judging unit determines that the charging authentication passes; charging the battery according to the charging related setting data;

and the second processing subunit is used for refusing to charge the battery when the judging unit determines that the charging authentication does not pass.

11. The charging apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

and the metering unit is used for metering the charging electric quantity in the charging process.

12. The charging apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:

a first judgment unit configured to judge that the charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed;

and the first settlement unit is used for stopping charging when the judgment result of the first judgment unit is yes and performing charging settlement of the user according to the charging electric quantity measured at the charging stopping time.

13. The charging apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:

a second judgment unit configured to judge whether or not charging indicated by the charging-related setting data is completed, and detect a stop instruction of a user;

and a second settlement unit for stopping charging when the stop instruction is detected before the charging is completed or when the charging is completed before the stop instruction is detected, and performing the charging settlement of the user according to the current charging electric quantity measured at the charging stop time.

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