US 11,912,153 B2
Electric vehicle charging stations
Esmond Goei, Blaine, WA (US); and Andrew Goei, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to POWER HERO CORP., La Verne, CA (US)
Filed by POWER HERO CORP., La Verne, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/105,485.
Application 17/105,485 is a continuation of application No. 15/477,669, filed on Apr. 3, 2017, granted, now 10,857,902.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/436,768, filed on Dec. 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/316,659, filed on Apr. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0078434 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B60L 53/67 (2019.01); B60L 53/64 (2019.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/67 (2019.02) [B60L 53/53 (2019.02); B60L 53/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/64 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); B60L 53/665 (2019.02); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 2240/72 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01); Y02T 90/167 (2013.01); Y04S 30/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing a group of charging stations for at least one electric vehicle, comprising:
a central electric vehicle charger controller for controlling system operation located remotely from the at least one electric vehicle;
a plurality of charging units communicating with the central electric vehicle charger controller;
a database associated with the central electric vehicle charger controller storing charger data on each of the plurality of charging units and current charging data on the at least one electric vehicle;
a first interface within the central electric vehicle charger controller for enabling communication between the central electric vehicle charger controller and the plurality of charging units for charging the at least one electric vehicle;
a second interface within the central electric vehicle charger controller for enabling communications between the central electric vehicle charger controller and a plurality of mobile charging applications enabling finding of locations of at least one of the plurality of charging units and making of reservations with the at least one of the plurality of charging units;
wherein the central electric vehicle charger controller performs real-time determination of a closest charging unit of the plurality of charging units to the at least one electric vehicle responsive to the charger data and a current position of the at least one electric vehicle;
wherein the central electric vehicle charger controller estimates a battery exhaustion time for the at least one electric vehicle and provides recommendation for charging units of the plurality of charging units for charging the at least one electric vehicle prior to battery exhaustion responsive to the current charging data and the estimated battery exhaustion time; and
wherein the central electric vehicle charger controller enables a user of one of the plurality of mobile charging applications to select the closest charging unit and make a reservation with the closest charging unit at a selected time period.