US 11,951,864 B2
Charging station monitoring system
Wei Li, Shanghai (CN); Huapeng Lu, Shanghai (CN); Xuming Yao, Shanghai (CN); Youjia Zhou, Shanghai (CN); and Jie Lei, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/487,109.
Application 17/487,109 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/597,872, filed on Oct. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,155,177.
Claims priority of application No. 201811380607.1 (CN), filed on Nov. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009368 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/65 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/31 (2019.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01)
CPC B60L 53/65 (2019.02) [B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/31 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/00712 (2020.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); H01M 2220/10 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging station monitoring system comprising:
a radar, a digital camera and a communication device which are arranged at a charging apparatus of a charging station, the radar and the digital camera each having a sensing range covering a parking lot associated with the charging apparatus and an area around the parking lot, the communication device being configured to communicate with a cloud server which is associated with an intelligent portable device of a user, the digital camera being normally closed, and the charging apparatus being normally deactivated; said charging station having option to use green energy available thereto for charging;
a controller configured to activate the digital camera based on sensed information from the radar, to determine whether a vehicle entering the parking lot is an electric vehicle or not when the radar senses the vehicle is entering the parking lot, to wake up the charging apparatus if the controller determines that the vehicle is an electric vehicle, and to send an amount of available green energy of the charging station to the electric vehicle after the charging apparatus is woken up; and
a charging assistance device being configured to determine whether the available green energy of the charging station is enough to fully charge an energy storage device of the electric vehicle, to calculate a first recommended charging amount if the available green energy is enough to fully charge the energy storage device and to calculate a second recommended charging amount if the available green energy is not enough to fully charge the energy storage device, the first recommended charging amount being a charging amount with which the energy storage device can be fully charged, and the second recommended charging amount being a charging amount with which the electric vehicle is allowed to travel a predetermined distance that is greater than a distance between a current position of the electric vehicle and a destination of a current trip.