US 11,699,315 B2
System and method for locking a charging port to charge an electric vehicle
David Wong Cun, Fountain Valley, CA (US); Ryan Douglas Roy Harty, Long Beach, CA (US); and Satoru Shinzaki, Utsunomiya (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/857,592.
Application 17/857,592 is a continuation of application No. 17/074,858, filed on Oct. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,462,066.
Prior Publication US 2022/0335761 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/24 (2019.01); G06Q 40/12 (2023.01); G01S 19/01 (2010.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10)
CPC G07C 9/00896 (2013.01) [B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); E05B 65/00 (2013.01); G01S 19/01 (2013.01); G06F 16/24 (2019.01); G06Q 40/12 (2013.12); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for locking a charging port to charge an electric vehicle, comprising:
determining that the electric vehicle is located within a predetermined distance of a charging station;
determining if the charging station issues parking citations associated with parking of the electric vehicle at the charging station without attachment of the charging port to the electric vehicle;
determining charging of the electric vehicle and sending a command to an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) of the charging station to enable a locking mechanism of the charging port to lock the charging port in place to ensure continued attachment of the charging port to the electric vehicle;
when it is determined the charging station issues parking citations, completing user authentication with respect to an operator of the electric vehicle to disable the locking mechanism and allow detachment of the charging port from the electric vehicle to ensure that the charging port is not detached by an unauthorized individual and that parking citations are not issued to the operator of the electric vehicle by the charging station; and
when it is determined the charging station does not issue parking citations, disabling the locking mechanism and allowing detachment of the charging port from the electric vehicle when someone is attempting to remove the charging port and/or a battery of the electric vehicle has reached a full state of charge.