US 12,434,590 B2
User interface control server and method for remote control management of marine dock electric charging stations
John Brower, Fairfield, CT (US); Matthew Samojeden, Rye, NY (US); Ryan Bares, Shelton, CT (US); Daniel Golembiewski, Shelton, CT (US); and Michael Carson, Shelton, CT (US)
Assigned to Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/584,377.
Application 18/584,377 is a continuation of application No. 17/853,394, filed on Jun. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,926,240.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/216,274, filed on Jun. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0270112 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/72424 (2021.01)
CPC B60L 53/66 (2019.02) [B60L 53/30 (2019.02); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H04M 1/72424 (2021.01); B60L 2200/32 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power pedestal comprising:
a main body;
one or more electrical power units disposed in the main body and configured to conduct power to a marine vessel or vehicle;
one or more display screens;
one or more sensors; and,
a controller including a network interface configured to communicate with a computing device of an authorized user via a communication network, transmit data to a server including an electronic processor and a memory via the communication network, and execute commands received, via the communication network, from the computing device,
wherein the commands include a commissioning command or an electrical power unit on/off toggling command, and
wherein executing the command includes toggling an electrical power unit on or off, or commissioning the power pedestal by making the pedestal available for connection to the marine vessel or vehicle by activating the pedestal from offline/decommissioned state to an online/commissioned state.