Granted Patent B2

US 12,252,031 · App. 17/930,276 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Inventors: Chao Wang (Ningde, CN); Chunshu Lan (Ningde, CN); Jihai Xie (Ningde, CN)

Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED

B60L53/80B60L53/66

Abstract

Claims (73)

1. A battery swap authentication method, applied to a battery swap station and comprising:

obtaining identity information of an electrical apparatus;

authenticating the identity information;

establishing communication with the electrical apparatus in response to a result of determining that the identity information passes the authentication; and

performing a battery swap operation in response to a result of determining that at least one of an energy storage battery in the electrical apparatus and a shared battery in the battery swap station satisfies a battery swap rule;

wherein authenticating the identity information of the electrical apparatus comprises:

finding a MAC address of the electrical apparatus based on a correspondence between the identity information and the MAC address, wherein the identity information comprises marker information of the electrical apparatus:

wherein establishing the communication with the electrical apparatus in response to a result of determining that the identity information passes the authentication comprises:

establishing the communication with the electrical apparatus by use of the MAC address of the electrical apparatus in response to a result of determining that the MAC address of the electrical apparatus is found in the correspondence between the identity information and the MAC address.

2. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 1 , wherein after the establishing communication with the electrical apparatus, the method further comprises:

receiving first information of the energy storage battery sent by the electrical apparatus; and

authenticating the first information;

wherein the performing a battery swap operation in response to a result of determining that at least one of an energy storage battery in the electrical apparatus and a shared battery in the battery swap station satisfies a battery swap rule comprises:

sending an authentication success message of the first information to the electrical apparatus in response to a result of determining that the first information passes the authentication, and performing the battery swap operation.

3. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 2 , wherein the sending an authentication success message of the first information to the electrical apparatus in response to a result of determining that the first information passes the authentication, and performing a battery swap operation, comprise:

sending second information of the shared battery to the electrical apparatus in response to a result of determining that the first information passes the authentication; and

performing the battery swap operation in response to a result of determining that an authentication success message of the second information is received from the electrical apparatus.

4. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 2 , wherein before the receiving first information of the energy storage battery sent by the electrical apparatus, the method further comprises:

sending third information of the battery swap station to the electrical apparatus; and

wherein the receiving first information of the energy storage battery sent by the electrical apparatus, and authenticating the first information, comprise:

authenticating the first information in response to a result of determining that the first information of the energy storage battery is received from the electrical apparatus.

5. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 1 , wherein after the establishing communication with the electrical apparatus, the method further comprises:

sending second information of the shared battery to the electrical apparatus; and

wherein the performing a battery swap operation in response to a result of determining that at least one of an energy storage battery in the electrical apparatus and a shared battery in the battery swap station satisfies a battery swap rule comprises:

performing the battery swap operation in response to a result of determining that an authentication success message of the second information is received from the electrical apparatus.

6. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 5 , wherein the performing the battery swap operation in response to a result of determining that an authentication success message of the second information is received from the electrical apparatus comprises:

authenticating first information in response to a result of determining that the first information of the energy storage battery is received from the electrical apparatus; and

sending an authentication success message of the first information to the electrical apparatus in response to a result of determining that the first information passes the authentication, and performing the battery swap operation.

7. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 5 , wherein, after the establishing communication with the electrical apparatus, the method further comprises:

sending third information of the battery swap station to the electrical apparatus; and

sending the second information of the shared battery to the electrical apparatus in response to a result of determining that an authentication success message of the third information is received from the electrical apparatus.

8. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 2 , wherein the first information comprises:

first identification information and first encrypted information, the first encrypted information is generated by encrypting the first identification information by use of a private key, and the private key is stored in production equipment of the energy storage battery;

wherein the authenticating the first information comprises:

decrypting the first encrypted information by use of a public key corresponding to the private key to generate first decrypted information, wherein the public key is stored in the battery swap station; and

comparing the first decrypted information with the first identification information;

wherein the determining that the first information passes the authentication comprises:

determining that the first decrypted information is identical to the first identification information.

9. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 3 , wherein the second information comprises:

second identification information and second encrypted information, the second encrypted information is generated by encrypting the second identification information by use of a private key, and the private key is stored in production equipment of the shared battery.

10. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 4 , wherein the third information comprises:

third identification information and third encrypted information, the third encrypted information is generated by encrypting the third identification information by use of a private key, and the private key is stored in production equipment of the battery swap station.

11. A battery swap authentication method, applied to an electrical apparatus and comprising:

establishing communication with a battery swap station in response to a result of determining that an authentication success message of identity information of the electrical apparatus is received from a battery swap station, and

coordinating with the battery swap station to perform a battery swap operation in response to a result of determining that at least one of an energy storage battery in the electrical apparatus and a shared battery in the battery swap station satisfies a battery swap rule.

12. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 11 , wherein after the establishing communication with a battery swap station, the method further comprises:

sending first information of the energy storage battery to the battery swap station;

wherein the coordinating with the battery swap station to perform a battery swap operation in response to a result of determining that at least one of an energy storage battery in the electrical apparatus and a shared battery in the battery swap station satisfies a battery swap rule comprises:

coordinating with the battery swap station to perform the battery swap operation in response to a result of determining that an authentication success message of the first information is received from the battery swap station.

13. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 12 , wherein the coordinating with the battery swap station to perform the battery swap operation in response to a result of determining that an authentication success message of the first information is received from the battery swap station comprises:

authenticating second information in response to a result of determining that the second information of the shared battery is received from the battery swap station; and

sending an authentication success message of the second information to the battery swap station in response to a result of determining that the second information passes the authentication, and coordinating with the battery swap station to perform the battery swap operation.

14. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 12 , wherein after the establishing communication with a battery swap station, the method further comprises:

receiving third information of the battery swap station sent by the battery swap station;

authenticating the third information; and

sending the first information of the energy storage battery to the battery swap station in response to a result of determining that the third information passes the authentication.

15. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 11 , wherein after the establishing communication with a battery swap station, the method further comprises:

receiving second information of the shared battery sent by the battery swap station; and

authenticating the second information;

wherein the coordinating with the battery swap station to perform a battery swap operation in response to a result of determining that at least one of an energy storage battery in the electrical apparatus and a shared battery in the battery swap station satisfies a battery swap rule comprises:

sending an authentication success message of the second information to the electrical apparatus in response to a result of determining that the second information passes the authentication, and coordinating with the battery swap station to perform the battery swap operation.

16. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 15 , wherein the sending an authentication success message of the second information to the electrical apparatus in response to a result of determining that the second information passes the authentication, and coordinating with the battery swap station to perform a battery swap operation, comprise:

sending the first information of the energy storage battery to the battery swap station in response to a result of determining that the second information passes the authentication, and

coordinating with the battery swap station to perform the battery swap operation in response to a result of determining that an authentication success message of the first information is received from the battery swap station.

17. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 15 , wherein, after the establishing communication with the battery swap station, the method further comprises:

receiving third information of the battery swap station sent by the battery swap station;

authenticating the third information; and

sending an authentication success message of the third information to the battery swap station in response to a result of determining that the third information passes the authentication, and receiving the second information of the shared battery sent by the battery swap station.

18. The battery swap authentication method according to claim 11 , wherein the establishing communication with a battery swap station in response to a result of determining that an authentication success message of identity information is received from the battery swap station comprises:

establishing communication with the battery swap station in response to a result of determining that a communication request sent by the battery swap station by use of a MAC address of the electrical apparatus is received, wherein the MAC address of the electrical apparatus corresponds to the identity information of the electrical apparatus, and the identity information comprises marker information of the electrical apparatus.

19. An electronic device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory connected in communication to the at least one processor, wherein the memory stores an instruction executable by the at least one processor, and the instruction is executed by the at least one processor so that the at least one processor is enabled to perform the method according to claim 1 .

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