Access Control System for Electric Vehicle Charging
An access control system for electric vehicle charging is provided that includes an access device, a secure reservation interface, a reservation server and a smartphone application installed on the smartphone. The access device includes a short-range wireless communication module connected to a processor having control of an electric vehicle charger. The secure reservation interface receives a reservation request for a reservation at a given destination. The reservation server receives the reservation request for the destination, issues a reservation certificate, and transmits the reservation certificate from the reservation server to a smartphone. The smartphone application has access to a short range wireless communication setting corresponding to the access device. The access device receives the reservation certificate from the smartphone application based on use by the smartphone application of the short-range wireless communication setting. The processor activates the electric vehicle charger based on at least the receipt of the reservation certificate.
1 . An improved lock ( 11 ), the improvement comprising:
a communication module ( 17 );
a processor ( 16 ) configured to control the lock ( 11 ), the processor connected to the communication module; and
wherein the processor is configured to receive, through the communication module, a reservation certificate ( 5 ) that comprises an interval of a reservation, the reservation certificate presented by a portable terminal ( 4 ), and when a current reservation certificate that comprises an interval of a reservation is presented solely by the portable terminal of a user, the processor is configured to compare the interval of the reservation of the current reservation certificate to a current time accessible to the processor, determine the current time is within the interval of the reservation, and unlock the lock to provide the user access.