IP Library Granted Patent US 11,897,355
Granted Patent B2
US 11,897,355 · App. 18/468,251 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Electric vehicle charging station

Inventor: Anthony Macaluso (San Diego, CA)
B60L53/36B60L53/24B60L53/30B60L53/62B60L53/65B60L53/66H02J7/00045H02J7/0049H02J7/1415
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Patent No.
US 11,897,355
App. No.
18/468,251
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a charging system for charging an electric vehicle. A controller may control operation of the charging system by causing a motor to rotate to charge the vehicle. The controller can receive vehicle identity data and vehicle permission data. The controller can determine whether the vehicle has permission to be charged based on the permission data. The controller can initiate a charging sequence based on vehicle data including the vehicle identity data.

Claims (49)

1. A computing system for charging a vehicle using power generation or regeneration devices of the vehicle, the computing system comprising:

one or more processors configured to execute program instructions to cause a computing system to:

access vehicle data, the vehicle data indicating an identity of a vehicle to be charged by a charging system;

access permission data, the permission data relating to a permission of the vehicle to be charged by the charging system;

determine whether the vehicle has permission to be charged by the charging system based on at least the permission data; and

in response to determining that the vehicle has permission to be charged by the charging system, cause a motor of the charging system to rotate one or more drive rollers of the charging system at one or more angular velocities, said one or more angular velocities based on at least charging requirements of the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle data.

2. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to execute the program instructions to cause the computing system to:

access the vehicle data based on at least receiving sensor data from one or more sensors, said sensor data comprising image data.

3. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to execute the program instructions to cause the computing system to:

access the vehicle data based on at least wirelessly receiving the vehicle data from a computing device remote to the charging system.

4. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to execute the program instructions to cause the computing system to:

access the permission data based on at least wirelessly receiving the permission data from a computing device remote to the charging system.

5. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to execute the program instructions to cause the computing system to:

access the permission data based on at least determining the identity of vehicle indicated by the vehicle data.

6. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to execute the program instructions to cause the computing system to:

in response to determining that the vehicle has permission to be charged by the charging system, allow the vehicle to access the charging system to be charged.

7. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors is disposed within the vehicle.

8. A method for charging a vehicle using power generation or regeneration devices of the vehicle, the method comprising:

under control of one or more computer processors executing program instructions:

accessing vehicle data, the vehicle data indicating an identity of a vehicle to be charged by a charging system;

accessing permission data, the permission data relating to a permission of the vehicle to be charged by the charging system;

determining whether the vehicle has permission to be charged by the charging system based on at least the permission data; and

in response to determining that the vehicle has permission to be charged by the charging system, causing a motor of the charging system to rotate one or more drive rollers of the charging system at one or more angular velocities, said one or more angular velocities based on at least charging requirements of the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle data.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

accessing the vehicle data based on at least receiving sensor data from one or more sensors, said sensor data comprising image data.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

accessing the vehicle data based on at least wirelessly receiving the vehicle data from a computing device remote to the charging system.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

accessing the permission data based on at least wirelessly receiving the permission data from a computing device remote to the charging system.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

accessing the permission data based on at least determining the identity of vehicle indicated by the vehicle data.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the vehicle has permission to be charged by the charging system, allowing the vehicle to access the charging system to be charged.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more computer processors is disposed within the vehicle.

15. Non-transitory computer-readable media including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

accessing vehicle data, the vehicle data indicating an identity of a vehicle to be charged by a charging system;

accessing permission data, the permission data relating to a permission of the vehicle to be charged by the charging system;

determining whether the vehicle has permission to be charged by the charging system based on at least the permission data; and

in response to determining that the vehicle has permission to be charged by the charging system, causing a motor of the charging system to rotate one or more drive rollers of the charging system at one or more angular velocities, said one or more angular velocities based on at least charging requirements of the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle data.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the computing system, further cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

accessing the vehicle data based on at least receiving sensor data from one or more sensors, said sensor data comprising image data.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the computing system, further cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

accessing the vehicle data based on at least wirelessly receiving the vehicle data from a computing device remote to the charging system.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the computing system, further cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

accessing the permission data based on at least wirelessly receiving the permission data from a computing device remote to the charging system.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the computing system, further cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

accessing the permission data based on at least determining the identity of vehicle indicated by the vehicle data.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the computing system, further cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

in response to determining that the vehicle has permission to be charged by the charging system, allowing the vehicle to access the charging system to be charged.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 18184959 · Mar 16, 2023
Continuation 17895774 · Aug 25, 2022
Continuation 17690916 · Mar 9, 2022
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