2010results about "Driver interactions" patented technology

The invention discloses a fault diagnosis and early warning method for an intelligent thermal management system of a power battery, and relates to the technical field of new energy automobile power battery safety. Comprising the following steps executed in sequence: S1) based on real-time monitoring data of a distributed temperature sensor in a battery module, constructing a dynamic space-time neural field model through an adaptive graph neural network, and generating a thermal field fingerprint representing a thermal propagation topology mode; according to the fault diagnosis and early warning method for the intelligent thermal management system of the power battery, a dynamic space-time neural field model is constructed, a sub-DEG C weak thermal abnormal signal is accurately captured, and a micro short circuit fault is recognized in advance in combination with electric heating delay analysis, so that the problem that a fault precursor signal is submerged by a complex working condition is solved; a double-channel verification mechanism depends on double mutual verification of physical law rigid constraint and intelligent residual feature recognition, the misjudgment risk caused by cooling system fluctuation and sensor noise is eliminated, and the early warning accuracy is improved.

This disclosure provides an improved universal interchangeable battery for electric vehicles forming part of a battery swapping ecosystem that includes electric vehicles, swappable batteries, a charging / swap station, a battery adaptor for reliable charging and communication, and a mobile application for managing battery swapping within a fleet and a network of charging stations, enabling efficient and user-friendly battery exchanges.

The invention relates to a charging pile system, a power scheduling method and device thereof and computer equipment. The method comprises the steps that under the condition that a first charging gun is connected with a load, a switch of an access between the first charging gun and a target power module is closed, a target charging gun corresponding to the target power module is different from the first charging gun, and the target charging gun is in an idle state; and under the condition that the charging demand power of the first charging gun is greater than the output power of the first power module, controlling at least one target power module to provide charging power for the first charging gun. The target power module can be quickly used for providing power for the first charging gun, so that the response speed to the power requirement is improved, and the charging efficiency is improved.

The invention provides a vehicle slope sliding dynamic control method and system based on multiple modes. The method comprises the steps that running state parameters of a vehicle are obtained in real time, wherein the running state parameters comprise the actual rotating speed of a motor, the actual torque of the motor, gear information, the opening degree of an accelerator pedal, the opening degree of a brake pedal and vehicle fault information; on the basis of the running state parameters, the ramp sliding state of the vehicle is determined; according to the ramp sliding state, a parking control mode of the vehicle is dynamically selected, and the instantaneous motor actual torque of the vehicle at the corresponding moment is obtained and stored when the parking control mode is switched; and on the basis of the parking control mode, the actual torque of the motor, the vehicle load and operation of a driver, a motor control instruction used for adjusting the target torque of the motor or used for controlling and releasing the parking action is generated, so that anti-slip control in the vehicle starting process is achieved.

A charging door provided with a projection lamp and a method of controlling projection of the same, includes a base, a charging door panel, a connection member, and a projection lamp module, wherein a charging port is formed in the base, and a vehicle is charged through the charging port, the charging door panel is pivotably mounted to the base, the connection member connects the base and the charging door panel with each other, and a mounting hole is formed in the connection member, and the projection lamp module is mounted in the mounting hole of the connection member, and the projection lamp module is electrically connected to a controller to be turned on or off according to a command signal of the controller and to project light of a predetermined color, based on a command signal of the controller.

A charging management apparatus is configured to manage charging of a battery of an electric vehicle serving as a vehicle. The charging management apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more memories are communicably coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: acquire data on a current location and a destination of the vehicle; set charging facilities of the battery to stop during a travel from the current location to the destination, based on a predetermined criterion; and calculate a necessary charging time necessary at a first charging facility of the charging facilities to cause an expected remaining capacity of the battery upon a scheduled arrival at a second charging facility of the charging facilities after the first charging facility to be equal to or greater than a predetermined reference charging capacity.

A thermosensitive wire includes a pair of conductive wires each covered with an insulator that softens at a preset temperature, and the pair of conductive wires are configured to come into contact with each other to be short-circuited in response to the insulator softening. A power supply system includes: a second power source configured to supply power to the pair of conductive wires; a short circuit detector configured to detect that the pair of conductive wires are short-circuited; a disconnection detector configured to detect that the pair of conductive wires are disconnected; and a controller configured to perform, for power supply to a power supply wire, abnormality control that differs between in the case where the short circuit detector detects that the pair of conductive wires are short-circuited and in the case where the disconnection detector detects that the pair of conductive wires are disconnected.

A method for controlling a marine drive configured to propel a marine vessel. The method includes receiving a destination for the marine vessel, receiving a demand request for operating the marine drive, and operating the marine drive at an actual demand corresponding to the demand request. The method further includes determining a required energy for the marine drive to propel the marine vessel to the destination at the actual demand and determining a remaining energy of an energy source available for operating the marine drive. The method further includes comparing the required energy to the remaining energy and, when the remaining energy is less than the required energy, automatically iteratively reducing the actual demand for operating the marine drive until the remaining energy equals or exceeds the required energy determined for the marine vessel to reach the destination.

A control device for a vehicle including a motor as a drive source, the control device includes a stall determination unit configured to determine a stall state of the motor in which the motor is not rotating, in a state in which a torque of the motor is generated based on a drive instruction; and a torque control unit configured to perform a torque control for controlling the torque to change a rotation angle of the motor in response to the motor being determined to be in the stall state. The torque control unit performs the torque control at a predetermined frequency based on a temperature of the motor.

According to several aspects, a method for controlling an electric vehicle is provided. The method may include adjusting an operation of one or more electric motors of the electric vehicle to induce a loss of traction of a first wheel of the electric vehicle on a first side of the electric vehicle. The method further may include adjusting an operation of an electric steering system of the electric vehicle to induce a yaw motion of the electric vehicle. A direction of the yaw motion is away from the first side of the electric vehicle.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a body coupled to the chassis, a first accessory coupled to the body, a second accessory coupled to the body, and a hydraulic system. The body includes a first body rail and a second body rail. The hydraulic system includes an electric power takeoff coupled to the body, a first manifold coupled to the body, first conduits fluidly coupled between the electric power takeoff and the first manifold, a second manifold coupled to the body, the second manifold positioned rearward of the first manifold, and second conduits fluidly coupled between the first conduits and the second manifold. The first manifold is configured to distribute the hydraulic fluid to the first accessory. The second manifold is configured to distribute the hydraulic fluid to the second accessory. The first conduits extend through at least one of the first body rail or the second body rail.

The present disclosure relates to a robotic charging system that provides a charge as a service for charging electric vehicles. The robotic charging system can be deployed and managed by a cloud solution in response to user requests to charge a vehicle. The robotic charging system can be autonomous such that it receives a target location and navigates to the target location autonomously. A cloud solution can track, manage, monitor, and deploy robotic charging systems in response to requests submitted by a mobile application.

Properly switching between charging and power supply. [Solution] The control device for the electric vehicle is a control device for an electric vehicle equipped with a drive battery capable of charging and supplying power to and from the EVSE. The control device comprises a processor and a communication unit that communicates with the EVSE. When predetermined conditions for performing charging and supplying power between the EVSE and the drive battery are met (if the result is YES in step S116 of Figure 3), the processor controls the communication unit to communicate that it will switch to a charging and supplying mode in which it will charge and supply power to and from the EVSE (step S117 of Figure 3). If the predetermined conditions are not met, the processor controls the communication unit to communicate that it will switch to a charging mode in which the EVSE will charge the drive battery.

The present invention relates to an electric vehicle charging device and to a method for controlling same. The electric vehicle charging device includes a plurality of charging cables installed in one electric vehicle charger. After battery charging of a vehicle, which has arrived first, is completed using one charging cable, a next vehicle is immediately charged using another charging cable such that even in a state where the vehicle, which has arrived first, does not leave a charging station, the next vehicle can be charged. Accordingly, it is possible to improve convenience of an electric vehicle user, and minimize waiting time for charging. Therefore, it is possible to improve the operational efficiency of the electric vehicle charger.

A vehicle charging system for an electric vehicle includes a housing having a mating end for mating with a charging component and a charging terminal held by the housing connected to a power conductor to form a power transmission line. The vehicle charging system includes a charging controller for controlling vehicle charging along the power transmission line. The vehicle charging system includes a charging sensor assembly coupled to the charging controller monitoring charging status of the vehicle charging system and generating a charging output signal. The charging sensor assembly detects an arc signature from an arc event and generates an arc output signal. Based on the arc output signal, the charging controller generates a primary control output to perform a primary protective action including shutting down the charging operation and generates a secondary control output to perform a secondary protective action.

The display system displays information on the vehicle including the switching circuit capable of switching the series connection / the parallel connection of the plurality of power storage devices. The display system includes a display device. The display device is configured to display an average SOC when a first condition is established, the average SOC indicating an average value of an SOC of each of the power storage devices, and the display device is configured to display a minimum SOC when a second condition is established, the minimum SOC indicating a smallest value among the SOCs of the power storage devices.

A launch control system and method for an electric vehicle, which are capable of satisfying a driver's demand for a high-performance vehicle by realizing the high performance of the electric vehicle. The system and method maximize acceleration at an initial stage of launching the electric vehicle from a standstill, thereby shortening the time to reach the maximum acceleration when launching the electric vehicle from the standstill.

Battery depletion can be avoided and the supply of grid power is stabilized while enhancing a renewable energy utilization rate. A charge / discharge planning apparatus: creates a renewable energy power generation amount fluctuation scenario with a changed power generation amount of renewable energy, and a grid power fluctuation scenario with a changed demand for grid power on the basis of at least one of weather forecast information and grid power demand prediction information; executes a simulation regarding each of the plurality of proposed charge / discharge plans under at least one of the renewable energy power generation amount fluctuation scenario and the grid power fluctuation scenario and calculates a charge / discharge plan evaluation value based on an execution result of the simulation regarding the plurality of proposed charge / discharge plans; and adopts any one charge / discharge plan from among the plurality of proposed charge / discharge plans on the basis of the calculated charge / discharge plan evaluation value so that a preset constraint condition will be satisfied.

One or more examples provide an electric vehicle or a device for use with an electric vehicle, including an electric vehicle charging system and method. In one example, an electric vehicle charging system with a charging robot rail switch is disclosed.

A modular battery system includes an array of battery modules arranged in at least one stack. Each battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a first side having positive and negative receptacles and a second side, that is opposite of the first side, having positive and negative plugs. The receptacles and plugs are configured such that adjacent battery modules in a side-by-side relationship are electrically coupled together via plug and receptacle connections and such that the battery modules are electrically coupled together in parallel. An interconnection electrically couples each stack of battery modules together via plug and receptacle connections with one of the battery modules in each stack such that the stacks of battery modules are electrically coupled together in parallel. Each of the battery modules includes a voltage regulator configured to convert voltage between a battery cell voltage and a bus voltage.

A method for operating a sleep assistant during a charging process of a vehicle includes receiving a predicted charging time and determining a preferred sleep duration of a vehicle occupant. The method also includes determining a wake-up time of the vehicle occupant depending on at least one of the group consisting of the predicted charging time and the preferred sleep duration of the vehicle occupant. The method further includes adjusting the wake-up time if an extension of the predicted charging time is detected by the vehicle, and providing a wake-up setting to the vehicle occupant depending on the wake-up time or the adjusted wake-up time.

A battery electric vehicle includes a motor configured to output torque for driving to a drive shaft, a mode selector configured to select a driving mode from a plurality of driving modes based on driver's operation including a motor driving mode that the battery electric vehicle is driven by outputting a required torque required for driving from the motor and a gear shift driving mode that the battery electric vehicle is driven with behavior of torque output from the motor as behavior of the torque in an engine vehicle including an engine and a transmission based on the driver's shift operation, and a controller programmed to control the motor such that the battery electric vehicle drives in the driving mode selected by the mode selector. The controller is programmed to permit switching between the motor driving mode and the gear shift driving mode when a steering wheel is gripped.

A method for controlling torque generated by at least one traction motor of a vehicle before a vehicle launch includes: determining that torque demand increases while simultaneously at least one brake of the vehicle is in an applied state; in dependence on the determination, limiting torque generation by the traction motor in response to torque demand; and removing the limit in dependence on release of the at least one brake.

An arrangement is for increasing the range of an electrically driven vehicle combination. The arrangement includes a power adaptation and charging control unit for bidirectionally transmitting voltage between a first high-voltage battery of a towing vehicle of the vehicle combination and a second high-voltage battery of a trailer of the vehicle combination.

A monitoring system, for a charging pile, wherein the charging pile charges an electric vehicle through a power module, includes an image capture module, configured to capture at least one environmental image signal related to the electric vehicle; and a control module, coupled to the image capture module, configured to apple an artificial intelligence technology to analyze the at least one environmental image signal, to generate an analysis result, and control the power module according to the analysis result.

A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by an electric vehicle, a list of available services associated with an electricity supply terminal. The list of available services includes one or more methods that do not transmit credentials or tokens via a charging cable and one or more methods that do transmit credentials or tokens via the charging cable. The method also includes determining, by the electric vehicle, a set of services in the list of available services. The set of services includes services supported by the electric vehicle. The method also includes transmitting, by the electric vehicle to the electricity supply terminal, a service selection request comprising a service in the set of services. The method also includes receiving, by the electric vehicle from the electricity supply terminal via the charging cable, electricity from the electricity supply terminal.

A control method for a charging port cover of a vehicle including a charging end assembly. The charging end assembly includes a charging port having a fast charging port and a slow charging port and a charging port cover having a fast charging port cover and a slow charging port cover. The method includes: when a charging port cover opening signal is received, controlling both the fast charging port cover and the slow charging port cover to be opened; when one of the fast charging port and the slow charging port is detected to be inserted with a plug-in end of a charging device, generating a charging port cover closing instruction; and controlling the charging port cover corresponding to the charging port into which the plug-in end is not inserted to be closed according to the charging port cover closing instruction.

Relocatable axles and energy storage is provided. First axle mounts are configured to receive first rear axles. The first axle mounts are longitudinally offset rearward from second axle mounts configured to receive corresponding second rear axles. First batteries are configured to couple with the vehicle to occupy a longitudinally offset location. At a first of the longitudinally offset locations, a rear portion of the first batteries is disposed forward of a wheel and tire assembly for each of the first rear axles. At a second of the longitudinally offset locations, a rear portion of the first batteries is disposed forward of a wheel and tire assembly for each of the second rear axles. The first of the longitudinally offset locations overlaps with one or more wheel and tire assemblies for the second rear axles.

A system is described. The system comprises: a global positioning unit; a battery management system; and a processor storing instructions in non-transitory memory. The processor is operable to: detect, via the global positioning unit, that a vehicle moved from a first geographical range to a second geographical range during a first scheduled session corresponding to a first grid; identify a second grid upon the vehicle entering the second geographical range; establish a connection between the vehicle and the second grid located within the second geographical range; and communicate a command to the battery management system to perform one of charging and discharging at the second grid, using an artificial intelligence engine trained based on first charging information and first discharging information obtained from all first grids and second grids over time.