Vehicle charging planning method and device

Abstract

The embodiment of the present application provides a vehicle charging planning method and device. The method includes: obtaining charging requests sent by several target vehicles; obtaining at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices; when the number of target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each equipment transport vehicle, determining whether there is an overlapping position on the driving path of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle; if so, exchanging the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles at the overlapping position to determine the target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles; instructing the target equipment transport vehicle to travel to the location of the target vehicle, and the mobile charging device on the target equipment transport vehicle provides charging services for the target vehicle. The embodiment of the present application can reduce vehicle charging costs and save waste of distribution resources.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of electric vehicle charging, and in particular to a vehicle charging planning method and device. Background Art

[0002] Electric vehicles are vehicles that use an onboard power source as their motive power and an electric motor to drive the wheels. As their impact on the environment is relatively smaller than that of traditional vehicles, their prospects are widely optimistic.

[0003] As more and more users drive electric vehicles, mobile charging equipment (such as charging flatbed trucks, etc.) has brought convenience to the charging of electric vehicles.

[0004] When using mobile charging equipment to provide charging services for vehicles, if there are multiple vehicles that need to be charged in a certain geographical area (such as a 300m geographical area, etc.), the charging service platform will equip each vehicle with a charging equipment transport vehicle to go to the location of each vehicle to provide charging services. Each charging equipment transport vehicle is usually loaded with multiple mobile charging devices. At this time, if there are three electric vehicles that need to be charged in the geographical area, and a charging equipment transport vehicle can carry three mobile charging devices, then one vehicle can meet the charging needs of the three electric vehicles in the geographical area. However, arranging three equipment transport vehicles will inevitably increase the vehicle charging cost, which will lead to a waste of distribution resources. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present application provide a vehicle charging planning method and apparatus to solve the problem in the related art that each vehicle is equipped with an equipment transport vehicle, which increases vehicle charging costs and leads to waste of distribution resources.

[0006] In order to solve the above technical problems, the embodiments of the present application are implemented as follows:

[0007] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a vehicle charging planning method, the method comprising the following steps:

[0008] Obtain charging requests sent by several target vehicles;

[0009] Obtain at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging equipment;

[0010] When the number of the target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the equipment transport vehicles, determining whether there is an overlap in the travel paths of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the locations of the target vehicles;

[0011] If so, exchanging the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles at the overlapping position to determine a target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles; the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on the target equipment transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of the target vehicles;

[0012] The target equipment transport vehicle is instructed to travel to the location of the target vehicle so that the mobile charging device on the target equipment transport vehicle provides charging service for the target vehicle.

[0013] Optionally, obtaining charging requests sent by a plurality of target vehicles includes the following steps:

[0014] Get charging requests sent by multiple vehicles;

[0015] According to the positions of the vehicles, several vehicles that are spaced apart by less than a preset distance are determined as target vehicles.

[0016] Optionally, obtaining at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging equipment includes the following steps:

[0017] Obtain multiple equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging equipment;

[0018] Obtaining a travel path of the plurality of equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle;

[0019] At least two equipment transport vehicles whose travel paths have a path distance within a preset distance range are selected from the plurality of equipment transport vehicles.

[0020] Optionally, after obtaining at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices, the method further includes the following steps:

[0021] When the number of the target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the equipment transport vehicles, obtaining an equipment transport vehicle closest to the location of the target vehicles among the at least two equipment transport vehicles;

[0022] Instruct an equipment transport vehicle closest to the location of the target vehicle to travel to the location of the target vehicle to provide charging service for the target vehicle.

[0023] Optionally, the exchanging the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles at the overlapping position to determine a target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles comprises the following steps:

[0024] exchanging a mobile charging device that is not fully charged on a first equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles with a mobile charging device that is fully charged on another equipment transport vehicle;

[0025] After the exchange is completed, comparing the number of the target vehicles with the number of mobile charging devices on the first device transport vehicle;

[0026] If the number of the target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle, the first equipment transport vehicle is used as the target equipment transport vehicle.

[0027] Optionally, the step of exchanging the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles at the overlapping position to determine a target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles further includes the following steps:

[0028] If the number of target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle, the partially charged mobile charging devices on the second equipment transport vehicle among the other equipment transport vehicles are exchanged with the fully charged mobile charging devices on the remaining equipment transport vehicles among the other equipment transport vehicles;

[0029] After the exchange is completed, if the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of the target vehicles, the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle are used as the target equipment transport vehicles.

[0030] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a vehicle charging planning device, the device comprising the following modules:

[0031] A charging request acquisition module is used to obtain charging requests sent by several target vehicles;

[0032] An equipment transport vehicle acquisition module, configured to acquire at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices;

[0033] an overlapping position determination module, configured to determine whether there is an overlapping position on the travel paths of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicles when the number of the target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the equipment transport vehicles;

[0034] a target equipment transport vehicle determination module configured to, when there is an overlapping position on the travel paths of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle, exchange the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles at the overlapping position to determine a target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles; the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on the target equipment transport vehicle being greater than or equal to the number of the target vehicles;

[0035] The charging service providing module is used to instruct the target equipment transport vehicle to travel to the location of the target vehicle so that the mobile charging device on the target equipment transport vehicle can provide charging service for the target vehicle.

[0036] Optionally, the charging request acquisition module includes the following units:

[0037] a charging request acquiring unit, configured to acquire charging requests sent by a plurality of vehicles;

[0038] The target vehicle determination unit is used to determine a number of vehicles that are spaced less than a preset distance from each other as target vehicles based on the positions of the vehicles.

[0039] Optionally, the equipment transport vehicle acquisition module includes the following units:

[0040] An equipment transport vehicle acquisition unit, configured to acquire a plurality of equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices;

[0041] a driving path acquisition unit, configured to acquire driving paths of the plurality of equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle;

[0042] The equipment transport vehicle screening unit is configured to screen out at least two equipment transport vehicles whose travel paths are within a preset distance range from the plurality of equipment transport vehicles.

[0043] Optionally, the device further includes the following modules:

[0044] a transport vehicle acquisition module, configured to acquire, when the number of the target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the equipment transport vehicles, an equipment transport vehicle that is closest to the location of the target vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles;

[0045] The vehicle charging module is used to instruct the equipment transport vehicle closest to the location of the target vehicle to travel to the location of the target vehicle to provide charging service for the target vehicle.

[0046] Optionally, the target equipment transport vehicle determination module includes the following units:

[0047] a first charging device exchange unit, configured to exchange a mobile charging device with a partially charged battery on a first equipment transport vehicle of the at least two equipment transport vehicles with a mobile charging device with a fully charged battery on another equipment transport vehicle;

[0048] a quantity comparison unit, configured to compare the quantity of the target vehicles with the quantity of the mobile charging devices on the first device transport vehicle after the exchange is completed;

[0049] The target equipment transport vehicle acquisition unit is configured to use the first equipment transport vehicle as the target equipment transport vehicle if the number of the target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle.

[0050] Optionally, the target equipment transport vehicle determination module further includes the following units:

[0051] a second charging device exchange unit, configured to exchange the mobile charging devices that are not fully charged on the second equipment transport vehicle among the other equipment transport vehicles with the mobile charging devices that are fully charged on the remaining equipment transport vehicles among the other equipment transport vehicles, if the number of the target vehicles is greater than the number of the fully charged mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle;

[0052] The target equipment transport vehicle acquisition unit is used to, after the exchange is completed, use the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle as the target equipment transport vehicles if the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of target vehicles.

[0053] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including:

[0054] A memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements any one of the above-described vehicle charging planning methods.

[0055] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a storage medium. When the instructions in the storage medium are executed by a processor of an electronic device, the electronic device can execute any of the vehicle charging planning methods described above.

[0056] In an embodiment of the present application, by obtaining charging requests sent by several target vehicles, at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices are obtained. If the number of target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each equipment transport vehicle, it is determined whether there is an overlapping position on the driving path of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicles. If so, the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles are exchanged at the overlapping position, and a target equipment transport vehicle is determined among the at least two equipment transport vehicles. The number of fully charged mobile charging devices on the target equipment transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of target vehicles. The target equipment transport vehicle is instructed to travel to the location of the target vehicle so that the mobile charging device on the target equipment transport vehicle provides charging services to the target vehicles. In an embodiment of the present application, by exchanging the mobile charging devices on the equipment transport vehicles at the overlapping position of the driving path of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicles, a target equipment transport vehicle loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices can be obtained to provide charging services to the target vehicles. In this process, the number of equipment transport vehicles equipped for charging the multiple vehicles can be reduced, the vehicle charging cost is reduced, and the waste of distribution resources is saved.

[0057] The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present application. In order to more clearly understand the technical means of the present application, it can be implemented in accordance with the contents of the specification. In order to make the above and other purposes, features and advantages of the present application more obvious and easy to understand, the specific implementation methods of the present application are listed below. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0058] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

[0059] Figure 1 A flowchart of the steps of a vehicle charging planning method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0060] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the structure of a vehicle charging plan provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0061] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the structure of a vehicle charging planning device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0062] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of the structure of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0063] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of this application to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application. Obviously, the embodiments described are part of the embodiments of this application, not all of them. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0064] Example 1

[0065] Reference Figure 1 , shows a flow chart of the steps of a vehicle charging planning method provided by an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 1 As shown, the vehicle charging planning method may include the following steps:

[0066] Step 101: Obtain charging requests sent by several target vehicles.

[0067] The embodiments of the present application can be applied to a scenario where a mobile charging device on an equipment transport vehicle is planned to provide charging services to several target vehicles that need charging.

[0068] The target vehicles refer to vehicles that need to be charged using mobile charging equipment. The number of target vehicles can be 3, 5, etc. Specifically, the number of target vehicles can be determined according to actual conditions, and this embodiment does not impose any restrictions on this.

[0069] In this example, if multiple vehicles send charging requests to the server, then vehicles in a certain area can be screened out as target vehicles based on the interval distance between the multiple vehicles. Specifically, this can be described in detail in combination with the following specific implementation method.

[0070] In a specific implementation of the present application, step 101 may include the following sub-steps:

[0071] Sub-step A1: Obtain charging requests sent by multiple vehicles.

[0072] In this embodiment, the charging service platform may receive charging requests from multiple vehicles in a short period of time. At this time, the multiple charging requests can be planned according to the locations of the vehicles.

[0073] After the service platform obtains charging requests sent by multiple vehicles in a short period of time, sub-step A2 is executed.

[0074] Sub-step A2: Based on the positions of the vehicles, a number of vehicles whose intervals are less than a preset distance are determined as target vehicles.

[0075] After receiving charging requests from multiple vehicles, several vehicles whose intervals are less than a preset distance can be determined as target vehicles based on the positions of the multiple vehicles, that is, the interval between any two vehicles among the multiple target vehicles is less than the preset distance.

[0076] The embodiment of the present application determines several vehicles that are spaced less than a preset distance from each other as target vehicles, thereby meeting vehicle charging services with fewer equipment transport vehicles, reducing the time spent on distributing charging equipment, and improving charging efficiency.

[0077] After obtaining charging requests sent by several target vehicles, step 102 is executed.

[0078] Step 102: Obtain at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices.

[0079] After obtaining charging requests sent by several target vehicles, the charging service platform can provide charging services for the target vehicles. During this process, the charging service platform can obtain multiple equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging equipment, and select at least two equipment transport vehicles based on the distance between the multiple equipment transport vehicles and the target vehicles. This process can be described in detail in combination with the following specific implementation method.

[0080] In a specific implementation of the present application, the above step 102 may include the following sub-steps:

[0081] Sub-step B1: Acquire multiple equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices.

[0082] In this embodiment, after receiving charging requests from several target vehicles, multiple equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging equipment may be obtained.

[0083] After obtaining multiple equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices, sub-step B2 is executed.

[0084] Sub-step B2: Obtaining the travel paths of the multiple equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle.

[0085] After obtaining a plurality of equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices, the travel paths of the plurality of equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle may be obtained.

[0086] After the travel paths of the multiple equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle are acquired, sub-step B3 is executed.

[0087] Sub-step B3: selecting at least two equipment transport vehicles whose travel paths are within a preset distance range from the plurality of equipment transport vehicles.

[0088] After the travel paths of the plurality of equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle are acquired, at least two equipment transport vehicles whose travel paths are within a preset distance range may be screened out from the plurality of equipment transport vehicles.

[0089] The embodiment of the present application can reduce the time it takes for the equipment transport vehicle to reach the location of the target vehicle by screening equipment transport vehicles that are relatively close to provide charging services to the target vehicle, thereby saving the time spent on charging the target vehicle.

[0090] After obtaining at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices, step 103 is performed.

[0091] Step 103: When the number of the target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the equipment transport vehicles, determine whether there is any overlapping position on the driving paths of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicles.

[0092] After obtaining at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices, it can be determined whether the number of target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the at least two equipment transport vehicles.

[0093] If the number of target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the at least two equipment transport vehicles, the equipment transport vehicle closest to the target vehicle can be screened out from the at least two equipment transport vehicles to provide charging services for the target vehicle. Specifically, the following detailed description can be made in combination with the following specific implementation method.

[0094] In a specific implementation of the present application, after the above step 102, the following steps may be further included:

[0095] Step C1: when the number of the target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the equipment transport vehicles, obtain the equipment transport vehicle closest to the target vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles.

[0096] In this embodiment, when the number of target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of at least two equipment transport vehicles, the equipment transport vehicle closest to the location of the target vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles can be obtained.

[0097] After the equipment transport vehicle closest to the target vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles is obtained, step C2 is executed.

[0098] Step C2: instructing the equipment transport vehicle closest to the location of the target vehicle to travel to the location of the target vehicle to provide charging service for the target vehicle.

[0099] After obtaining the equipment transport vehicle closest to the target vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles, the equipment transport vehicle closest to the target vehicle can be instructed to travel to the target vehicle to provide charging service to the target vehicle.

[0100] In the case where the number of target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each equipment transport vehicle, it can be determined whether there is an overlap in the driving paths of at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicles, for example, Figure 2 As shown, vehicles A and B are equipment transport vehicles. There is an intersection position on the driving paths of vehicles A and B to the target vehicle Q3. The intersection position is the overlapping position on the driving paths of vehicles A and B to the location of the target vehicle Q3.

[0101] If there is no overlapping position on the driving path of at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle, it is necessary to arrange multiple equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging equipment to provide charging services for several target vehicles. This application does not consider this solution.

[0102] If there is an overlapped position on the travel paths of at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle, step 104 is executed.

[0103] Step 104: Exchange the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles at the overlapping position to determine a target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles; the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on the target equipment transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of the target vehicles.

[0104] The target equipment transport vehicle refers to an equipment transport vehicle on which the number of fully charged mobile charging devices loaded is greater than or equal to the number of target vehicles after the mobile charging devices on at least two equipment transport vehicles are exchanged.

[0105] After determining that there is an overlapping position on the driving path of at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle, the at least two equipment transport vehicles can be instructed to exchange mobile charging devices at the overlapping position, so that the target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles can be determined. The exchange process of the mobile charging device can be described in detail in combination with the following specific implementation method.

[0106] In a specific implementation of the present application, the above step 104 may include the following sub-steps:

[0107] Sub-step D1: exchanging a mobile charging device with a partially charged battery on a first equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles with a mobile charging device with a fully charged battery on another equipment transport vehicle.

[0108] In this embodiment, after determining that there is an overlapping position on the driving path of at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle, after the at least two equipment transport vehicles drive to the overlapping position, the non-fully charged mobile charging device on the first equipment transport vehicle of the at least two equipment transport vehicles can be exchanged with the fully charged mobile charging device on the at least two equipment transport vehicles at the overlapping position, that is, the non-fully charged mobile charging device on the first equipment transport vehicle is exchanged for the fully charged mobile charging device.

[0109] After the partially charged mobile charging device on the first equipment transport vehicle is exchanged with the fully charged mobile charging device on another equipment transport vehicle, sub-step D2 is performed.

[0110] Sub-step D2: After the exchange is completed, compare the number of the target vehicles with the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle.

[0111] After the mobile charging device exchange is completed, the number of target vehicles and the number of mobile charging devices on the first device transport vehicle may be compared.

[0112] Sub-step D3: If the number of the target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle, the first equipment transport vehicle is used as the target equipment transport vehicle.

[0113] If the number of target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle, then the first equipment transport vehicle can provide charging services for several target vehicles. In this case, the first equipment transport vehicle can be used as the target equipment transport vehicle.

[0114] If the number of target vehicles is greater than the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle, the mobile charging devices may be exchanged again. Specifically, this may be described in detail below in combination with the following specific implementation methods.

[0115] In another specific implementation of the present application, the above step 104 may include the following sub-steps:

[0116] Sub-step E1: If the number of the target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle, the mobile charging devices that are not fully charged on the second equipment transport vehicle among the other equipment transport vehicles are exchanged with the fully charged mobile charging devices on the remaining equipment transport vehicles among the other equipment transport vehicles.

[0117] In this embodiment, when the number of target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle, the mobile charging devices that are not fully charged on the second equipment transport vehicle among the other equipment transport vehicles can be exchanged with the fully charged mobile charging devices on the remaining equipment transport vehicles among the other equipment transport vehicles.

[0118] Sub-step E2: After the exchange is completed, if the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of the target vehicles, the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle are used as the target equipment transport vehicles.

[0119] After the exchange is completed, the mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle are both fully charged mobile charging devices.

[0120] If the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of target vehicles, the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle can be used as target equipment transport vehicles to provide charging services for several target vehicles through the mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle.

[0121] When the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle is less than the number of target vehicles, the mobile charging device exchange process is executed again until the number of fully charged mobile charging devices is greater than or equal to the number of target vehicles. This is similar to the above process and will not be repeated in this embodiment.

[0122] After the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles are exchanged at the overlapping position to determine the target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles, step 105 is executed.

[0123] Step 105: Instruct the target equipment transport vehicle to travel to the location of the target vehicle so that the mobile charging device on the target equipment transport vehicle provides charging service for the target vehicle.

[0124] After the mobile charging devices on at least two equipment transport vehicles are exchanged at the overlapping position to determine the target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles, the target equipment transport vehicle can be instructed to travel to the location of the target vehicle so that the mobile charging device of the target equipment transport vehicle can provide charging services for the target vehicle.

[0125] The above solution provided in this embodiment can be described in detail as follows in conjunction with the application environment diagram.

[0126] Reference Figure 2 , shows a schematic diagram of the structure of a vehicle charging plan provided by an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 2 As shown, the target vehicles to be charged are: Q1, Q2 and Q3, and at least two equipment transport vehicles are car A and car B. Car A and car B are both loaded with three mobile charging devices. When there is an overlapping position on the driving path of car A and car B to Q3 (that is, the meeting point of car A and car B to the position of Q3 in the figure), car A and car B can be instructed to drive to the overlapping position, and the mobile charging devices on car A and car B are exchanged, so that one of car A and car B is loaded with three fully charged mobile charging devices, and the mobile charging devices are transported to the position of Q3 by the car to provide charging services for Q1, Q2 and Q3.

[0127] The above-mentioned solution provided in the embodiment of the present application exchanges the mobile charging equipment on the equipment transport vehicle at the overlapping position of the driving path of at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle, so as to obtain a target equipment transport vehicle loaded with fully charged mobile charging equipment to provide charging services for several target vehicles. In this process, the number of equipment transport vehicles equipped for charging several vehicles can be reduced, thereby reducing the vehicle charging cost.

[0128] The vehicle charging planning method provided in an embodiment of the present application obtains charging requests sent by several target vehicles, obtains at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices, and, if the number of target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each equipment transport vehicle, determines whether there is an overlap in the driving paths of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicles. If so, the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles are exchanged at the overlapped location, and a target equipment transport vehicle is determined among the at least two equipment transport vehicles, the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on the target equipment transport vehicle being greater than or equal to the number of target vehicles. The target equipment transport vehicle is instructed to travel to the location of the target vehicle so that the mobile charging devices on the target equipment transport vehicle provide charging services to the target vehicles. The embodiment of the present application exchanges the mobile charging devices on the equipment transport vehicles at the overlapped location of the driving paths of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicles, thereby obtaining a target equipment transport vehicle loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices to provide charging services to the target vehicles. In this process, the number of equipment transport vehicles equipped for charging the multiple vehicles can be reduced, the vehicle charging cost is reduced, and the waste of distribution resources is saved.

[0129] Example 2

[0130] Reference Figure 3 , shows a schematic structural diagram of a vehicle charging planning device provided by an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 3 As shown, the vehicle charging planning device 300 may include the following modules:

[0131] A charging request acquisition module 310 is used to acquire charging requests sent by several target vehicles;

[0132] An equipment transport vehicle acquisition module 320 is configured to acquire at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices;

[0133] An overlapping position determination module 330 is configured to determine whether there is an overlapping position on the travel paths of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicles when the number of the target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the equipment transport vehicles;

[0134] A target equipment transport vehicle determination module 340 is configured to, when there is an overlapped position on the travel paths of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle, exchange the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles at the overlapped position to determine a target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles; the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on the target equipment transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of the target vehicles;

[0135] The charging service providing module 350 is configured to instruct the target equipment transport vehicle to travel to the location of the target vehicle so that the mobile charging device on the target equipment transport vehicle can provide charging services for the target vehicle.

[0136] Optionally, the charging request acquisition module includes the following units:

[0137] a charging request acquiring unit, configured to acquire charging requests sent by a plurality of vehicles;

[0138] The target vehicle determination unit is used to determine a number of vehicles that are spaced less than a preset distance from each other as target vehicles based on the positions of the vehicles.

[0139] Optionally, the equipment transport vehicle acquisition module includes the following units:

[0140] An equipment transport vehicle acquisition unit, configured to acquire a plurality of equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices;

[0141] a driving path acquisition unit, configured to acquire driving paths of the plurality of equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle;

[0142] The equipment transport vehicle screening unit is configured to screen out at least two equipment transport vehicles whose travel paths are within a preset distance range from the plurality of equipment transport vehicles.

[0143] Optionally, the device further includes the following modules:

[0144] a transport vehicle acquisition module, configured to acquire, when the number of the target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the equipment transport vehicles, an equipment transport vehicle that is closest to the location of the target vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles;

[0145] The vehicle charging module is used to instruct the equipment transport vehicle closest to the location of the target vehicle to travel to the location of the target vehicle to provide charging service for the target vehicle.

[0146] Optionally, the target equipment transport vehicle determination module includes the following units:

[0147] a first charging device exchange unit, configured to exchange a mobile charging device with a partially charged battery on a first equipment transport vehicle of the at least two equipment transport vehicles with a mobile charging device with a fully charged battery on another equipment transport vehicle;

[0148] a quantity comparison unit, configured to compare the quantity of the target vehicles with the quantity of the mobile charging devices on the first device transport vehicle after the exchange is completed;

[0149] The target equipment transport vehicle acquisition unit is configured to use the first equipment transport vehicle as the target equipment transport vehicle if the number of the target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle.

[0150] Optionally, the target equipment transport vehicle determination module further includes the following units:

[0151] a second charging device exchange unit, configured to exchange the mobile charging devices that are not fully charged on the second equipment transport vehicle among the other equipment transport vehicles with the mobile charging devices that are fully charged on the remaining equipment transport vehicles among the other equipment transport vehicles, if the number of the target vehicles is greater than the number of the fully charged mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle;

[0152] The target equipment transport vehicle acquisition unit is used to, after the exchange is completed, use the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle as the target equipment transport vehicles if the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of target vehicles.

[0153] The vehicle charging planning device provided in an embodiment of the present application obtains charging requests sent by several target vehicles and obtains at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices. When the number of target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each equipment transport vehicle, it is determined whether there is an overlapping position on the driving path of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicles. If so, the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles are exchanged at the overlapping position, and a target equipment transport vehicle is determined among the at least two equipment transport vehicles. The number of fully charged mobile charging devices on the target equipment transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of target vehicles. The target equipment transport vehicle is instructed to travel to the location of the target vehicle so that the mobile charging device on the target equipment transport vehicle provides charging services for the target vehicles. The embodiment of the present application exchanges the mobile charging devices on the equipment transport vehicles at the overlapping position of the driving path of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicles, thereby obtaining a target equipment transport vehicle loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices to provide charging services for the target vehicles. In this process, the number of equipment transport vehicles equipped for charging the multiple vehicles can be reduced, the vehicle charging cost is reduced, and the waste of distribution resources is saved.

[0154] Example 3

[0155] An embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the computer program implements the above-mentioned vehicle charging planning method when executed by the processor.

[0156] Figure 4 FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of an electronic device 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 As shown, electronic device 400 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 401, which can perform various appropriate actions and processes according to computer program instructions stored in a read-only memory (ROM) 402 or computer program instructions loaded from a storage unit 408 into a random access memory (RAM) 403. Various programs and data required for the operation of electronic device 400 can also be stored in RAM 403. CPU 401, ROM 402, and RAM 403 are connected to each other via a bus 404. An input / output (I / O) interface 405 is also connected to bus 404.

[0157] Multiple components in the electronic device 400 are connected to the I / O interface 405, including an input unit 406, such as a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, etc.; an output unit 407, such as various types of displays, speakers, etc.; a storage unit 408, such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc.; and a communication unit 409, such as a network card, a modem, a wireless communication transceiver, etc. The communication unit 409 allows the electronic device 400 to exchange information / data with other devices via a computer network such as the Internet and / or various telecommunication networks.

[0158] The various processes and processing described above may be performed by the processing unit 401. For example, the method of any of the above embodiments may be implemented as a computer software program, which is tangibly contained in a computer-readable medium, such as the storage unit 408. In some embodiments, part or all of the computer program may be loaded and / or installed on the electronic device 400 via the ROM 402 and / or the communication unit 409. When the computer program is loaded into the RAM 403 and executed by the CPU 401, one or more actions in the method described above may be performed.

[0159] Example 4

[0160] The present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the various processes of the above-mentioned vehicle charging planning method embodiment are implemented, and the same technical effects are achieved. To avoid repetition, the description is omitted here. The computer-readable storage medium is, for example, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0161] It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "includes," or any other variations thereof are intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not explicitly listed, or elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. In the absence of further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus comprising the element.

[0162] Through the description of the above implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of software plus the necessary general hardware platform, and of course can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk), and includes a number of instructions for enabling a terminal (which can be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0163] The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of this application, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope of protection of the claims, all of which are within the protection of this application.

[0164] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed in the embodiments of this application can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professional and technical personnel can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of this application.

[0165] Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0166] In the embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely schematic. For example, the division of the units is merely a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0167] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed across multiple network units. Some or all of these units may be selected to achieve the purpose of this embodiment according to actual needs.

[0168] In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

[0169] If the functions are implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application, or the part that contributes to the prior art, or the part of the technical solution, can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for enabling a computer device (which can be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes various media that can store program codes, such as a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0170] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present application, but the scope of protection of the present application is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this application should be included in the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present application should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A vehicle charging planning method, characterized in that: The method comprises the following steps: Obtain charging requests sent by several target vehicles; Obtain at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging equipment; When the number of the target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the equipment transport vehicles, determining whether there is an overlap in the travel paths of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the locations of the target vehicles; If so, exchanging the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles at the overlapping position to determine a target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles; the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on the target equipment transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of the target vehicles; Instructing the target equipment transport vehicle to travel to the location of the target vehicle so that the mobile charging device on the target equipment transport vehicle provides charging service for the target vehicle; The step of exchanging the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles at the overlapping position to determine a target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles comprises the following steps: exchanging a mobile charging device that is not fully charged on a first equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles with a mobile charging device that is fully charged on another equipment transport vehicle; After the exchange is completed, comparing the number of the target vehicles with the number of mobile charging devices on the first device transport vehicle; If the number of the target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle, the first equipment transport vehicle is used as the target equipment transport vehicle.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining charging requests sent by a plurality of target vehicles comprises the following steps: Get charging requests sent by multiple vehicles; According to the positions of the vehicles, several vehicles that are spaced apart by less than a preset distance are determined as target vehicles.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging equipment comprises the following steps: Obtain multiple equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging equipment; Obtaining a travel path of the plurality of equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle; At least two equipment transport vehicles whose travel paths have a path distance within a preset distance range are selected from the plurality of equipment transport vehicles.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the following steps after obtaining at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices: When the number of the target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the equipment transport vehicles, obtaining an equipment transport vehicle closest to the location of the target vehicles among the at least two equipment transport vehicles; Instruct an equipment transport vehicle closest to the location of the target vehicle to travel to the location of the target vehicle to provide charging service for the target vehicle.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of exchanging the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles at the overlapping position and determining a target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles further comprises the following steps: If the number of target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle, the partially charged mobile charging devices on the second equipment transport vehicle among the other equipment transport vehicles are exchanged with the fully charged mobile charging devices on the remaining equipment transport vehicles among the other equipment transport vehicles; After the exchange is completed, if the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of the target vehicles, the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle are used as the target equipment transport vehicles.

6. A vehicle charging planning device, characterized in that: The device comprises the following modules: A charging request acquisition module is used to obtain charging requests sent by several target vehicles; An equipment transport vehicle acquisition module, configured to acquire at least two equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices; an overlapping position determination module, configured to determine whether there is an overlapping position on the travel paths of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicles when the number of the target vehicles is greater than the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the equipment transport vehicles; a target equipment transport vehicle determination module, configured to, when there is an overlapped position on the travel paths of the at least two equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle, exchange the mobile charging devices on the at least two equipment transport vehicles at the overlapped position to determine the target equipment transport vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles; The number of fully charged mobile charging devices on the target device transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of the target vehicles; a charging service providing module, configured to instruct the target equipment transport vehicle to travel to the location of the target vehicle so that the mobile charging device on the target equipment transport vehicle provides charging service to the target vehicle; The target equipment transport vehicle determination module includes the following units: a first charging device exchange unit, configured to exchange a mobile charging device with a partially charged battery on a first equipment transport vehicle of the at least two equipment transport vehicles with a mobile charging device with a fully charged battery on another equipment transport vehicle; a quantity comparison unit, configured to compare the quantity of the target vehicles with the quantity of the mobile charging devices on the first device transport vehicle after the exchange is completed; The target equipment transport vehicle acquisition unit is configured to use the first equipment transport vehicle as the target equipment transport vehicle if the number of the target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the charging request acquisition module comprises the following units: a charging request acquiring unit, configured to acquire charging requests sent by a plurality of vehicles; The target vehicle determination unit is used to determine a number of vehicles that are spaced less than a preset distance from each other as target vehicles based on the positions of the vehicles.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the equipment transport vehicle acquisition module comprises the following units: An equipment transport vehicle acquisition unit, configured to acquire a plurality of equipment transport vehicles loaded with fully charged mobile charging devices; a driving path acquisition unit, configured to acquire driving paths of the plurality of equipment transport vehicles to the location of the target vehicle; The equipment transport vehicle screening unit is configured to screen out at least two equipment transport vehicles whose travel paths are within a preset distance range from the plurality of equipment transport vehicles.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising the following modules: a transport vehicle acquisition module, configured to acquire, when the number of the target vehicles is less than or equal to the number of fully charged mobile charging devices on each of the equipment transport vehicles, an equipment transport vehicle that is closest to the location of the target vehicle among the at least two equipment transport vehicles; The vehicle charging module is used to instruct the equipment transport vehicle closest to the location of the target vehicle to travel to the location of the target vehicle to provide charging service for the target vehicle.

10. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the target equipment transport vehicle determination module further comprises the following units: a second charging device exchange unit, configured to exchange the mobile charging devices that are not fully charged on the second equipment transport vehicle among the other equipment transport vehicles with the mobile charging devices that are fully charged on the remaining equipment transport vehicles among the other equipment transport vehicles, if the number of the target vehicles is greater than the number of the fully charged mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle; The target equipment transport vehicle acquisition unit is used to, after the exchange is completed, use the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle as the target equipment transport vehicles if the number of mobile charging devices on the first equipment transport vehicle and the second equipment transport vehicle is greater than or equal to the number of target vehicles.

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