Charging control, charging requests, charging authentication methods and devices for charging piles

Abstract

This application discloses a charging control, charging request, and charging authentication method and apparatus for a charging pile. The charging control method includes: receiving a charging request sent by an electric vehicle in response to the insertion of the charging gun into the charging pile; the charging request includes encrypted text of the vehicle identification number and an encryption key for the encrypted text, the encryption key being obtained by the electric vehicle from a third-party platform where it registers its plug-and-charge function; based on the charging request, sending a plug-and-charge authentication request to the third-party platform through a charging pile cloud platform to trigger the third-party platform to perform corresponding authentication based on the plug-and-charge authentication request; the plug-and-charge authentication request includes the encrypted text and the encryption key; and based on the authentication result fed back by the third-party platform, initiating or rejecting charging for the electric vehicle. Using this application can avoid the problem of incorrect charging billing order binding.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to electrical engineering technology, and in particular to charging control, charging request, and charging authentication methods and devices for charging piles. Background Technology

[0002] Currently, in order to meet the charging convenience needs of electric vehicle users, many charging service operators have improved the charging process, eliminating the complicated mobile application (app) QR code scanning and card swiping charging methods, and launching a plug-and-charge function based on the vehicle identification number (VIN, also known as the chassis number) as a unique identification identifier.

[0003] In existing charging control schemes based on vehicle identification numbers (VINs), when the charging gun of a charging station is plugged into an electric vehicle, the user triggers the charging station to obtain the VIN code of the electric vehicle through the control screen of the charging station and send it to the charging station cloud platform. The charging station cloud platform then performs authentication based on the VIN code. After successful authentication, the charging station begins the process of charging the electric vehicle.

[0004] In the process of developing this application, the inventors discovered that the above-mentioned solution is prone to charging billing errors. Through research and analysis, the main reasons for this problem are as follows:

[0005] The above solution is based on the existing national standard for charging piles, GB / T 27930-2015. However, the VIN field is not mandatory in this standard. This means that many vehicles either do not support VIN code upload or may have entered a fixed value arbitrarily, leading to incorrect VIN recognition by the charging pile. Furthermore, when generating charging billing orders, the charging pile cloud platform binds the order to the vehicle owner associated with the corresponding VIN received during charging authentication. Therefore, it ultimately binds the charging billing order to the wrong vehicle owner, resulting in an incorrect charging billing order binding.

[0006] Furthermore, according to the national standard GB / T 27930-2015 for charging piles, charging piles use a plaintext transmission method based on CAN communication bus to send the VIN to the charging pile cloud platform. This poses a risk that the VIN may be maliciously obtained during transmission. When other vehicle owners use a stolen VIN to start the charging process, the resulting charging billing order will be bound to the vehicle owner of the stolen VIN, leading to incorrect charging billing order binding. Summary of the Invention

[0007] In view of this, the main objective of the present invention is to provide a charging control method and device for charging piles, which can avoid the problem of incorrect binding of charging billing orders.

[0008] To achieve the above objectives, the technical solution proposed in this embodiment of the invention is as follows:

[0009] A charging control method for a charging pile includes:

[0010] The system receives a charging request sent by an electric vehicle in response to the insertion of the charging gun into a charging station; the charging request contains encrypted text of the vehicle identification number and an encryption key for the encrypted text, the encryption key being obtained by the electric vehicle from a third-party platform where it has registered the plug-and-charge function;

[0011] According to the charging request, a plug-and-charge authentication request is sent to the third-party platform through the charging pile cloud platform to trigger the third-party platform to perform corresponding authentication based on the plug-and-charge authentication request; the plug-and-charge authentication request includes the ciphertext and the encryption key;

[0012] Based on the authentication results provided by the third-party platform, charging of the electric vehicle can be initiated or refused.

[0013] This invention also proposes a charging request method, including:

[0014] When an electric vehicle detects the insertion of a charging gun into a charging station, it sends a charging request to the charging station. The charging request contains encrypted information of the vehicle identification number and an encryption key for the encrypted information. The encryption key is obtained by the electric vehicle from a third-party platform that has registered the plug-and-charge function.

[0015] This invention also proposes a charging authentication method, including:

[0016] A third-party platform generates an encryption key for electric vehicles that have registered the plug-and-charge function on this platform and sends it to the electric vehicle; the encryption key is used to encrypt the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle during plug-and-charge authentication.

[0017] The system receives a plug-and-charge authentication request sent by the charging pile through the charging pile cloud platform, performs corresponding authentication based on the plug-and-charge authentication request, and feeds back the authentication result to the charging pile. The plug-and-charge authentication request is generated by the charging pile in response to the charging request of the electric vehicle. The plug-and-charge authentication request contains the encrypted text of the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle and the corresponding encryption key.

[0018] This invention also proposes a charging control device, installed in a charging pile, comprising: a charging request receiving unit, used to receive a charging request sent by an electric vehicle in response to the insertion of a charging gun; wherein the charging request includes encrypted text of a vehicle identification number and an encryption key for the encrypted text, the encryption key being obtained by the electric vehicle from a third-party platform that registers its plug-and-charge function;

[0019] The authentication initiation unit is used to send a plug-and-charge authentication request to the third-party platform through the charging pile cloud platform according to the charging request, so as to trigger the third-party platform to perform corresponding authentication; the plug-and-charge authentication request includes the ciphertext and the encryption key;

[0020] The charging control unit is used to initiate or refuse charging of the electric vehicle based on the authentication results fed back by the third-party platform.

[0021] This invention also proposes a charging request device, installed in an electric vehicle, comprising:

[0022] The charging request unit sends a charging request to the charging station when it detects that the charging gun of the charging station has been inserted into the electric vehicle. The charging request contains the encrypted vehicle identification number and the encryption key of the encrypted number. The encryption key is obtained by the electric vehicle from a third-party platform that has registered the plug-and-charge function.

[0023] This invention also proposes a charging authentication device, installed in a third-party platform, comprising:

[0024] A key generation unit is used to generate an encryption key for an electric vehicle that has registered the plug-and-charge function on the third-party platform; the encryption key is used to encrypt the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle during plug-and-charge authentication.

[0025] An authentication unit is used to perform corresponding authentication based on the plug-and-charge authentication request of the charging pile, and to feed back the authentication result to the charging pile; the plug-and-charge authentication request includes the encrypted text of the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle and the corresponding encryption key; the plug-and-charge authentication request is generated by the charging pile in response to the charging request of the electric vehicle.

[0026] This invention also proposes a charging control device for a charging pile, including a processor and a memory;

[0027] The memory stores an application program that can be executed by the processor, which enables the processor to execute the charging control method of the charging pile as described above.

[0028] This invention also proposes a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for executing the charging control method of the charging pile as described above.

[0029] This invention also proposes a computer program product, including a computer program / instruction, which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the charging control method for the charging pile as described above.

[0030] In summary, the technical solution proposed in this invention involves an electric vehicle obtaining an encryption key from a third-party platform that registers its plug-and-charge function. This encryption key is then used to encrypt the vehicle identification number (VIN) before being sent to the charging pile. The charging pile then includes the encrypted VIN and the encryption key in a plug-and-charge authentication request, which is sent to the third-party platform via the charging pile cloud platform, triggering the third-party platform to perform plug-and-charge authentication. Thus, by having the third-party platform that registers the plug-and-charge function generate the encryption key for the VIN, and by having the third-party platform perform authentication based on the plug-and-charge authentication request carrying the encrypted VIN and the encryption key, a closed-loop logic for charging authentication is achieved. This ensures that the VIN used for charging authentication is consistent with the VIN of the charging vehicle, preventing the theft or misuse of the VIN and thus avoiding incorrect charging billing order binding. Attached Figure Description

[0031] Figure 1 This is a schematic flowchart of the charging control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0032] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of a method for obtaining an encryption key according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0033] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of a plug-and-play authentication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0034] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of another plug-and-charge authentication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0035] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the charging control device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0036] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the charging request device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0037] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the charging authentication device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Detailed Implementation

[0038] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0039] Figure 1 This is a schematic flowchart of a charging control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method is executed by a charging pile, such as... Figure 1 As shown, this embodiment mainly includes the following steps 101 to 102:

[0040] Step 101: The charging pile receives a charging request sent by the electric vehicle in response to the insertion of the charging gun; wherein the charging request includes ciphertext of the vehicle identification number and an encryption key for the ciphertext, and the encryption key is obtained by the electric vehicle from a third-party platform that has registered the plug-and-charge function.

[0041] In this step, the vehicle identification number (VIN) carried in the charging request is an encrypted VIN. This ensures the security of VIN transmission and prevents VIN theft.

[0042] Specifically, the encryption key used to encrypt the vehicle identification number (VIN) is generated by a third-party platform and must be included in the charging request. This allows the third-party platform to obtain the corresponding decryption key based on the encryption key during subsequent plug-and-charge authentication. This decrypts the ciphertext of the VIN and allows the platform to query the corresponding VIN based on the encryption key. Authentication is then performed based on the consistency between the queried VIN and the decrypted VIN, ensuring that the VIN used for charging authentication matches the actual VIN of the charging vehicle. This prevents the theft or misuse of the VIN and avoids incorrect charging billing order binding.

[0043] In practical applications, the encryption key can be obtained from the third-party platform when the electric vehicle registers the plug-and-charge function, or it can be obtained from the third-party platform when the electric vehicle needs to be charged. For example... Figure 2 As shown, when the latter method is used, in one embodiment, the electric vehicle can specifically obtain the encryption key by using the following steps 201-202:

[0044] Step 201: When the electric vehicle detects the insertion, it sends a plug-and-charge authentication key request to the third-party platform.

[0045] Step 202: Based on the plug-and-charge authentication key request, when the third-party platform determines that the plug-and-charge function of the electric vehicle has been enabled, it generates a unique encryption key and sends it to the electric vehicle.

[0046] In this step, when the third-party platform receives the plug-and-charge authentication key request, it needs to determine whether the electric vehicle that sent the plug-and-charge authentication key request has enabled the plug-and-charge function. Only if the electric vehicle has enabled the plug-and-charge function will an encryption key for plug-and-charge authentication be generated for it. This encryption key will be unique in the third-party platform so that relevant information of the electric vehicle (such as the vehicle identification number) can be queried based on the encryption key.

[0047] Preferably, the encryption key can be a random key, that is, the encryption key is obtained by generating random numbers, but it is not limited to this, as long as it can be ensured that the encryption key is unique in the third-party platform.

[0048] Specifically, the encryption key is used to encrypt the vehicle VIN, which can be achieved using existing encryption methods, and will not be elaborated here.

[0049] The third-party platform mentioned in step 101 is a platform for registering the plug-and-charge function for electric vehicles. In this way, the third-party platform can generate an encryption key for the electric vehicle based on whether the plug-and-charge function has been enabled. This ensures that the encryption key used to encrypt the vehicle VIN during plug-and-charge authentication can only be generated when the plug-and-charge function is enabled, thus preventing charging of electric vehicles without the plug-and-charge function and ensuring the legality of charging electric vehicles.

[0050] In one implementation, the third-party platform can be a vehicle networking platform;

[0051] Accordingly, the charging request further includes a vehicle operator identification code, so that when the charging pile generates a plug-and-charge authentication request, the vehicle operator identification code can be added to the plug-and-charge authentication request, so that the charging pile cloud platform can know which vehicle network platform to forward the plug-and-charge authentication request to based on the vehicle operator identification code in the plug-and-charge authentication request.

[0052] In one implementation, to further improve the reliability of authentication, the charging request may further include the location information of the electric vehicle, so that when a third-party platform performs authentication, it can combine the consistency between the location information of the electric vehicle and the location information of the charging pile.

[0053] Step 102: The charging pile sends a plug-and-charge authentication request to the third-party platform through the charging pile cloud platform according to the charging request, so as to trigger the third-party platform to perform corresponding authentication according to the plug-and-charge authentication request; the plug-and-charge authentication request includes the ciphertext and the encryption key.

[0054] In this step, after receiving a charging request from an electric vehicle, the charging pile needs to generate a plug-and-charge authentication request and send it to the corresponding third-party platform through the charging pile cloud platform. This triggers the third-party platform to perform corresponding authentication based on the content of the plug-and-charge authentication request. In this way, by having the third-party platform perform authentication based on the ciphertext of the vehicle identification number (VIN) and an encryption key generated by the third-party platform that registered the plug-and-charge function for the electric vehicle, a closed-loop logic for charging authentication is achieved. This ensures that the VIN used for charging authentication is consistent with the VIN of the actual charging vehicle, preventing the theft or misuse of the VIN and thus avoiding incorrect binding of charging billing orders.

[0055] In one implementation, such as Figure 3 As shown, after receiving the plug-and-charge authentication request, the third-party platform can specifically perform the corresponding authentication using the following steps 301-302:

[0056] Step 301: Based on the encryption key in the Plug and Charge authentication request, decrypt the ciphertext in the Plug and Charge authentication request, and query the vehicle identification number corresponding to the encryption key from the third-party platform.

[0057] Step 302: If the vehicle identification number obtained by decryption matches the vehicle identification number obtained by query, then authentication is successful; otherwise, authentication fails.

[0058] In one implementation, when the third-party platform is a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) platform, and the charging request further includes a vehicle operator identification code, the plug-and-charge authentication request also needs to include the vehicle operator identification code. Accordingly, the charging pile can specifically use the following method to send the plug-and-charge authentication request to the third-party platform through the charging pile cloud platform:

[0059] The charging pile sends the plug-and-charge authentication request to the charging pile cloud platform, which triggers the charging pile cloud platform to determine the corresponding vehicle network platform based on the vehicle operator identification code in the plug-and-charge authentication request, and then sends the plug-and-charge authentication request to the determined vehicle network platform.

[0060] In one implementation, to further improve the reliability of authentication, when the charging request further includes the location information of the electric vehicle, the plug-and-charge authentication request further includes the location information of the electric vehicle and the location information of the charging pile.

[0061] The location information of the charging pile can be added to the plug-and-charge authentication request by the charging pile itself, or the charging pile cloud platform can add the plug-and-charge authentication request to the third-party platform before forwarding it.

[0062] Accordingly, after receiving the plug-and-charge authentication request, the third-party platform, as follows: Figure 4 As shown, the corresponding authentication can be performed using the following steps 401-402:

[0063] Step 401: Based on the encryption key in the Plug and Charge authentication request, decrypt the ciphertext in the Plug and Charge authentication request, and query the vehicle identification number corresponding to the encryption key from the third-party platform.

[0064] In this step, the third-party platform will obtain the corresponding decryption key from this platform based on the encryption key in the Plug and Charge authentication request, and then decrypt the ciphertext in the Plug and Charge authentication request based on the decryption key.

[0065] Step 402: If the vehicle identification number obtained by decryption is consistent with the vehicle identification number obtained by query, and the location information of the electric vehicle and the location information of the charging pile in the plug-and-charge authentication request are consistent, then the authentication is successful; otherwise, the authentication fails.

[0066] In step 402, it is necessary not only to determine the consistency of the vehicle identification number, but also the consistency of the electric vehicle's location information and the charging pile's location information. Only when both of these consistency requirements are met can the authentication be considered successful, thereby further enhancing the accuracy and reliability of the authentication results.

[0067] Specifically, the location information can be GPS location information or location information obtained through other means, which will not be elaborated here.

[0068] Step 103: The charging pile starts or refuses to charge the electric vehicle based on the authentication result fed back by the third-party platform.

[0069] This step is used to determine whether to start the charging process for the electric vehicle based on the authentication results fed back by the third-party platform. This ensures that charging of the electric vehicle is only started when authentication is successful, thus ensuring that the VIN used to bind the corresponding charging billing order is consistent with the VIN of the actual charging object, thereby avoiding the problem of incorrect binding of charging billing orders.

[0070] Specifically, if the authentication result returned by the third-party platform is successful, charging of the electric vehicle will be initiated; otherwise, charging of the electric vehicle will be refused.

[0071] In practical applications, when charging of the electric vehicle is refused, the charging station can be used to notify the charging user of the corresponding authentication failure message.

[0072] Based on the above embodiments, it can be seen that the charging control method embodiments can ensure that the vehicle identification number used for charging authentication is consistent with the vehicle identification number of the actual charging vehicle, avoiding the theft or misuse of the vehicle identification number, and thus avoiding the problem of incorrect binding of charging billing orders. Based on the above charging pile charging control method embodiments, this embodiment of the invention also implements a charging request method, which is executed by an electric vehicle, specifically including:

[0073] When an electric vehicle detects the insertion of a charging gun into a charging station, it sends a charging request to the charging station. The charging request contains encrypted information of the vehicle identification number and an encryption key for the encrypted information. The encryption key is obtained by the electric vehicle from a third-party platform that has registered the plug-and-charge function.

[0074] Based on the above-described charging control method embodiments for charging piles, this invention also proposes a charging authentication method, which is executed by a third-party platform and specifically includes:

[0075] A third-party platform generates an encryption key for electric vehicles that have registered the plug-and-charge function on this platform and sends it to the electric vehicle; the encryption key is used to encrypt the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle during plug-and-charge authentication.

[0076] The system receives a plug-and-charge authentication request sent by the charging pile through the charging pile cloud platform, performs corresponding authentication based on the plug-and-charge authentication request, and feeds back the authentication result to the charging pile. The plug-and-charge authentication request is generated by the charging pile in response to the charging request of the electric vehicle. The plug-and-charge authentication request contains the encrypted text of the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle and the corresponding encryption key.

[0077] Based on the above-described embodiments of the charging control method for charging piles, this invention also proposes a charging control device, which is installed in the charging pile, such as... Figure 5The following are included:

[0078] The charging request receiving unit 501 is used to receive a charging request sent by an electric vehicle in response to the insertion of a charging gun; wherein the charging request includes encrypted text of a vehicle identification number and an encryption key for the encrypted text, and the encryption key is obtained by the electric vehicle from a third-party platform that registers its plug-and-charge function.

[0079] The authentication initiation unit 502 is used to send a plug-and-charge authentication request to the third-party platform through the charging pile cloud platform according to the charging request, so as to trigger the third-party platform to perform corresponding authentication; the plug-and-charge authentication request includes the ciphertext and the encryption key.

[0080] The charging control unit 503 is used to initiate or refuse charging of the electric vehicle based on the authentication result fed back by the third-party platform.

[0081] Based on the above-described charging control method embodiments for charging piles, this invention also proposes a charging request device, installed in an electric vehicle, such as... Figure 6 The following are included:

[0082] The charging request unit 601 sends a charging request to the charging pile when it detects that the charging gun of the charging pile has been inserted into the electric vehicle. The charging request includes the encrypted text of the vehicle identification number and the encryption key of the encrypted text. The encryption key is obtained by the electric vehicle from a third-party platform that has registered the plug-and-charge function.

[0083] Based on the above-described charging control method embodiments for charging piles, this invention also proposes a charging authentication device, which is installed in a third-party platform, such as... Figure 7 The following are included:

[0084] The key generation unit 701 is used to generate an encryption key for an electric vehicle that has registered the plug-and-charge function on the third-party platform; the encryption key is used to encrypt the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle during plug-and-charge authentication.

[0085] The authentication unit 702 is used to perform corresponding authentication based on the plug-and-charge authentication request of the charging pile, and to feed back the authentication result to the charging pile; the plug-and-charge authentication request includes the encrypted text of the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle and the corresponding encryption key; the plug-and-charge authentication request is generated by the charging pile in response to the charging request of the electric vehicle.

[0086] It should be noted that the above-mentioned charging request, charging authentication method and device embodiments and the above-mentioned charging control method embodiments are based on the same inventive concept. Since they solve problems in similar ways, the implementation of the above-mentioned methods and devices can refer to each other, and the repeated parts will not be described again.

[0087] Based on the above-described charging control method embodiments for charging piles, this application also implements a charging control device, including a processor and a memory; the memory stores an application program executable by the processor, used to cause the processor to execute the charging control method as described above. Specifically, a system or device equipped with a storage medium can be provided, on which software program code implementing the functions of any of the above embodiments is stored, and the computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or device can read and execute the program code stored in the storage medium. Furthermore, the operating system or other devices operating on the computer can perform some or all of the actual operations through instructions based on the program code. The program code read from the storage medium can also be written to a memory located in an expansion board inserted into the computer or to a memory located in an expansion unit connected to the computer, and then, based on the instructions of the program code, a CPU or other device installed on the expansion board or expansion unit can execute some or all of the actual operations, thereby realizing the functions of any of the above-described charging control method embodiments.

[0088] Specifically, the memory can be implemented as various storage media such as electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory, and programmable programmable read-only memory (PROM). The processor can be implemented as one or more central processing units (CPUs) or one or more field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), wherein the FPGA integrates one or more CPU cores. Specifically, the CPU or CPU core can be implemented as a CPU or an MCU.

[0089] This application embodiment implements a computer program product, including a computer program / instructions, which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the charging control method described above.

[0090] It should be noted that not all steps and modules in the above processes and structural diagrams are mandatory; some steps or modules can be omitted as needed. The execution order of the steps is not fixed and can be adjusted as required. The division of modules is merely for the convenience of description and functional division. In actual implementation, a module can be implemented by multiple modules, and the functions of multiple modules can also be implemented by the same module. These modules can be located in the same device or in different devices.

[0091] The hardware modules in each embodiment can be implemented mechanically or electronically. For example, a hardware module may include specially designed permanent circuitry or logic devices (such as dedicated processors, such as FPGAs or ASICs) to perform specific operations. A hardware module may also include programmable logic devices or circuitry (such as general-purpose processors or other programmable processors) temporarily configured by software to perform specific operations. The choice between mechanical implementation, dedicated permanent circuitry, or temporarily configured circuitry (such as software-configured circuitry) can be made based on cost and time considerations.

[0092] In this document, "illustrative" means "serving as an example, illustration, or description," and any illustration or embodiment described herein as "illustrative" should not be construed as a preferred or more advantageous technical solution. For the sake of brevity, the figures only schematically represent the parts relevant to the invention and do not represent their actual structure as a product. Furthermore, for the sake of clarity and ease of understanding, in some figures, components with the same structure or function are only schematically depicted, or only one is labeled. In this document, "a" does not mean that the number of relevant parts of the invention is limited to "only one," and "a" does not exclude the possibility that the number of relevant parts of the invention is "more than one." In this document, terms such as "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "inner," and "outer" are used only to indicate the relative positional relationship between relevant parts, and not to limit the absolute position of these relevant parts.

[0093] The above description is merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A charging control method for a charging pile, characterized in that, include: The system receives a charging request sent by an electric vehicle in response to the insertion of a charging gun into a charging station. The charging request includes encrypted text of the vehicle identification number and an encryption key for the encrypted text. The encryption key is obtained by the electric vehicle from a third-party platform that registers its plug-and-charge function. The encryption key is unique within the third-party platform, enabling the third-party platform to query the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle based on the encryption key. According to the charging request, a plug-and-charge authentication request is sent to the third-party platform through the charging pile cloud platform to trigger the third-party platform to perform corresponding authentication based on the plug-and-charge authentication request. The plug-and-charge authentication request includes the ciphertext and the encryption key. The plug-and-charge authentication request enables the third-party platform to decrypt the ciphertext in the plug-and-charge authentication request based on the encryption key in the plug-and-charge authentication request to obtain the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle. The third-party platform then queries the vehicle identification number corresponding to the encryption key from the third-party platform and performs authentication based on the decrypted vehicle identification number and the queried vehicle identification number. Based on the authentication results provided by the third-party platform, charging of the electric vehicle can be initiated or refused.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The third-party platform is a vehicle networking platform; The charging request further includes: a vehicle operator identification code; The plug-and-charge authentication request further includes a vehicle operator identification code, so that the charging pile cloud platform can know, based on the vehicle operator identification code, the target vehicle network platform to which the plug-and-charge authentication request will be sent.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The charging request further includes: the location information of the electric vehicle; The plug-and-charge authentication request further includes: the location information of the electric vehicle and the location information of the charging pile, so that the third-party platform can perform the authentication based on the consistency of the location information; wherein, the location information of the charging pile is added to the plug-and-charge authentication request by the charging pile, or by the charging pile cloud platform before forwarding the plug-and-charge authentication request to the third-party platform.

4. A charging request method, characterized in that, include: When an electric vehicle detects the insertion of a charging gun into a charging station, it sends a charging request to the charging station. This request, via the charging station cloud platform, sends a plug-and-charge authentication request to the third-party platform. The third-party platform then performs authentication based on this request. The charging request contains encrypted vehicle identification number (VIN) and an encryption key. The encryption key is obtained by the electric vehicle from the third-party platform where it registered the plug-and-charge function. This encryption key is unique within the third-party platform, allowing it to retrieve the VIN of the electric vehicle. The plug-and-charge authentication request, containing both the encrypted text and the encryption key, enables the third-party platform to decrypt the encrypted text using the encryption key to obtain the VIN of the electric vehicle. The platform then retrieves the VIN corresponding to the encryption key from the third-party platform and performs authentication based on the decrypted VIN and the retrieved VIN.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that, The plug-and-charge authentication key request also triggers the third-party platform to generate a unique encryption key for the electric vehicle and send it to the electric vehicle when it determines that the plug-and-charge function has been enabled.

6. A charging authentication method, characterized in that, include: A third-party platform generates an encryption key for electric vehicles that have registered the plug-and-charge function on the platform and sends it to the electric vehicle. The encryption key is used to encrypt the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle during plug-and-charge authentication. The encryption key is unique in the third-party platform so that the third-party platform can query the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle based on the encryption key. The system receives a plug-and-charge authentication request sent by the charging pile through the charging pile cloud platform, performs corresponding authentication based on the plug-and-charge authentication request, and feeds back the authentication result to the charging pile. The plug-and-charge authentication request is generated by the charging pile in response to the charging request of the electric vehicle. The plug-and-charge authentication request contains the encrypted vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle and the corresponding encryption key. The authentication mentioned therein includes: Based on the encryption key in the plug-and-charge authentication request, the third-party platform decrypts the ciphertext in the plug-and-charge authentication request and queries the vehicle identification number corresponding to the encryption key from the third-party platform; as well as Authentication is performed based on the vehicle identification number obtained through decryption and the vehicle identification number obtained through querying.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The third-party platform is a vehicle networking platform; The charging request further includes: a vehicle operator identification code; The plug-and-charge authentication request further includes a vehicle operator identification code, so that the charging pile cloud platform can know, based on the vehicle operator identification code, the target vehicle network platform to which the plug-and-charge authentication request will be sent.

8. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that, The charging request further includes: the location information of the electric vehicle; The plug-and-charge authentication request further includes: the location information of the electric vehicle and the location information of the charging pile; wherein, the location information of the charging pile is added to the plug-and-charge authentication request by the charging pile, or by the charging pile cloud platform before forwarding the plug-and-charge authentication request to the third-party platform.

9. A charging control device, installed in a charging pile, characterized in that, include: A charging request receiving unit is configured to receive a charging request sent by an electric vehicle in response to the insertion of a charging gun; wherein the charging request includes encrypted text of a vehicle identification number and an encryption key for the encrypted text, the encryption key being obtained by the electric vehicle from a third-party platform that registers its plug-and-charge function, the encryption key being unique within the third-party platform, so that the third-party platform can query the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle based on the encryption key. An authentication initiation unit is used to send a plug-and-charge authentication request to the third-party platform through the charging pile cloud platform according to the charging request, so as to trigger the third-party platform to perform corresponding authentication. The plug-and-charge authentication request includes the ciphertext and the encryption key. The plug-and-charge authentication request enables the third-party platform to decrypt the ciphertext in the plug-and-charge authentication request based on the encryption key in the plug-and-charge authentication request to obtain the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle, query the vehicle identification number corresponding to the encryption key from the third-party platform, and perform authentication based on the decrypted vehicle identification number and the queried vehicle identification number. The charging control unit is used to initiate or refuse charging of the electric vehicle based on the authentication results fed back by the third-party platform.

10. A charging request device, characterized in that, Installed in electric vehicles, including: The charging request unit, upon detecting the insertion of an electric vehicle's charging gun into the charging pile, sends a charging request to the charging pile. This request, via the charging pile cloud platform, sends a plug-and-charge authentication request to the third-party platform, triggering the third-party platform to perform corresponding authentication based on the request. The charging request includes encrypted vehicle identification number (VIN) and an encryption key for the encrypted text. The encryption key is obtained by the electric vehicle from the third-party platform where it registered the plug-and-charge function. The encryption key is unique within the third-party platform, allowing it to query the VIN of the electric vehicle. The plug-and-charge authentication request includes the encrypted text and the encryption key. The request enables the third-party platform to decrypt the encrypted text in the plug-and-charge authentication request using the encryption key to obtain the VIN of the electric vehicle. It then queries the third-party platform for the VIN corresponding to the encryption key and performs authentication based on the decrypted VIN and the queried VIN.

11. A charging authentication device, characterized in that, Settings on third-party platforms include: A key generation unit is used to generate an encryption key for electric vehicles that have registered the plug-and-charge function on the third-party platform. The encryption key is used to encrypt the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle during plug-and-charge authentication. The encryption key is unique on the third-party platform so that the third-party platform can query the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle based on the encryption key. An authentication unit is used to perform corresponding authentication based on the plug-and-charge authentication request from the charging pile, and to feed back the authentication result to the charging pile; the plug-and-charge authentication request includes the encrypted text of the vehicle identification number of the electric vehicle and the corresponding encryption key; the plug-and-charge authentication request is generated by the charging pile in response to the charging request of the electric vehicle. The authentication mentioned therein includes: Based on the encryption key in the plug-and-charge authentication request, the third-party platform decrypts the ciphertext in the plug-and-charge authentication request and queries the vehicle identification number corresponding to the encryption key from the third-party platform; and Authentication is performed based on the vehicle identification number obtained through decryption and the vehicle identification number obtained through querying.

12. A charging control device for a charging pile, characterized in that, Including processor and memory; The memory stores an application program that can be executed by the processor, which causes the processor to execute the charging control method of the charging pile as described in any one of claims 1 to 3.

13. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that, It contains computer-readable instructions for performing the charging control method of the charging pile as described in any one of claims 1 to 3.

14. A computer program product comprising a computer program / instructions, characterized in that, When the computer program / instruction is executed by the processor, it implements the steps of the charging control method of the charging pile according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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