Shared charging method and system based on mechanical garage

Abstract

The invention relates to a shared charging method and system based on a mechanical garage, and the method comprises the following steps: 1, reservation: a user initiates an application to a cloud service platform through an APP, and a cloud server confirms and responds to the user application; 2, a user delivers the vehicle; 3, the automobile is put in storage; 4, automobile charging, wherein the target automobile is connected with a charging pile, and charging is started; step 5, automobile parking: after charging of the target automobile is completed, the cloud server sends a transfer control instruction to the automobile tray, and the automobile tray moves the target automobile out of the charging parking space, enters the parking area along the lane, automatically searches a proper parking space and parks the target automobile to the parking space; 6, the automobile is delivered out of the garage, specifically, an automobile tray receives an out-of-garage control instruction Co sent by the cloud server, and the target automobile is moved out and conveyed to an exit; and 7, taking the automobile: the user arrives at an exit, completes payment through the APP, and takes away the target automobile. According to the invention, the advantages of a mechanical automobile automatic moving technology and free change of parking positions are integrated, and a brand new solution is provided for the charging problem of the electric automobile.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of electric vehicle charging, and relates to a shared charging method and system for electric vehicles, and in particular to a shared charging method and system based on a mechanical garage. Background Art

[0002] With the rapid expansion of cities and the rapid development of electric vehicle technology, the penetration rate of electric vehicles is increasing rapidly and steadily, bringing positive impacts to environmentally friendly travel and energy transformation.

[0003] But at the same time, the city center areas, especially those old residential areas, bustling core business districts, large office buildings and other densely populated and busy areas, are facing huge challenges of difficulty in charging and parking.

[0004] Electric car owners often have to spend a lot of time and energy looking for charging spaces in these areas. The difficulty of charging is becoming increasingly prominent, becoming one of the bottlenecks restricting the sustainable and healthy development of the electric car industry.

[0005] On the other hand, even when the number of charging piles is insufficient, after the electric car is fully charged, the owner is often unable to vacate the parking space in time due to various reasons, resulting in a high idle rate of charging piles and ineffective use of precious charging resources. This not only further exacerbates the problem of charging difficulties, but also causes a huge waste of resources.

[0006] How to solve the problem of difficulty in charging and parking electric vehicles in densely populated areas of cities is an urgent need to promote the healthy development of the electric vehicle industry and the green transformation of cities.

[0007] Therefore, the present invention proposes a shared charging method based on a mechanical garage.

[0008] After searching, no prior art documents identical or similar to the present invention were found. Summary of the invention

[0009] The purpose of the present invention is to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art and propose a shared charging method and system based on a mechanical garage, which combines the advantages of mechanical automatic car moving technology and the freely changeable parking position, and provides a new solution to the charging problem of electric vehicles.

[0010] The present invention solves the practical problem by adopting the following technical solutions:

[0011] A shared charging method based on a mechanical garage comprises the following steps:

[0012] Step 1: Make an appointment: The user initiates an application to the cloud service platform through the APP, and the cloud server confirms and responds to the user's application;

[0013] Step 2: The user delivers the car;

[0014] Step 3: The car enters the warehouse;

[0015] Step 4: Car charging: The target car is connected to the charging pile and starts charging.

[0016] Step 5, car parking: After the target car is charged, the cloud server sends a transfer control command Ct to the car tray, and the car tray moves it out of the charging parking space, enters the parking area along the lane, automatically finds a suitable parking space, and parks it in the parking space.

[0017] Step 6: Car out of the warehouse: The car pallet receives the out of the warehouse control command Co issued by the cloud server, moves the target car out, and transmits it to the exit;

[0018] Step 7: Pick up the car: The user arrives at the exit, completes the payment using the APP, and picks up the target car.

[0019] Moreover, the reservation methods of step 1 are divided into the following two types:

[0020] Reservation method 1: The user specifies the desired delivery time ts and pick-up time te, and the cloud service platform automatically calculates the available parking spaces, generates a reservation code and sends it to the user.

[0021] Reservation method two: Users view the currently available delivery and pick-up time periods through the APP, select the delivery time period ts and pick-up time period te, and send them to the cloud service platform; after confirmation by the cloud service platform, a reservation code is generated and sent to the user.

[0022] Moreover, the specific method of step 2 is:

[0023] The user delivers the target car to the entrance of the garage and parks it on the car tray.

[0024] Moreover, the specific method of step 3 is:

[0025] The user sends an entry request through the APP; the cloud server confirms the vehicle information and status through the laser radar / visualization device at the entrance 1, and then sends an entry control instruction Ci to the car pallet; the car pallet enters the charging area along the lane, automatically finds a suitable charging parking space for the target car, and sends the target car to the charging parking space.

[0026] Moreover, the car out of the warehouse in step 6 is divided into the following two modes:

[0027] Method 1 for triggering outbound delivery: When the agreed pick-up time te is reached, the cloud server sends a pick-up reminder to the APP. After the user confirms, the cloud server issues an outbound delivery control instruction Co.

[0028] The second method of triggering outbound delivery: the user sends a pick-up request to the cloud server through the APP. After the cloud server confirms it, it issues an outbound delivery control instruction Co.

[0029] A shared charging system based on a mechanical garage, comprising: a mechanical garage and an information system thereof;

[0030] The mechanical garage includes: a charging area, including a certain number of parking spaces with charging piles, which are used for charging vehicles and parking during the charging period; a parking area, including a certain number of parking spaces without charging piles, which are used for parking vehicles; a lane, which is a vehicle transfer track, connecting the charging area and the parking area, and is used to transfer vehicles between the entrance, the charging area, the parking area, and the exit; a car tray, which is a vehicle supporting device, and is used to transfer vehicles between the entrance, the charging area, the parking area, and the exit in conjunction with the lane;

[0031] The information system includes: a cloud service platform and a client APP. The cloud service platform integrates databases and service components, which are used to aggregate data such as user needs and system status, make analytical decisions, generate various types of scheduling and service information, and push them to users; the client APP is used to collect user needs and push cloud service data through a user interaction interface.

[0032] Advantages and beneficial effects of the present invention:

[0033] 1. The present invention has the function of integrated shared charging and automatic parking. After the target car is charged, the cloud server sends a transfer control command to the car tray, and the car tray moves the target car out of the charging parking space, enters the parking area along the lane, automatically finds a suitable parking space, and parks it in the parking space. The charging parking space can be vacated for the next car to charge. Through this process, charging resources can be shared, avoiding the electric car occupying charging resources after charging is completed, resulting in idle charging resources, and achieving the effect of improving the utilization rate of charging resources. When the same number of charging piles are set, more electric vehicles can be charged, reducing the construction investment cost of charging facilities and the occupation of space resources.

[0034] 2. In step 1 of the present invention, users can view the currently available delivery and pick-up time periods through the APP, and select appropriate delivery and pick-up time periods, which can reduce user waiting time, avoid service congestion, and maximize the use of charging and parking resources in the garage, thereby improving resource utilization efficiency and user service experience.

[0035] 3. The whole process of finding a parking space, parking, charging, moving the car, and leaving the garage described in step 3, step 4, step 5, and step 6 of the present invention is automatically calculated by the cloud server and executed by the car pallet, eliminating the steps of manually finding a parking space, parking, charging, moving the car, and leaving the garage, and eliminating the process of users operating in a narrow mechanical garage, especially the reverse garage operation, effectively avoiding scratches and other human misoperations; at the same time, it can save the time of waiting for the car to charge and move the car. The user only needs to park the car at the entrance parking lot to complete all subsequent charging and parking processes. The operation is simple and fast, which improves the user service experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0036] Figure 1 It is a flow chart of a shared charging method based on a mechanical garage of the present invention;

[0037] Figure 2 It is the plan view of the garage of the present invention;

[0038] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of storage of the present invention;

[0039] Figure 4 is a charging schematic diagram of the present invention;

[0040] Figure 5 It is a parking schematic diagram of the present invention;

[0041] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of a warehouse out of the present invention.

[0042] Description of reference numerals:

[0043] 1—Entrance, 2—Charging area, 2-1—Charging parking space, 2-1-1—Charging pile, 3—Parking area, 3-1

[0044] —parking space, 4—car tray, 5—lane, 6—exit, 7—target car. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0045] The embodiments of the present invention are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings:

[0046] A shared charging method based on a mechanical garage, such as Figure 1 As shown, the following steps are included:

[0047] Step 1: Make an appointment: The user initiates an application to the cloud service platform through the APP, and the cloud server confirms and responds to the user's application;

[0048] In this embodiment, the reservation methods of step 1 are divided into the following two types:

[0049] Reservation method 1: The user specifies the desired delivery time ts and pick-up time te, and the cloud service platform automatically calculates the available parking spaces, generates a reservation code and sends it to the user.

[0050] Reservation method two: Users view the currently available delivery and pick-up time periods through the APP, select the delivery time period ts and pick-up time period te, and send them to the cloud service platform; after confirmation by the cloud service platform, a reservation code is generated and sent to the user.

[0051] Step 2: The user delivers the car;

[0052] The specific method of step 2 is:

[0053] The user delivers the target car 7 to the garage entrance 1 and parks it on the car tray 4 .

[0054] Step 3: The car enters the warehouse;

[0055] The specific method of step 3 is:

[0056] The user sends a request for entry through the APP; the cloud server confirms the vehicle information and status through the laser radar / visualization device at the entrance 1, and then sends an entry control instruction Ci to the car tray 4; the car tray 4 enters the charging area 2 along the lane 5, automatically finds a suitable charging parking space 2-1 for the target car 7, and sends the target car 7 to the charging parking space 2-1.

[0057] Step 4: Car charging: The target car 7 is connected to the charging pile 2-1-1 and starts charging.

[0058] Step 5, car parking: After the target car 7 is charged, the cloud server sends a transfer control command Ct to the car tray 4, and the car tray 4 moves it out of the charging parking space 2-1, enters the parking area 3 along the lane 5, automatically finds a suitable parking space 3-1, and parks it in the parking space.

[0059] Step 6, car out of the warehouse: the car pallet 4 receives the out of the warehouse control instruction Co issued by the cloud server, moves the target car 7 out, and transmits it to the exit 6.

[0060] The car outbound mode in step 6 is divided into the following two types:

[0061] Method 1 for triggering outbound delivery: When the agreed pick-up time te is reached, the cloud server sends a pick-up reminder to the APP. After the user confirms, the cloud server issues an outbound delivery control instruction Co.

[0062] The second method of triggering outbound delivery: the user sends a pick-up request to the cloud server through the APP. After the cloud server confirms it, it issues an outbound delivery control instruction Co.

[0063] Step 7, pick up the car: the user arrives at exit 6, completes payment using the APP, and picks up the target car 7.

[0064] In this embodiment, the user can also choose not to charge but just to park, which does not involve the above steps 3 and 4, and the vehicle can be parked directly in the parking area after entering the garage.

[0065] A shared charging system based on a mechanical garage, comprising a mechanical garage and an information system thereof;

[0066] The mechanical garage includes: a charging area, including a certain number of parking spaces with charging piles, which are used for charging vehicles and parking during the charging period; a parking area, including a certain number of parking spaces without charging piles, which are used for parking vehicles; a lane, which is a vehicle transfer track, connecting the charging area and the parking area, and is used to transfer vehicles between the entrance, the charging area, the parking area, and the exit; a car tray, which is a vehicle supporting device, and is used to transfer vehicles between the entrance, the charging area, the parking area, and the exit in conjunction with the lane;

[0067] The information system includes: a cloud service platform, which integrates databases, service components, etc., and is used to aggregate data such as user needs and system status, and make analysis and decisions, generate various types of scheduling and service information, and push them to users; a client APP, which is used to collect user needs and push cloud service data through a user interaction interface;

[0068] The working principle of the present invention is:

[0069] The present invention proposes a shared charging method based on a mechanical garage, in which two functional areas, a charging parking area and a non-charging parking area, are planned inside the mechanical garage. Charging facilities are equipped in the charging parking area to meet the charging needs of electric vehicles. When a user needs to charge an electric vehicle, the system will intelligently dispatch the automatic car moving system in the mechanical garage according to the current occupancy of the charging parking space and user needs, park the electric vehicle in an empty charging parking space, and start the charging process. Once charging is completed, the system will automatically detect and start the car moving program, and automatically move the fully charged electric vehicle to the non-charging parking area for parking, so as to free up a charging parking space for the next electric vehicle that needs to be charged. Through this intelligent shared charging method, not only the utilization rate of the charging parking space is greatly improved, the time for users to wait for charging is reduced, but also the problem of tight charging parking spaces in the city center area can be effectively alleviated.

[0070] Shared charging mechanical car park floor plan Figure 2 As shown, it is mainly divided into entrance, charging area, parking area and exit.

[0071] Schematic diagram of storage Figure 3 Before entering the warehouse, you can set up the service and choose whether to charge and the estimated time of departure. If charging is required, enter the prompt Figure 3 If you only want to park, proceed to the process shown in the figure. Figure 4 The process shown in the figure: the target car is parked on the car tray and the people in the car leave.

[0072] Charging diagram Figure 4 The vehicle tray follows the lane into the charging area, automatically searches for a suitable charging parking space, and delivers the target vehicle to the charging parking space.

[0073] Parking diagram Figure 5 After the target car is charged, the car tray moves it out of the charging parking space, enters the parking area along the lane, automatically finds a suitable parking space, and parks it in the parking space.

[0074] Schematic diagram of outbound delivery Figure 6 After receiving the car pick-up instruction, the car tray moves the target car out and transmits it to the exit.

[0075] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments of the present application may be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, the present application may adopt the form of a complete hardware embodiment, a complete software embodiment, or an embodiment in combination with software and hardware. Moreover, the present application may adopt the form of a computer program product implemented in one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) that include computer-usable program code.

[0076] The present application is described with reference to the flowcharts and / or block diagrams of the methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to the embodiments of the present application. It should be understood that each process and / or box in the flowchart and / or block diagram, as well as the combination of the processes and / or boxes in the flowchart and / or block diagram, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to generate a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device generate instructions for implementing the processes in the flowchart and / or block diagram. Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A device that provides the functions specified in a block or multiple blocks.

[0077] These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory capable of directing a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising an instruction device, which implements the process Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A function specified in one or more boxes.

[0078] These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device so that a series of operating steps are executed on the computer or other programmable device to produce a computer-implemented process, thereby providing instructions for implementing the process. Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 The steps for the functions specified in one or more boxes.

Claims

1. A shared charging method based on a mechanical garage, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: Step 1: Make an appointment: The user initiates an application to the cloud service platform through the APP, and the cloud server confirms and responds to the user's application; Step 2: The user delivers the car; Step 3: The car enters the warehouse; Step 4: Car charging: The target car is connected to the charging pile and starts charging; Step 5, car parking: After the target car is charged, the cloud server sends a transfer control command Ct to the car tray, and the car tray moves it out of the charging parking space, enters the parking area along the lane, automatically finds a suitable parking space, and parks it in the parking space; Step 6: Car out of the warehouse: The car pallet receives the out of the warehouse control command Co issued by the cloud server, moves the target car out, and transmits it to the exit; Step 7: Pick up the car: The user arrives at the exit, completes the payment using the APP, and picks up the target car.

2. A shared charging method based on a mechanical garage according to claim 1, characterized in that: There are two ways to make an appointment in step 1: Reservation method 1: The user specifies the desired delivery time ts and pick-up time te, and the cloud service platform automatically calculates the available parking spaces, generates a reservation code and sends it to the user; Booking method 2: Users check the currently available delivery and pick-up time slots through the APP, select the delivery time slot ts and pick-up time slot te, and send them to the cloud service platform; After confirmation by the cloud service platform, a reservation code is generated and sent to the user.

3. A shared charging method based on a mechanical garage according to claim 1, characterized in that: The specific method of step 2 is: The user delivers the target car to the entrance of the garage and parks it on the car tray.

4. A shared charging method based on a mechanical garage according to claim 1, characterized in that: The specific method of step 3 is: The user sends an entry request through the APP; the cloud server confirms the vehicle information and status through the laser radar / visualization device at the entrance 1, and then sends an entry control instruction Ci to the car pallet; the car pallet enters the charging area along the lane, automatically finds a suitable charging parking space for the target car, and sends the target car to the charging parking space.

5. A shared charging method based on a mechanical garage according to claim 1, characterized in that: The car outbound mode in step 6 is divided into the following two types: Departure trigger method 1: When the agreed pick-up time te arrives, the cloud server sends a pick-up reminder to the APP. After the user confirms, the cloud server issues a depot control instruction Co; The second method of triggering outbound delivery: the user sends a pick-up request to the cloud server through the APP. After the cloud server confirms it, it issues an outbound delivery control instruction Co.

6. A shared charging system based on a mechanical garage, characterized in that: include: Mechanical garage and its information system; The mechanical garage includes: a charging area, including a certain number of parking spaces with charging piles, which are used for charging vehicles and parking during the charging period; a parking area, including a certain number of parking spaces without charging piles, which are used for parking vehicles; a lane, which is a vehicle transfer track, connecting the charging area and the parking area, and is used to transfer vehicles between the entrance, the charging area, the parking area, and the exit; a car tray, which is a vehicle supporting device, and is used to transfer vehicles between the entrance, the charging area, the parking area, and the exit in conjunction with the lane; The information system includes: a cloud service platform and a client APP. The cloud service platform integrates databases and service components, which are used to aggregate data such as user needs and system status, make analytical decisions, generate various types of scheduling and service information, and push them to users; the client APP is used to collect user needs and push cloud service data through a user interaction interface.

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