Battery swap station battery scheduling method, equipment and medium

Abstract

The invention discloses a battery swap station battery dispatching method, equipment and a medium, belongs to the technical field of battery swap, and aims to solve the technical problems that in each charging bin of a current battery swap station, batteries with different electric quantities are distributed imbalanced, so that the charging bins are easy to be idle, the battery swap stations are not uniformly queued, and the battery swap efficiency of a user is influenced. The method comprises the following steps: dividing each charging bin into a to-be-transferred-out bin and a to-be-transferred-in bin according to the electric quantity of a battery in each charging bin; acquiring a real-time queuing number of each battery changing station and an empty bin number of each to-be-transferred bin; determining a battery scheduling rule in each charging bin according to the real-time queuing number and the number of empty bins; and executing the battery scheduling rule through the battery transfer device. According to the method, the real-time queuing number of the battery swap station and the condition of the batteries in each charging bin are comprehensively considered, a detailed and accurate battery dispatching judgment scheme is provided, and the balance of the fully-charged batteries in each charging bin in the dispatched battery swap station is ensured.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of battery swapping technology, and in particular to a battery scheduling method, equipment and medium for a battery swapping station. Background Art

[0002] An electric vehicle battery swap station is a station that stores and charges a large number of batteries in a centralized manner through a centralized charging station, and provides battery swap services for electric vehicles. The essence of a battery swap station is to tap into the value of the entire life cycle of power batteries and redistribute the interests of companies and consumers. Simply put, electric vehicles do not need to be charged but can directly replace batteries to meet their endurance needs. This type of separation of the vehicle and the battery for energy replenishment is called a battery swap station.

[0003] With the rapid development of new energy vehicles and policy support, the current battery swap station infrastructure has taken shape. New energy vehicles replenish energy by directly replacing batteries, which forms an effective scenario complementarity with the charging mode, and jointly promotes the continuous improvement of the penetration rate of new energy vehicles. Since the battery swap mode can achieve efficient energy replenishment compared to the charging mode, it is more and more popular among the user group, and more and more users are gradually beginning to use the battery swap mode to replenish vehicles. Therefore, the battery swap station is gradually becoming larger. There are many charging warehouses in large-scale battery swap stations, and the battery power stored in each charging warehouse is uneven. Some charging warehouses are full of nearly fully charged batteries, while some charging warehouses have relatively low battery power and cannot provide battery swap services. This has led to a significant reduction in the number of available charging warehouses and battery swap stations in the battery swap station, resulting in long queues at the battery swap stations corresponding to some charging warehouses, and no one queuing at the battery swap stations corresponding to some charging warehouses, affecting the user's battery swap efficiency. If the batteries in the charging warehouse are only dispatched manually, not only will the dispatching efficiency be low, but it will also easily lead to unbalanced battery dispatching. Summary of the invention

[0004] The embodiments of the present invention provide a battery scheduling method, device and medium for a battery swap station, which are used to solve the following technical problems: Batteries with different charges are unevenly distributed in the charging compartments of the current battery swap station, which can easily cause the charging compartments to be idle and the battery swap stations to be unevenly queued, affecting the user's battery swap efficiency.

[0005] The embodiment of the present invention adopts the following technical solution:

[0006] On the one hand, an embodiment of the present invention provides a battery scheduling method for a battery swap station, wherein there are multiple battery swap stations in the battery swap station, each battery swap station corresponds to at least one charging bin and obtains batteries from the charging bin to swap batteries for battery swap vehicles parked at the battery swap station. The method includes: dividing each charging bin into a bin to be transferred out and a bin to be transferred in according to the battery power in each charging bin; obtaining the real-time queue number of each battery swap station and the number of empty bins of each bin to be transferred in; determining the battery scheduling rules in each charging bin according to the real-time queue number and the number of empty bins; and executing the battery scheduling rules through a battery transfer device.

[0007] This solution divides the charging bins in the battery swap station into the waiting-out bin and the waiting-in bin according to the number of fully charged batteries in each bin, ensuring the orderliness and rationality of the subsequent battery scheduling process. Then, based on the different situations that may occur in the battery swap station, a detailed and accurate battery scheduling solution is proposed by comprehensively considering the number of queues at the battery swap stations and the number of empty bins in the charging bins. The battery transfer device is used to realize the scheduling of batteries between the waiting-out bin and the waiting-in bin, realizing the orderly flow of batteries between the charging bins in the battery swap station, so that the number of fully charged batteries in each charging bin tends to be balanced.

[0008] As a further limitation, according to the battery power in each charging bin, each charging bin is divided into a bin to be transferred out and a bin to be transferred in, specifically including: obtaining the number of fully charged batteries in each charging bin; wherein the fully charged batteries are batteries with a power level greater than 80%; if the number of fully charged batteries in the charging bin is greater than a first preset threshold, the charging bin is determined as a bin to be transferred out; if the number of fully charged batteries in the charging bin is less than the first preset threshold, the charging bin is determined as a bin to be transferred in.

[0009] This solution divides the charging bins into bins to be transferred out and bins to be transferred in according to the number of fully charged batteries, and clearly defines the charging bins from which batteries need to be transferred out and the charging bins from which batteries need to be transferred in, to facilitate subsequent battery scheduling and avoid confusion in the scheduling process.

[0010] As a further limitation, the battery scheduling rules in each charging warehouse are determined according to the real-time queue number and the number of empty warehouses, specifically including: determining the first battery scheduling rule according to the number of empty warehouses in each warehouse to be transferred into; determining the scheduling priority of each charging warehouse according to the real-time queue number of each battery swapping station; determining the second battery scheduling rule between the warehouse to be transferred out and the warehouse to be transferred in according to the number of empty warehouses and the scheduling priority.

[0011] This solution is based on the number of empty warehouses to be transferred into, taking into account the possible scheduling situations between the warehouse to be transferred into and other charging warehouses, and proposes the first scheduling rule. According to the number of queues at each battery swap station, the scheduling priority is set for each charging warehouse, and the second scheduling rule is proposed. Through the two scheduling rules, most of the scheduling situations that may occur in the battery swap station are covered, so that the scheduling work between charging warehouses can be carried out in an orderly manner.

[0012] As a further limitation, according to the number of empty warehouses in each warehouse to be transferred into, the first battery scheduling rule between the warehouses to be transferred into is determined, specifically including: if the number of empty warehouses in the warehouse to be transferred into is 0, then selecting a target battery to be transferred out from the warehouse to be transferred into; wherein the power level of the target battery is between the first power threshold and the second power threshold; and transferring the target battery to the warehouse to be transferred into and / or the warehouse to be transferred out whose number of empty warehouses is not 0.

[0013] In this solution, the full batteries in the warehouse to be transferred in are transferred out to make room for the fully charged batteries to be transferred in, so that the battery power in the warehouse to be transferred in is more balanced.

[0014] As a further limitation, the scheduling priority of each charging warehouse is determined according to the real-time queue number of each battery swapping station, specifically including: if the real-time queue number of the battery swapping station corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred out is greater than or equal to the second preset threshold, the transfer-out priority of the warehouse to be transferred out is set to a low priority; if the real-time queue number of the battery swapping station corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred out is less than the second preset threshold, the transfer-out priority of the warehouse to be transferred out is set to a high priority; if the real-time queue number of the battery swapping station corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred in is greater than or equal to the second preset threshold, the transfer-in priority of the warehouse to be transferred in is set to a high priority; if the real-time queue number of the battery swapping station corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred in is less than the second preset threshold, the transfer-in priority of the warehouse to be transferred in is set to a low priority.

[0015] In this scheme, if the queue at the battery swapping station corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred into is long, fully charged batteries will be transferred to the warehouse to be transferred into first, so that the batteries can be quickly obtained to swap batteries for the battery swapping vehicles at the battery swapping station, thereby minimizing the waiting time for the battery swapping vehicles in the queue; if the queue at the battery swapping station corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred out is long, the transfer priority of the warehouse to be transferred out will be lowered to ensure that there are enough batteries in the warehouse for the queuing users.

[0016] As a further limitation, according to the number of empty warehouses and the scheduling priority, the second battery scheduling rule between the warehouse to be transferred out and the warehouse to be transferred in is determined, specifically including: in the high-priority warehouse to be transferred out, randomly selecting a number of fully charged batteries to be transferred out; after the number of fully charged batteries in the high-priority warehouse to be transferred out is equal to the first preset threshold, starting to transfer out the fully charged batteries in the low-priority warehouse to be transferred out; transferring the several transferred fully charged batteries into the warehouse to be transferred in with high priority and the number of empty warehouses not being 0; after the number of fully charged batteries in the high-priority warehouse to be transferred in is equal to the first preset threshold, starting to transfer fully charged batteries into the low-priority warehouse to be transferred in.

[0017] In this solution, the transfer-in and transfer-out operations are performed according to priority. The batteries can be preferentially transferred out of the transfer-out warehouse with less queues, and then preferentially transferred into the transfer-in warehouse with more queues, thereby giving priority to meeting the battery replacement needs of users in the queue.

[0018] As a further limitation, the battery dispatching rules are executed through the battery transfer device, specifically including: determining the real-time queue number and the number of empty warehouses in each battery swapping station that meet the dispatching conditions; searching for the corresponding battery dispatching rules according to the dispatching conditions; and sending the searched battery dispatching rules to the battery transfer device in the battery swapping station through instructions, so that the battery transfer device takes out the fully charged batteries from the corresponding warehouse to be transferred out and puts them into the corresponding warehouse to be transferred in according to the battery dispatching rules.

[0019] In this solution, batteries are picked up and delivered through a battery transfer device that can execute digital instructions, which realizes the automation and mechanization of battery scheduling. No human intervention is required during the entire transfer process, which improves the efficiency and accuracy of battery transfer.

[0020] As a further limitation, after the battery scheduling rules are executed by the battery transfer device, the method also includes: after the user enters the battery swap station, screening the charging compartments whose number of fully charged batteries is greater than a first preset threshold, and determining the corresponding battery swap station as the initial recommended station; obtaining the real-time queue number of each initial recommended station, screening the initial recommended station whose real-time queue number is less than a second preset threshold, and determining it as the final recommended station; guiding the user to enter the final recommended station for battery swapping first.

[0021] In this solution, battery replacement stations are recommended based on the comprehensive full charge being greater than the preset threshold and the real-time queue number, and users are guided to the recommended stations for battery replacement, saving users' battery replacement time.

[0022] In addition, the present invention also provides a battery scheduling device for a battery swap station, the device comprising: at least one processor; and a memory communicatively connected to the at least one processor; wherein the memory stores instructions that can be executed by the at least one processor so that the at least one processor can execute the battery scheduling method for a battery swap station.

[0023] The battery scheduling device for the battery swap station provided by the present invention can carry and execute the above-mentioned battery scheduling method for the battery swap station, store the battery scheduling algorithm for the battery swap station through a memory, and control each component through a processor to execute the battery scheduling algorithm for the battery swap station.

[0024] Finally, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a storage medium, which is a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, and the non-volatile computer-readable storage medium stores at least one program, each of which includes instructions, and when the instructions are executed by a terminal, the terminal executes the battery scheduling method for a battery swap station.

[0025] The storage medium provided by the present invention can store the program code and instruction code corresponding to the above-mentioned battery scheduling method for battery swap stations, and the storage medium can be installed in a computer and read.

[0026] Compared with the prior art, the battery scheduling method, device and medium of a battery swap station provided by the present invention have the following beneficial effects:

[0027] The present invention divides each charging bin into a bin to be transferred out and a bin to be transferred in by counting the number of fully-charged batteries in each charging bin, thereby avoiding the situation where fully-charged batteries in a charging bin that is already short of fully-charged batteries are transferred out during subsequent battery scheduling, thereby ensuring the orderliness of the battery scheduling process. The present application takes into account various battery imbalances that may occur in a battery swap station, combines the real-time queue number of battery swap stations and the battery conditions in each charging bin, and proposes a detailed and accurate battery scheduling judgment scheme to ensure the balance of fully-charged batteries in each charging bin in the battery swap station after scheduling. The battery circulation between the charging bins in the battery swap station is realized, so that the batteries in the battery swap station flow, and the number of fully-charged batteries in each charging bin is maintained in a relatively balanced state, thereby making the queue lengths behind each battery swap station more even and allowing users to change batteries faster. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments recorded in the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work. In the drawings:

[0029] Figure 1 A flow chart of a battery scheduling method for a battery swap station provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

[0030] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a charging compartment and a battery replacement station provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0031] Figure 3 A flow chart of a method for determining battery scheduling rules provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

[0032] Figure 4 A schematic structural diagram of a battery dispatching device for a battery swap station provided in an embodiment of the present invention.

[0033] Description of reference numerals:

[0034] 100: battery replacement station; 200: charging compartment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the technical solutions in the present invention, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of this specification, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work should fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0036] The embodiment of the present invention provides a battery scheduling method for a battery swap station, such as Figure 1 As shown, the battery scheduling method for a battery swap station specifically includes steps S101-S103:

[0037] S101. The battery dispatching equipment of the battery swap station divides each charging compartment into a to-be-transferred-out compartment and a to-be-transferred-in compartment according to the battery power in each charging compartment.

[0038] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a charging compartment and a battery replacement station provided in an embodiment of the present invention, such as Figure 2 As shown, there are multiple charging compartments 200 and multiple battery swapping stations 100 in the battery swapping station. Each battery swapping station 100 corresponds to at least one battery swapping compartment 200, and obtains batteries from the associated charging compartment 200 to swap batteries for the battery swapping vehicles parked at the battery swapping stations 100. The charging compartment 200 has multiple compartments for placing batteries, so that several batteries can be stored and charged. In this embodiment, the battery swapping stations 100 and charging compartments 200 located in the same row are associated with each other, that is, the charging compartment 200 on the right provides batteries for the two battery swapping stations 100 on the left.

[0039] Based on this, the battery dispatching equipment of the battery swap station obtains the number of fully charged batteries in each charging compartment; fully charged batteries refer to batteries with a charge level greater than 80%. If the number of fully charged batteries in the charging compartment is greater than the first preset threshold, the charging compartment is determined as a compartment to be transferred out; if the number of fully charged batteries in the charging compartment is less than the first preset threshold, the charging compartment is determined as a compartment to be transferred in.

[0040] As a feasible implementation method, first determine a suitable preset threshold value based on the total number of slots in the charging bin. If the number of batteries in the charging bin that have reached 80% of their charge exceeds this preset threshold value, it is considered that the number of fully-charged batteries in the charging bin is sufficient, and a portion of the fully-charged batteries can be appropriately transferred to other charging bins. If the number of batteries in the charging bin that have reached 80% of their charge is lower than this preset threshold value, it is considered that the number of fully-charged batteries in the charging bin is insufficient, and it is necessary to receive some fully-charged batteries from other charging bins for balancing.

[0041] In one embodiment, if the total number of storage spaces in charging warehouse A is 20, the preset threshold is set to 80% of the total, that is, 16. If the number of fully charged batteries in charging warehouse A is 14, which is less than 16, charging warehouse A is determined to be a warehouse to be transferred in. If the number of fully charged batteries in charging warehouse A is 18, which is greater than 16, charging warehouse A is determined to be a warehouse to be transferred out. In other embodiments, the preset threshold can also be set to 50% of the total. Here, the setting of the preset threshold is only an example and not a limitation. It can be set arbitrarily according to actual needs during actual application.

[0042] This solution divides the charging bins into bins to be transferred out and bins to be transferred in according to the number of fully charged batteries, and clearly defines the charging bins from which batteries need to be transferred out and the charging bins from which batteries need to be transferred in, to facilitate subsequent battery scheduling and avoid confusion in the scheduling process.

[0043] S102. The battery dispatching equipment of the battery swap station obtains the real-time queue number of each battery swapping station and the number of empty warehouses to be transferred into; based on the real-time queue number and the number of empty warehouses, determines the battery dispatching rules in each charging warehouse.

[0044] Specifically, the battery dispatching equipment of the battery swap station first obtains the real-time queue number of each battery swap station and the number of empty bins in each bin to be transferred in. The number of empty bins is the number of empty bins in the charging bin. If the number of empty bins is 0, it means that the number of batteries in the charging bin has reached the maximum value and no more batteries can be placed.

[0045] Furthermore, the battery scheduling rules in each charging compartment are determined based on the acquired real-time queue quantity and the number of empty charging compartments.

[0046] Figure 3 A flow chart of a method for determining battery scheduling rules provided by an embodiment of the present invention, such as Figure 3 As shown, the method for determining the battery scheduling rules in each charging compartment specifically includes the following steps:

[0047] S1021: Determine a first battery scheduling rule between the warehouses to be transferred according to the number of empty warehouses in each warehouse to be transferred.

[0048] Specifically, if the number of empty cells in the to-be-transferred-in warehouse is 0, a target battery is selected from the to-be-transferred-in warehouse for transfer out, wherein the power level of the target battery is between the first power level threshold and the second power level threshold. Then the target battery is transferred to the to-be-transferred-in warehouse and / or the to-be-transferred-out warehouse whose number of empty cells is not 0.

[0049] As a feasible implementation method, if the number of batteries being charged in the warehouse to be transferred in has reached the maximum value of the charging warehouse, and there are no empty warehouses to transfer batteries, but the number of fully charged batteries in the warehouse to be transferred in does not meet the standard, it will affect the transfer of fully charged batteries in the warehouse to be transferred out, and battery scheduling cannot be performed. Therefore, the present invention selects a battery to be transferred out from the full warehouse to be transferred in, and the selected battery is a partially charged battery with a charge between the first charge threshold and the second charge threshold. This solution transfers out the batteries in the full warehouse to be transferred in, making room for the fully charged batteries to be transferred in, so that the battery charge in the warehouse to be transferred in is more balanced.

[0050] In one embodiment, the second power threshold is set to 80% so that the transferred batteries are not fully charged. The first power threshold is set to 50% so that batteries with very low power are not frequently transferred, allowing batteries with low power to have more time to charge. In the full warehouse to be transferred in, a battery with a power between 50% and 80% is randomly selected to be transferred out, and can be transferred to a less than full warehouse to be transferred out or to a warehouse to be transferred in to continue charging. Each full warehouse to be transferred in must transfer out at least 10% of the number of batteries in the total number of warehouses to make enough space to accommodate the fully charged batteries that are about to be transferred in. Here, the setting of each numerical value is only for example and not for limitation. It can be set arbitrarily according to actual needs during actual application.

[0051] S1022: Determine the scheduling priority of each charging station based on the real-time queue number of each battery swap station.

[0052] Specifically, if the real-time queue number of the battery swapping stations corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred out is greater than or equal to the second preset threshold, the transfer priority of the warehouse to be transferred out is set to a low priority; if the real-time queue number of the battery swapping stations corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred out is less than the second preset threshold, the transfer priority of the warehouse to be transferred out is set to a high priority.

[0053] If the real-time queue number of the battery swapping station corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred into is greater than or equal to the second preset threshold, the transfer priority of the warehouse to be transferred into is set to high priority; if the real-time queue number of the battery swapping station corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred into is less than the second preset threshold, the transfer priority of the warehouse to be transferred into is set to low priority.

[0054] As a feasible implementation method, a queue number threshold is set as the second preset threshold, for example, 5 vehicles. When the queue number of battery swapping vehicles behind the battery swapping station associated with the warehouse to be transferred out is greater than 5, it indicates that the fully charged batteries in the warehouse to be transferred out are consumed quickly and in large quantities. Although it has a large number of fully charged batteries, it needs to give priority to satisfying the users in the queue, so the transfer-out priority of the warehouse to be transferred out is lowered. When the queue number behind the battery swapping station associated with the warehouse to be transferred in is greater than 5 vehicles, it indicates that the warehouse to be transferred in urgently needs a large number of fully charged batteries for the people in the queue to swap batteries, so the transfer-in priority of the warehouse to be transferred in is increased.

[0055] In this solution, if the queue for the battery swap station corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred in is long, fully charged batteries will be transferred to the warehouse to be transferred in first, so as to quickly obtain batteries for the battery swap vehicles at the battery swap station, and minimize the waiting time of the battery swap vehicles; if the queue for the battery swap station corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred out is long, the transfer priority of the warehouse to be transferred out will be lowered to ensure that there are enough batteries in the warehouse for the queuing users. According to the urgency of the battery demand in the warehouse to be transferred out and the warehouse to be transferred in, reasonable scheduling priorities are set for the warehouse to be transferred out and the warehouse to be transferred in, which greatly balances the battery storage situation in each charging warehouse and the actual queue situation, and takes comprehensive considerations.

[0056] As an implementation method, the second preset threshold value can also be adjusted according to the number of real-time queues, and more detailed scheduling priorities can be set for the warehouse to be transferred out and the warehouse to be transferred in. Then, the batteries are transferred out of the warehouse to be transferred out and transferred into the warehouse to be transferred in sequence according to the scheduling priorities. And the scheduling priorities in the present invention are adjusted in real time according to the changes in the real-time queue number of the battery swap station.

[0057] S1023: Determine a second battery scheduling rule between the warehouse to be transferred out and the warehouse to be transferred in according to the number of empty warehouses and the scheduling priority.

[0058] Specifically, in the high priority storage bins to be transferred out, a number of fully charged batteries are randomly selected for transfer out. After the number of fully charged batteries in the high priority storage bins to be transferred out is equal to the first preset threshold, the fully charged batteries in the low priority storage bins to be transferred out are started to be transferred out.

[0059] Further, several fully charged batteries transferred out are transferred into a high priority waiting-to-transfer warehouse with a non-zero empty warehouse quantity. After the number of fully charged batteries in the high priority waiting-to-transfer warehouse is equal to the first preset threshold, fully charged batteries are transferred into the low priority waiting-to-transfer warehouse.

[0060] As a feasible implementation method, according to the order of priority from high to low, the high-priority warehouses to be transferred out are selected first to transfer out fully-charged batteries, and the node at which each warehouse to be transferred out stops transferring out is when the number of fully-charged batteries in the warehouse to be transferred out is equal to the first preset threshold. The high-priority warehouses to be transferred out can be transferred out in turn or simultaneously by multiple battery transfer devices, instead of transferring out all the extra batteries in a high-priority warehouse to be transferred out at one time. After the number of fully-charged batteries in all high-priority warehouses to be transferred out is equal to the first preset threshold, the low-priority warehouses to be transferred out are transferred out again, also in turns. Similarly, the empty warehouses of the high-priority warehouses to be transferred in are selected first to transfer in batteries, and the node at which each warehouse to be transferred in stops transferring in is when the number of fully-charged batteries in the warehouse to be transferred in is equal to the first preset threshold. The transfer process is also carried out in turns or through multiple battery transfer devices at the same time, which can make the scheduling time of each charging warehouse more balanced, rather than transferring one warehouse to be transferred first and then transferring other warehouses to be transferred. If this is done, it will cause the queue users in front of other warehouses to be transferred to wait too long.

[0061] In one embodiment, if there are 10 high-priority outgoing bins and 8 high-priority incoming bins, fully charged batteries are first taken from the 10 outgoing bins in turn or at the same time, and are evenly transferred to the 8 incoming bins. When the number of fully charged batteries in the 10 outgoing bins reaches the first preset threshold, fully charged batteries are taken from the low-priority outgoing bins in turn or at the same time, and are evenly transferred to the low-priority incoming bins.

[0062] S103. The battery dispatching equipment of the battery swap station executes the battery dispatching rules through the battery transfer device.

[0063] Specifically, the real-time queue number and empty warehouse number in each battery swap station meet the scheduling conditions. According to the scheduling conditions, the corresponding battery scheduling rules are searched.

[0064] Furthermore, the searched battery dispatching rules are sent to the battery transfer device in the battery swap station through instructions, so that the battery transfer device takes out the fully charged batteries from the corresponding warehouse to be transferred out and puts them into the corresponding warehouse to be transferred in according to the battery dispatching rules.

[0065] In one embodiment, the battery transfer device in the present invention is a mechanical device such as a mechanical arm or a mechanical transport vehicle, which can be controlled by instructions to take out the battery at a specified location and transport it to a specified location of the warehouse to be transferred. The battery transfer device that can execute digital instructions can take and deliver the battery, thereby realizing the automation and mechanization of battery dispatch, and the entire transfer process does not require manual participation, thereby improving the efficiency and accuracy of battery transfer.

[0066] Furthermore, after the user enters the battery swap station, the charging compartments with the number of fully charged batteries greater than the first preset threshold are screened, and the corresponding battery swap stations are determined as the initial recommended stations. The real-time queue number of each initial recommended station is obtained, and the initial recommended stations with the real-time queue number less than the second preset threshold are screened and determined as the final recommended stations. The user is guided to enter the final recommended station for battery swapping first.

[0067] As a feasible implementation method, when the battery is dispatched, if a user enters the battery swap station, the first round of screening is performed based on the number of fully charged batteries in each charging compartment, and then the recommended sorting is performed based on the real-time queue number of the battery swap station, and the route guidance is provided to the user entering the battery swap station to guide the user to quickly find the best battery swap station. The battery swap station is recommended based on the comprehensive full charge being greater than the preset threshold and the real-time queue number, and the user is guided to the recommended station for battery swapping, which saves the user's battery swapping time.

[0068] In addition, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a battery dispatching device for a battery swap station, such as Figure 4 As shown in the figure, the battery dispatching equipment of the battery swap station specifically includes:

[0069] at least one processor; and a memory in communication with the at least one processor; wherein,

[0070] The memory stores instructions executable by at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to perform:

[0071] According to the battery power in each charging compartment, each charging compartment is divided into a waiting-to-transfer-out compartment and a waiting-to-transfer-in compartment;

[0072] Obtain the real-time queue number of each battery swapping station and the number of empty warehouses to be transferred into;

[0073] Determine the battery scheduling rules in each charging warehouse according to the real-time queue quantity and the empty warehouse quantity;

[0074] The battery dispatching rules are executed through the battery transport device.

[0075] Finally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a storage medium, which is a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, and the non-volatile computer-readable storage medium stores at least one program, each of which includes instructions, and when the instructions are executed by a terminal, the terminal executes:

[0076] According to the battery power in each charging compartment, each charging compartment is divided into a waiting-to-transfer-out compartment and a waiting-to-transfer-in compartment;

[0077] Obtain the real-time queue number of each battery swapping station and the number of empty warehouses to be transferred into;

[0078] Determine the battery scheduling rules in each charging warehouse according to the real-time queue quantity and the empty warehouse quantity;

[0079] The battery dispatching rules are executed through the battery transport device.

[0080] The present invention provides a battery scheduling method, device and medium for a battery swap station, which effectively utilizes the battery swap information in the battery swap station, clarifies the scheduling target by dividing the battery into a to-be-transferred-out warehouse and a to-be-transferred-in warehouse, and designs the transfer-out rules of the to-be-transferred-out warehouse and the transfer-in rules of the to-be-transferred-in warehouse in detail. Finally, the battery is transferred by a mechanical device, which can avoid the situation where some battery swap stations have long queues and some battery swap stations have no one in line due to lack of fully charged batteries, thereby improving the battery swap efficiency of the battery swap stations associated with each charging warehouse.

[0081] The systems, devices, modules or units described in the above embodiments may be implemented by computer chips or entities, or by products with certain functions. A typical implementation device is a computer. Specifically, the computer may be, for example, a personal computer, a laptop computer, a cellular phone, a camera phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant, a media player, a navigation device, an email device, a game console, a tablet computer, a wearable device, or a combination of any of these devices.

[0082] For the convenience of description, the above device is described in various units according to their functions. Of course, when implementing this specification, the functions of each unit can be implemented in the same or multiple software and / or hardware.

[0083] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments of this specification may be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, the embodiments of this specification may be in the form of complete hardware embodiments, complete software embodiments, or embodiments in combination with software and hardware. Moreover, the embodiments of this specification may be in 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 contain computer-usable program code.

[0084] This specification 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 this specification. 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 produce 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 1A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A device that provides the functions specified in a block or multiple blocks.

[0085] 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 including 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.

[0086] 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 in the computer or other programmable device. Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 The steps for the functions specified in one or more boxes.

[0087] In a typical configuration, a computing device includes one or more processors (CPU), input / output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory. The memory may include non-permanent storage in a computer-readable medium, random access memory (RAM) and / or non-volatile memory in the form of read-only memory (ROM) or flash RAM. Memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.

[0088] Computer readable media include permanent and non-permanent, removable and non-removable media that can be implemented by any method or technology to store information. Information can be computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), other types of random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disk (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices or any other non-transmission media that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device. As defined herein, computer readable media does not include temporary computer readable media (transitory media), such as modulated data signals and carrier waves.

[0089] It should also be noted that the terms "include", "comprises" or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, commodity or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, commodity or device. In the absence of more restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprises a ..." do not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, commodity or device including the elements.

[0090] This specification may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions executed by a computer, such as program modules. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform specific tasks or implement specific abstract data types. This specification may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices connected through a communication network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in local and remote computer storage media including storage devices.

[0091] Each embodiment in this specification is described in a progressive manner, and the same or similar parts between the embodiments can be referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. In particular, for the device, equipment, and non-volatile computer storage medium embodiments, since they are basically similar to the method embodiments, the description is relatively simple, and the relevant parts can be referred to the partial description of the method embodiment.

[0092] The above is a description of a specific embodiment of the specification. Other embodiments are within the scope of the appended claims. In some cases, the actions or steps recorded in the claims can be performed in an order different from that in the embodiments and still achieve the desired results. In addition, the processes depicted in the drawings do not necessarily require the specific order or continuous order shown to achieve the desired results. In some embodiments, multitasking and parallel processing are also possible or may be advantageous.

[0093] The above description is only one or more embodiments of this specification and is not intended to limit this specification. For those skilled in the art, one or more embodiments of this specification may have various changes and variations. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of one or more embodiments of this specification shall be included in the scope of the claims of this specification.

Claims

1. A battery dispatching method for a battery swap station, characterized in that: The battery swap station has a plurality of battery swap stations, each of which corresponds to at least one charging compartment, and obtains batteries from the charging compartment to swap batteries for battery swap vehicles parked at the battery swap stations. The method includes: According to the battery power in each charging compartment, each charging compartment is divided into a waiting-to-transfer-out compartment and a waiting-to-transfer-in compartment; Obtain the real-time queue number of each battery swapping station and the number of empty warehouses to be transferred into; Determine the battery scheduling rules in each charging warehouse according to the real-time queue quantity and the empty warehouse quantity; The battery dispatching rules are executed through the battery transport device.

2. A battery dispatching method for a battery swap station according to claim 1, characterized in that: According to the battery power in each charging compartment, each charging compartment is divided into a waiting-to-transfer-out compartment and a waiting-to-transfer-in compartment, specifically including: Obtain the number of fully charged batteries in each charging compartment; wherein the fully charged batteries are batteries with a charge level greater than 80%; If the number of fully charged batteries in the charging bin is greater than a first preset threshold, the charging bin is determined as a bin to be transferred out; If the number of fully-charged batteries in the charging compartment is less than a first preset threshold, the charging compartment is determined as a compartment to be transferred into.

3. A battery dispatching method for a battery swap station according to claim 1, characterized in that: According to the real-time queue quantity and empty warehouse quantity, the battery dispatching rules in each charging warehouse are determined, specifically including: Determine the first battery dispatching rule according to the number of empty warehouses in each warehouse to be transferred into; Determine the scheduling priority of each charging station based on the real-time queue number of each battery swap station; A second battery scheduling rule between the warehouse to be transferred out and the warehouse to be transferred in is determined according to the number of empty warehouses and the scheduling priority.

4. A battery dispatching method for a battery swap station according to claim 3, characterized in that: According to the number of empty warehouses in each warehouse to be transferred, the first battery dispatching rule between the warehouses to be transferred is determined, which specifically includes: If the number of empty cells in the to-be-transferred-in cell is 0, a target battery is selected from the to-be-transferred-in cell to be transferred out; wherein the power level of the target battery is between a first power level threshold and a second power level threshold; The target battery is transferred into a to-be-transferred-in warehouse and / or a to-be-transferred-out warehouse whose number of empty warehouses is not 0.

5. A battery dispatching method for a battery swap station according to claim 3, characterized in that: According to the real-time queue number of each battery swapping station, the scheduling priority of each charging warehouse is determined, including: If the real-time queue number of the battery swapping stations corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred out is greater than or equal to the second preset threshold, the transfer priority of the warehouse to be transferred out is set to a low priority; if the real-time queue number of the battery swapping stations corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred out is less than the second preset threshold, the transfer priority of the warehouse to be transferred out is set to a high priority; If the real-time queue number of the battery swapping station corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred into is greater than or equal to the second preset threshold, the transfer priority of the warehouse to be transferred into is set to high priority; if the real-time queue number of the battery swapping station corresponding to the warehouse to be transferred into is less than the second preset threshold, the transfer priority of the warehouse to be transferred into is set to low priority.

6. A battery dispatching method for a battery swap station according to claim 5, characterized in that: Determining a second battery scheduling rule between the warehouse to be transferred out and the warehouse to be transferred in according to the number of empty warehouses and the scheduling priority, specifically includes: Randomly select several fully-charged batteries from the high-priority waiting-to-be-transferred-out warehouse for transfer; After the number of fully charged batteries in the high-priority warehouse to be transferred out is equal to the first preset threshold, the fully charged batteries in the low-priority warehouse to be transferred out are started to be transferred out; Transfer several fully-charged batteries that have been transferred out to the waiting-to-transfer warehouse with high priority and a non-zero empty warehouse quantity; After the number of fully-charged batteries in the high-priority warehouse to be transferred into is equal to the first preset threshold, the fully-charged batteries start to be transferred into the low-priority warehouse to be transferred into.

7. A battery dispatching method for a battery swap station according to claim 1, characterized in that: The battery dispatching rules are executed by the battery transport device, specifically including: Determine the real-time queue quantity and empty warehouse quantity in each battery swapping station to meet the dispatching conditions; According to the scheduling conditions, searching for corresponding battery scheduling rules; The searched battery dispatching rules are sent to the battery transfer device in the battery swap station through instructions, so that the battery transfer device takes out the fully charged batteries from the corresponding warehouse to be transferred out and puts them into the corresponding warehouse to be transferred in according to the battery dispatching rules.

8. A battery dispatching method for a battery swap station according to claim 1, characterized in that: After executing the battery dispatching rule by the battery transport device, the method further includes: After the user enters the battery swap station, the charging compartments with the number of fully charged batteries greater than the first preset threshold are screened, and the corresponding battery swap station is determined as the initial recommended station; Obtaining the real-time queue number of each initially recommended workstation, screening the initial recommended workstation whose real-time queue number is less than a second preset threshold, and determining it as the final recommended workstation; Guide the user to enter the final recommended workstation for battery replacement first.

9. A battery dispatching device for a battery swap station, characterized in that: The device comprises: at least one processor; and, a memory communicatively connected to the at least one processor; wherein, The memory stores instructions that can be executed by the at least one processor, so that the at least one processor can execute the battery scheduling method for a battery swap station according to any one of claims 1-8.

10. A storage medium, characterized in that: The storage medium is a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, and the non-volatile computer-readable storage medium stores at least one program, each of which includes instructions, and when the instructions are executed by a terminal, the terminal executes a battery scheduling method for a battery swap station according to any one of claims 1-8.

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