Interchangeable EV Charging Parking Pool Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current EV charging infrastructure management systems fail to efficiently utilize charging stations and parking spaces, leading to inadequate availability and abuse, as they do not effectively balance charging capacity and parking needs for both EVs and non-EVs, and often require dedicated equipment and restrictive usage models.
Innovation Solution
A centralized server-based system that treats EV charging-capable parking spaces as interchangeable pooled resources, allowing motorists to reserve parking with charging or parking-only options, optimizing charging capacity and parking space usage by aggregating reservations across dual-use spaces, reducing equipment needs, and ensuring predictable access to charging facilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If EV charging stations are provided at parking facilities, then EV drivers can charge their vehicles, but charging takes significantly longer than gasoline refueling, causing charging stations to be tied up for longer periods and reducing availability for other EV drivers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines EV charging functionality with regular parking facilities, creating dual-use spaces where parking spaces are allocated to EV drivers during charging periods. This merging allows the same infrastructure to serve both parking and charging purposes, increasing overall utilization while maintaining availability through centralized management of the pooled parking spaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The parking spaces in the system are designed to serve multiple functions: they can be used for regular parking by non-EV vehicles, or allocated to EV drivers for charging. The centralized server manages these spaces dynamically, allowing them to be reserved for EV charging when needed and made available for general parking when charging is not required, thus maximizing the utility of each space.
2Reliability
If dedicated EV charging infrastructure is provided, then EV drivers have guaranteed access to charging, but this requires separate equipment and infrastructure that increases complexity and reduces overall parking space occupancy
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates parking spaces that can serve both EV charging and regular parking purposes. The same physical parking space is reserved for EV drivers when charging is needed, and can be used for general parking when not required for charging, eliminating the need for separate dedicated charging infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The parking space allocation is dynamic rather than static. The centralized server continuously manages reservations, allowing parking spaces to be allocated to EV drivers based on real-time charging需求的 and made available for other uses when charging is not required, optimizing resource utilization without permanent infrastructure changes.
3Ease of operation
If parking spaces are reserved exclusively for EV charging, then EV drivers have predictable access, but this reduces overall parking space occupancy and creates waste when no EV charging is needed
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic parking space reservation where spaces are allocated to EV drivers based on real-time charging需求的. The centralized server manages the pool of parking spaces, reserving them for EV charging when needed and making them available for general parking when charging is not required, thus maintaining predictable access for EV drivers while maximizing overall occupancy.
Solution Approach 2:
The status and availability parameters of parking spaces are dynamically changed based on charging需求的. The system adjusts the reservation status, occupancy level, and accessibility parameters of parking spaces in real-time, allowing the same space to transition between dedicated EV charging reservation and general parking availability.
4Device complexity
If first-come, first-served model is used for charging stations, then simple management is achieved, but this leads to inadequate availability and abuse of charging facilities
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the centralized server continuously monitors charging station usage, parking space availability, and charging需求和. This feedback loop allows the system to dynamically adjust reservations and allocations, preventing abuse by requiring proper authorization and ensuring availability by predicting future charging需求和 based on historical data and current system state.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-reserving parking spaces for EV drivers before charging sessions begin. The centralized server proactively manages the pool of parking spaces, making reservations in advance based on predicted charging需求和, thus ensuring availability while preventing abuse through authorized pre-booking rather than open first-come first-served access.
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AI summary
A centralized server-based system and method for managing and reserving parking spaces capable of charging an EV, that is, a plug-in hybrid or fully electric vehicle, treats sets of parking spaces as interchangeable pooled resources. An EV motorist can book a reservation with charging of the EV by specifying parking in a desired location. Parking spaces serve dual uses for parking alone or parking with charging. The parking spaces are handled as a common parking pool, such as on one side of a city block, and each space has equal access to a charging station. The server determines charging capacity availability within a time window and the motorist can choose a parking time up to or beyond, if permitted, the maximum charging time needed to charge the EV. Non-EV motorists can similarly reserve parking within a parking pool with the server ensuring optimal use of charging capacity and parking spaces.