EV Charging Point Diagnostics for Real-Time Vehicle Condition Checks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electric vehicle charging systems do not integrate service checks for vehicles during the charging process, lacking a comprehensive method to monitor and analyze critical components in real-time.
Innovation Solution
An EV charging system that communicates with a server computer and database, using data analytics to evaluate vehicle conditions and critical components during charging, providing insights and maintenance recommendations through a display at the charging point and mobile devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If service checks are integrated during the charging process, then vehicle monitoring capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the charging function and service check function into a single integrated system. The charging infrastructure simultaneously performs battery charging and vehicle component inspection, merging two separate processes into one unified operation that occurs during the charging time.
Solution Approach 2:
The charging point is designed to serve multiple functions: it charges the vehicle battery while simultaneously conducting service checks on critical components such as the conduct system, battery condition, and other vehicle systems. This multi-functional approach allows the same infrastructure to perform both energy transfer and diagnostic evaluation.
2Measurement precision
If automated data analytics are applied to evaluate vehicle conditions, then maintenance precision is improved, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs service checks and data collection during the charging process, which occurs before the vehicle is needed again. This preliminary action allows comprehensive vehicle evaluation to be completed in advance, enabling proactive maintenance planning without affecting vehicle availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors vehicle data during charging and provides feedback through automated analytics. The server computer processes the collected information and generates maintenance recommendations that are fed back to the user, creating a closed-loop system that improves maintenance precision through continuous data analysis.
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AI summary
A system and a method for checking conditions of an electric vehicle (EV) at an EV charge point, wherein at the EV charge point vehicle data are pulled out of the electrical vehicle (EV) via a suitable interface; wherein the vehicle data are communicated via a communication link from the EV charge point to a server computer; wherein the vehicle data are analyzed by the server computer by using data analytics methods to evaluate conditions of the electric vehicle (EV) or of critical components (e.g. conduct system) of the electric vehicle (EV) during the charging process for the electric vehicle (EV).