Mobile EV Charging Dispatch Using Transporter Exchange Points

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Solution Overview

Problem

When multiple electric vehicles need charging within a geographic area, dispatching multiple charging apparatus transport vehicles increases costs and wastes distribution resources due to insufficient mobile charging apparatuses on each transporter.

Innovation Solution

A method and device for optimizing electric vehicle charging by exchanging mobile charging apparatuses between transporters at overlapping positions to ensure each transporter has enough fully charged apparatuses to serve all vehicles, reducing the number of transporters needed.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple charging apparatus transporters are dispatched to charge multiple electric vehicles within a geographic area, then each vehicle can receive charging service, but the charging cost increases and distribution resources are wasted

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecharging service availabilityVSAvoidcharging cost

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple charging apparatus transporters into a single transporter by exchanging charging apparatuses at overlapping positions of their driving paths. This combination allows one transporter to serve multiple vehicles that originally would have required separate transporters, thereby reducing charging cost while maintaining service availability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary exchange of charging apparatuses at overlapping positions before the transporters reach the target vehicles. This advance preparation ensures that the transporter has sufficient fully charged apparatuses to serve all target vehicles without requiring multiple transporters, thus reducing resource waste.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If multiple charging apparatus transporters are dispatched to charge multiple electric vehicles, then charging service is provided to all vehicles, but the number of transporters increases leading to resource wastage

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecharging service coverageVSAvoidnumber of transporters

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple transporters into one by utilizing overlapping positions in their driving paths. At these overlapping positions, charging apparatuses are exchanged so that a single transporter can accumulate enough fully charged apparatuses to serve all target vehicles, thereby reducing the number of transporters from multiple to one while maintaining full service coverage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The overlapping position acts as an intermediary location where charging apparatuses are transferred between transporters. This mediator location enables the consolidation of charging resources onto a single transporter without disrupting the charging service to target vehicles.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If each charging apparatus transporter carries fully charged mobile charging apparatuses to multiple target vehicles, then charging service is available, but the number of fully charged apparatuses per transporter is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecharging apparatus availabilityVSAvoidnumber of fully charged apparatuses per transporter

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary exchange of charging apparatuses at overlapping positions before the transporters reach the target vehicles. This advance action allows the transporter to accumulate sufficient fully charged apparatuses to serve all target vehicles, overcoming the limitation of insufficient apparatuses per transporter.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The transporter serves itself by exchanging charging apparatuses at overlapping positions to replenish its supply of fully charged apparatuses. This self-service mechanism enables the transporter to maintain adequate charging apparatus availability without requiring external support from multiple other transporters.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12612016B2Electric vehicle charging planning method and device

Publication Date: 2026.04.28 SHANGHAI PATEO ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING CO LTD

AI summary

A vehicle charging planning method includes obtaining charging requests from a plurality of target vehicles, obtaining at least two apparatus transporters with fully charged mobile charging apparatuses, in response to a number of the target vehicles being greater than a number of fully charged mobile charging apparatuses in each apparatus transporter, determining whether driving paths of the at least two apparatus transporters to positions of the target vehicles have an overlapping position, in response to the driving paths having the overlapping position, exchanging the mobile charging apparatuses of the at least two apparatus transporters at the overlapping position and determining a target apparatus transporter, and instructing the target transporter to travel to positions of the target vehicles and providing charging services to the target vehicles using the mobile charging apparatuses on the target apparatus transporter.