Automatic Pop-Up EV Charging Facility for Landscape Preservation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Movable charging facilities that can be elevated and lowered take time for users to operate, impacting convenience, and remaining upright on the ground can spoil the landscape.
Innovation Solution
A charging facility with a movable portion, elevating device, communication device, and control device that automatically elevates or lowers the facility based on vehicle proximity and speed, using information from communication devices to optimize operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the charging facility is kept upright on the ground at all times, then the convenience of use is improved, but the landscape of the installation place is spoiled
Solution Approach 1:
The charging facility is designed to dynamically change its state between upright and lowered positions based on real-time detection of vehicle presence and charging status. The control device automatically adjusts the facility position, transforming it from a static structure to a dynamic system that adapts to operational requirements, thereby maintaining convenience while preserving landscape when not in use.
Solution Approach 2:
The charging facility performs self-service by automatically detecting vehicle presence through communication devices, determining charging status, and adjusting its own position without requiring manual intervention from users. This autonomous operation resolves the contradiction by ensuring the facility is upright only when needed for charging, eliminating landscape spoilage during non-operational periods.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the movable charging facility is stored underground, then the landscape is preserved, but the time required for elevation and use increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control device performs preliminary actions by detecting vehicle presence and charging status in advance, then proactively elevating or lowering the charging facility before the user needs to interact with it. This anticipatory control minimizes the time the facility spends in transition states and ensures it is ready for immediate use when a vehicle arrives, reducing the effective time loss while preserving landscape when not in use.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where communication devices monitor vehicle presence, charging status, and facility position, then feed this information back to the control device which automatically adjusts the facility state. This closed-loop control eliminates delays by responding immediately to changing conditions, ensuring the facility is elevated only when necessary and lowered promptly afterward to preserve landscape.
3Ease of operation
If the charging facility is elevated automatically based on vehicle proximity, then convenience is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control device integrates multiple functions including vehicle detection, charging status monitoring, position control, and landscape preservation logic into a single multi-functional system. By making the control device universal and capable of handling all these tasks, the patent reduces overall system complexity compared to having separate dedicated devices for each function, while still providing automatic elevation based on vehicle proximity for improved convenience.
Data Source
AI summary
When a control device receives the charging request, the control device executes a process including a step of acquiring position information, a step of executing elevating control when a position of a vehicle is within a first distance and a speed of the vehicle is equal to or less than a threshold value, a step of acquiring position information when a non-charging state is established, and a step of executing lowering control when the vehicle is away by a second distance or more.