Server-Mediated Inter-Vehicle Charging via Third-Party Parking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for electric vehicle charging require adjacent and connected parking spaces for power transfer, which cannot be facilitated when an inter-vehicle charging executable location is not available.
Innovation Solution
A server communicates with power-supplying and power-receiving vehicles to provide information on third-party parking areas, allowing users to select and gather at suitable locations for charging, even when the users cannot offer such a space themselves, by storing and matching vehicle data and transmitting relevant location information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the system matches power-supplying and power-receiving vehicles using only user-owned parking areas, then the matching process is simple, but the availability of inter-vehicle charging executable locations is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary that manages and matches vehicles with third-party parking areas. The server stores location lists of parking areas owned by third parties, receives requests from vehicles, performs matching based on vehicle types and parking area characteristics, and notifies both vehicles of the matched parking area, thereby enabling inter-vehicle charging at locations not owned by the users themselves
Solution Approach 2:
The server provides multiple functions: storing location lists of third-party parking areas, receiving vehicle requests, matching vehicles with appropriate parking areas based on vehicle type and parking area characteristics, and notifying both vehicles of the matching result. This multi-functional approach expands the system's capability to handle diverse charging scenarios
2Adaptability or versatility
If the server stores and manages location lists of third-party parking areas, then more charging locations become available, but the information management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Third parties who own parking areas autonomously transmit their location information to the server. The server automatically stores this information in the location list without requiring manual intervention or complex verification processes, thereby simplifying information management while expanding the available parking area database
3Ease of operation
If the system requires users to offer their own parking areas for charging, then the system is easier to operate, but users cannot charge when they lack suitable parking spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The server mediates between vehicles and third-party parking areas, allowing users to access charging locations they do not own. The server matches vehicles with appropriate third-party parking areas based on vehicle type and parking area characteristics, ensuring reliable charging availability while maintaining simple operation through automated matching
Data Source
AI summary
The server is configured to communicate with a plurality of power-supplying vehicles and a plurality of power-receiving vehicles. The server is configured to notify, to matched vehicles (candidate power-receiving vehicle and candidate power-supplying vehicle), a candidate gathering location list including respective pieces of information of a plurality of parking areas owned by third parties different from users of the matched vehicles, so as to make an inquiry to the users of the matched vehicles to select one of the plurality of parking areas included in the candidate gathering location list. The server is configured to determine a gathering location for the matched vehicles using the respective pieces of information of the parking areas selected by the users of the matched vehicles, and is configured to transmit the information of the parking area of the determined gathering location to the matched vehicles.