| 摘要 |
A power management system can smartly allocate the available power at a location to support more electric vehicles than would otherwise be possible. Power managers can intelligently allocate that power based on the real-time needs of vehicles. A smart energy distribution system can estimate each vehicle's current charge level and use such information to efficiently provide electric vehicle charging. The system can respond dynamically to vehicle charge levels, current readings, and/or electrical mains readings, allocating more current where it is needed. The charger profiles can include historic charge cycle information, which can be analyzed under a set of heuristics to predict future charging needs. A local electric vehicle charging mesh network can be provided, which transmits data packets among short-range transceivers of multiple power managers. The local electric vehicle charging mesh network can be connected to a remote server via a cellular connection. The power managers and the local electric vehicle charging mesh network can intelligently allocate power to multiple electric vehicles. |
| 主权项 |
1. An electric vehicle charging system, comprising:
one or more first power managers that are located on a first level of a parking structure, each of the one or more first power managers including a short-range wireless transceiver; one or more second power managers that are located on a second level of the parking structure, each of the one or more second power managers including a short-range wireless transceiver; a third power manager located on a third level of the parking structure, the third power manager including a short-range wireless transceiver and a long-range cellular transceiver; and a local electric vehicle charging mesh network configured to interconnect the short-range wireless transceivers of the one or more first power managers, the short-range wireless transceivers of the one or more second power managers, and the short range wireless transceiver of the third power manager, wherein each of the first, second, and third power managers are configured to receive data packets that are transmitted by each of the first, second, and third power managers on the local electric vehicle charging mesh network, and wherein the long-range cellular transceiver of the third power manager is configured to connect the local electric vehicle charging mesh network to a remote server via a cellular connection. |
