Stmicroelectronics Gmbh

Iotecha Corp.

Arkados, Inc.

Other

Stmicroelectronics S.r.l.

Qualcomm Atheros Inc.

Panasonic Corporation

Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Tatung Company

Spidcom Technologies

Gigle Networks Iberia, S.l.

Hisilicontechnologies Ltd.

Gigle Semiconductor Limited

Oleg Logvinov

Michael John Macaluso

James D Allen

Brion Ebert

Kimberly Sarubbi

Aidan Cully

Bo Zhang

Lawrence Durfee

David Lawrence

Adrian Weidmann

Roberto Cappelletti

Dirk Walvis

Constantine N Manis

Mauro Conti

Lawrence W Yonge, Iii

Srinivas Katar

Hisao Koga

Nobutaka Kodama

Akio Kurobe

Stefano Galli

William E Earnshaw

Olena Mukomelova

Aleksandr Mukomelov

Tai-Jee Pan

Huijuan Liu

Jose Abad Molina

Gadi Lenz

Paul Dixon

Olivier Isson

Alexander D Gelman

Samuel Mo

Deanna Wilkes-Gibbs

Richard Walvis

Larry Durfee

Charging station

Method and apparatus for charging a battery of an electric vehicle (EV) may determine a power charging schedule for charging the EV from a microgrid, based on charging preference information for the EV, and also power consumption information for devices on the microgrid and alternative power resource information indicating availability of electric power for supply to the microgrid from an alternative power resource on the microgrid received via a communication network. A charging instruction signal for charging the EV from the microgrid, according to the power charging schedule, may be transmitted over the communication network.

Method and apparatus for charging a battery from an isolatable electric power grid

System, apparatus and method may control charging a battery of one or more mobile energy storage and power consumption devices, such as installed on electric vehicles (EVs), and delivering a targeted advertisement, provided over a communication network, at an EV charging apparatus selected for charging the battery of the mobile energy storage and power consumption device of an EV, or by a software application on a computing device of an EV user which may perform functions of a process for EV charging.

Method and system for delivery of a targeted advertisement by an electric vehicle charging apparatus

Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for providing electric vehicle (EV) group charging events. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a plurality of electric vehicle (EV) chargers configured to be coupled with an energy source, and a computing device coupled with the plurality of EV chargers. In another embodiment, a method receiving a scheduling availability for the apparatus, receiving user data associated with a plurality of EV users, and determining a first EV user of the plurality of EV users to invite to an EV group charging event based on the user data, and transmitting an invitation for the EV group charging event to a user device associated with the first EV user.

Methods, devices, and system for group electric vehicle (EV) charging event

Devices are disclosed for home based electric vehicle (EV) charging. According to one embodiment, an EV charger includes a processor, a memory electrically coupled with the processor, EV charging circuitry electrically coupled with the processor, a network interface electrically coupled with the processor, and a broadcast transmitter electrically coupled with the processor.

Devices for home based electric vehicle (EV) charging

Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for home based electric vehicle (EV) charging. According to one embodiment, a method is implemented on an EV charger for determining relative position of a mobile device to an EV charger in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes receiving known location data associated with a global position of the EV charger, wherein the known location data has an accuracy better than 10 centimeters, receiving first global navigation satellite system (GNSS) timestamped data associated with the EV charger from a first constellation of GNSS satellites, determining first GNSS location data based on the first GNSS timestamped data, and determining first GNSS error data based on the first GNSS location data and the known location data.

Methods, devices, and systems for home based electric vehicle (EV) charging

An apparatus () and method for charging a plurality of mobile energy storage and power consumption devices () may control determining a power charging schedule for charging a battery of at least one of the devices (), in accordance with charger availability information, transactive energy information, the current location of the one device, mobile energy storage and power consumption device information and information indicating predetermined timing for providing a predetermined minimum charge level at the device; and transmitting a charging instruction signal for charging the battery of the at least one device using electric power supplied from a distribution power grid () or an alternative power resource (), according to the power charging schedule.

Method and apparatus for charging a battery using local power grid topology information

Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for providing submetering of electric vehicle (EV) charging sessions. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first connector configured for coupling with an EV charger, a second connector configured for coupling with a charging port of an EV, a communication interface, and a controller electrically coupled with the first connector. The controller is configured for detecting a beginning of the EV charging session, monitoring EV charging current and EV charging voltage during the EV charging session, detecting an end of the EV charging session, determining an amount of energy transferred during the EV charging session, and transmitting to a remote device a value representing the amount of energy transferred during the EV charging session.

Methods, devices, and systems for submetering of an electric vehicle (EV) charging session

The present disclosure describes a device for providing adaptive charging of an electric vehicle (EV). The device includes a memory and at least one processor configured for receiving a set of parameters of an aggregate power waveform carried on a power line from a set of sensors; receiving a set of relationships between a set of power signatures and a set of power sources; determining, using the set of parameters and the set of power signatures, a subset of the set of power signatures represented in the set of parameters; identifying, using the subset of the set of power signatures and the set of relationships between the set of power signatures and the set of power sources, a subset of the set of power sources contributing to the aggregate power waveform; and controlling, responsive to identifying identified subset of the set of power sources, a charging circuit.

Methods, devices, and systems utilizing electric vehicle charging responsive to identified power signatures in an aggregate power waveform

Technology for charging at least one battery is described. An aspect of the technology involves charging a battery using alternating current (AC) power by periodically stopping () charging of a battery of a mobile energy storage and power consumption device (A) with AC power, and when charging of the battery with AC power is stopped, initiating () a direct current (DC) power charging communications cycle for the battery, in which the initiating the DC power charging communications cycle includes obtaining () state of battery related information for the battery by transmitting, over a communication link or interface, a request signal to a charging control device at the mobile energy storage and power consumption device indicating DC power charging mode of operation.

Method and apparatus for charging a battery with AC power based on state of battery related information

Controlling electric vehicle (EV) charging operation by controlling capturing, from a pilot line communicatively linking an EV with an EV charging apparatus, at least one signal of a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal or power line communication (PLC) signal indicating EV charging session information associated with charging the EV by the charging apparatus; determining, from session success information from a controller of the charging apparatus, whether to analyze the EV charging session information; and when the session success information is determined to not indicate successful completion of an EV charging session, extracting the EV charging session information from the at least one signal according to Internet protocol layer, and analyzing the extracted EV charging session information to determine a marginal operating condition or a failure condition associated with an EV charging session.

Method and apparatus for controlling charging, based on monitored communication signals associated with a charging session

An apparatus () and method for charging a plurality of mobile energy storage and power consumption devices () may control determining a power charging schedule for charging a battery of at least one of the devices (), in accordance with charger availability information, transactive energy information, the current location of the one device, mobile energy storage and power consumption device information and information indicating predetermined timing for providing a predetermined minimum charge level at the device, and transmitting a charging instruction signal for charging the battery of the at least one device using electric power supplied from a distribution power grid () or an alternative power resource (), according to the power charging schedule.

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East Brunswick, NJ, United States of America

Oleg Logvinov