Patent ID: 8717170
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: B60L,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method of management for electric vehicle charging station queues comprising: maintaining a plurality of requests to utilize the electric vehicle charging station in a queue defining an order of electric vehicles to be charged at the electric vehicle charging station; notifying a vehicle operator that the vehicle operator has reached the top of the queue; and limiting access to the electric vehicle charging station during a changeover time after a prior electric vehicle has left the electric vehicle charging station to enable the vehicle operator to connect an electric vehicle to the electric vehicle charging station; and enabling access to the electric vehicle charging station, once the changeover time has elapsed and the electric vehicle has not been connected to the electric vehicle charging station, to one of: (a) anyone, if the queue is empty other than the vehicle operator and (b) a next driver in the queue, if there are other vehicle operators in the queue.