Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an automatic charging method, an electric automobile and a charging pile, which are used for solving the problem that the charging preparation time of the conventional automatic charging mode of the electric automobile is long.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides an automatic charging method, an electric vehicle and a charging pile, which comprise the following steps:
the invention provides an automatic charging method, which comprises the following steps:
(1) controlling the vehicle to drive to an idle charging pile;
(2) the charging pile sends a first infrared signal containing state information of the charging pile, and waits for a vehicle to answer;
(3) receiving the first infrared signal in the process that the vehicle drives to the charging pile, judging whether the charging pile is available, and if the charging pile is available, sending a second infrared signal containing charging parameters of the charging pile to the charging pile for response;
(4) the charging pile receives the second infrared signal, judges whether the charging pile is matched with the vehicle or not, and sends a charging condition instruction to the vehicle through the infrared signal if the charging pile is matched with the vehicle, and waits for an adjustment finishing instruction and a wifi connection request sent by the vehicle;
(5) the vehicle adjusts the relative position and posture between the vehicle and the charging pile after receiving the command with the charging condition, and sends an adjustment finishing command to the charging pile through an infrared signal after the adjustment is finished;
(6) after receiving the adjustment finishing instruction, the charging pile establishes physical connection with the vehicle, and starts charging after the physical connection is established; after the charging pile receives the adjustment finishing instruction or after the physical connection is established, the charging pile receives the wifi connection request, establishes wifi connection with the vehicle and performs charging control information interaction in a wifi mode.
The automatic charging method has the beneficial effects that: before the vehicle is connected with the charging pile, information interaction is carried out by utilizing infrared signals; firstly, due to the extremely strong directivity of the infrared signals, only vehicles entering the area where the infrared signals of the charging pile are located can interact with the infrared signals, and accurate pairing of the vehicles and the charging pile is achieved; secondly, connection is established only when the charging pile is available and the vehicle is matched with the charging pile, so that invalid connection is avoided, and charging preparation time is effectively shortened; finally, because the information transmitted by the infrared signal at a time is less, the information interaction mode has the advantages of small network burden, low channel resource occupancy rate and easy realization.
In order to further save the charging preparation time, as an improvement of the automatic charging method, in the step (3) or the step (5), the vehicle identifies wifi hotspot information of the charging pile in an image acquisition mode, and sends a wifi connection request to the charging pile.
The invention also provides an electric automobile which comprises an automobile body and an automobile controller, wherein the automobile body is provided with an image acquisition device, an infrared receiver, an infrared transmitter and a wifi connecting device; the vehicle controller is connected with the image acquisition device, the infrared receiver, the infrared transmitter and the wifi connecting device; the vehicle controller includes a processor and a memory; the processor is configured to execute program instructions stored in the memory to implement the steps of:
1) controlling the vehicle to drive to an idle charging pile;
2) in the process that a vehicle drives to a charging pile, receiving a first infrared signal sent by the charging pile, identifying charging pile state information in the charging pile, judging whether the charging pile is available, and if the charging pile is available, sending a second infrared signal containing vehicle charging parameters to the charging pile to respond;
3) the vehicle adjusts the relative position and posture between the vehicle and the charging pile after receiving the charging condition command sent by the charging pile, and sends an adjustment finishing command to the charging pile through an infrared signal after the adjustment is finished;
4) the vehicle waits for a charging pile to establish physical connection with the vehicle, and the vehicle starts charging after the physical connection is established; after the vehicle is connected with the charging pile through wifi, the charging control information interaction is carried out in a wifi mode.
The electric automobile has the beneficial effects that: before the vehicle and fill electric pile and establish being connected, utilize infrared signal to carry out information interaction, when the vehicle finds available and when filling electric pile that matches with it, just adjust and fill electric pile's relative position and gesture, otherwise drive to another idle electric pile that fills, effectively shortened the preparation time that charges.
In order to further save the charging preparation time, as an improvement on the electric automobile, the vehicle identifies wifi hot spot information of the charging pile in a step 2) or a step 3) in an image acquisition mode, and sends a wifi connection request to the charging pile.
The invention also provides a charging pile which comprises a pile body, wherein the pile body is provided with a charger, a charging controller, an infrared receiver, an infrared transmitter and wifi hot spots; the charging controller is connected with the charger in a control mode and is also connected with an infrared receiver, an infrared transmitter and a wifi hotspot; the charge controller comprises a processor and a memory; the processor is configured to execute program instructions stored in the memory to implement the steps of:
the charging pile sends a first infrared signal containing state information of the charging pile, and waits for a vehicle to answer;
the charging pile receives a second infrared signal containing vehicle charging parameters, judges whether the charging pile is matched with the vehicle or not, and sends a charging condition instruction to the vehicle through the infrared signal if the charging pile is matched with the vehicle, and waits for an adjustment finishing instruction and a wifi connection request sent by the vehicle;
after receiving the adjustment finishing instruction, the charging pile establishes physical connection with the vehicle, and starts charging after the physical connection is established; after the charging pile receives the adjustment finishing instruction or after the physical connection is established, the charging pile receives the wifi connection request, establishes wifi connection with the vehicle and performs charging control information interaction in a wifi mode.
The charging pile has the beneficial effects that: before the charging pile is connected with the vehicle, information interaction is carried out by utilizing infrared signals, a charging condition instruction is sent to the vehicle when the charging pile is matched with the vehicle, and the vehicle is connected with the vehicle after an adjustment finishing instruction and a wifi connection request sent by the vehicle are received, so that the connection is ensured to be effective, and the charging preparation time is shortened.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
Embodiments of the automatic charging method of the invention
As shown in fig. 1, the automatic charging method of the present invention comprises the following steps:
(1) controlling the vehicle to drive to an idle charging pile;
(2) the charging pile sends a first infrared signal containing state information of the charging pile, and waits for a vehicle to answer;
(3) receiving the first infrared signal in the process that the vehicle drives to the charging pile, judging whether the charging pile is available, and if the charging pile is available, sending a second infrared signal containing charging parameters of the charging pile to the charging pile for response; meanwhile, the vehicle identifies wifi hotspot information of the charging pile in an image acquisition mode, and sends a wifi connection request to the charging pile;
(4) the charging pile receives the second infrared signal, judges whether the charging pile is matched with the vehicle or not, and sends a charging condition instruction to the vehicle through the infrared signal if the charging pile is matched with the vehicle, and waits for an adjustment finishing instruction and a wifi connection request sent by the vehicle;
(5) the vehicle adjusts the relative position and posture between the vehicle and the charging pile after receiving the command with the charging condition, and sends an adjustment finishing command to the charging pile through an infrared signal after the adjustment is finished;
(6) after receiving the adjustment finishing instruction, the charging pile establishes physical connection with the vehicle, and starts charging after the physical connection is established; after the charging pile receives the adjustment finishing instruction, the charging pile receives the wifi connection request, and wifi connection is established with the vehicle so as to perform interaction of charging control information in a wifi mode.
In this embodiment, the charging parameters refer to parameters such as a voltage level and a current level that the electric vehicle needs to be charged, and are used for judging whether the charging pile is matched with the electric vehicle; the wifi hotspot information refers to the name and password of wifi of the charging pile; the charging control information refers to information such as current electric quantity information, available consumption balance, charging time, charging strategy and the like of the electric automobile.
In this embodiment, in step (6), "receive in charging pile" after the instruction finishes adjusting, it accepts to fill electric pile wifi connection request "it receives to fill electric pile" fill electric pile and receive when the instruction finishes adjusting, it accepts to fill electric pile wifi connection request ", and this kind of mode can make and establish wifi and connect and establish physical connection and go on together, further saves time. In other embodiments, the charging pile may also receive the wifi connection request after receiving the adjustment completion instruction.
As another embodiment, the process of identifying wifi hotspot information of the charging pile by the vehicle through an image acquisition mode and sending the wifi connection request to the charging pile can be performed in the step (5); or identifying wifi hotspot information of the charging pile by the vehicle in an image acquisition mode in step (3), and sending a wifi connection request to the charging pile in step (5).
As another embodiment, the process of "the charging pile receives the wifi connection request" may be performed after the physical connection is established; in this case, "after the physical connection is established" may mean "at the same time as the physical connection is established" or "after the physical connection is established".
Embodiment of the invention of an electric vehicle
The invention provides an electric automobile which comprises an automobile body, an automobile instrument desk, a voice prompt device and an automobile controller, wherein the automobile instrument desk is arranged on the automobile body; the vehicle body is provided with an image acquisition device, an infrared receiver, an infrared transmitter and a wifi connecting device; the vehicle controller is connected with the image acquisition device, the infrared receiver, the infrared transmitter, the wifi connecting device, the vehicle instrument desk and the voice prompt device; the vehicle controller comprises a processor and a memory (the processor is a processing chip adopted by the vehicle controller, and can be a single core or a multi-core, and the memory can be a peripheral or a self-contained processor); the processor is configured to execute program instructions stored in the memory to implement the following steps, as shown in fig. 2:
1) controlling the vehicle to drive to an idle charging pile;
2) in the process that a vehicle drives to a charging pile, receiving a first infrared signal sent by the charging pile, identifying charging pile state information in the charging pile, judging whether the charging pile is available, and if the charging pile is available, sending a second infrared signal containing vehicle charging parameters to the charging pile to respond; meanwhile, the vehicle identifies wifi hotspot information of the charging pile in an image acquisition mode, and sends a wifi connection request to the charging pile;
3) the vehicle adjusts the relative position and posture between the vehicle and the charging pile after receiving the charging condition command sent by the charging pile, and sends an adjustment finishing command to the charging pile through an infrared signal after the adjustment is finished;
4) the vehicle waits for a charging pile to establish physical connection with the vehicle, and the vehicle starts charging after the physical connection is established; after the vehicle is connected with the charging pile through wifi, the charging control information interaction is carried out in a wifi mode.
In this embodiment, the charging parameters refer to parameters such as a voltage level and a current level that the electric vehicle needs to be charged, and are used for judging whether the charging pile is matched with the electric vehicle; the wifi hotspot information refers to the name and password of wifi of the charging pile; the charging control information refers to information such as current electric quantity information, available consumption balance, charging time, charging strategy and the like of the electric automobile.
As another embodiment, the process of identifying wifi hotspot information of the charging pile by the vehicle through an image acquisition mode and sending the wifi connection request to the charging pile can be performed in the step 3); or identifying wifi hotspot information of the charging pile by the vehicle in an image acquisition mode in step 2), and sending a wifi connection request to the charging pile in step 3).
The electric vehicle of the embodiment is an electric vehicle provided with a current collector, and the current collector is connected with a charging bow to realize charging. In other embodiments, the electric vehicle may be another type of electric vehicle, for example, a type that is charged by a charging gun or a charging socket.
In addition, wifi connecting device in the above and wifi hotspot all can constitute by wifi wireless network card with following, fill electric pile and regard as the hotspot to use, make the vehicle join its network.
The vehicle controller referred to in the present embodiment is preferably a vehicle control unit VCU.
The automatic charging process of the electric automobile is as follows: the image acquisition device is used for acquiring image information around the electric automobile in real time and uploading the image information to the vehicle controller; after the vehicle controller performs image processing and other operations to identify the idle charging piles, on one hand, the idle charging piles are sent to a vehicle instrument desk for real-time display; on the one hand, the electric automobile is controlled to drive to an idle charging pile.
The electric automobile runs to the area where the infrared signal of the charging pile is located, receives a first infrared signal transmitted by the charging pile through an infrared receiver, and uploads the first infrared signal to a vehicle controller; the vehicle controller identifies the charging pile state information and judges whether the charging pile is available.
If the charging pile is available, the electric automobile sends a second infrared signal containing the charging parameters of the electric automobile to the charging pile through the infrared transmitter to respond; simultaneously, acquire the two-dimensional code on the electric pile of filling through image acquisition device, carry out operations such as image processing through vehicle controller, acquire the name and the password of filling electric pile wifi to send wifi connecting device, then send wifi connection request to filling electric pile through wifi connecting device.
If the charging pile is not available, the vehicle controller controls the electric automobile to drive to another idle charging pile.
When an infrared receiver of the electric automobile receives a charging condition instruction sent by a charging pile, the profile characteristics of a charging arch on the charging pile are acquired in real time through an image acquisition device and uploaded to a vehicle controller; after the vehicle controller identifies the position of the charging bow through operations such as image processing and the like, on one hand, the position is sent to a vehicle instrument desk for real-time display, and on the other hand, the deviation direction and the distance of the electric vehicle are prompted through voice; on one hand, the position and the posture of the electric automobile are adjusted according to the position of the charging bow, so that the electric automobile is stopped at the position of the current collector corresponding to the charging bow.
After the electric automobile is parked, sending an adjustment finishing instruction to the charging pile through the infrared transmitter, waiting for the physical connection between the charging pile and the charging pile, and starting charging after the physical connection is established; after the vehicle is connected with the charging pile through wifi, the charging control information interaction is carried out in a wifi mode.
In this embodiment, the image capturing device is, for example, a camera; the voice presenting device is, for example, an audio device.
Embodiment of charging pile of the invention
The charging pile comprises a pile body, wherein the pile body is provided with a charger, a charging controller, an infrared receiver, an infrared transmitter and wifi hot spots; the charging controller is connected with the charger in a control mode and is also connected with an infrared receiver, an infrared transmitter and a wifi hotspot; the charge controller comprises a processor and a memory; the processor is configured to execute program instructions stored in the memory to implement the following steps, as shown in fig. 3:
the charging pile sends a first infrared signal containing state information of the charging pile, and waits for a vehicle to answer;
the charging pile receives a second infrared signal containing vehicle charging parameters, judges whether the charging pile is matched with the vehicle or not, and sends a charging condition instruction to the vehicle through the infrared signal if the charging pile is matched with the vehicle, and waits for an adjustment finishing instruction and a wifi connection request sent by the vehicle;
after receiving the adjustment finishing instruction, the charging pile establishes physical connection with the vehicle, and starts charging after the physical connection is established; after the charging pile receives the adjustment finishing instruction, the charging pile receives the wifi connection request, and wifi connection is established with the vehicle so as to perform interaction of charging control information in a wifi mode.
Specifically, the charging pile transmits a first infrared signal containing state information of the charging pile to the outside through an infrared transmitter, and waits for a vehicle to answer; and receiving a second infrared signal responded by the vehicle through the infrared receiver, uploading the second infrared signal to the charging controller, identifying vehicle charging parameter information by the charging controller, and judging whether the charging pile is matched with the vehicle.
If the vehicle charging condition is matched with the vehicle charging condition, the charging pile sends a charging condition instruction to the vehicle through the infrared transmitter, and waits for an adjustment finishing instruction and a wifi connection request sent by the vehicle.
If not, the charging pile sends a charging condition failure instruction to the vehicle through the infrared transmitter, and the vehicle is informed of needing to search for other charging piles again.
When the infrared receiver of the charging pile receives an adjustment finishing instruction sent by the vehicle, establishing physical connection with the vehicle, and starting charging after the physical connection is established; after the charging pile receives the adjustment finishing instruction, the charging pile receives the wifi connection request, and wifi connection is established with the vehicle so as to perform interaction of charging control information in a wifi mode.
In this embodiment, the charging parameters refer to parameters such as a voltage level and a current level that the electric vehicle needs to be charged, and are used for judging whether the charging pile is matched with the electric vehicle; the charging control information refers to information such as current electric quantity information, available consumption balance, charging time, charging strategy and the like of the electric automobile; the charger is connected with the current collector through the charging bow to charge the vehicle; the process of establishing the physical connection includes: an infrared receiver of the charging pile receives an adjustment finishing instruction sent by a vehicle and uploads the adjustment finishing instruction to a charging controller, and the charging controller controls a charging bow of a charger to descend and be connected with a current collector on the vehicle; the process of establishing wifi connection includes: the wifi hot spot of the charging pile receives a wifi connection request sent by the vehicle, and after the correct wifi name and the password are input into the wifi connection device of the vehicle, wifi connection is established with the vehicle.
In this embodiment, "after the charging pile receives the adjustment completion instruction, the charging pile receives the wifi connection request," that is, "while the charging pile receives the adjustment completion instruction, the charging pile receives the wifi connection request"; in other embodiments, the charging pile may also receive the wifi connection request after receiving the adjustment completion instruction.
As another embodiment, the process of "the charging pile receives the wifi connection request" may be performed after the physical connection is established; in this case, "after the physical connection is established" may mean "at the same time as the physical connection is established" or "after the physical connection is established".
The present invention has been described in relation to particular embodiments thereof, but the invention is not limited to the described embodiments. In the thought given by the present invention, the technical means in the above embodiments are changed, replaced, modified in a manner that is easily imaginable to those skilled in the art, and the functions are basically the same as the corresponding technical means in the present invention, and the purpose of the invention is basically the same, so that the technical scheme formed by fine tuning the above embodiments still falls into the protection scope of the present invention.