Patents Examined by Brian Cook
  • Patent number: 8446124
    Abstract: A method for recharging an electric vehicle in a recharging station of a network of geographically distributed recharging stations. The method includes: communicating availability of a recharging station to a control center of the network; transmitting a recharge request from an onboard unit of the electric vehicle via communication devices of a road toll system to the control center; assigning the onboard unit to an available recharging station in the control center; notifying the onboard unit of the assigned recharging station via the communication devices of the road toll system and notifying the recharging station of the onboard unit; and activating the recharging station to recharge the electric vehicle, when the assigned onboard unit is detected therein. The recharging in the recharging station is monitored and an image of the vehicle is recorded in the recharging station in an event of an interruption, interference or deviation in the recharging process from a given course.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Kapsch Trafficcom AG
    Inventors: Oliver Nagy, Refi-Tugrul Güner, Erwin Toplak