Patents by Inventor Yi-An Hou

Yi-An Hou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12227102
    Abstract: Electric vehicle charging management methods and systems are provided. A server performs a charging scheduling operation for each electric vehicle charging station to determine a specific time point for each electric vehicle charging station to perform a charging operation in which the charging operation is to charge an electric vehicle coupled with the electric vehicle charging station. When the charging operation corresponding to each electric vehicle charging station is being performed, each electric vehicle charging station transmits charging information corresponding to the charging operation to the server through a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NOODOE GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Yi-An Hou, Ming-San Huang, En-Yu Shih, Yu-Ting Liou, Chun-Hung Kung
  • Patent number: 12221006
    Abstract: Management methods and systems for energy and charging requests of an electric vehicle charging field are provided. First charging data corresponding to at least one first charging operation is received by a server from each of electric vehicle charging stations in a charging field via a network during a first predetermined period, wherein the charging data includes at least a charging start time, a charging period, and an output power. According to the first charging data corresponding to the at least one first charging operation received from each of the electric vehicle charging stations during the first predetermined period, the server generates an energy prediction data of the charging field in a second predetermined period, wherein the energy prediction data includes at least an energy consumption estimation of the charging field at a specific time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: NOODOE GROUP INC.
    Inventors: John C. Wang, Yu-Ting Liou, Yi-An Hou, Chun-Hung Kung
  • Patent number: 12202370
    Abstract: Electric vehicle charging management methods and systems with charging rate-based charging are provided. First, the server provides a charging rate corresponding to a charging field, wherein the charging rate is variable. A first specific electric vehicle charging station receives a connection corresponding to a first electric vehicle. The server transmits the charging rate of the charging field to a first mobile device via a second network, and receives a setting of a first specific rate from the first mobile device. When the charging rate is equal to or less than the first specific rate, the server transmits a charging start instruction to the first specific electric vehicle charging station via a first network, so that the first specific electric vehicle charging station starts to perform a charging operation to charge the first electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: NOODOE GROUP INC.
    Inventors: John C. Wang, Yi-An Hou
  • Patent number: 12172541
    Abstract: Electric vehicle charging management methods and systems for community users are provided. A server receives a charging request via a network from a charging station or a mobile device, wherein the charging request includes at least a user identification code and a charging station identification code. A specific household in a community is retrieved from a database according to the user identification code. The server instructs the charging station to perform a charging operation through the network, and continuously obtains charging status information from the charging station, wherein the charging status information includes at least a charging time or a charging power. When the server receives a charging end signal from the charging station, a charging fee is calculated based on the charging status information, and generates bill information for the specific household information in the community based on the charging fee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: NOODOE GROUP INC.
    Inventors: John C. Wang, Yi-An Hou, Te-Chuan Liu
  • Patent number: 12123730
    Abstract: Route management methods and systems for electric vehicles are provided. First, a driving monitoring system of an electric vehicle is used to detect a driving state of the electric vehicle. Then, the driving state is transmitted to the server via a network by the driving monitoring system. The server performs an analysis according to the driving state to obtain a driving behavior index of a driver corresponding to the electric vehicle. Then, a plurality of routes are provided in the server, wherein each route includes a plurality of stations, and average distance between two stations. The server selects one of the routes according to the driving behavior index, and assigns the selected route to the driver of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NOODOE GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Yi-An Hou, Ming-San Huang, En-Yu Shih, Yu-Ting Liou, Chun-Hung Kung
  • Patent number: 12024042
    Abstract: Methods and systems for charging rate management based on usage rate of charging stations for use in a server are provided. The charging field includes a plurality of electric vehicle charging stations for charging at least one electric vehicle. First, the server connects to each of the electric vehicle charging stations through the network to obtain a usage status of the respective electric vehicle charging station. Then, the server calculates a usage rate of the charging field according to the usage status of the respective electric vehicle charging station, and determines a charging rate for the charging field according to the usage rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: NOODOE GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Yi-An Hou, Chun-Hung Kung
  • Patent number: 11907978
    Abstract: Subscription-based electric vehicle charging management methods and systems are provided. A server receives charging request with at least a user identification code from an electric vehicle charging station or a mobile device through a network. The server searches a database according to the user identification code to obtain contract situation corresponding to the user identification code and determines whether the contract situation is in a contract expiration status or an arrears unpaid status. When the contract situation is not in the contract expiration status or the arrears unpaid status, the server instructs the electric vehicle charging station to perform a charging operation. When the contract situation is in the contract expiration status or the arrears unpaid status, the server transmits a charging rejection instruction to the electric vehicle charging station. In response to the charging rejection instruction, the electric vehicle charging station rejects the charging request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NOODOE GROUP INC.
    Inventors: En-Yu Shih, Yu-Ting Liou, Yi-An Hou
  • Patent number: 11840154
    Abstract: Electric vehicle charging management methods and systems are provided. First, a server receives a candidate charging request respectively from each of candidate charging stations or candidate mobile devices via a network. According to the candidate charging requests, at least one first charging station is selected from the candidate charging stations, and the first charging station is instructed to perform a first charging operation with an upper power limit value. The server sets the candidate charging requests of the candidate charging stations other than that of the first charging station to a pending state. When the first charging status information corresponding to the first charging operation meets an energy management condition, the server selects at least one second charging station from the candidate charging stations according to the candidate charging requests, and instructs the second charging station to perform a second charging operation with the upper power limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: NOODOE GROUP INC.
    Inventors: John C. Wang, Yi-An Hou, En-Yu Shih, Chun-Hung Kung
  • Publication number: 20230382257
    Abstract: Monitoring and management methods and systems for roaming charging station operator for use in a server are provided. First, state data of at least one electric vehicle charging station corresponding to a charging station operator is received via a network. A service quality index of the charging station operator or the electric vehicle charging station is calculated according to the state data corresponding to the at least one electric vehicle charging station. Then, a user interface is provided to display the service quality index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-An HOU, Chun-Hung KUNG
  • Publication number: 20230347781
    Abstract: Charging management methods and systems for electric vehicle charging stations for use in a server are provided. First, at least one electric vehicle performs at least one charging operation at an electric vehicle charging station, thereby generating at least one charging data. Then, the server receives the at least one charging data corresponding to the at least one charging operation through a network, and analyzes a usage index corresponding to the electric vehicle charging station according to the at least one charging data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-An Hou, Chun-Hung Kung
  • Publication number: 20230302949
    Abstract: Electric vehicle charging station management methods and systems for roaming charging are provided. First, a mobile device executes an application program to obtain identification data of an electric vehicle charging station, and transmits charging request data including the identification data to a first server corresponding to the application program through a first network. The first server determines a charging station operator of the electric vehicle charging station according to the charging request data, and transmits the charging request data to a second server of the charging station operator through a second network. The second server transmits a charging start instruction to the electric vehicle charging station through a third network in response to the charging request data, so that the electric vehicle charging station starts to perform a charging operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: YU-TING LIOU, CHIA-WEI HU, YAN-MING CHEN, YI-AN HOU
  • Patent number: 11761776
    Abstract: Charging scheduling systems and methods for electric buses for use in at least one electric bus and a cloud management module are provided. First, a current location of the electric bus is obtained by a positioning unit of the electric bus and a current power state of a battery module of the electric bus is detected by a battery detection unit of the electric bus. A route corresponding to the electric bus is obtained by the cloud management module, wherein the route includes at least one charging point, and records a location of the charging point and a charging efficiency of at least one charging equipment installed at the charging point. Then, the cloud management module determines whether the electric bus needs to be charged with the charging equipment at the charging point according to the current location and the current power state of the electric bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NOODOE GROUP INC.
    Inventors: John C. Wang, Yi-An Hou, Chun-Hung Kung, Chih-Hsiang Ko
  • Patent number: 11660974
    Abstract: A charging fee management method for electric vehicles for use in a charging device is provided, wherein the charging device can be operated in a plurality of operation modes. First, a charging request for charging an electric vehicle is received. Then, the charging device is controlled to perform a charging process for the electric vehicle according to the charging request, and calculate a charging fee for the charging process, wherein the charging fee is calculated based on charging data during the respective operation mode of the charging device and a respective charging method for each operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NOODOE CORPORATION
    Inventors: John C. Wang, Yi-An Hou, Chun-Hung Kung, Chia-Wei Hu
  • Publication number: 20230158918
    Abstract: Methods and systems of electric vehicle charging management for community with energy monitoring are provided, which are suitable for a community including a plurality of dwellings, and each dwelling has an electric vehicle charging station connected to a server through a network. First, a current transformer is used to measure the main power lines of the community to obtain a current consumption of the community, where the main power line is tapped into a plurality of auxiliary power lines to provide electricity for each of the dwellings. The server determines whether the current consumption of the community meets a predetermined condition of the community, and if so, the server executes at least one energy management scheme, wherein the energy management scheme records a power distribution logic, which is used to control the charging operation of the electric vehicle charging station corresponding to the respective dwelling via the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: John C. WANG, Yi-An HOU
  • Publication number: 20230100313
    Abstract: Methods and systems for multi-dimension electric vehicle charging management are provided. First, configuration setting data corresponding to each electric vehicle charging station is provided. A service application instruction corresponding to a specific electric vehicle charging station, at least including specific user identity data corresponding to a specific user, is received from the specific electric vehicle charging station or a mobile device through a network. In response to the service application instruction, a specific user category is determined based on the specific user identity data. Then, the configuration setting data of the specific electric vehicle charging station is obtained, and it is determined whether the specific user can use or make a reservation to use a specific electric vehicle charging station at a receiving time according to the receiving time, the specific user category, and the configuration setting data of the specific electric vehicle charging station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yu-Ting LIOU, En-Yu SHIH, Yi-An HOU, Chun-Hung KUNG
  • Publication number: 20230098157
    Abstract: Management methods and systems for electric vehicle charging equipment are provided. A server is used to determine whether a specific electric vehicle charging equipment is in an abnormal state, wherein the specific electric vehicle charging equipment is bound to a specific account and can only accept a charging request from the specific account. When the specific electric vehicle charging equipment is in an abnormal state, the server activates a charging replacement mechanism for the specific account. The server sends an abnormality notification message to a mobile device corresponding to the specific account via a network, wherein the abnormality notification message is used to notify a specific user of the specific account that the specific electric vehicle charging equipment is currently abnormal, and the charging replacement mechanism for the specific account in a predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-An Hou, Chun-Hung Kung, Chia-Hua Chang
  • Publication number: 20230062237
    Abstract: Management methods and systems for electric vehicle charging equipment are provided. An application program of a mobile device scans a quick response code of an electric vehicle charging equipment to send a binding request to a server via a first network. In response to the binding request, the server determines whether the electric vehicle charging equipment has been bound to any account. When the electric vehicle charging equipment is not bound to any account, the server provides an interface to the mobile device to set account information. The server creates a specific account based on the account information, and sets the electric vehicle charging equipment to only accept a charging request from the specific account, wherein the application program is linked to the specific account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-An Hou, Chun-Hung Kung, Chia-Hua Chang, Yu-Ting Liou, En-Yu Shih, Yin-Ju Chou
  • Publication number: 20230034684
    Abstract: Electric vehicle charging management methods and systems capable of integrating multiple identities are provided. First, a mobile device executes an application, and selects a first identity account from a plurality of identity accounts through the application. Then, a first charging request is generated according to the first identity account and a first charging station, and the first charging request is transmitted to the server via a network through the mobile device or the first charging station. In response to the first charging request, the server instructs the first charging station to perform a first charging operation via the network. Thereafter, the server continuously obtains first charging state information of the first charging operation from the first charging station via the network, and calculates a first charging fee associated with the first identity account based on the first charging state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-An Hou, Ming-San Huang, En-Yu Shih, Yu-Ting Liou, Chun-Hung Kung
  • Publication number: 20220410758
    Abstract: Electric vehicle charging management methods and systems are provided. A server performs a charging scheduling operation for each electric vehicle charging station to determine a specific time point for each electric vehicle charging station to perform a charging operation in which the charging operation is to charge an electric vehicle coupled with the electric vehicle charging station. When the charging operation corresponding to each electric vehicle charging station is being performed, each electric vehicle charging station transmits charging information corresponding to the charging operation to the server through a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yi-An Hou, Ming-San Huang, En-Yu Shih, Yu-Ting Liou, Chun-Hung Kung
  • Publication number: 20220410756
    Abstract: Electric vehicle charging management methods and systems with flexible adjustment of charging schedule are provided. A server executes an energy management scheme to determine a target power parameter value for a charging operation of each electric vehicle charging station, and perform the charging operations accordingly for respective electric vehicles. A specific charging demand of a specific electric vehicle charging station or a specific electric vehicle is received, wherein the specific charging demand includes at least a demand time. In response to the specific charging demand, the target power parameter value corresponding to the charging operation of the specific electric vehicle charging station is adjusted, wherein the power of the specific electric vehicle at the time of demand will be higher than a predetermined power value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yi-An HOU, Ming-San HUANG, En-Yu SHIH, Yu-Ting LIOU, Chun-Hung KUNG