Apparatus for controlling charging of electric vehicle and method therefor

• Main Authors: Lee, Tae-Jin, Kim, Yunmin, Kim, Ji Hwon, Moon, Kwanyoung, Lee, So Jin, Kim, Kyoung Min
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.09.2023
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

An apparatus for controlling charging of an electric vehicle and a method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes a communication device that performs vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication with a charging station management server outside the electric vehicle and a vehicle management server configured to manage shared vehicles and a processor that requests the charging station management server to reserve a charging station via the communication device and automatically requests the vehicle management server to reserve a shared vehicle to be used when the electric vehicle is charged, via the communication device, when a vehicle power for driving to a destination is insufficient.