ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,490, issued on Nov. 18.
"Server and control method to control charging of an electric vehicle" was invented by Seungwoo Ha (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server may include a transceiver configured to communicate with a charger, and a controller configured to determine, based on state information of a vehicle, a required state of charge (SoC), control, based on charging and discharging from an SoC of the vehicle to the required SoC and electricity charging costs over periods, the charger to increase (e.g., maximize) an expected profit, and while controlling the charger, adjust the electricity charging costs over...