Communication and control system and method regarding electric vehicle for wireless electric vehicle electrical energy transfer

• US 10,093,194 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2013
• Issued: 10/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hyde, Roderick A., Kare, Jordin T., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Tegreene, Clarence T., Wood, Jr., Lowell L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Berhanu, Samuel
• Application Number:
  US14/086,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20150094957A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,783 Days
• Field of Search: 320109
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/662 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/665 Light intensity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/667 Precipitation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/72 Charging station selection relying on external data
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/10 by alarm
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/12 by confirmation, e.g. of the input
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/20 by driver identification
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/22 by presence detection
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/40 using propulsion power supplied by capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/11 DC charging controlled by the charging station, e.g. mode 4
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/12 Inductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/32 by charging in short intervals along the itinerary, e.g. during short stops
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/36 by positioning the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/39 with position-responsive activation of primary coils
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/51 Photovoltaic means
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/52 Wind-driven generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/64 Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/665 : Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 55/00 : Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 : Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 : Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 : Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 : Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 : Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 : Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 : Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/167 : Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/126 : the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 : Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically receiving electric vehicle prospective use information associated with aspects indicating one or more future travel plans involving prospective use of an electric vehicle, the electric vehicle including one or more wireless electrical energy transfer receiving devices and one or more electrical energy storage devices; and electronically obtaining electrical energy transfer aspect information regarding wireless electrical energy transfer from one or more wireless electrical energy transfer imparting stations to the one or more wireless electrical energy transfer receiving devices of the electric vehicle for storage by the one or more electrical energy storage devices of the electric vehicle. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more wireless energy transfer stations; and

at least one processor component configured to perform operations including at least;

receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with a wearable device or smartphone;

obtaining wireless energy transfer information regarding wireless energy transfer from the one or more wireless energy transfer stations;

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least in part provide guidance for wireless energy transfer from at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations to the one or more electric vehicles based at least in part on the electric vehicle planned use information and the wireless energy transfer information; and

controlling the at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations for wireless energy transfer to the one or more electric vehicles in accordance with the wireless energy transfer guidance information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with a wearable device or smartphone comprises:

receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with action by one or more vehicle users.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with a wearable device or smartphone comprises:

receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with one or more data calls to one or more electronic calendaring systems.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with a wearable device or smartphone comprises:

receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with one or more electronic audio recordings.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with a wearable device or smartphone comprises:

receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with the wearable device or smartphone and through one or more vehicle use logs.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with a wearable device or smartphone comprises:

receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with the wearable device or smartphone obtained through one or more electronic user interfaces.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with a wearable device or smartphone comprises:

receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring audio data associated with the wearable device or smartphone.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with a wearable device or smartphone comprises:

receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned consecutive use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with the wearable device or smartphone.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

receiving one or more user preferences of location for wireless energy transfer.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the receiving one or more user preferences of location for wireless energy transfer comprises:

receiving one or more user preferences of location for wireless energy transfer along one or more routes of travel.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the obtaining wireless energy transfer information regarding wireless energy transfer from the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

receiving information regarding unavailability of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with a wearable device or smartphone comprises:

receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with one or more driving habits of one or more users of the one or more electric vehicles.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the obtaining wireless energy transfer information regarding wireless energy transfer from the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

obtaining wireless energy transfer information from the one or more wireless energy transfer stations.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the obtaining wireless energy transfer information regarding wireless energy transfer from the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

obtaining wireless energy transfer information regarding one or more schedules for wireless energy transfer from the one or more wireless energy transfer stations.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the obtaining wireless energy transfer information regarding wireless energy transfer from the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

obtaining wireless energy transfer information regarding one or more charging appointments reserved for wireless energy transfer from the one or more wireless energy transfer stations.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the obtaining wireless energy transfer information regarding wireless energy transfer from the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

obtaining wireless energy transfer information regarding availability of wireless energy transfer from the one or more wireless energy transfer stations.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the obtaining wireless energy transfer information regarding wireless energy transfer from the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

obtaining wireless energy transfer information regarding one or more charging plans for wireless energy transfer from the one or more wireless energy transfer stations.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least in part provide guidance for wireless energy transfer from at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations to the one or more electric vehicles based at least in part on the electric vehicle planned use information and the wireless energy transfer information comprises:

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations including at least verification of identification of one or more users of the one or more electric vehicles.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations including at least verification of selection of the at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations for the one or more electrical vehicles.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations including at least a charging rate.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations including at least some use data.

23. The system of claim 18, wherein the providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations including at least an amount of time for charging the one or more electric vehicles.

24. The system of claim 18, wherein the providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations including at least an amount of energy to be transferred to the one or more electric vehicles.

25. The system of claim 18, wherein the providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations including at least profile data of one or more users of the one or more electric vehicles.

26. The system of claim 18, wherein the providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations comprises:

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations including at least itinerary information of the one or more electric vehicles.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with a wearable device or smartphone comprises:

receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring of one or more conversations of an individual conducted using or in a presence of at least one wearable device or smartphone.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein the providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least in part provide guidance for wireless energy transfer from at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations to the one or more electric vehicles based at least in part on the electric vehicle planned use information and the wireless energy transfer information comprises:

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information for the one or more electric vehicles including identification of at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations along one or more routes of travel.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein the providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least in part provide guidance for wireless energy transfer from at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations to the one or more electric vehicles based at least in part on the electric vehicle planned use information and the wireless energy transfer information comprises:

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information including at least an indication of a minimally sufficient transfer rate and/or an energy amount that satisfy an itinerary.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein the providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least in part provide guidance for wireless energy transfer from at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations to the one or more electric vehicles based at least in part on the electric vehicle planned use information and the wireless energy transfer information comprises:

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information including at least one first frequency for transfer and at least one time to change to at least one second frequency.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein the providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least in part provide guidance for wireless energy transfer from at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations to the one or more electric vehicles based at least in part on the electric vehicle planned use information and the wireless energy transfer information comprises:

providing wireless energy transfer guidance information including at least duration and rate of wireless energy transfer from each of two or more wireless energy transfer stations to enable the one or more electric vehicles to accomplish the planned use with at least a minimum safety margin.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

monitoring one or more spoken conversations carried out using the wearable device or smartphone;

extracting oral content from the one or more spoken conversations to determine the electric vehicle planned use information.

33. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor component is further configured to perform an operation comprising:

monitoring one or more textual conversations carried out using the wearable device or smartphone;

extracting textual content from the one or more textual conversations to determine the electric vehicle planned use information.

34. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more electric vehicles are one or more of the following:

vacuum, robot, maintenance device, cleaner, car, truck, cycle, vehicle, van, lawn mower, or hybrid vehicle.

35. The system of claim 1, wherein the wearable device or smartphone is one or more of the following:

watch, handheld phone, tablet, or communication device.

36. A system comprising:

circuitry configured for receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with a wearable device or smartphone;

circuitry configured for obtaining wireless energy transfer information regarding wireless energy transfer from one or more wireless energy transfer stations;

circuitry configured for providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least in part provide guidance for wireless energy transfer from at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations to the one or more electric vehicles based at least in part on the electric vehicle planned use information and the wireless energy transfer information; and

circuitry configured for controlling the at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations for wireless energy transfer to the one or more electric vehicles in accordance with the wireless energy transfer guidance information.

37. A system comprising:

means for receiving electric vehicle planned use information associated with planned use of one or more electric vehicles at least partly through monitoring data associated with a wearable device or smartphone;

means for obtaining wireless energy transfer information regarding wireless energy transfer from one or more wireless energy transfer stations;

means for providing wireless energy transfer guidance information to at least in part provide guidance for wireless energy transfer from at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations to the one or more electric vehicles based at least in part on the electric vehicle planned use information and the wireless energy transfer information; and

means for controlling the at least one of the one or more wireless energy transfer stations for wireless energy transfer to the one or more electric vehicles in accordance with the wireless energy transfer guidance information.