Electrified vehicle allowing user to set battery charging profile in-vehicle

• US 10,336,207 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2016
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Mazaira, Jordan, Bolger, Bryan Michael, Ochocinski, Christopher Adam, Porras, Angel Fernando
• Primary Examiner(s): Tso, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Omar, Ahmed H
• Application Number:
  US15/216,978
• Publication Number:
  US 20180022228A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,075 Days
• Field of Search: 320104, 320109
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/64 Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/10 for monitoring or controlling batteries
• 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 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 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an electrified vehicle including a battery pack, a human-machine interface configured to receive inputs setting a charging profile, and a controller. The system further includes a battery system configured to selectively charge the battery pack in response to an instruction from the controller. Further, the controller is configured to instruct the battery system to charge the battery pack consistent with the charging profile.

Claims

1. An electrified vehicle, comprising:

a battery pack, a human-machine interface configured to receive inputs setting a charging profile, and a controller; and

a battery system configured to selectively charge the battery pack in response to an instruction from the controller, the controller configured to instruct the battery system to charge the battery pack consistent with the charging profile, wherein;

the human-machine interface is configured to receive inputs setting the charging profile based on both an electricity cost preference and a charging time preference,

wherein the human-machine interface includes at least one set of charging windows having a plurality of cells arranged in columns and rows, the columns corresponding to one of charging times and electricity cost, and the rows corresponding to the other of charging times and electricity cost, and

the inputs setting the charging profile include a selection of at least one cell corresponding to a desired charging time and electricity cost.

2. The electrified vehicle as recited in claim 1, wherein the human-machine interface is configured to receive an input of vehicle location.

3. The electrified vehicle as recited in claim 1, further comprising a global positioning system (GPS), wherein the control unit instructs the battery system to charge the battery pack based on a charging profile associated with the vehicle location as determined by information from the GPS.

4. The electrified vehicle as recited in claim 1, wherein the human-machine interface displays real-time charging information.

5. The electrified vehicle as recited in claim 1, wherein the battery system is electrically coupled to a power grid.

9. The electrified vehicle as recited in claim 1, wherein the human-machine interface is provided in a cabin of the electrified vehicle.

10. The electrified vehicle as recited in claim 1, wherein an infotainment system of the electrified vehicle includes the human-machine interface.

6. A method, comprising:

setting a charging profile using a human-machine interface of an electrified vehicle based on both an electricity cost preference and a charging time preference, wherein the human-machine interface includes at least one set of charging windows having a plurality of columns corresponding to one of charging times and electricity cost, and further having a plurality of rows corresponding to the other of charging times and electricity cost, and wherein setting the charging profile includes selecting at least one cell by clicking the at least one cell on a touchscreen; and

charging a battery pack based on the charging profile.

8. The method as recited in claim 6, further comprising displaying real-time charging information in-vehicle using the human-machine interface.

11. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the human-machine interface is provided in a cabin of the electrified vehicle.

12. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein an infotainment system of the electrified vehicle includes the human-machine interface.

13. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein, after the at least one cell is selected by clicking on the at least one cell on the touchscreen, setting the charging profile further includes dragging to select additional cells based on electricity cost and charging time preferences.

7. A method, comprising:

setting a charging profile using a human-machine interface of an electrified vehicle by clicking a cell on a touchscreen and dragging to select additional cells based on electricity cost and charging time preferences, wherein the human-machine interface includes at least one set of charging windows including columns corresponding to charging times and rows corresponding to electricity cost; and

charging a battery pack based on the charging profile.