Charge control system for mobile energy storage fleet
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for controlling charge of a fleet of vehicles, comprising:
- receiving, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, current status indicators from a plurality of vehicles;
receiving, by the computing system, one or more electric grid signals indicating current status or power pricing information for an electric grid;
receiving, by the computing system, service request data associated with a plurality of vehicle service requests that respectively request operation of a vehicle from the plurality of vehicles for providing a transportation service to one or more end users, wherein the transportation service comprises one or more of a rideshare service, a courier service, or delivery service, and wherein the service request data includes a volume of the vehicle service requests within one or more geographic areas;
determining, by the computing system, charging control signals for each of the plurality of vehicles, wherein the charging control signals are determined, at least in part, from the current status indicators of the vehicles, the service request data, and the one or more electric grid signals indicating current status or power pricing information for the electric grid; and
providing, by the computing system, the charging control signals to the plurality of vehicles to control charging of energy storage devices at the plurality of vehicles in accordance with the charging control signals.
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Abstract
Vehicle control systems can include one or more location sensors, an energy storage device, one or more charge sensors and one or more vehicle computing devices. The location sensor(s) can determine a current location of a vehicle, while the charge sensor(s) can determine a current state of charge of an energy storage device that can be located onboard the vehicle to provide operating power for one or more vehicle systems. The vehicle computing device(s) can communicate the current location of the vehicle and current state of charge of the energy storage device to a remote computing device, receive from the remote computing device a charging control signal determined, at least in part, from the current location of the vehicle and the current state of charge of the energy storage device, and control charging of the energy storage device in accordance with the charging control signal.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for controlling charge of a fleet of vehicles, comprising:
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receiving, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, current status indicators from a plurality of vehicles; receiving, by the computing system, one or more electric grid signals indicating current status or power pricing information for an electric grid; receiving, by the computing system, service request data associated with a plurality of vehicle service requests that respectively request operation of a vehicle from the plurality of vehicles for providing a transportation service to one or more end users, wherein the transportation service comprises one or more of a rideshare service, a courier service, or delivery service, and wherein the service request data includes a volume of the vehicle service requests within one or more geographic areas; determining, by the computing system, charging control signals for each of the plurality of vehicles, wherein the charging control signals are determined, at least in part, from the current status indicators of the vehicles, the service request data, and the one or more electric grid signals indicating current status or power pricing information for the electric grid; and providing, by the computing system, the charging control signals to the plurality of vehicles to control charging of energy storage devices at the plurality of vehicles in accordance with the charging control signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An autonomous computing system comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the autonomous computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising; receiving current status indicators from a plurality of vehicles; receiving one or more electric grid signals indicating current status or power pricing information for an electric grid; receiving service request data associated with a plurality of vehicle service requests that request operation of a vehicle from the plurality of vehicles for providing a transportation service to one or more end users, wherein the transportation service comprises one or more of a rideshare service a courier service, or delivery service, and wherein the service request data includes a volume of the plurality of vehicle service requests within one or more geographic areas; determining charging control signals for each of the plurality of vehicles, wherein the charging control signals are determined;
at least in part, from the current status indicators of the vehicles, the service request data, and the one or more electric grid signals indicating current status or power pricing information for the electric grid; andproviding the charging control signals to the plurality of vehicles to control charging of energy storage devices at the plurality of vehicles in accordance with the charging control signals. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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receiving current status indicators from a plurality of vehicles; receiving one or more electric grid signals indicating current status or power pricing information for an electric grid; receiving service request data associated with one or more vehicle service requests that respectively request operation of a vehicle from the plurality of vehicles for providing a transportation service to one or more end users, wherein the transportation service comprises one or more of a rideshare service, a courier service, or delivery service, and wherein the service request data includes a volume of the one or more vehicle service requests within one or more geographic areas; determining a first portion of the plurality of vehicles for operating in a service mode for providing the transportation service; determining a second portion of the plurality of vehicles for operating in a charging mode; determining charging control signals for each vehicle in the second portion of the plurality of vehicles, wherein the charging control signals are determined, at least in part, from the current status indicators of the vehicles, the service request data, and the one or more electric grid signals indicating current status or power pricing information for the electric grid; and providing the charging control signals to the second portion of the plurality of vehicles to control charging of energy storage devices at the plurality of vehicles in accordance with the charging control signals. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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