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Vehicle monitoring of mobile device state-of-charge

  • US 10,578,676 B2
  • Filed: 11/28/2017
  • Issued: 03/03/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a mobile device including;

    a sensor to measure a state of charge (SOC);

    a communication module to send the SOC; and

    a processor; and

    a vehicle including;

    a communication node to receive the SOC;

    a charging station; and

    a controller to;

    determine a predicted SOC based on the SOC, a rate-of-change, and a travel time to a destination; and

    instruct to utilize the charging station when the predicted SOC is less than a threshold,wherein the processor of the mobile device is configured to;

    identify when the mobile device is communicatively decoupled from the vehicle, andwhen the mobile device and the vehicle are communicatively decoupled, emit at least one of an audio alert, a visual alert, and a haptic alert in response to determining that the SOC is less than a second threshold,wherein, when the mobile device and the vehicle are communicatively decoupled, the processor is configured to;

    identify, in response to determining that the SOC is less than the second threshold, an open public charging station from an external network; and

    provide directions to the open public charging station.

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