DETERMINIG SUFFICIENCY OF ELECTRIC POWER CAPACITY (EPC) FOR USER DEFINED TRAVEL ITINERARY OF ELECTRIC POWERED MOBILE THING (EPMT)

• US 20150191097A1
• Filed: 03/23/2015
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Martin Kelly Jones, Scott A. Horstemeyer
• Original Assignee: Martin Kelly Jones, Scott A. Horstemeyer
• Inventors: Jones, Martin Kelly, Horstemeyer, Scott Andrew
• Application Number:
  US14/664,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20150191097A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/547 Voltage
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/549 Current
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/622 by satellite navigation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0046 relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/16 Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/18 Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/30 Constructional details of charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• 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 53/80 Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/12 responding to state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/16 responding to battery ageing, e.g. to the number of charging cycles or the state of health [SoH]
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/24 Credit schemes, i.e. "pay after"
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/24 : for parking meters
• 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

The present disclosure provides, among other things, various systems and methods for battery remediation in connection with electric powered mobile things (EPMTs). A representative method, among others, is implemented in a computer system (EPMT-CS) associated with the EPMT or in a remote host computer system (H-CS) that is communicatively coupled to the EPMT-CS. The method can be summarized by the following steps: receiving a travel itinerary, the travel itinerary including a start location and a stop location for the EPMT; determining a path of travel for the EPMT based at least in part upon the start location and the stop location; monitoring electric power capacity (EPC) associated with the EPMT, the EPC being consumed by the EPMT for locomotion of the EPMT; and initiating a notification message indicative of the sufficiency of EPC for the path of travel to the stop location. A representative system, among others, comprises an EPMT-CS or an H-CS that is programmed or designed to perform the foregoing steps.

Claims

1. A method for a computer system associated with an electric powered mobile thing (EPMT), comprising:

receiving a travel itinerary, the travel itinerary including a start location and a stop location for the EPMT;

determining a path of travel for the EPMT based at least in part upon the start location and the stop location;

monitoring electric power capacity (EPC) associated with the EPMT, the EPC being consumed by the EPMT for locomotion of the EPMT; and

initiating a notification message indicative of the sufficiency of EPC for the path of travel to the stop location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification message indicates that the EPC is insufficient.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving GPS data from a GPS receiver associated with the EPMT, the GPS data indicative of a location of the GPS receiver;

analyzing map data; and

determining when to initiate the notification message based at least in part upon the GPS data, the map data, stop location, and the EPC.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying on a display device locations of one or more BRSs, one or more stationary battery remediation stations (SBRSs), or both.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the displaying includes showing locations on a map.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising providing a notification message indicative of requisite EPC to travel to each of the BRSs or SBRSs.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

providing a user interface that enables a party to select one of the BRSs or SBRSs; and

communicating a recharge request to a remote computer system that is associated with the selected BRS or SBRS.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising providing a user interface that enables a party to identify a type of battery remediation station to view on a map.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising providing an advertisement associated with at least one of the BRSs or SBRSs.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the advertisement is a restaurant name or coupon.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a travel distance based upon the travel path;

determining a rate at which the EPC is consumed by the EPMT; and

determining whether to initiate the notification message based upon the travel distance and the rate.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer system is in the EPMT or remote from the EPMT.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a user interface that enables a party to input the travel itinerary.

14. A computer system associated with an electric powered mobile thing (EPMT), comprising:

one or more memories designed to store computer program code;

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories and designed to execute the computer program code, the computer program code comprising;

code that receives a travel itinerary, the travel itinerary including a start location and a stop location for the EPMT;

code that determines a path of travel for the EPMT based at least in part upon the start location and the stop location;

code that monitors electric power capacity (EPC) associated with the EPMT, the EPC being consumed by the EPMT for locomotion of the EPMT; and

code that initiates a notification message indicative of the sufficiency of EPC for the path of travel to the stop location.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the notification message indicates that the EPC is insufficient.

16. The system of claim 14, further comprising a display device that displays locations of one or more BRSs, one or more stationary battery remediation stations (SBRSs), or both, on a map.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the computer program code further comprises code that provides a notification message indicative of requisite EPC to travel to each of the BRSs or SBRSs.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the computer program code further comprises:

user interface code that enables a party to select one of the BRSs or SBRSs; and

code that causes communication of a recharge request to a remote computer system that is associated with the selected BRS or SBRS.

19. The system of claim 14, further comprising a user interface that enables a party to identify a type of battery remediation station to view on a map.

20. The system of claim 14, further comprising providing an advertisement associated with at least one of the BRSs or SBRSs.

21. A computer system associated with an electric powered mobile thing (EPMT), comprising:

means for receiving a travel itinerary, the travel itinerary including a start location and a stop location for the EPMT;

means for determining a path of travel for the EPMT based at least in part upon the start location and the stop location;

means for monitoring electric power capacity (EPC) associated with the EPMT, the EPC being consumed by the EPMT for locomotion of the EPMT; and

means for initiating a notification message indicative of the sufficiency of EPC for the path of travel to the stop location.