Electric vehicle emergency recharge assistance
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a request for peer-to-peer charging assistance from a traveler;
receiving a list of potential rescuers to contact in sequence and request charging assistance therefrom;
upon receiving acceptance of the charging assistance request from a potential rescuer in the list, selecting an intercept location where the traveler and rescuer can meet; and
transmitting the intercept location to at least the rescuer.
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Abstract
A system and method for obtaining an emergency recharge in an electric vehicle is provided. The system may leverage a network of electric vehicle owners and drivers to facilitate a peer-to-peer emergency recharge of an electric vehicle unable to reach a charging station before its energy storage device is depleted. A list of potential rescuers willing to provide portable charging assistance may be generated. Out-of-range rescue vehicles may be filtered from the list. The list of potential rescuers may then be sorted based on drive time to an intercept location. Potential rescuers from the list may be sequentially contacted according to the sort order until a request for portable charging assistance is accepted. Drivers of both the soon to be stranded vehicle and the rescue vehicle may receive route guidance from navigation systems to a mutually agreeable intercept location where the peer-to-peer emergency recharge can take place.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a request for peer-to-peer charging assistance from a traveler; receiving a list of potential rescuers to contact in sequence and request charging assistance therefrom; upon receiving acceptance of the charging assistance request from a potential rescuer in the list, selecting an intercept location where the traveler and rescuer can meet; and transmitting the intercept location to at least the rescuer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vehicle system comprising:
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a controller configured to; receive a request for peer-to-peer charging assistance from a traveler; generate a list of potential rescuers; and a transceiver in communication with the controller and configured to; contact potential rescuers from the list of potential rescuers; and transmit an intercept location to a rescuer upon receiving an acceptance of the request for charging assistance from the rescuer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer system comprising:
a server configured to; receive a request for peer-to-peer charging assistance and a current location from a traveler vehicle; generate a list of potential rescuers based on a current location of associated rescuer vehicles; transmit requests for charging assistance in sequence to potential rescuers from the list of potential rescuers; receive acceptance of the request for charging assistance from a rescuer; select an intercept location based on the current location of the traveler vehicle and the current location of the rescuer vehicle; and transmit the intercept location to the traveler vehicle and the rescuer vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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