Managing electrical power utilization in an electric vehicle
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1. A method of managing energy capacity in a vehicle, comprising:
- generating, interactively with the user and by operation of one or more computer processors, a current travel plan that includes a plurality of waypoints, based on historical data relating to previous routes made by the user to one or more historical waypoints, comprising;
determining a plurality of predicted waypoints, based on the one or more historical waypoints visited by the user during the previous routes;
generating a predicted route for the current travel plan that includes the determined plurality of predicted waypoints; and
revising the predicted route based on user feedback to generate the current travel plan;
determining, an estimated amount of time the user intends to spend at each of the plurality of waypoints in the travel plan, based on a historical amount of time previously spent at the one or more historical waypoints;
determining a maximum distance the vehicle can travel based on a current energy level of the vehicle; and
upon determining that a total travel distance for the current travel plan exceeds the determined maximum distance;
creating an energy replenishment plan including one or more refueling waypoints, based on the current travel plan and a user profile that includes one or more preferences of the user for particular refueling waypoints;
calculating a charging schedule for the vehicle based on the estimated amount of time at each waypoint and a listing of off-peak charging hours, wherein the calculated charging schedule specifies that the vehicle is charged for an amount of time at a first one of the plurality of waypoints based on the estimated amount of time at the first waypoint, and wherein the calculated charging schedule specifies that the vehicle is charged during peak charging hours only as necessary to reach a level of charge that is sufficient to complete the current travel plan and that otherwise the vehicle is otherwise charged during off-peak charging hours; and
charging the vehicle at the first one of the plurality of waypoints in accordance with the charging schedule.
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Abstract
Managing energy capacity in an electric vehicle based on a driver profile. This is achieved by various means, including interactively determining a travel plan with a user, calculating a total travel distance for the travel plan, determining how far the electric vehicle can travel based on its current energy level, and creating an energy replenishment plan based on the travel plan, the total travel distance, how far the vehicle can currently travel, and the driver profile.
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1. A method of managing energy capacity in a vehicle, comprising:
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generating, interactively with the user and by operation of one or more computer processors, a current travel plan that includes a plurality of waypoints, based on historical data relating to previous routes made by the user to one or more historical waypoints, comprising; determining a plurality of predicted waypoints, based on the one or more historical waypoints visited by the user during the previous routes; generating a predicted route for the current travel plan that includes the determined plurality of predicted waypoints; and revising the predicted route based on user feedback to generate the current travel plan; determining, an estimated amount of time the user intends to spend at each of the plurality of waypoints in the travel plan, based on a historical amount of time previously spent at the one or more historical waypoints; determining a maximum distance the vehicle can travel based on a current energy level of the vehicle; and upon determining that a total travel distance for the current travel plan exceeds the determined maximum distance; creating an energy replenishment plan including one or more refueling waypoints, based on the current travel plan and a user profile that includes one or more preferences of the user for particular refueling waypoints; calculating a charging schedule for the vehicle based on the estimated amount of time at each waypoint and a listing of off-peak charging hours, wherein the calculated charging schedule specifies that the vehicle is charged for an amount of time at a first one of the plurality of waypoints based on the estimated amount of time at the first waypoint, and wherein the calculated charging schedule specifies that the vehicle is charged during peak charging hours only as necessary to reach a level of charge that is sufficient to complete the current travel plan and that otherwise the vehicle is otherwise charged during off-peak charging hours; and charging the vehicle at the first one of the plurality of waypoints in accordance with the charging schedule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a program which, when executed, performs an operation, comprising:
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generating, interactively with the user, a current travel plan that includes a plurality of waypoints, based on historical data relating to previous routes made by the user to one or more historical waypoints, comprising; determining a plurality of predicted waypoints, based on the one or more historical waypoints visited by the user during the previous routes; generating a predicted route for the current travel plan that includes the determined plurality of predicted waypoints; and revising the predicted route based on user feedback to generate the current travel plan; determining, an estimated amount of time the user intends to spend at each of the plurality of waypoints in the travel plan, based on a historical amount of time previously spent at the one or more historical waypoints; determining a maximum distance the vehicle can travel based on a current energy level of the vehicle; and upon determining that a total travel distance for the current travel plan exceeds the determined maximum distance; creating an energy replenishment plan including one or more refueling waypoints, based on the current travel plan and a user profile that includes one or more preferences of the user for particular refueling waypoints; calculating a charging schedule for the vehicle based on the estimated amount of time at each waypoint and a listing of off-peak charging hours, wherein the calculated charging schedule specifies that the vehicle is charged for an amount of time at a first one of the plurality of waypoints based on the estimated amount of time for the first waypoint, and wherein the calculated charging schedule specifies that the vehicle is charged during peak charging hours only as necessary to reach a level of charge that is sufficient to complete the current travel plan and that otherwise the vehicle is otherwise charged during off-peak charging hours; and charging the vehicle at the first one of the plurality of waypoints in accordance with carrying out the charging schedule. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system, comprising:
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a computer processor; and a memory containing a program that, when executed on the computer processor, performs a operation for managing energy capacity in a vehicle, comprising; generating, interactively with the user, a current travel plan that includes a plurality of waypoints, based on historical data relating to previous routes made by the user to one or more historical waypoints, comprising; determining a plurality of predicted waypoints, based on the one or more historical waypoints visited by the user during the previous routes; generating a predicted route for the current travel plan that includes the determined plurality of predicted waypoints; and revising the predicted route based on user feedback to generate the current travel plan; determining, an estimated amount of time to be the user intends to spend at each of the plurality of waypoints in the travel plan, based on a historical amount of time previously spent at the one or more historical waypoints; determining a maximum distance the vehicle can travel based on a current energy level of the vehicle; and upon determining that a total travel distance for the current travel plan exceeds the determined maximum distance; creating an energy replenishment plan including one or more refueling waypoints, based on the current travel plan and a user profile that includes one or more preferences of the user for particular refueling waypoints; calculating a charging schedule for the vehicle based on the estimated amount of time at each waypoint and a listing of off-peak charging hours, wherein the calculated charging schedule specifies that the vehicle is charged for an amount of time at a first one of the plurality of waypoints based on the estimated amount of time for the first waypoint, and wherein the calculated charging schedule specifies that the vehicle is charged during peak charging hours only as necessary to reach a level of charge that is sufficient to complete the current travel plan and that otherwise the vehicle is otherwise charged during off-peak charging; and charging the vehicle at the first one of the plurality of waypoints in accordance with carrying out the charging schedule. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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