Estimating a departure time for a plug-in electric vehicle
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- analyzing, by a control device, power meter data to determine that a connector of the control device is coupled to an inlet of a Plug-in Electric Vehicle (“
PEV”
), wherein the connector being coupled to the inlet causes a charger of the PEV to be operable to charge a battery set included in the PEV with electricity and the power meter data describes one or more readings of a power meter and the one or more readings describe a unique electrical characteristic of the PEV that indicates whether the connector is coupled to the inlet;
charging the battery set with electricity via a power coupling formed by the connector being coupled to the inlet, wherein the charging occurs responsive to a determination that the connector is coupled to the inlet based on a presence of the unique electrical characteristic of the PEV being identified by the analysis of the power meter data;
retrieving clock data from a non-transitory memory, wherein the clock data describes time information associated with a present day when the connector of the control device is coupled to the inlet of the PEV;
determining a next day of a next journey for the PEV based on the clock data and a category of the next day;
retrieving history data associated with the category of the next day, wherein the history data describes a habitual time when the connector and the inlet are decoupled for a plurality of historical days within the category of the next day; and
estimating that a departure time for the next journey is substantially equal to the habitual time when the connector and the inlet are decoupled for the historical days within the category of the next day.
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Abstract
The disclosure includes a system and method for determining a departure time for a Plug-in Electric Vehicle (“PEV”). The method may include analyzing power meter data to determine that a connector of a control device is coupled to an inlet of the PEV. The method may include charging a battery set of the PEV with electricity. The method may include determining a next day of a next journey for the PEV based on clock data provided by a clock. The clock data may describe time information describing a present day and a category of the next day. The method may include analyzing history data associated with the category of the next day to determine a habitual time associated with the category of the next day. The method may include estimating that a departure time for the next journey is substantially equal to the habitual time.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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analyzing, by a control device, power meter data to determine that a connector of the control device is coupled to an inlet of a Plug-in Electric Vehicle (“
PEV”
), wherein the connector being coupled to the inlet causes a charger of the PEV to be operable to charge a battery set included in the PEV with electricity and the power meter data describes one or more readings of a power meter and the one or more readings describe a unique electrical characteristic of the PEV that indicates whether the connector is coupled to the inlet;charging the battery set with electricity via a power coupling formed by the connector being coupled to the inlet, wherein the charging occurs responsive to a determination that the connector is coupled to the inlet based on a presence of the unique electrical characteristic of the PEV being identified by the analysis of the power meter data; retrieving clock data from a non-transitory memory, wherein the clock data describes time information associated with a present day when the connector of the control device is coupled to the inlet of the PEV; determining a next day of a next journey for the PEV based on the clock data and a category of the next day; retrieving history data associated with the category of the next day, wherein the history data describes a habitual time when the connector and the inlet are decoupled for a plurality of historical days within the category of the next day; and estimating that a departure time for the next journey is substantially equal to the habitual time when the connector and the inlet are decoupled for the historical days within the category of the next day. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium including a computer-readable program, wherein the computer-readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
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analyze, by a processor of the computer, power meter data to determine that a connector of a control device is coupled to an inlet of a Plug-in Electric Vehicle (“
PEV”
), wherein the connector being coupled to the inlet causes a charger of the PEV to be operable to charge a battery set included in the PEV with electricity and the power meter data describes one or more readings of a power meter that describe a unique electrical characteristic of the PEV that indicates whether the connector is coupled to the inlet;charge the battery set with electricity via a power coupling formed by the connector being coupled to the inlet, wherein the charging occurs responsive to a determination that the connector is coupled to the inlet based on a presence of the unique electrical characteristic of the PEV being identified by the analysis of the power meter data; retrieve clock data from a non-transitory memory, wherein the clock data describes time information associated with a present day when the connector of the control device is coupled to the inlet of the PEV; determine a next day of a next journey for the PEV based on the clock data and a category of the next day; retrieve history data associated with the category of the next day, wherein the history data describes a habitual time when the connector and the inlet are decoupled for a plurality of historical days within the category of the next day; and estimate that a departure time for the next journey is substantially equal to the habitual time when the connector and the inlet are decoupled for the historical days within the category of the next day. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a Plug-in Electric Vehicle (“
PEV”
) coupled to a control device;wherein the PEV includes a battery set operable to be charged by the control device, wherein the control device includes a monitor module that includes computer-readable code that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform steps comprising; analyzing power meter data to determine that a connector of the control device is coupled to an inlet of the PEV, wherein the connector being coupled to the inlet creates a power coupling that causes a charger of the PEV to be operable to charge a battery set included in the PEV with electricity provided by the control device via the power coupling, wherein the power meter data describes one or more readings of a power meter that describe a unique electrical characteristic of the PEV that indicates whether the connector is coupled to the inlet; charging the battery set with electricity responsive to the analysis of the power data identifying the unique electrical characteristic of the PEV; determining a next day of a next journey for the PEV based on clock data provided by a clock, wherein the clock data describes time information associated with a present day and a category of a next day occurring after the present day; analyzing history data associated with the category of the next day to determine a habitual time associated with the category of the next day, wherein the history data describes a historical pattern of times when the connector and the inlet were decoupled for a plurality of historical days within the category of the next day and the habitual time is indicated by the historical pattern; and estimating that a departure time for the next journey is substantially equal to the habitual time.
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21. A method comprising:
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determining on a first day that a connector of a control device is decoupled from an inlet of a Plug-in Electric Vehicle (“
PEV”
), wherein the control device controls access to an electricity source, the connector transmits electricity to the inlet when coupled to the inlet and the inlet transmits the electricity to a charger that charges a battery set included in a battery system of the PEV;building history data that describes a decoupling time when the connector was decoupled from the inlet based on a presence of a unique electrical characteristic of the PEV being absent; determining that a second day is similar to the first day based on the first day and the second day occurring on a similar day of a week, wherein the second day occurs subsequent to the first day; and determining, by the control device, that a departure time for the PEV on the second day is substantially equal to the decoupling time described by the history data.
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