Methods and systems for monitoring a charging pattern to identify a customer

• US 10,762,453 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2017
• Issued: 09/01/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Ravi, Narendran, Rho, Steven, Brijwasi, Mohitash, Malik, Maira, Rajendran, Aparajithan
• Primary Examiner(s): Miller, Alan S
• Application Number:
  US15/706,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20190087759A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,082 Days
• Field of Search: 705 711- 742
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/72 Charging station selection relying on external data
• 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: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• 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 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

Systems and methods for monitoring a charging pattern to identify a customer. The system includes a memory that stores instructions for executing processes for monitoring a charging pattern to identify a customer. The system also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to: monitor charging patterns of each user of a plurality of users of a shared vehicle to determine a preferred charging mode for each user; generate a user profile for each user of the plurality of users, the user profile indicating preferences for each respective user; identify a user operating the vehicle; transmit, to a third party vendor, a request for a resource based on the user profile of the user operating the vehicle; and transmit a charging schedule to the vehicle after receiving a response to the request for the resource.

Claims

1. A system for charging a shared electric vehicle, comprising:

a memory that stores instructions for executing processes for charging the shared electric vehicle based on a charging pattern for one user of a plurality of users of the shared electric vehicle; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions, wherein the instructions cause the processor to;

monitor charging patterns of each user of the plurality of users of the shared electric vehicle to determine a preferred charging mode for each user;

generate a user profile for each user of the plurality of users, the user profile indicating preferences for each respective user, wherein the user profile for a respective user from among the plurality of users indicates a first preferred charging mode for a first location and a second preferred charging mode for a second location, wherein the first and the second charging modes are different;

identify a user operating the shared electric vehicle;

transmit, to a third party vendor, a request for a resource based on a charging mode for the user selected based on the user profile of the user operating the shared electric vehicle and a current charging location; and

after receiving a response to the request for the resource, transmit a charging schedule to the shared electric vehicle to charge the shared electric vehicle according to the preferred charging mode.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein, for a user from among the plurality of users, the charging patterns indicate a ubiquitous preferred charging mode for each charging location associated with the user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to identify a first user from among the plurality of users when a driving schedule indicates that the first user is scheduled to operate the vehicle during a first period of time and to identify a second user from among the plurality of users when the driving schedule indicates that the second user is scheduled to operate the vehicle during a second period of time.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to store a charging pattern for a given charging location based on the identified driver as indicated by the driving schedule.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to store a charging station location when a user connects the vehicle to a new charging station and to store a charging preferences for the new charging station.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the charging mode indicates a condition for initiating the charging, one or more charging speeds, and a condition for stopping the charging based on one or more of cost of electric energy, source of electric energy, and predetermined charge level.

7. A method of charging a shared electric vehicle based on a charging pattern for one user of a plurality of users of the shared electric vehicle, comprising:

monitoring charging patterns of each user of the plurality of users of the shared vehicle to determine a preferred charging mode for each user;

generating a user profile for each user of the plurality of users, the user profile indicating preferences for each respective user, wherein the user profile for a respective user from among the plurality of users indicates a first preferred charging mode for a first location and a second preferred charging mode for a second location, wherein the first and the second charging modes are different;

identifying a user operating the shared electric vehicle;

transmitting, to a third party vendor, a request for a resource based on a charging mode for the user selected based on the user profile of the user operating the shared electric vehicle and a current charging location; and

after receiving a response to the request for the resource, transmitting a charging schedule to the shared electric vehicle to charge the shared electric vehicle according to the preferred charging mode.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein, for a user from among the plurality of users, the charging patterns indicate a ubiquitous preferred charging mode for each charging location associated with the user.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein identifying the user operating the vehicle based on the user profiles comprises identifying a first user from among the plurality of users when a driving schedule indicates that the first user is scheduled to operate the vehicle during a first period of time and identifying a second user from among the plurality of users when the driving schedule indicates that the second user is scheduled to operate the vehicle during a second period of time.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising storing a charging pattern for a given charging location based on the identified driver as indicated by the driving schedule.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising storing a charging station location when a user connects the vehicle to a new charging station and to store a charging preferences for the new charging station.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the charging mode indicates a condition for initiating the charging, one or more charging speeds, and a condition for stopping the charging based on one or more of cost of electric energy, source of electric energy, and predetermined charge level.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing executable computer program code, the code comprising instructions configured to cause a processor to:

monitor charging patterns of each user of a plurality of users of a shared electric vehicle to determine a preferred charging mode for each user;

generate a user profile for each user of the plurality of users, the user profile indicating preferences for each respective user, wherein the user profile for a respective user from among the plurality of users indicates a first preferred charging mode for a first location and a second preferred charging mode for a second location, wherein the first and the second charging modes are different;

identify a user operating the shared electric vehicle;

transmit, to a third party vendor, a request for a resource based on a charging mode for the user selected based on the user profile of the user operating the shared electric vehicle and a current charging location; and

after receiving a response to the request for the resource, transmit a charging schedule to the shared electric vehicle to charge the shared electric vehicle according to the preferred charging mode.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein, for a user from among the plurality of users, the charging patterns indicate a ubiquitous preferred charging mode for each charging location associated with the user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the processor is configured to identify a first user from among the plurality of users when a driving schedule indicates that the first user is scheduled to operate the vehicle during a first period of time and to identify a second user from among the plurality of users when the driving schedule indicates that the second user is scheduled to operate the vehicle during a second period of time.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the processor is configured to store a charging pattern for a given charging location based on the identified driver as indicated by the driving schedule.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the charging mode indicates a condition for initiating the charging, one or more charging speeds, and a condition for stopping the charging based on one or more of cost of electric energy, source of electric energy, and predetermined charge level.