System and method for a one-time departure schedule setup for charging battery-electric vehicles
First Claim
1. A computer-based method for allowing a one-time temporary change to a primary departure schedule of a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving, using an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) and from a user of the vehicle, the primary departure schedule for at least one of activating a Battery Management and Charging Unit (BMCU) of the vehicle to perform a charging operation of a battery of the vehicle or for activating a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) unit of the vehicle to perform a pre-climate operation to adjust an interior climate of the vehicle prior to a departure;
receiving, using the ECU and from the user, at least one of an immediate charge mode designation or a primary departure charge mode designation;
setting, using the ECU, a current charge mode for the vehicle to an immediate charge mode when a most recent received charge mode designation is the immediate charge mode designation;
deactivating, using a signal transmitted by the ECU, at least one of the charging operation performed by the BMCU or the pre-climate operation performed by the HVAC unit, in order to temporarily prevent the charging operation or the pre-climate operation from being performed according to the primary departure schedule during a time period in which the current charge mode is set to the immediate charge mode;
charging the battery of the vehicle using the BMCU when or after the current charge mode is set to the immediate charge mode; and
returning, using the ECU and without any user interaction, the current charge mode to a primary departure charge mode when or after the charging operation during the immediate charge mode has ended.
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Abstract
A method and a system for making a one-time change to a primary departure schedule of a battery-electric vehicle for charging or pre-climate operations without affecting the future departure times of the primary departure schedule. The system can be a vehicle including an ECU, a memory, a battery, a charger connected to an external power source, a BMS, an HVAC and a display. The method may include receiving an alternate departure date and time different from the primary departure schedule, deactivating the charging or pre-climate operations based on the primary departure schedule and activating charging or pre-climate operations based on the alternate departure date and time. The method and system may also include receiving an immediate charge mode designation, deactivating the charging or pre-climate operations based on the primary schedule and immediately activating the charging operations without affecting the primary departure schedule.
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1. A computer-based method for allowing a one-time temporary change to a primary departure schedule of a vehicle, comprising:
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receiving, using an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) and from a user of the vehicle, the primary departure schedule for at least one of activating a Battery Management and Charging Unit (BMCU) of the vehicle to perform a charging operation of a battery of the vehicle or for activating a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) unit of the vehicle to perform a pre-climate operation to adjust an interior climate of the vehicle prior to a departure; receiving, using the ECU and from the user, at least one of an immediate charge mode designation or a primary departure charge mode designation; setting, using the ECU, a current charge mode for the vehicle to an immediate charge mode when a most recent received charge mode designation is the immediate charge mode designation; deactivating, using a signal transmitted by the ECU, at least one of the charging operation performed by the BMCU or the pre-climate operation performed by the HVAC unit, in order to temporarily prevent the charging operation or the pre-climate operation from being performed according to the primary departure schedule during a time period in which the current charge mode is set to the immediate charge mode; charging the battery of the vehicle using the BMCU when or after the current charge mode is set to the immediate charge mode; and returning, using the ECU and without any user interaction, the current charge mode to a primary departure charge mode when or after the charging operation during the immediate charge mode has ended. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A vehicle comprising:
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a battery; a Battery Management and Charging Unit (BMCU) including a Battery Management System (BMS) and a charger, the BMS coupled to the battery and the charger, and the charger coupled to the battery and an external power source; an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) coupled to the charger and the BMS; a display coupled to the ECU; a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) unit coupled to the ECU, wherein the ECU is configured to; receive from a user of the vehicle a primary departure schedule which recurs on a weekly basis for activating a charging operation performed by the charger or for activating a pre-climate operation performed by the HVAC unit to adjust an interior climate of the vehicle prior to a departure; receive from the user a charge mode designation of at least, one of an immediate charge mode designation or a primary, departure charge mode designation; set a current charge mode to an immediate charge mode when a most recent received charge mode designation is the immediate charge mode designation; deactivate, by transmitting a signal, at least one of the charging operation performed by the charger or the pre-climate operation performed by the HVAC unit, in order to temporarily prevent the charging operation or the pre-climate operation from being performed according to the primary departure schedule during a time period which the current charge mode is set to the immediate charge mode; direct, by transmitting a signal, the charger to perform the charging operation when or after the current charge mode is set to the immediate charge mode; return, without any user interaction, the current charge mode to a primary departure charge mode when or after the charging operation during the immediate charge mode has ended; recalculate, without any user interaction, a date and a time to begin the charging operation or pre-climate operation when the current charge mode is returned to the primary departure charge mode based on a time period remaining until a next departure date and time of the primary departure schedule; and direct, by transmitting a signal, the charger to perform the charging operation or the HVAC unit to perform the pre-climate operation based on the recalculated date and time when the current charge mode is returned to the primary departure charge mode. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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