US 11,807,120 B2
Electric vehicle charging management system and method
Joseph R. Brannan, Bloomington, IL (US)
Assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/888,588.
Application 17/888,588 is a continuation of application No. 16/729,871, filed on Dec. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,447,024.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/939,906, filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/938,676, filed on Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/930,807, filed on Nov. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/923,713, filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388413 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60L 53/35 (2019.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); G06Q 10/047 (2023.01); B60L 53/68 (2019.01); B60L 58/18 (2019.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 53/63 (2019.01); G08G 1/0968 (2006.01); G08G 1/137 (2006.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01)
CPC B60L 53/35 (2019.02) [B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/53 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/63 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/665 (2019.02); B60L 53/68 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 58/18 (2019.02); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/028 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); G06Q 10/047 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06316 (2013.01); G08G 1/096838 (2013.01); G08G 1/096844 (2013.01); G08G 1/096883 (2013.01); G08G 1/137 (2013.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, the method being implemented via one or more processors associated with an autonomous recharging vehicle (ARV), the method comprising:
forming, by the one or more associated processors, a list comprising a plurality of electric vehicles waiting in queue for charging by the ARV based upon a plurality of electronic requests that are wirelessly received from the electric vehicles;
performing, by the one or more associated processors, an optimization algorithm to:
rearrange an order of the electric vehicles on the list based upon a state of charge (SOC) remaining in the each of the electric vehicles and current route and location of the electric vehicles and the ARV, and
determine whether the ARV needs to be recharged between charging the electric vehicles on the list and an amount of time needed to finish recharging the ARV for the ARV to reach a sufficient SOC to resume charging the electric vehicles on the list;
scheduling, via the one or more associated processors, a plurality of rendezvous points for the ARV to recharge the electric vehicles based upon the rearranged order of the electric vehicles on the list, the determining of whether the ARV needs to be recharged, and the amount of time needed to finish recharging the ARV; and
automatically routing the ARV to the rendezvous points based upon the scheduling.