System and method of charging a vehicle using a dynamic power grid, and system and method of managing power consumption in the vehicle
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBrian Marshall O'Connell, Rick Allen Hamilton, James Robert Kozloski, Clifford Alan Pickover
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Abstract
A system for managing power consumption in a vehicle, includes an optimizing unit for optimizing a plurality of parameters to determine a power to be consumed by the vehicle based on a plurality of power source signatures for a plurality of power sources; and an operating mode setting unit for setting an operating mode for powering the vehicle based on the determined power.
Claims20
A system for managing power consumption in a vehicle, comprising:
- a power source signature database that stores power source signatures for a plurality of power sources used in charging and refueling events within the vehicle, the power source signatures identifying an ultimate source of power;
- an optimizing device which:
- stores quantity data associating a quantity of the power being stored in the vehicle with the ultimate source based on the power source signatures;
- and
- optimizes a plurality of parameters to determine a power to be consumed by the vehicle based on the quantity data;
- and
- an operating mode setting device which sets an operating mode for powering the vehicle based on the determined power,
- wherein the plurality of parameters includes an environmental impact of a power source in the plurality of power sources.
A method of managing power consumption in a vehicle, comprising:
- storing power source signatures for a plurality of power sources used in charging and refueling events within the vehicle, the power source signatures identifying an ultimate source of power;
- storing quantity data associating a quantity of the power being stored in the vehicle with the ultimate source based on the power source signatures;
- and
- optimizing a plurality of parameters to determine a power to be consumed by the vehicle based on the quantity data;
- and
- setting an operating mode for powering the vehicle based on the determined power,
- wherein the plurality of parameters includes an environmental impact of a power source in the plurality of power sources.
A non-transitory programmable storage medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform a method of managing power consumption in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- storing power source signatures for a plurality of power sources used in charging and refueling events within the vehicle, the power source signatures identifying an ultimate source of power;
- storing quantity data associating a quantity of the power being stored in the vehicle with the ultimate source based on the power source signatures;
- and
- optimizing a plurality of parameters to determine a power to be consumed by the vehicle based on the quantity data;
- and
- setting an operating mode for powering the vehicle based on the determined power,
- wherein the plurality of parameters includes an environmental impact of a power source in the plurality of power sources.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.