# US 10,245,968 B2 · System and method of charging a vehicle using a dynamic power grid, and system and method of managing power consumption in the vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,968 B2 - Document ID: US10245968B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/151,210 - Filed: 2016-05-10 - Published: 2016-09-01 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2012-02-03 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation - Inventors: Brian Marshall O'Connell; Rick Allen Hamilton; James Robert Kozloski; Clifford Alan Pickover - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245968B2 ## CPC - B60L 1/02: to electric heating circuits - B60L 1/14: to electric lighting circuits - B60L 53/305: {Communication interfaces} - B60L 53/51: Photovoltaic means - B60L 53/52: Wind-driven generators - B60L 53/63: in response to network capacity - B60L 53/65: involving identification of vehicles or their battery types - B60L 53/665: {Methods related to measuring, billing or payment} - B60L 53/68: Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control - B60L 55/00: Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements - B60L 58/12: responding to state of charge [SoC] - G01C 21/3469: {Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects} - G06Q 30/08: Auctions - G06Q 40/04: Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange - H02J 3/008: Circuit arrangements for power supply or distribution technologies responsive to energy trading - H02J 7/342: {The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging (with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/68)} - H02J 7/90: Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage - H02J 13/13: characterised by the transmission of data to equipment in the power network - B60L 2240/12: Speed - B60L 2240/34: Cabin temperature - B60L 2240/622: by satellite navigation - B60L 2240/662: Temperature - B60L 2240/667: Precipitation - B60L 2240/68: Traffic data - B60L 2240/70: Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres - B60L 2240/72: Charging station selection relying on external data - B60L 2240/80: Time limits - B60L 2250/12: by confirmation, e.g. of the input - B60L 2250/14: by input of vehicle departure time - B60L 2250/16: by display - B60L 2260/52: drive range estimation, e.g. of estimation of available travel distance - B60L 2260/54: Energy consumption estimation - B60L 2270/12: of exhaust - H02J 7/42: with electronic devices having internal batteries, e.g. mobile phones - H02J 7/575: {Parallel/serial switching of connection of batteries to charge or load circuit} - H02J 2103/30: Simulating, planning, modelling, reliability check or computer assisted design [CAD] of electric power networks - H02J 2105/37: exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] - Y02B 70/30: Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level - Y02B 90/20: Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector (smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00) - Y02E 60/00: Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 10/72: Electric energy management in electromobility - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles - Y02T 90/167: Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV] - Y04S 10/126: the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G] - Y04S 10/50: Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications - Y04S 20/221: General power management systems - Y04S 30/14: Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing - Y04S 40/12: characterised by data transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated electrical equipment - Y04S 40/20: Information technology specific aspects, e.g. CAD, simulation, modelling, system security - Y04S 50/10: Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the optimizing device comprises a modeling unit for dynamic modeling of expected power consumption for the vehicle, expected charging locations, and the plurality of power source signatures, based on a route planner that includes elevation information and a database of charging locations and refueling stations. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: a power source signature generating device which generates the plurality of power source signatures, the power source signature generating device comprising one of a provider of the plurality of power sources, a governmental body and a third party non-governmental organization. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the power source signature database is located remotely from the vehicle, and wherein the optimizing device comprises a wireless communication device for wirelessly communicating with the power source signature database. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: a wireless communication device for wirelessly coupling the vehicle with an other vehicle to determine if an exchange of power source signatures between the vehicle and the other vehicle would increase a net optimization for the vehicle and the other vehicle, wherein if the wireless communication device determines that the exchange of power source signatures between the vehicle and the other vehicle would increase the net optimization, then the optimizing device exchanges power source signatures between the vehicle and the other vehicle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of parameters further comprises a range of the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, an acceleration of the vehicle, and a life of a battery in the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the optimizing device and the operating mode setting device are included in one of an electronic control unit of the vehicle, and a handheld device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: a fueling/charging unit for one of fueling and charging the vehicle from the plurality of power sources. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the optimizing device optimizes the plurality of parameters in order to minimize the environmental impact across a plurality of vehicles including the vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the power source signatures comprise power source signatures from all charging and refueling events within the vehicle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of power sources comprises at least one of a coal burning power plant, a hydro-electric power source, and a wind-generated electricity power source. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the optimizing device comprises a plurality of components including a source signature component, a charging station source component, a car database component, a route planning component, a recharging planning component, an optimization component, an automatic fuel source selection component, and an accessory modification component. ### Claim 13 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the optimizing of the plurality of parameters is performed by using a modeling unit for dynamic modeling of expected power consumption for the vehicle, expected charging locations, and the plurality of power source signatures, based on a route planner that includes elevation information and a database of charging locations and refueling stations. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of power source signatures are generated by one of a provider of the plurality of power sources, a governmental body and a third party non-governmental organization. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of power source signatures are stored in the power source signature database which is located remotely from the vehicle, and wherein the optimizing of the plurality of parameters comprises using a wireless communication device to wirelessly communicate with the power source signature database. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: wirelessly coupling the vehicle with an other vehicle to determine if an exchange of power source signatures between the vehicle and the other vehicle would increase a net optimization for the vehicle and the other vehicle; and when it is determined that the exchange of power source signatures between the vehicle and the other vehicle would increase the net optimization, then exchanging power source signatures between the vehicle and the other vehicle. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: acquiring information on the plurality of power sources associated with charging stations as a function of time; acquiring information on a liquid fuel in a gas tank of the vehicle; modifying a quantity of power or charge in the vehicle's battery associated with each power source of the plurality of power sources; acquiring route information; and creating a recharging plan based on expected points of charging and expected power source signatures derived from each charging location. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the liquid fuel comprises at least one of gasoline, ethanol and diesel fuel, and wherein the modifying of the quantity of power or charge is performed by the vehicle. ### Claim 20 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.