# US 10,369,897 B2 · Method and apparatus for route completion likelihood display > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,369,897 B2 - Document ID: US10369897B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/795,461 - Filed: 2013-03-12 - Published: 2014-08-21 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-02-18 - Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Yimin Liu; Perry Robinson MacNeille; Michael Edward Loftus - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369897B2 ## CPC - B60L 1/003: {to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors} - B60L 3/12: Recording operating variables {; Monitoring of operating variables} - B60L 2240/34: Cabin temperature - B60L 2240/622: by satellite navigation - B60L 2240/66: Ambient conditions - B60L 2240/662: Temperature - B60L 2240/68: Traffic data - B60L 2240/72: Charging station selection relying on external data - B60L 2240/80: Time limits - B60L 2250/10: by alarm - 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 2250/18: by enquiring driving style - B60L 2250/20: by driver identification - B60L 2260/50: by future state prediction - B60L 2260/52: drive range estimation, e.g. of estimation of available travel distance - B60L 2260/54: Energy consumption estimation - B60L 2260/58: Departure time prediction - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/72: Electric energy management in electromobility - Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles - 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 - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A system includes a processor configured to send likelihood-of-success request, including vehicle state information. The processor is further configured to receive information representing likelihood of reaching route points, utilizing a current vehicle charge, along with effects on the likelihood based on one or more power utilization changes. The processor is also configured to interactively display the received information and receive power utilization change selection. Also, the processor is configured to calculate a new likelihood of reaching the points based on the selection and display updated information based on the calculation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: a processor configured to: receive data from a remote server indicating a vehicle system for which prevention of utilization for a journey's duration increases the probability of successfully reaching a destination on a remaining power charge; determine if the indicated vehicle system corresponds to a lockable system; and automatically lock-out the lockable system to prevent lockable system utilization for the journey's duration. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured determine if the indicated vehicle system corresponds to a system designated by a vehicle occupant as being automatically lockable. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive an updated probability of successfully reaching a destination; receive an effect on the updated probability based on utilization of a locked-out vehicle system; and unlock the vehicle system if the effect on the updated probability results in a probability above a predetermined threshold. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the lockable vehicle systems include HVAC. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the lockable vehicle systems include a media player. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to unlock a locked lockable system upon user request. ### Claim 7 A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving data from a remote server indicating a vehicle system for which prevention of utilization for a journey's duration increases the probability of successfully reaching a destination on a remaining power charge; determining if the indicated vehicle system corresponds to a lockable system; and automatically locking-out the lockable system to prevent lockable system utilization for the journey's duration. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising determining if the indicated vehicle system corresponds to a system designated by a vehicle occupant as being automatically lockable. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: receiving an updated probability of successfully reaching a destination; receiving an effect on the updated probability based on utilization of a locked-out vehicle system; and unlocking the vehicle system if the effect on the updated probability results in a likelihood above a predetermined threshold. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the lockable vehicle systems include HVAC. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the lockable vehicle systems include a media player. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising unlocking a locked lockable system upon user request. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising: receiving data from a remote server indicating a vehicle system for which prevention of utilization for a journey's duration increases the probability of successfully reaching a destination on a remaining power charge; determining if the indicated vehicle system corresponds to a lockable system; and automatically locking-out the lockable system to prevent lockable system utilization for the journey's duration. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The storage medium of claim 13, the method further comprising determining if the indicated vehicle system corresponds to a system designated by a vehicle occupant as being automatically lockable. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The storage medium of claim 13, the method further comprising: receiving an updated probability of successfully reaching a destination; receiving an effect on the updated probability based on utilization of a locked-out vehicle system; and unlocking the vehicle system if the effect on the updated probability results in a probability above a a predetermined threshold. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the lockable vehicle systems include HVAC. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the lockable vehicle systems include a media player. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The storage medium of claim 13, the method further comprising unlocking a locked lockable system upon user request.