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US 10,949,898 B2Granted
Scoring charging events for electric vehicles
AssigneeRecargo, Inc.
InventorsLucas Manfield, Forrest North, Armen Petrosian, Nick Wild
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Abstract
A system and method for ranking or scoring charging stations and/or charging events or sessions, and/or performing actions based on the ranking or scoring is described. In some embodiments, a charging station ranking engine is configured to rank charging stations, or potential charging events, based on feedback received from users of the charging stations, such as drivers of electric vehicles, or other dynamically determined factors.
Claims13
A method performed by a computing system of an electric vehicle, the method comprising:
- accessing context information associated with a potential charging event at a charging station,
- wherein the potential charging event is specific to the electric vehicle;
- determining a score for the potential charging event at the charging station based on the context information,
- wherein the context information includes a route to be traveled from a current location of the electric vehicle to a location of the charging station and information associated with reviews of previous charging events at the charging station,
- wherein the information associated with reviews of previous charging events at the charging station includes information based on a date-weighted average of binary station reviews obtained via check-in actions of electric vehicles at the charging station, and
- wherein the score for the potential charging event at the charging station is determined specifically for the potential charging event of charging the electric vehicle at the charging station and is dynamically determined upon accessing the context information;
- rendering an icon representative of the charging station along with an indicator of the score for the potential charging event at the charging station on a map presented by a mapping application associated with the electric vehicle and in communication with the computing system of the electric vehicle;
- and
- automatically reserving the charging station when the score for the potential charging event at the charging station is above a threshold score.
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A charging interface system, comprising:
- a non-transitory memory storing instructions;
- one or more processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and operable to execute the instructions from the non-transitory memory, the execution of the instructions causing the charging interface system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a request from an electric vehicle to charge the electric vehicle;
- accessing context information associated with a future, potential charging event at a specific charging station for the electric vehicle, wherein the context information includes a route to be traveled from a current location of the electric vehicle to a location of the charging station and information associated with reviews of previous charging events at the charging station,
- wherein the information associated with reviews of previous charging events at the charging station includes information based on a date-weighted average of binary station reviews obtained via check-in actions of electric vehicles at the charging station;
- determining a score for the future, potential charging event at the charging station based on the context information,
- wherein the score for the future, potential charging event at the charging station is determined specifically for the electric vehicle using the charging station during the future, potential charging event,
- wherein the score for the future, potential charging event at the charging station is dynamically determined based on the context information, and
- wherein the score for the future, potential charging event at the charging station is indicative of a suitability of the charging station for charging the electric vehicle during the future, potential charging event;
- rendering a map presented to a driver of the electric vehicle;
- and
- displaying an icon representative of the charging station along with an indicator of the score for the future, potential charging event at the charging station within the rendered map;
- and
- automatically reserving the charging station on behalf of the electric vehicle when the score for the future, potential charging event at the charging station is above a threshold score.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium whose contents, when executed by a computing system of an electric vehicle, cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- accessing context information associated with a potential charging event for the electric vehicle at a charging station;
- and
- determining a score for the potential charging event at the charging station by:
- accessing a score assigned to the charging station that is previously calculated using information associated with reviews of previous charging events at the charging station, wherein the information associated with reviews of previous charging events at the charging station includes information based on a date-weighted average of binary station reviews obtained via check-in actions of electric vehicles at the charging station;
- determining context information for the potential charging event at the charging station,
- wherein the context information includes a route to be traveled from a current location of the electric vehicle to a location of the charging station, a current state of charge of a battery of the electric vehicle, and an energy source to be used to charge the electric vehicle during the potential charging event;
- and
- dynamically updating the score assigned to the charging station based on the context information, wherein the dynamically updated score is specific to the electric vehicle using the charging station during the potential charging event;
- and
- automatically reserving the charging station on behalf of the electric vehicle when the score for the potential charging event at the charging station is above a threshold score.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.