Transport battery recharging via virtual power plant
AssigneeToyota Motor North America, Inc.
InventorNorman Lu
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Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of establishing a communication channel between a computing system associated with a plurality of available power sources and a transport comprising a rechargeable battery that is configured to power the transport, determining a value of charge power for the rechargeable battery, generating a request that identifies the value of charge power in a first field and identifies a power source in a second field from among a plurality of available power sources to source the charge power for the rechargeable battery, and transmitting the request from the transport to a computing system via the established communication channel.
Claims20
A transport, comprising:
- a rechargeable battery configured to power the transport;
- a processor configured to
- determine, via a software application, energy needs of a power grid associated with the transport;
- determine a value of charge power for the rechargeable battery based on a power level of the rechargeable battery and determine a type of energy from which to draw power based on the determined energy needs of the power grid, and
- generate a request message and store the value of charge power in a first field within the request message and the type of energy from which to draw the charge power in a second field of the request message;
- and
- an interface configured to transmit the request message from the transport to a computing system associated with a charging station.
A method, comprising:
- establishing a communication channel between a computing system associated with a plurality of available power sources and a transport comprising a rechargeable battery that is configured to power the transport;
- determining, via a software application, energy needs of a power grid associated with the transport;
- determining a value of charge power for the rechargeable battery based on a power level of the rechargeable battery and determine a type of energy from which to draw power based on the determined energy needs of the power grid;
- generating a request message and storing the value of charge power in a first field within the request message and the type of energy from which to draw the charge power in a second field of the request message;
- and
- transmitting the request message from the transport to the computing system via the established communication channel.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- establishing a communication channel between a computing system associated with a plurality of available power sources and a transport comprising a rechargeable battery that is configured to power the transport;
- determining, via a software application, energy needs of a power grid associated with the transport;
- determining a value of charge power for the rechargeable battery based on a power level of the rechargeable battery and determine a type of energy from which to draw power based on the determined energy needs of the power grid;
- generating a request message and storing the value of charge power in a first field within the request message and the type of energy from which to draw the charge power in a second field of the request message;
- and
- transmitting the request message from the transport to the computing system via the established communication channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.