Hydrogen fueling station communication
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsMark A. McClung, Michael C. Edwards
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Abstract
Fueling verification systems and methods for corroboration of vehicle fueling are described herein. The systems and methods provide for verifiable transmission of data collected from a remote source to assure data integrity and maintain proper fuel transmission as part of vehicle fueling. The systems and methods can include collecting a first fuel measure for a fueling process from a delivery source. A second fuel measure can be recorded into a blockchain. The second fuel measure for the fueling process can be received from a recipient source. Then, the first fuel measure and the second fuel measure can be correlated to determine a fueling offset. Then, the delivery source and/or the recipient source can be compensated based on the fueling offset.
Claims17
A fueling verification system for corroboration of vehicle fueling, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing:
- a detection module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to collect a first fuel measure for a fueling process from a delivery source, the first fuel measure being incorporated into a blockchain;
- a communication module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to collect a second fuel measure for a fueling process from a recipient source, the second fuel measure being incorporated into the blockchain;
- and
- an evaluation module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to compare the first fuel measure and the second fuel measure to determine a fueling offset, to present a plurality of compensation options to the delivery source, the recipient source, and/or a related controlling party, to receive an input of a selected one of the plurality of compensation options from the delivery source, the recipient source, and/or the related controlling party, to compensate the delivery source, the recipient source, and/or the related controlling party based on the fueling offset, the plurality of compensation options including two or more of:
- currency, goods, virtual currency, or discounts, and to shut down the fueling process if the fueling offset is beyond a critical value indicating possible harm or injury related to the fueling process.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium for corroboration of vehicle fueling and storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
- collect a first fuel measure for a fueling process from a delivery source, the first fuel measure being incorporated into a blockchain;
- collect a second fuel measure for a fueling process from a recipient source, the second fuel measure being incorporated into the blockchain;
- in response to collecting the second fuel measure, compare the first fuel measure and the second fuel measure to determine a fueling offset;
- present a plurality of compensation options to the delivery source, the recipient source, and/or a related controlling party, the plurality of compensation options including two or more of:
- currency, goods, virtual currency, or discounts;
- receive an input of a selected one of the plurality of compensation options from the delivery source, the recipient source, and/or the related controlling party;
- compensate the delivery source, the recipient source, and/or the related controlling party based on the fueling offset;
- and
- shut down the fueling process if the fueling offset is beyond a critical value indicating possible harm or injury related to the fueling process.
A method for corroboration of vehicle fueling, comprising:
- collecting, in a blockchain, a first fuel measure for a fueling process from a delivery source;
- collecting, in the blockchain, a second fuel measure for the fueling process from a recipient source;
- in response to collecting the second fuel measure, comparing the first fuel measure and the second fuel measure to determine a fueling offset;
- present a plurality of compensation options to the delivery source, the recipient source, and/or a related controlling party, the plurality of compensation options including two or more of:
- currency, goods, virtual currency, or discounts;
- receive an input of a selected one of the plurality of compensation options from the delivery source, the recipient source, and/or the related controlling party;
- compensating the delivery source, the recipient source, and/or the related controlling party based on the fueling offset;
- and
- in response to the fueling offset being beyond a critical value indicating possible harm or injury related to the fueling process, shutting down the fueling process, by one or more processors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.