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US 11,999,247 B2Granted
Providing transport to transport energy transfer
AssigneeToyota Motor North America, Inc.
InventorNorman Lu
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Abstract
An example operation may include determining, by a server, a location where a first transport that is in motion will run out of energy, and determining, by the server, a first amount of energy needed by a second transport to maneuver to the first transport at an intermediate location prior to the location and to wirelessly provide a second amount of energy to the first transport. The method may also include instructing, by the server, the second transport to wirelessly provide the second amount of energy at the intermediate location.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a server, network communications comprising route data including a current route and a current energy consumption rate of an electric battery of a first transport that is in motion and is currently in route to a destination;
- determining, by the server, a future geographical location along the route where the first transport will run out of energy;
- determining, by the server, an intermediate location for energy transfer that is located on the current route prior to the future geographical location where the first transport will run out of energy;
- determining, by the server, a modified route for the first transport to reach the intermediate location which diverts the first transport from the current route based on an expected amount of energy that will be consumed by the first transport to divert from the current route;
- determining, by the server, alignment positions of the first transport with respect to a second transport that is in motion for optimal energy transfer based on a location of an energy transmitting module in the second transport and a location of an energy receiving module within the first transport;
- transmitting, by the server, the modified route to the first transport and network communications to both of the first transport and the second transport with the intermediate location, the alignment positions, and the second amount of energy to be provided to the first transport;
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- maneuvering by the first and second transports to the determined alignment positions at the intermediate location.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory on which are stored machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive network communications comprising route data including a current route and a current energy consumption rate of an electric battery of a first transport that is in motion and which is currently in route to a destination;
- determine a future geographical location along the route where the first transport will run out of energy;
- determine an intermediate location for energy transfer that is located on the current route prior to the future geographical location where the first transport will run out of energy;
- determine a modified route for the first transport to reach the intermediate location which diverts the first transport from the current route based on an expected amount of energy that will be consumed by the first transport to divert from the current route;
- determine alignment positions of the first transport with respect to a second transport that is in motion for optimal energy transfer based on a location of an energy transmitting module in the second transport and a location of an energy receiving module within the first transport;
- transmit the modified route to the first transport and network communications to both of the first transport and the second transport with the intermediate location and the second amount of energy to be provided to the first transport;
- and
- maneuver by the first and second transports to the determined alignment positions at the intermediate location.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
- receiving, by a server, network communications comprising route data including a current route and a current energy consumption rate of an electric battery of a first transport that is in motion and which is currently in route to a destination;
- determining, by the server, a future geographical location along the route where the first transport will run out of energy;
- determining, by the server, an intermediate location for energy transfer that is located on the current route prior to the future geographical location where the first transport will run out of energy;
- determining, by the server, a modified route for the first transport to reach the intermediate location which diverts the first transport from the current route based on an expected amount of energy that will be consumed by the first transport to divert from the current route;
- determining, by the server, alignment positions of the first transport with respect to a second transport that is in motion for optimal energy transfer based on a location of an energy transmitting module in the second transport and a location of an energy receiving module within the first transport;
- transmitting, by the server, the modified route to the first transport and network communications to both of the first transport and the second transport with the intermediate location, the alignment positions, and the second amount of energy;
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- maneuvering by the first and second transports to the determined alignment positions at the intermediate location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.