# US 11,999,247 B2 · Providing transport to transport energy transfer

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 11,999,247 B2
- Document ID: US11999247B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/918,211
- Filed: 2020-07-01
- Published: 2022-01-06
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2020-07-01
- Assignees: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
- Applicants: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
- Inventors: Norman Lu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11999247B2

## CPC

- B60L 53/10: characterised by the energy transfer between the charging station and the vehicle
- G05D 1/0297: {by controlling means in a control room}
- B60L 53/12: Inductive energy transfer
- B60L 53/68: Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control
- G05D 1/0011: {associated with a remote control arrangement}
- G05D 1/223: Command input arrangements on the remote controller, e.g. joysticks or touch screens
- G08G 1/202: {Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching}
- H02J 50/90: involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
- H04W 4/024: Guidance services
- B60L 2240/62: Vehicle position
- B60L 2240/622: by satellite navigation
- B60L 2240/64: Road conditions
- B60L 2240/66: Ambient conditions
- B60L 2240/68: Traffic data
- B60L 2260/52: drive range estimation, e.g. of estimation of available travel distance
- G06Q 10/20: Administration of product repair or maintenance
- G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083)
- H04W 4/44: for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
- Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
- Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
- Y02T 10/72: Electric energy management in electromobility
- Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations
- Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles
- 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
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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; and
maneuvering by the first and second transports to the determined alignment positions at the intermediate location.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the intermediate location is further performed based on environmental conditions that one or more of the first transport and the second transport will encounter.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises determining an amount of energy that allows the first transport to maneuver to one or more of a charging station and a final destination and transmitting the determined amount of energy to the first transport.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the server, an amount of energy needed by the second transport to maneuver back to an initial location.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the server, a validation of the intermediate location from the second transport, wherein the validation comprises a blockchain consensus between the second transport and the server.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, further comprising executing a smart contract, by the server, to commit the validation and the intermediate location to a blockchain ledger based on the blockchain consensus.

### Claim 7

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.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the intermediate location based on environmental conditions that one or more of the first transport and the second transport will encounter.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to determine an amount of energy that allows the first transport to maneuver to one or more of a charging station and a final destination and transmit the determined amount of energy to the first transport.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to determine an amount of energy needed by the second transport to maneuver back to an initial location.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a validation of the intermediate location from the second transport, wherein the validation comprises a blockchain consensus between the second transport and the system.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to execute a smart contract to commit the validation and the intermediate location to a blockchain ledger based on the blockchain consensus.

### Claim 13

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; and
maneuvering by the first and second transports to the determined alignment positions at the intermediate location.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the determining the intermediate location is further performed based on environmental conditions that one or more of the first transport and the second transport will encounter.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising determining, by the server, an amount of energy needed by the second transport to maneuver back to an initial location.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising determining, by the server, an amount of energy that allows the first transport to maneuver to one or more of a charging station and a final destination and transmitting the determined amount of energy to the first transport.

### Claim 17 (depends on 13)

The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, comprising receiving, by the server, a validation of the intermediate location from the second transport, wherein the validation comprises a blockchain consensus between the second transport and the server.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, further comprising executing a smart contract, by the server, to record the validation and the intermediate location on a blockchain based on the blockchain consensus.