# US 12,111,625 B2 · Event energy muting and management > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,111,625 B2 - Document ID: US12111625B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/684,679 - Filed: 2022-03-02 - Published: 2023-09-07 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2022-03-02 - Assignees: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - Applicants: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - Inventors: Norman Lu; Maximilian Parness - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12111625B2 ## CPC - G05B 19/042: using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence) - B60L 53/63: in response to network capacity - B60L 53/64: Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates - B60L 53/68: Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control - B60L 55/00: Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements - H02J 3/14: by switching loads on to, or off from, the networks, e.g. progressively balanced loading - H02J 3/322: {the battery being on-board an electric or hybrid vehicle, e.g. vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G], power aggregation, use of the battery for network load balancing, coordinated or cooperative battery charging} - B60L 53/60: Monitoring or controlling charging stations - B60L 58/12: responding to state of charge [SoC] - B60L 58/30: for monitoring or controlling fuel cells - G05B 2219/2639: Energy management, use maximum of cheap power, keep peak load low - H02J 7/342: {The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging (with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/68)} - H02J 7/971: {the charge cycle being controlled or terminated in response to non-electric parameters} - H02J 2105/37: exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] - 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 - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - 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 - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract An example operation includes one or more of determining a location in an area that may lose electricity during an event related to a grid, conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location, storing the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location, and using the conserved energy at the location when the event occurs. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: receiving a message from a server which comprises a description of an event that is going to occur in an area and an expected start time of the event: determining a location in the area that is going to lose electricity supplied from an electrical grid during the event; conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location based on the expected start time of the event; storing the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location; determining that from a current time to the expected start time of the event, the storing of the conserved energy in the energy storage device is insufficient to fully charge the energy storage device; identifying at least one transport having sufficient charge to fully charge the energy storage device before the expected start time of the event; and requesting the at least one transport to fully charge the energy storage device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the energy storage device comprises a battery at the location. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein muting energy consumption at the location comprises: determining first devices at the location required to support habitation at the location; determining second devices at the location not required to support habitation at the location; and not providing electricity to the second devices while the event occurs. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: determining an energy consumption level at the location prior to the event; and using less than the determined energy consumption level at the location during the event. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising: determining a surplus amount of conserved energy; and offering the surplus amount of conserved energy to charge a second transport. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising: determining the event begins before the energy storage device is charged to a threshold; preventing energy consumption at the location; and transferring conserved energy from the energy storage device to a second transport. ### Claim 7 A system, comprising: a processor; and a memory, coupled to the processor, comprising instructions that when executed by the processor are configured to: receive a message from a server which comprises a description of an event that is going to occur in an area and an expected start time of the event determine a location in the area that is going to lose electricity supplied from an electrical grid during the event; conserve energy through a muted energy consumption at the location based on the expected start time of the event; store the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location; determine that from a current time to the expected start time of the event, the storing of the conserved energy in the energy storage device is insufficient to fully charge the energy storage device; identify at least one transport having sufficient charge to fully charge the energy storage device before the expected start time of the event; and request the at least one transport to fully charge the energy storage device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the energy storage device comprises a battery at the location. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to: determine first devices at the location required to support habitation at the location; determine second devices at the location not required to support habitation at the location; and not providing electricity to the second devices while the event occurs. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to: determine an energy consumption level at the location prior to the event; and use less than the determined energy consumption level at the location while the event occurs. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to: determine a surplus amount of conserved energy; and offer the surplus amount of conserved energy to charge a second transport. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to: determine the event begins before the energy storage device is charged to a threshold; prevent energy consumption at the location; and transfer conserved energy from the energy storage device to a second transport. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform: receiving a message from a server which comprises a description of an event that is going to occur in an area and an expected start time of the event; determining a location in the area that is going to lose electricity supplied from an electrical grid during the event; conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location based on the expected start time of the event; storing the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location; determining that from a current time to the expected start time of the event, the storing of the conserved energy in the energy storage device is insufficient to fully charge the energy storage device; identifying at least one transport having sufficient charge to fully charge the energy storage device before the expected start time of the event; and requesting the at least one transport to fully charge the energy storage device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the energy storage device comprises a battery at the location. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the muting energy consumption at the location comprises: determining first devices at the location required to support habitation at the location; determining second devices at the location not required to support habitation at the location; and not providing electricity to the second devices during occurrence of the event. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to perform: determining an energy consumption level at the location prior to the event; and using less than the determined energy consumption level at the location during the event. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform: determining the conserved energy is sufficient to fully charge the energy storage device; determining a surplus amount of conserved energy; and offering the surplus amount of conserved energy to charge a second transport.