Vehicle managing energy at a location during an event
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorChristopher A. Ferone
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Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a vehicle, a first amount of time until the vehicle arrives at a location experiencing a power outage, determining, by the vehicle, a second amount of time until a threshold associated with one or more devices in the location is exceeded, and the second amount of time is less than the first amount of time, and directing, by the vehicle, an energy storage unit associated with the location to power the one or more devices.
Claims20
A method performed by a server, the method comprising:
- determining a first amount of time until a vehicle arrives at a location experiencing a power outage;
- determining a second amount of time until a minimum amount of energy required to maintain an operation of a device at the location is exceeded, wherein the second amount of time is less than the first amount of time;
- and
- in response to the determining the second amount of time, directing an energy storage unit associated with the location to power the device.
A system, comprising:
- a processor that executes instructions stored in a memory to configure the processor to:
- determine a first amount of time until a vehicle arrives at a location experiencing a power outage;
- determine a second amount of time until a minimum amount of energy required to maintain an operation of a device at the location is exceeded, wherein the second amount of time is less than the first amount of time;
- and
- in response to the second amount of time being determined, direct an energy storage unit associated with the location to power the device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
- determining a first amount of time until a vehicle arrives at a location experiencing a power outage;
- determining a second amount of time until a minimum amount of energy required to maintain an operation of a device at the location is exceeded, wherein the second amount of time is less than the first amount of time;
- and
- in response to the determining the second amount of time, directing an energy storage unit associated with the location to power the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.