# US 12,600,262 B2 · Vehicle managing energy at a location during an event

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- Number: US 12,600,262 B2
- Document ID: US12600262B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/417,726
- Filed: 2024-01-19
- Published: 2025-07-24
- Granted: 2026-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2024-01-19
- Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Inventors: Christopher A. Ferone
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12600262B2

## CPC

- B60L 55/00: Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
- B60L 53/66: Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles
- B60L 53/68: Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control
- G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply
- B60L 2240/62: Vehicle position
- 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
- 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

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the first amount of time comprises:
identifying a current location of the vehicle; and
estimating an amount of time for the vehicle to travel to the location from the current location.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, comprising:
identifying the device;
identifying the device as a priority device; and
determining the minimum amount of energy.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, comprising:
identifying the device as a priority device, and
wherein the directing of the energy storage unit comprises:
establishing an energy cycle to supply intermittent power to the priority device, while ceasing to power a non-priority device at the location.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, comprising:
determining that the vehicle requires additional energy before arriving at the location based on the first amount of time and the second amount of time;
obtaining the additional energy before; and
responsive to arriving at the location, initiating an energy share between the vehicle and the energy storage unit.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, comprising:
inviting one or more additional vehicles to travel to the location and initiate energy sharing with the energy storage unit; and
responsive to receiving an acceptance from the one or more additional vehicles, obtaining additional energy before traveling to the location.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, comprising:
receiving an energy status notification from the device; and
determining the second amount of time based on the energy status notification.

### Claim 8

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.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein, when the processor determines the first amount of time, the processor is configured to:
identify a current location of the vehicle; and
estimate an amount of time for the vehicle to travel to the location from the current location.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to:
identify the device;
identify the device as a priority device; and
determine the minimum amount of energy.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to:
identify the device as a priority device, and
wherein, when the processor directs the energy storage unit, the processor is configured to:
direct the energy storage unit to supply intermittent power to a non-priority device at the location.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the processor:
determine that the vehicle requires additional energy before arriving at the location based on the first amount of time and the second amount of time;
obtain the additional energy before; and
responsive to arriving at the location, initiate initiates an energy share between the vehicle and the energy storage unit.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the processor:
invite one or more additional vehicles to travel to the location and initiate energy sharing with the energy storage unit; and
responsive to an acceptance from the one or more additional vehicles, obtain additional energy before traveling to the location.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the processor:
receive an energy status notification from the device; and
determine the second amount of time based on the energy status notification.

### Claim 15

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.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the determining of the first amount of time comprises:
identifying a current location of the vehicle; and
estimating an amount of time for the vehicle to travel to the location from the current location.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform:
identifying the device;
identifying the device as a priority device; and
determining the minimum amount of energy.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein instructions cause the processor to perform:
identifying the device as a priority device, and
wherein the directing of the energy storage unit comprises: establishing an energy cycle to supply intermittent power to the priority device, while ceasing to power a non-priority device at the location.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform:
determining that the vehicle requires additional energy before arriving at the location based on the first amount of time and the second amount of time;
obtaining the additional energy before; and
responsive to arriving at the location, initiating an energy share between the vehicle and the energy storage unit.

### Claim 20 (depends on 15)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform:
inviting one or more additional vehicles to travel to the location and initiate energy sharing with the energy storage unit; and
responsive to receiving an acceptance from the one or more additional vehicles, obtaining additional energy before traveling to the location.