Privacy-related electric vehicle charging
AssigneesToyota Motor Noth America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNorman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of: determining, by a charging station, that a vehicle requests approval to receive a charge; accessing, by the charging station, personal information related to the vehicle and related to an occupant of the vehicle; analyzing, by the charging station, the personal information related to the vehicle and related to the occupant of the vehicle; determining, by the charging station, to grant the approval, based on the analyzing; and, responsive to the approval being granted, deleting, by the charging station, the accessed personal information related to the vehicle and related to the occupant of the vehicle, after the vehicle has received the charge.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a charging station, that a vehicle requests approval to perform a charging operation;
- accessing, by the charging station, information stored on the vehicle which includes a charging profile unique to the vehicle;
- storing the information accessed from the vehicle at the charging station;
- determining, by the charging station, an identity of the vehicle based on the information stored on the vehicle and to approve the charging operation based on the identity of the vehicle;
- charging the vehicle at different charging currents based on the charging profile;
- determining the charging operation is completed;
- and
- deleting, by the charging station, the information accessed from the vehicle based on the charging operation being completed.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a hardware memory, wherein the processor and the hardware memory are communicably coupled, wherein the processor is configured to:
- determine, by a charge station, that a vehicle requests approval to perform a charging operation;
- access, by the charge station, information stored on the vehicle which includes a charging profile that is unique to the vehicle;
- store the information accessed from the vehicle at the charging station;
- determine, by the charge station, an identity of the vehicle based on the information stored on the vehicle and to approve the charging operation based on the identity of the vehicle;
- charge the vehicle at different charging currents based on the charging profile;
- determine the charging operation is completed;
- and
- delete, from the charge station, information accessed from the vehicle based on the charging operation being completed.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
- determining, by a charging station, that a vehicle requests approval perform a charging operation;
- accessing, by the charging station, information stored on the vehicle which includes a charging profile unique to the vehicle;
- storing the information accessed from the vehicle at the charging station;
- determining, by the charging station, an identity of the vehicle based on the information stored on the vehicle and to approve the charging operation based on the identity of the vehicle;
- charging the vehicle at different charging currents based on the charging profile;
- determining the charging operation is completed;
- and
- deleting, by the charging station, the information accessed from the vehicle based on the charging operation being completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.