Electric vehicle multimodal trip planner
AssigneeRivian IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsJason Meyer Quint, Jeff Mitsuo Ota, Kyle Robert Underhill
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for allocating charge from an electric vehicle to a connected accessory device. The electric vehicle includes a charge port coupled to a vehicle battery and configured to connect to an accessory device. When the accessory device is connected to the charge port, charge is allocated from the vehicle battery to the accessory device based on a current state of charge (SOC) of the vehicle battery and energy requirements of the vehicle. The connection between the charge port and the accessory device may allow for the transfer of both power and data between the electric vehicle and the accessory device.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a charge port coupled to a vehicle battery and configured to connect to an accessory device;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- determine an adventure waypoint;
- determine energy requirements of the accessory device by estimating energy to be used by the accessory device at the adventure waypoint;
- and
- allocate charge from the vehicle battery to the accessory device based on a current state of charge (SOC) of the vehicle battery and the energy requirements of the accessory device.
A method comprising:
- detecting an accessory device coupled to a charge port of a vehicle, wherein the charge port is coupled to a vehicle battery of the vehicle;
- determining an adventure waypoint;
- determining energy requirements of the accessory device by estimating energy to be used by the accessory device at the adventure waypoint;
- and
- allocating charge from the vehicle battery to the accessory device based on a current state of charge (SOC) of the vehicle battery and the energy requirements of the accessory device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having non-transitory computer-readable instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to:
- detect an accessory device coupled to a charge port of a vehicle, wherein the charge port is coupled to a vehicle battery of the vehicle;
- determine an adventure waypoint;
- determine energy requirements of the accessory device by estimating energy to be used by the accessory device at the adventure waypoint;
- and
- allocate charge from the vehicle battery to the accessory device based on a current state of charge (SOC) of the vehicle battery and the energy requirements of the accessory device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.