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US 2016/0097650 A1Published application
Vehicle and electric bicycle charge monitoring interface
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSudipto Aich, David Melcher, Zachary David Nelson, Christopher Peplin, Jamel Seagraves
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Abstract
A vehicle system includes a charging interface that is configured to connect to a bicycle battery and a processing device programmed to determine a state of charge of the bicycle battery. The processing device further estimates traveling ranges of a vehicle and a bicycle. The vehicle system further includes a navigation module programmed to generate a route to a selected destination based on the estimated traveling ranges of the vehicle and the bicycle.
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A vehicle system comprising:
- a charging interface configured to connect a bicycle battery;
- a processing device programmed to determine a state of charge of the bicycle battery and estimate traveling ranges of a vehicle and a bicycle;
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- a navigation module programmed to generate a route to a selected destination based on the estimated traveling ranges of the vehicle and the bicycle.
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A mobile device comprising:
- a communication module configured to receive state of charge data from a vehicle system, wherein the state of charge data includes a state of charge of a vehicle battery and a bicycle battery;
- a processing device programmed to estimate traveling ranges of a vehicle and a bicycle based on the states of charge;
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- a navigation module programmed to generate a route to a selected destination based on the estimated traveling ranges of the vehicle and the bicycle.
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An electric bicycle comprising:
- a battery;
- a communication module configured to receive state of charge data from a vehicle system, wherein the state of charge data includes a state of charge of a vehicle battery and a bicycle battery;
- a processing device programmed to estimate traveling ranges of a vehicle and a bicycle based on the states of charge;
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- a navigation module programmed to generate a route to a selected destination based on the estimated traveling ranges of the vehicle and the bicycle, wherein the route to the selected destination includes a route from a current location to an intermediate location, and from the intermediate location to the selected destination,
- wherein the route to the intermediate location is based on the state of charge of the vehicle battery and the route from the intermediate location to the selected destination is based on the state of charge of the bicycle battery.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.