Vehicle monitoring of mobile device state-of-charge
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsCynthia M. Neubecker, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
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Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle monitoring of mobile device state-of-charge. An example vehicle includes a communication node, a charging station, and a controller. The controller is to receive, via the communication node, a state-of-charge (SOC) of a mobile device and determine a predicted SOC at a destination based on the SOC, a rate-of-change of the SOC, and a travel time to the destination. The controller also is to emit, responsive to the predicted SOC being less than a threshold, an instruction to couple the mobile device to the charging station.
Claims22
A vehicle comprising:
- a communication node;
- a charging station;
- and
- a controller to:
- receive, via the communication node, a state-of-charge (SOC) of a mobile device;
- responsive to identifying that the mobile device is located within a vehicle cabin based on a measured characteristic of communication between the communication node and the mobile device, determine a predicted SOC at a destination based on the SOC, a rate-of-change of the SOC, and a travel time to the destination;
- and
- emit, responsive to the predicted SOC being less than a threshold, an instruction to couple the mobile device to the charging station.
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A method for a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving a state of charge (SOC) within communication from a mobile device to a communication node;
- responsive to identifying the mobile device is located within a cabin based on a measured characteristic of the communication, determining, a predicted SOC at a destination based on the SOC and a travel time;
- and
- instructing to couple the mobile device to a charger when the predicted SOC is less than a threshold.
A system comprising:
- a mobile device including:
- a sensor to measure a state of charge (SOC);
- and
- a communication module to send the SOC;
- a processor that identifies when the mobile device is communicatively decoupled from a vehicle;
- and
- the vehicle including:
- a communication node to receive the SOC;
- a charging station;
- and
- a controller to:
- determine a predicted SOC based on the SOC, a rate-of-change, and a travel time to a destination;
- and
- instruct to utilize the charging station when the predicted SOC is less than a threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.