Wireless energy transfer to transport based on route data
AssigneeToyota Motor North America, Inc.
InventorsNorman Lu, Maximilian Parness
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Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, an energy transfer condition exists along a route, routing, by the transport, to a location on the route based on the energy transfer condition exceeding an energy transfer value and based on one or more traffic conditions, aligning, by the transport, a position of the transport at the location to wirelessly receive an energy transfer, and receiving, by the transport, the energy transfer while the transport is in motion.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a transport, an energy transfer condition exists along a route based on an estimated amount of time;
- determining the estimated amount of time, based on one or more traffic conditions, the transport and one or more additional transports will be optimally aligned while moving during the energy transfer;
- routing, by the transport, to a location on the route based on the energy transfer condition exceeding an energy transfer value and based on the one or more traffic conditions;
- and
- receiving, by the transport, the energy transfer while the transport is in motion.
A transport, comprising:
- a processor configured to determine an energy transfer condition exists along a route based on an estimated amount of time;
- determine the estimated amount of time, based on one or more traffic conditions, the transport and one or more additional transports will be optimally aligned while moving during the energy transfer;
- route to a location on the route based on the energy transfer condition that exceeds an energy transfer value and based on the one or more traffic conditions;
- and
- receive the energy transfer while the transport is in motion.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:
- determining, by a transport, an energy transfer condition exists along a route based on an estimated amount of time;
- determining the estimated amount of time, based on one or more traffic conditions, the transport and one or more additional transports will be optimally aligned while moving during the energy transfer;
- routing, by the transport, to a location on the route based on the energy transfer condition exceeding an energy transfer value and based on one or more traffic conditions;
- and
- receiving, by the transport, the energy transfer while the transport is in motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.