US 2025/0018818 A1 · VEHICLE CHARGING MANAGEMENT BASED ON VARIABLE CHARGING WINDOWS

Abstract

The charging management system based on variable charging windows is disclosed. The system can receive and/or determine an anticipated/desired time for the beginning operation of the vehicle. The system obtains or identifies preferences for charging metrics, including desired charge, battery pack preconditioning, and other vehicle attributes. The system then determines a required start time for the desired charging metrics. Illustratively, the determined start time can be based on ambient environmental conditions that can influence charging times, such as differences in charging times based on temperature. The determined start time can also be based on rate schedules for one or more power sources, such as one or more off-peak charging rates, peak charging rates, etc.

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Dependent claims

A system for managing vehicle charging by implementing charging windows, the system comprising:

one or more computing processors and memories for executing computer-executable instructions to implement a charging management application, wherein the charging management application is configured to:
determine a desired time for beginning operation of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is associated with a battery pack;
identify preference information for charging the battery pack associated with the vehicle, wherein the preference information includes a desired charging threshold;
identify charging metric information and external information for at least one power source operable to provide energy to the battery pack;
determine at least one charging window based at least on the preference information, the charging metric information, and the external information;
and
implement battery pack charging from the at least one power source based on the determined at least one charging window.

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A system for managing vehicle charging, the system comprising:

identifying preference information for charging a battery pack included in a vehicle;
identifying charging metric information and external information for at least one power source available for providing power to the battery pack;
and
identifying at least one charging window based on anticipated use of the battery back and on the preference information, the charging metric information, and the external information.

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A computer-implemented method for managing vehicle charging, the method comprising:

determining a desired time for beginning operation of a vehicle;
identifying preference information for charging battery packs included in the vehicle;
identifying charging metric information and external information for at least one power source;
identifying at least one charging window based at least on the desired time for beginning the operation of the vehicle, the preference information, the charging metric information, and the external information;
and
implementing vehicle charging based on the identified at least one charging window.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Vehicle charging management based on variable charging windows

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