Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Junlei Zhang

Robert Uyeki

Stuart Masakazu Yamamoto

Joseph Anthony Alequin

Evan Sullivan

Bonnie Hu Chen

Justin E Sinaguinan

Jerry Bonnah

An electronic device and method for management of energy is disclosed. The electronic device receives charging information associated with a first charging source and a second charging source. The charging information indicates a charging cost and a carbon footprint of the first charging source and the second charging source. The electronic device determines a change in the charging cost and the carbon footprint between the first charging source and the second charging source, and generates visual insights based on the determined change in the charging cost and the corresponding carbon footprint over a predefined time period. The visual insights indicate a cost-saving amount of the charging cost and a carbon-saving amount of the corresponding carbon footprint, for at least one of: the first charging source and the second charging source. The electronic device outputs a notification based on the generated visual insights, the charging cost, and the corresponding carbon footprint.

Energy management device

A system and method for management of vehicle battery life is disclosed. The system is communicatively coupled to a vehicle and receives information associated with the vehicle. Based on the received information, the system determines a user of the vehicle as one of a lessee of the vehicle or an owner of the vehicle. The system sets a limit that is applicable on a consumption of charge cycles from a current cycle life of a battery unit of the vehicle. The limit is set based on the determination that the user is the owner of the vehicle. The system detects a connection of the vehicle with an electrical system of a built environment associated with the user and controls a transfer of electric power from the battery unit to the electrical system based on the detection and the set limit.

Vehicle battery life management for energy solutions

A method of operating an energy management system includes: obtaining first energy usage data of a first device; storing the first energy usage data in a database of the energy management system; storing a user preference in the database; recording a measured energy usage data of the first device; determining a difference between the first energy usage data to the measured energy usage data; determining that the difference exceeds a threshold specified in the user preference; retrieving second energy usage data of a second device; and displaying a recommendation including the second device.

Energy management system

A venue location identification system for vehicular access control is described. In one embodiment, the system includes at least one access control device. The access control device includes a processor, a communication interface, and an actuating mechanism configured to control a barrier for providing access to a parking area. The system also includes a user device associated with a vehicle. The user device is configured to communicate with the communication interface of the at least one access control device using ultra wideband (UWB) communication technology. The user device is further configured to transmit an access request to the access control device via UWB requesting permission to leave the parking area as the vehicle approaches the barrier.

Venue location identification for vehicular access control

Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for rental vehicle driver verification. In an example, a system may include a camera configured to capture an image of a user in a vehicle. The system may obtain, from a vehicle rental system, vehicle rental information corresponding to the vehicle, the vehicle rental information including rental reservations scheduled for the vehicle. The system may also determine whether the user is a designated driver of the vehicle based on the image of the user and the vehicle rental information. The system may also indicate to the user that the vehicle is an incorrect rental vehicle in response to determining that the user is not the designated driver.

Systems and methods for rental vehicle driver verification

A method and apparatus for adjusting a front passenger seat in a motor vehicle includes the steps of identifying a user identification apparatus proximate to the motor vehicle, and accessing a user profile associated with the user identification apparatus. The user profile includes a predetermined home position for the front passenger seat. If the front passenger seat is unoccupied, the position of the front passenger seat is adjusted to the predetermined home position.

Apparatus and method for adjusting front passenger seat

A computer system for establishing a user profile in an in-vehicle communications system based upon a mobile communication device in a motor vehicle includes a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium. The computer readable medium includes computer program code for retrieving user data from the mobile communication device, the user data including data associated with a particular user of the mobile communication device, parsing a user name from the user data by identifying possessive indicia in the user data and selecting the user name associated with the possessive indicia, transmitting the parsed user name for confirmation from the user, generating the user profile including the user name, storing the user profile in the non-transitory computer medium, and storing at least one user setting associated with the motor vehicle in the user profile.

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Long Beach, CA, United States of America

Junlei Zhang