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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10500973 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2017

Electric vehicle and control method thereof

Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventor:

Myoung-Kyoung Ji, Yongin-si, KR;

Assignees:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Motors Company, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Primary Examiner:

Truc M Do

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/00 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60K 37/04 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/2045 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/04 (2013.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.02); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); G01C 21/3611 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); B60K 2370/11 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1438 (2019.05); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/161 (2019.05); B60K 2370/169 (2019.05); B60K 2370/52 (2019.05); B60K 2370/828 (2019.05); B60K 2370/834 (2019.05); B60L 2210/14 (2013.01); B60L 2210/42 (2013.01); G01C 21/3661 (2013.01); H04B 1/3833 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); Y02T 10/645 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/705 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7044 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7225 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7241 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7283 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electric vehicle and a control method of the electric vehicle are provided. The electric vehicle includes a battery, a charger configured to supply power of the battery to a user terminal, an input configured to receive a destination from a user, and a controller configured to calculate an estimated amount of power consumed for traveling of the electric vehicle and an estimated amount of power consumed for supplying power to the user terminal in a case that the electric vehicle travels to the destination. The controller is configured to determine a charging method of the charger based on a current amount of charge of the battery, the estimated amount of power consumed for travelling of the electric vehicle, and the estimated amount of power consumed for supplying power to the user terminal.

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