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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventor:
James J. Kuffner, Jr., Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0221 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06314 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically re-energizing a vehicle. A vehicle determines a current energy source level in the vehicle's energy storage system. When the current energy source level is less than a threshold energy source level, a forthcoming location of the vehicle where the vehicle is non-operational is identified. Additionally, a window of time where the vehicle is located at the forthcoming location is identified. A mobile energy delivery (MED) vehicle is dispatched to the forthcoming location within the window of time to re-energize the vehicle.