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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Andrew L. Wells, Denton, TX (US);
Eric Randell Schmidt, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/033 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/033 (2013.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); B60R 16/037 (2013.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for managing a supply of power to a communications system in a vehicle. A power management system obtains at least one of schedule information for a party associated with the vehicle or historical data for the communications system is obtained. The power management system controls the supply of power from a power source to the communication system when the vehicle is turned off based on the at least one of the schedule information or the historical data.