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Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024

Filed:

May. 27, 2022
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey Yizhou Hu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Michael Crimando, Birmingham, MI (US);

Robin Mathew Kurian, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); B60L 1/00 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/665 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02);
Abstract

The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods related to charging an electric vehicle. A method for determining recommendations for a user of a user device includes determining that the user is consuming content on a first application on the user device, the content available on the electric vehicle, determining a charge state of the electric vehicle, determining, based on the charge state of the electric vehicle that a length of time to charge the electric vehicle satisfies a timing requirement associated with the content, locating a charge station where the electric vehicle can be charged while the vehicle plays the content, and presenting a recommendation to charge the vehicle at the charging station.


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