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Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2023
Applicant:

Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);

Inventor:

Joshua Wise, Blacksburg, VA (US);

Assignee:

Torc Robotics, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0025 (2020.02); B60L 53/36 (2019.02); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01);
Abstract

An autonomous vehicle can include a sensor and one or more processors. The processors can be configured to automatically control the autonomous vehicle to an energy supply station responsive to determining to resupply energy to the autonomous vehicle; detect, via the sensor, an object corresponding to the energy supply station, the object indicating to initiate energy supply to the autonomous vehicle; responsive to detecting the object, control the autonomous vehicle to stop at a defined position relative to the energy supply station; and open an energy input receptacle of the autonomous vehicle to receive energy from the energy supply station.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Wise, Joshua. (2025). Systems and methods for supplying energy to an autonomous vehicle via a virtual interface (U.S. Patent No. 12384418). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12384418

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