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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2022
Applicant:

Powerflex Systems, Llc, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Zachary Jordan Lee, Pasadena, CA (US);

George Lee, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

PowerFlex Systems, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2006.01); B60L 53/37 (2019.01); B60L 53/65 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/37 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); G06Q 30/0185 (2013.01);
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques electric vehicle charging management. In one example, a method includes: detecting a connection between an electric vehicle supply equipment and an electric vehicle; receiving image data depicting an electric vehicle charging scene; determining one or more candidate vehicles in the image data; for each respective candidate vehicle of the one or more candidate vehicles in the image data, determining one or more vehicle characteristics associated with the respective candidate vehicle; associating one candidate vehicle of the one or more candidate vehicles with the electric vehicle based on one or more vehicle characteristics associated with the one candidate vehicle; determining if a user account is associated with the one candidate vehicle associated with the electric vehicle; and determining a charging authorization decision for the electric vehicle.


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