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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2014
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Takayuki Shimizu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Akihisa Yokoyama, Mountain View, CA (US);
Atsushi Kawakubo, Toyota, JP;
Other;
Abstract
The disclosure includes a system and method for providing charging services to mobile client devices. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: estimate a departure time for a mobile client device; determine a target state of charge at the departure time for a battery system in the mobile client device; determine one or more available charging periods and one or more demand response event periods; determine one or more amounts of power to be discharged from the battery system during the one or more demand response event periods; determine one or more charging time slots within the one or more available charging periods based on the target state of charge and the one or more amounts of power to be discharged; and charge the battery system using the one or more charging time slots.