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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Takayuki Shimizu, Mountain View, CA (US);

Kenichi Murakami, Cupertino, CA (US);

Kunihiko Kumita, Toyota, JP;

Tomoya Ohno, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:

Other;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); B60L 11/1818 (2013.01); B60L 11/1844 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure includes a system and method for determining a departure time for a Plug-in Electric Vehicle ('PEV'). The method may include analyzing power meter data to determine that a connector of a control device is coupled to an inlet of the PEV. The method may include charging a battery set of the PEV with electricity. The method may include determining a next day of a next journey for the PEV based on clock data provided by a clock. The clock data may describe time information describing a present day and a category of the next day. The method may include analyzing history data associated with the category of the next day to determine a habitual time associated with the category of the next day. The method may include estimating that a departure time for the next journey is substantially equal to the habitual time.


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