Managing recreational vehicles and accessories

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12030445-B2
Application number	US-202218083713-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2022
Priority date	Dec 21, 2018
Publication date	Jul 9, 2024
Grant date	Jul 9, 2024

Abstract

A vehicle is electrically connected to one or more accessories. The vehicle includes at least one controller that may be configured to identify the accessory based on accessory identification information. The controller may also be configured to provide one or more commands to control an operation of the accessory.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recreational vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of ground engaging members;
a frame supported by the plurality of ground engaging members; and
a controller operatively coupled to the frame and configured to:
determine a battery of the recreational vehicle is discharging; and
based on determining the battery of the recreational vehicle is discharging:
identify a set of vehicle accessories that are each associated with a power reduction power plan of a set of vehicle power plans; and
reduce power consumed by an accessory of the identified set of vehicle accessories based on a priority associated with the accessory.

2. The recreational vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:
the set of vehicle accessories is a first set of vehicle accessories; and
the controller is further configured to:
determine an engine of the recreational vehicle is running; and
based on determining the battery of the recreational vehicle is discharging and the engine of the vehicle is running:
reduce an accessory power limit of the vehicle;
identify a second set of vehicle accessories that are each associated with a high power utilization power plan of the set of vehicle power plans; and
reduce, based on the reduced accessory power limit, power consumed by the second set of vehicle accessories.

3. The recreational vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the accessory is a first accessory and the controller is further configured to:
terminating power supplied to a second accessory of the vehicle.

4. The recreational vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify the accessory from the set of vehicle accessories based on the priority associated with the accessory, wherein the priority is a lowest priority of the set of vehicle accessories.

5. The recreational vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:
the accessory is a first accessory;
adjusting power consumed by the first accessory comprises terminating power supplied to the first accessory; and
the controller is further configured to reduce power consumed by a second accessory based on determining the battery of the recreational vehicle is discharging, wherein the second accessory has a higher priority than the first accessory.

6. The recreational vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:
the accessory is a first accessory;
the set of vehicle power plans further includes a normal power plan; and
power consumed by a second accessory associated with the normal power plan is not adjusted in response to determining the battery of the recreational vehicle is discharging.

7. The recreational vehicle of claim 6 , wherein:
the set of vehicle power plans further includes a high power utilization power plan; and
power consumed by a third accessory associated with the high power utilization power plan is not adjusted in response to determining the battery of the recreational vehicle is discharging.

8. A recreational vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of ground engaging members;
a frame supported by the plurality of ground engaging members; and
a controller operatively coupled to the frame and configured to:
determine an engine of the recreational vehicle is running and a battery of the recreational vehicle is discharging; and
based on determining the engine of the recreational vehicle is running and the battery of the recreational vehicle is discharging:
reduce an accessory power limit of the vehicle;
identify a set of vehicle accessories that are each associated with a high power utilization power plan; and
reduce, based on the reduced accessory power limit, power consumed by the set of vehicle accessories.

9. The recreational vehicle of claim 8 , wherein reducing power consumed by the set of vehicle accessories comprises at least one of:
reducing power consumed by an accessory of the set of vehicle accessories; or
terminating power supplied to an accessory of the set of vehicle accessories.

10. the recreational vehicle of claim 9 , reducing power consumed by the set of vehicle accessories further comprises:
identifying an accessory from the set of vehicle accessories that has a lowest priority compared to other vehicle accessories of the set of vehicle accessories.

11. The recreational vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
determine the engine is running and the battery is charging; and
based on determining the engine is running and the battery is charging:
increase the accessory power limit of the vehicle; and
increase, based on the increased accessory power limit, power consumed by the set of vehicle accessories.

12. The recreational vehicle of claim 11 , wherein increasing power consumed by the set of vehicle accessories comprises at least one of:
increasing power consumed by an accessory of the set of vehicle accessories; or
powering on an accessory of the set of vehicle accessories.

13. The recreational vehicle of claim 12 , wherein increasing power consumed by the set of vehicle accessories further comprises:
identifying an accessory from the set of vehicle accessories that has a highest priority compared to other accessories of the set of vehicle accessories, wherein each accessory of the other accessories is powered off or is operating at reduced power.

14. A method for managing power consumption of a set of accessories of a vehicle, the method comprising:
obtaining sensor information for the vehicle, wherein the sensor information comprises at least one of an electrical power supply voltage or an engine speed;
based on determining the sensor information indicates a battery of the vehicle is discharging:
identify a set of vehicle accessories that are each associated with a power reduction power plan of a set of vehicle power plans; and
adjust power consumption of the set of vehicle accessories; and

based on determining the sensor information indicates an engine of the vehicle is running:
reducing an accessory power limit of the vehicle when the battery of the vehicle is discharging; and
increasing the accessory power limit of the vehicle when the battery of the vehicle is charging.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the set of vehicle accessories is a first set of vehicle accessories and the method further comprises:
based on determining the sensor information indicates the battery is discharging and the engine is running:
identifying a second set of vehicle accessories that are each associated with a high power utilization power plan of the set of vehicle power plans; and
reducing, based on a reduced accessory power limit, power consumed by the second set of vehicle accessories.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein reducing power consumed by the second set of vehicle accessories comprises at least one of:
reducing power consumed by an accessory of the second set of vehicle accessories; or
terminating power supplied to an accessory of the second set of vehicle accessories.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the set of vehicle power plans further comprises a normal power plan, and power consumed by an accessory associated with the normal power plan is not adjusted in response to determining the battery of the recreational vehicle is discharging.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the set of vehicle accessories is a first set of vehicle accessories and the method further comprises:
based on determining the sensor information indicates the battery is charging and the engine is running:
identifying a second set of vehicle accessories that are each associated with a high power utilization power pla

Assignees

• Polaris Inc

Inventors

• Weed Joshua T
• Shaughnessy Aidan B
• Krosschell Brian D

Classifications

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B60K35/80

  Arrangements for controlling instruments · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• G06F3/048

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title