Executing an energy transfer directive for an idle transport

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12397668-B2
Application number	US-202318188415-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2023
Priority date	Mar 17, 2020
Publication date	Aug 26, 2025
Grant date	Aug 26, 2025

Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport at a first location, that the transport is not in use, determining, by the transport, a second location to transfer energy stored in the transport, maneuvering, by the transport, to the second location, discharging, by the transport, the stored energy to the second location, and maneuvering, by the transport, to the first location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a transport at a first location, that the transport will be in an idle state for a period of time;
determining, by the transport, that a battery of the transport has surplus energy that can be discharged based on a current power level of the battery;
obtaining a profile of the transport comprising a do-not disturb geographic area;
determining, to travel to a second location and discharge the surplus energy based on the period of time and the first location of the transport being outside of the do-not disturb geographic area included in the profile;
maneuvering by the transport to the second location; and
discharging the surplus energy to a charging station at the second location.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
identifying the second location based on a number of other transports providing energy to the second location.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
identifying the second location based on at least one of a weather condition and a natural occurrence.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
prompting for either a user confirmation of the maneuvering to the second location or an override of the maneuvering to the second location.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
calculating the period of time that the transport will be in the idle state based on an analysis of historical use of routes and times of use of the transport ending.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
identifying an amount of energy to be transferred from the transport to the second location based on an average amount of energy transferred from a plurality of transports.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
identifying the second location based on a consensus of a plurality of other transports.

8. A transport, comprising:
a processor that, when executing one or more instructions, is configured to:
determine the transport is at a first location and will be in an idle state for a period of time;
determine, by the transport, that a battery of the transport has surplus energy that can be discharged based on a current power level of the battery;
obtain a profile of the transport comprising a do-not disturb geographic area;
determine to travel to a second location and discharge the surplus energy based on the period of time and the first location of the transport being outside of the do-not disturb geographic area included in the profile;
maneuver the transport to the second location; and
discharge the surplus energy to a charging station at the second location.

9. The transport of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
identify the second location based on a number of other transports to provide energy to the second location.

10. The transport of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
identify the second location based on at least one of a weather condition and a natural occurrence.

11. The transport of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
prompt for either a user confirmation of the maneuvering to the second location or an override of the maneuvering to the second location.

12. The transport of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
calculate the period of time that the transport will be in the idle state based on an analysis of historical use of routes and times of use of the transport.

13. The transport of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
identify an amount of energy to be transferred from the transport to the second location based on an average amount of energy transferred from a plurality of transports.

14. The transport of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:
identify the second location based on a consensus of a plurality of other transports.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor of a transport, cause the processor to perform:
determining that the transport is at a first location and will be in an idle state at the first location for a period of time;
determining, by the transport, that a battery of the transport has surplus energy that can be discharged based on a current power level of the battery;
obtaining a profile of the transport comprising a do-not disturb geographic area;
determining to travel to a second location and discharge the surplus energy based on the period of time and the first location of the transport being outside of the do-not disturb geographic area included in the profile;
maneuvering the transport to the second location; and
discharging the surplus energy to a charging station at the second location.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:
identifying the second location based on a number of other transports providing energy to the second location.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:
identifying the second location based on at least one of a weather condition and a natural occurrence.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:
prompting for either a user confirmation of the maneuvering to the second location or an override of the maneuvering to the second location.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:
calculating the period of time that the transport will be in the idle state based on an analysis of historical use of routes and times of use of the transport ending.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:
identifying the second location based on a consensus of a plurality of other transports.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor North America Inc

Inventors

• Lu Norman

Classifications

• H02J2105/37

  exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] · CPC title

• H02J13/1321

  using a wired telecommunication network or a data transmission bus · CPC title

• G05D1/43

  Control of position or course in two dimensions [2D] · CPC title

• G05B2219/2639

  Energy management, use maximum of cheap power, keep peak load low · CPC title

• G05B19/042

  using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence) · CPC title