Systems and methods for QR code battery health based tracking

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12427883-B2
Application number	US-202217887218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2022
Priority date	Jun 16, 2022
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

A computer-implemented method in a mobile computing device for tracking health and usage of electric vehicle (EV) batteries using Quick Response (QR) codes (or NFC or RFID tags) is provided. The method may include (1) capturing, by a camera associated with a mobile computing device, an image of a tag affixed to an EV; (2) analyzing the image of the tag affixed to the EV; (3) identifying, by the one or more processors of the mobile computing device, the EV based upon analyzing the image of the tag affixed to the EV; (4) determining vehicle battery data associated with a rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV; (5) determining based upon the vehicle battery data associated with the rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV, a battery status indication corresponding to the identified EV; and/or (6) providing, via a user interface, the battery status indication corresponding to the identified EV.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method in a mobile computing device for tracking health and usage of electric vehicle (EV) batteries using quick response (QR) codes, the computer-implemented method comprising:
capturing, by a camera associated with a mobile computing device, an image of a tag attached to an EV, wherein the tag is permanently or removably attached to the EV via a sticker;
analyzing, by one or more processors of the mobile computing device, the image of the tag attached to the EV;
identifying, by the one or more processors of the mobile computing device, the EV based upon analyzing the image of the tag attached to the EV;
determining, by the one or more processors of the mobile computing device, vehicle battery data associated with a rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV;
determining, by the one or more processors of the mobile computing device, based upon the vehicle battery data associated with the rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV, a battery status indication corresponding to the identified EV; and
providing, via a user interface associated with the mobile computing device, the battery status indication corresponding to the identified EV.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the tag attached to the EV includes one or more of: a QR code or a bar code.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the image of the tag attached to the EV is a digital photo or digital video.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the image of the tag attached to the EV includes implementing one or more of: optical character recognition, bar code scanning, or QR code scanning.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the vehicle battery data is captured by an onboard computing device associated with the identified EV.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle battery data includes one or more of: a type of rechargeable battery, a manufacturer of the rechargeable battery, a date of manufacture of the rechargeable battery, historical distances traveled by the identified EV per charge of the rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV, a number of times the rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV has been charged, historical amounts of time required to charge the rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV, or historical amounts of time between charges for the rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the one or more processors of the mobile computing device, via a computer network, vehicle data associated with the identified EV;
and wherein providing the battery status indication corresponding to the identified EV is further based upon the vehicle data associated with the identified EV.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein at least a portion of the vehicle data is captured by an onboard computing device associated with the identified EV.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the vehicle data includes one or more of: a make of the identified EV, a model of the identified EV, a build of the identified EV, a vehicle identification number (VIN) associated with the identified EV, historical vehicle operational or telematics data associated with the identified EV, or historical sensor data associated with the identified EV.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining the battery status indication corresponding to the identified EV includes:
applying, by the one or more processors of the mobile computing device, a machine learning model, trained using training data corresponding to historical vehicle battery data and historical battery status indications associated with historical EVs, to the vehicle battery data, wherein the machine learning model includes one or more of: a deep learning neural network, natural language processing, semantic analysis, automatic reasoning, regression analysis, support vector machine (SVM) analysis, decision tree analysis, random forest analysis, K-Nearest neighbor analysis, naïve Bayes analysis, clustering, or reinforcement learning; and
predicting, by the one or more processors of the mobile computing device, the battery status indication corresponding to the identified EV based upon applying the machine learning model to the vehicle battery data.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the EV is a previously-owned vehicle available for purchase.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the one or more processors of the mobile computing device, a vehicle insurance quote corresponding to the identified EV; and
providing, via the user interface associated with the mobile computing device, the vehicle insurance quote corresponding to the identified EV.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the one or more processors of the mobile computing device, a vehicle loan quote corresponding to the identified EV; and
providing, via the user interface associated with the mobile computing device, the vehicle loan quote corresponding to the identified EV.

14. A system for tracking health and usage of electric vehicle (EV) batteries using QR codes, comprising:
a battery health and usage application comprising computer-executable instructions configured to execute on one or more processors selected from a device processor of mobile computing device or a server processor, the mobile computing device comprising a camera, a user interface, a transceiver, and a memory;
wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
cause the camera to capture an image of a tag attached to an EV, wherein the tag is permanently or removably attached to the EV via a sticker;
analyze the image of the tag attached to the EV;
identify the EV based upon analyzing the image of the tag attached to the EV;
determine vehicle battery data associated with a rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV;
determine, based upon the vehicle battery data associated with the rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV, a battery status indication corresponding to the identified EV; and
provide, via the user interface, the battery status indication corresponding to the identified EV.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the vehicle battery data includes one or more of: a type of rechargeable battery, a manufacturer of the rechargeable battery, a date of manufacture of the rechargeable battery, historical distances traveled by the identified EV per charge of the rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV, a number of times the rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV has been charged, historical amounts of time required to charge the rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV, or historical amounts of time between charges for the rechargeable battery that powers the identified EV.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein providing the battery status indication corresponding to the identified EV is further based upon vehicle data associated with the identified EV, and wherein at least a portion of the vehicle data is captured by an onboard computing device associated with the identified EV.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein providing the battery status indication corresponding to the identified EV is further based upon vehicle data assoc

Assignees

• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co

Inventors

• Gross Ryan
• Megyese Matthew S
• Harr Joseph P
• Christensen Scott Thomas
• King Vicki
• Harbaugh Shawn

Classifications

• B60L53/68

  Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control · CPC title

• B60L53/66

  Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles · CPC title

• G06Q30/0645 Primary

  Rental transactions; Leasing transactions · CPC title

• B60L58/12

  responding to state of charge [SoC] · CPC title

• B60L2260/50

  by future state prediction · CPC title