Limiting battery degradation for a group of vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12488355-B2
Application number	US-202318372056-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2023
Priority date	Sep 22, 2023
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of: receiving usage data of a group of vehicles; determining an operator of a vehicle of the group of vehicles with a lowest battery degradation, based on the usage data; and predicting one or more other operators of other vehicles of the group of vehicles, with a highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation, based on the determining.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
receiving usage data of a group of vehicles; determining, based on the usage data, an operator of a vehicle of the group of vehicles with a lowest battery degradation; predicting, based on the usage data, one or more other operators of other vehicles of the group of vehicles, with a highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation; sensing a vehicle operating behavior from the one or more other operators, the sensing indicating that an operator of the one or more other operators no longer has a highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation; and disabling one or more features of the vehicle for the operator of the one or more other operators.

2 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
in response to the predicting, offering the one or more features to the one or more other operators having the highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation.

3 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
in response to the predicting, offering a prioritization option to the one or more other operators having the highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation, wherein the prioritization option comprises a position to a front of a queue at a charging station.

4 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
sensing a magnitude of compliance of the vehicle operating behavior from each of a plurality of operators including the operator and the one or more other operators; in response to the sensing, ranking the plurality of operators according to the magnitude of compliance; and in response to the ranking, providing a first group of one or more features to a highest-ranked operator of the plurality of operators, and providing a second group of one or more features to a lowest-ranked operator of the plurality of operators, wherein the first group of one or more features includes a more significant feature than the second group of one or more features.

5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising offering the one or more features to the one or more other operators having the highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation, in response to the predicting, wherein the one or more features are offered on another vehicle not in the group of vehicles.

6 . The method of claim 1 , comprising sensing a magnitude of compliance of the vehicle operating behavior from each of a plurality of operators including the operator and the one or more other operators;
in response to the sensing, ranking the plurality of operators according to the magnitude of compliance; and in response to the ranking, offering a service to one or more lowest-ranking operators of the plurality of operators, the service providing the one or more features to improve the magnitude of compliance of the vehicle operating behavior.

7 . A system, comprising:
a processor; and a memory, wherein the processor and the memory are communicably coupled, wherein the processor:
receives usage data of a group of vehicles;
determines, based on the usage data, an operator of a vehicle of the group of vehicles with a lowest battery degradation;
predicts, based on the usage data, one or more other operators of other vehicles of the group of vehicles, with a highest probability to provide the lowest battery degradation;
senses a vehicle operating behavior from the one or more other operators; wherein the senses indicates that an operator of the one or more other operators no longer has a highest probability to provide the lowest battery degradation; and
disables one or more features of the vehicle for the operator of the one or more other operators.

8 . The system of claim 7 wherein, in response to the predicts, the processor offers the one or more features to the one or more other operators with the highest probability to provide the lowest battery degradation.

9 . The system of claim 7 wherein the processor offers a prioritization option to the one or more other operators having the highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation; and wherein the prioritization option comprises a position to a front of a queue at a charging station.

10 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor:
senses a magnitude of compliance of the vehicle operating behavior from each of a plurality of operators including the operator and the one or more other operators; in response to the senses, ranks the plurality of operators according to the magnitude of compliance; and in response to the ranks, provides a first group of one or more features to a highest-ranked operator of the plurality of operators, and provides a second group of one or more features to a lowest-ranked operator of the plurality of operators; wherein the first group of one or more features includes a more significant feature than the second group of one or more features.

11 . The system of claim 7 wherein, in response to the predicts, the processor offers the one or more features to the one or more other operators having the highest probability to provide the lowest battery degradation; and wherein the one or more features are offered on another vehicle not in the group of vehicles.

12 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor:
senses a magnitude of compliance of the vehicle operating behavior from each of a plurality of operators that includes the operator and the one or more other operators; in response to the senses, ranks the plurality of operators according to the magnitude of compliance; and in response to the ranks, offers a service to one or more lowest-ranked operators of the plurality of operators, wherein the service provides the one or more features to improve the magnitude of compliance of the vehicle operational behavior.

13 . A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
receiving usage data of a group of vehicles; determining, based on the usage data, an operator of a vehicle of the group of vehicles with a lowest battery degradation; predicting, based on the usage data, one or more other operators of other vehicles of the group of vehicles, with a highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation; sensing a vehicle operating behavior from the one or more other operators, the sensing indicating that an operator of the one or more other operators no longer has a highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation; and disabling one or more features of the vehicle for the operator of the one or more other operators.

14 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising instructions for offering the one or more features to the one or more other operators having the highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation, in response to the predicting.

15 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising instructions for:
in response to the predicting, offering a prioritization option to the one or more other operators having the highest probability of providing the lowest battery degradation, wherein the prioritization option comprises a position to a front of a queue at a charging station.

16 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising instructions for:
sensing a magnitude of compliance of a of the vehicle operating behavior from each of a plurality of operators including the operator and the one or more other operators; in response to the sensing, ranking the plurality of operators according to the magnitude of compliance; and in respon

Assignees

• Toyota Motor North America Inc
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lu Norman
• Parness Maximilian

Classifications

• B60L53/68

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

• G06Q50/06 Primary

  Energy or water supply · CPC title

• B60L58/16

  responding to battery ageing, e.g. to the number of charging cycles or the state of health [SoH] · CPC title

• G06Q30/018 Primary

  Certifying business or products · CPC title