Electric vehicle charging management with charging scheduling via vehicle ranking

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12539783-B2
Application number	US-202218051587-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2022
Priority date	Nov 1, 2022
Publication date	Feb 3, 2026
Grant date	Feb 3, 2026

Abstract

A system including one or more processors is provided. The one or more processors can determine, responsive to an arrival of an electric vehicle at a dispenser of a plurality of dispensers coupled with a power module of a power cabinet, a status of each of the plurality of dispensers. The one or more processors can generate a schedule to control the plurality of dispensers based at least in part on the status of each of the plurality of dispensers. The one or more processors can provide the schedule to the power cabinet to cause the power cabinet to control the power module to deliver power to one of the plurality of dispensers in accordance with the schedule.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system, comprising:
one or more processors, coupled with memory, to:
identify, responsive to an arrival of an electric vehicle at a dispenser of a plurality of dispensers coupled with a power module of a power cabinet, a status of each dispenser of the plurality of dispensers, the status comprising a charging state, a standby state, or an open state;
identify a dispatch schedule for each electric vehicle of a plurality of electric vehicles connected to dispensers of the plurality of dispensers in the charging state or the standby state;
rank the plurality of electric vehicles based on the dispatch schedule of each electric vehicle of the plurality of electric vehicles;
generate a schedule to control the plurality of dispensers based on the status of each dispenser of the plurality of dispensers and the rankings of the plurality of electric vehicles; and
provide the schedule to the power cabinet to cause the power cabinet to control the power module to deliver power to one of the plurality of dispensers in accordance with the schedule.

2 . The system of claim 1 , comprising the one or more processors to:
receive, via a network and from the plurality of dispensers, the status of each of the plurality of dispensers; and identify a subset of the plurality of dispensers in the standby state or the charging state; wherein the one or more processors generate the schedule comprising a time period in which to charge via each dispenser in the subset.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the status of a second dispenser of the plurality of dispensers comprises the charging state, and comprising the one or more processors to:
generate the schedule based on a determination that the electric vehicle has a higher rank than a second electric vehicle connected to the second dispenser; and configure, responsive to the determination, the schedule to cause the power cabinet to change the status of the second dispenser from the charging state to the standby state and the status of the dispenser to the charging state.

4 . The system of claim 1 , comprising:
the one or more processors to provide the schedule to the power cabinet to cause the power cabinet to adjust the status of each of the plurality of dispensers such that only one dispenser is in the charging state at a time.

5 . The system of claim 1 , comprising the one or more processors to:
identify a state of charge of each electric vehicle of the plurality of electric vehicles connected to the dispensers of the plurality of dispensers in the charging state or the standby state; and rank the plurality of electric vehicles based on the state of charge of each electric vehicle of the plurality of electric vehicles.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors rank the plurality of electric vehicles responsive to the arrival of the electric vehicle at the dispenser.

7 . The system of claim 1 , comprising the one or more processors to:
identify a state of charge of each electric vehicle of the plurality of electric vehicles connected to the dispensers of the plurality of dispensers in the charging state or the standby state; and rank the plurality of electric vehicles in ascending or descending order based on the state of charge of each of the plurality of electric vehicles.

8 . The system of claim 1 , comprising the one or more processors to:
receive, from the plurality of electric vehicles connected to the plurality of dispensers, a state of charge of each electric vehicle of the plurality of electric vehicles connected to the dispensers of the plurality of dispensers in the charging state or the standby state; and rank the plurality of electric vehicles based on the state of charge of each of the plurality of electric vehicles.

9 . The system of claim 1 , comprising:
the one or more processors to rank the plurality of electric vehicles in ascending or descending order according to a travel distance of each electric vehicle of the plurality of electric vehicles within a time period.

10 . The system of claim 1 , comprising the one or more processors to:
render, on a computing device, identifications of a plurality of ranking functions; receive, from the computing device, an input comprising an identification of a selected ranking function from the plurality of ranking functions; and generate the schedule based at least in part on the selected ranking function.

11 . The system of claim 1 , comprising:
the one or more processors to generate a queue indicating an order in which to charge the plurality of electric vehicles connected to the plurality of dispensers.

12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors generate the schedule to indicate a time period to charge a second electric vehicle of the plurality of electric vehicles connected to the plurality of dispensers.

13 . The system of claim 12 , comprising the one or more processors to:
identify a destination of the second electric vehicle; determine a target state of charge for the second electric vehicle based on the destination; and determine the time period based on the target state of charge for the second electric vehicle.

14 . A method, comprising:
identifying, by one or more processors coupled with memory and responsive to an arrival of an electric vehicle at a dispenser of a plurality of dispensers coupled with a power module of a power cabinet, a status of each dispenser of the plurality of dispensers, the status comprising a charging state, a standby state, or an open state; identifying, by the one or more processors, a dispatch schedule for each electric vehicle of a plurality of electric vehicles connected to dispensers of the plurality of dispensers in the charging state or the standby state; ranking, by the one or more processors, the plurality of electric vehicles based on the dispatch schedule of each electric vehicle of the plurality of electric vehicles; generating, by the one or more processors, a schedule to control the plurality of dispensers based on the status of each dispenser of the plurality of dispensers and the rankings of the plurality of electric vehicles; and providing, by the one or more processors, the schedule to the power cabinet to cause the power module to deliver power to one of the plurality of dispensers in accordance with the schedule.

15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
identifying, by the one or more processors, a subset of the plurality of dispensers in the standby state or the charging state; wherein the one or more processors generate the schedule comprising a time period in which to charge via each dispenser in the subset.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the status of a second dispenser comprises the charging state, and wherein generating the schedule comprises:
determining, by the one or more processors, the electric vehicle has a higher rank than a second electric vehicle connected to the second dispenser; and configuring, by the one or more processors, the schedule such that the schedule causes the power cabinet to change the status of the second dispenser from the charging state to the standby state and the status of the dispenser to the charging state.

Assignees

• Rivian Ip Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Bennett Tyler Jennings
• Villagra Ben
• Allamsetty Chakri
• Dhaliwal Preetinder Singh
• Darade Nilesh
• Erikson Tyler

Classifications

• G06Q50/06 Primary

  Energy or water supply · CPC title

• G06Q10/06315

  Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis · CPC title

• B60L53/67

  Controlling two or more charging stations · CPC title

• B60L53/63

  in response to network capacity · CPC title

• B60L53/62

  in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge · CPC title