Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle battery delivery and electric vehicle routing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12552287-B2
Application number	US-202217947677-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2022
Priority date	Jun 10, 2022
Publication date	Feb 17, 2026
Grant date	Feb 17, 2026

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of predicting and providing an efficient driving route for an electric vehicle (EV) based upon battery health impact includes (i) receiving geographical telematics data; (ii) generating one or more driving routes for the electric vehicle based upon at least the geographical telematics data; (iii) predicting a projected battery health impact on a battery of the electric vehicle for each driving route of the one or more driving routes, wherein the projected battery health impact for each driving route is based at least upon geographical characteristics of the driving route; (iv) determining one or more battery-efficient driving route recommendations based upon at least the projected battery health impact for each driving route; and/or (v) providing the one or more battery-efficient driving route recommendations to a user.

First claim

What is claimed:

1 . A computer-implemented method of predicting and providing an efficient driving route for an autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle based upon battery health impact, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, geographical telematics data; generating, by the one or more processors, one or more driving routes for the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle based upon at least the geographical telematics data; predicting, by the one or more processors, a projected battery health impact on a battery of the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle for each driving route of the one or more driving routes, wherein the projected battery health impact for each driving route is based at least upon geographical characteristics of the driving route; determining, by the one or more processors and based at least upon a number of people determined to be in the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle, one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous features to be used; determining, by the one or more processors, one or more recommendations for the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle for a battery-efficient driving route of the one or more driving routes, the one or more recommendations based upon at least the projected battery health impact for each driving route and the one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous features; and causing, by the one or more processors and based upon at least a corresponding projected battery health impact for a recommended route of the one or more recommendations, the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle to automatically drive along the recommended route.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 ,
wherein the geographical characteristics include at least one of: (i) presence of downhill routes; (ii) presence of alternatives to uphill travel; (iii) presence of predicted additional braking; (iv) presence of additional charging stations; or (v) presence of self-charging road features.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from a user, an indication of a preferred form of electric vehicle operation; wherein the determining the one or more recommendations is further based upon the indication of the preferred form of electric vehicle operation.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the preferred form of electric vehicle operation is at least one of: (i) a charge efficiency mode, (ii) a battery health efficiency mode, or (iii) an environmental mode.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the predicting includes:
analyzing each driving route of the one or more driving routes using a machine learning model trained using historical battery health data; and calculating, based upon the analyzing, the projected battery health impact for each driving route of the one or more driving routes.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the one or more recommendations is further based upon a predicted time of day for travel.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the geographical telematics data includes at least one of: (i) map-based data stored on a database of the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle; (ii) map-based data stored on a mobile device associated with a driver of the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle; (iii) map-based data from a third party database; or (iv) road data associated with an extended reality device.

8 . A computing system for predicting and providing an efficient driving route for an autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle based upon battery health impact, the computing system comprising:
a memory storing a set of computer-executable instructions; and one or more processors interfacing with the memory, and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the one or more processors to:
receive geographical telematics data;
generate one or more driving routes for the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle based upon at least the geographical telematics data;
predict a projected battery health impact on a battery of the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle for each driving route of the one or more driving routes, wherein the projected battery health impact for each driving route is based at least upon geographical characteristics of the driving route;
determine, based at least upon a number of people determined to be in the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle, one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous features to be used;
determine one or more recommendations for the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle for a battery-efficient driving route of the one or more driving routes, the one or more recommendations based upon at least the projected battery health impact for each driving route and the one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous features; and
cause, based upon at least a corresponding projected battery health impact for a recommended route of the one or more recommendations, the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle to automatically drive along the recommended route.

9 . The computing system of claim 8 , wherein the geographical characteristics include at least one of: (i) presence of downhill routes; (ii) presence of alternatives to uphill travel; (iii) presence of predicted additional braking; (iv) presence of additional charging stations; or (v) presence of self-charging road features.

10 . The computing system of claim 8 , wherein the memory further stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive, from a user, an indication of a preferred form of electric vehicle operation; further wherein determining the one or more recommendations is further based upon the indication of the preferred form of electric vehicle operation.

11 . The computing system of claim 10 , wherein the preferred form of electric vehicle operation is at least one of: (i) a charge efficiency mode, (ii) a battery health efficiency mode, or (iii) an environmental mode.

12 . The computing system of claim 8 , wherein predicting the projected battery health impact includes:
analyzing each driving route of the one or more driving routes using a machine learning model trained using historical battery health data; and calculating, based upon the analyzing, the projected battery health impact for each driving route of the one or more driving routes.

13 . The computing system of claim 8 , wherein determining the one or more recommendations is further based upon a predicted time of day for travel.

14 . The computing system of claim 8 , wherein the geographical telematics data includes at least one of: (i) map-based data stored on a database of the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle; (ii) map-based data stored on a mobile device associated with a driver of the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle; (iii) map-based data from a third party database; or (iv) road data associated with an extended reality device.

15 . A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for predicting and providing an efficient driving route for an autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle based upon battery health impact that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
receive geographical telematics data; generate one or more driving routes for the autonomous or semi-autonomous electric vehicle based upon at leas

Assignees

• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co

Inventors

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

Classifications

• Y02T10/70

  Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries · CPC title

• G01C21/3469

  Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects · CPC title

• G01C21/3461

  Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types or segments such as motorways, toll roads or ferries · CPC title

• B60W2510/18

  Braking system · CPC title

• B60W60/0023

  in response to energy consumption · CPC title