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Granted Patent B2
US 12,111,625 · App. 17/684,679 · Granted Oct 8, 2024

Event energy muting and management

Inventors: Norman Lu (Fairview, TX); Maximilian Parness (Takoma Park, MD)
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
G05B19/042H02J3/14H02J3/322B60L53/60B60L58/12B60L58/30G05B2219/2639H02J2310/48
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Patent No.
US 12,111,625
App. No.
17/684,679
Granted
Oct 8, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of determining a location in an area that may lose electricity during an event related to a grid, conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location, storing the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location, and using the conserved energy at the location when the event occurs.

Claims (68)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a message from a server which comprises a description of an event that is going to occur in an area and an expected start time of the event:

determining a location in the area that is going to lose electricity supplied from an electrical grid during the event;

conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location based on the expected start time of the event;

storing the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location;

determining that from a current time to the expected start time of the event, the storing of the conserved energy in the energy storage device is insufficient to fully charge the energy storage device;

identifying at least one transport having sufficient charge to fully charge the energy storage device before the expected start time of the event; and

requesting the at least one transport to fully charge the energy storage device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the energy storage device comprises a battery at the location.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein muting energy consumption at the location comprises:

determining first devices at the location required to support habitation at the location;

determining second devices at the location not required to support habitation at the location; and

not providing electricity to the second devices while the event occurs.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining an energy consumption level at the location prior to the event; and

using less than the determined energy consumption level at the location during the event.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining a surplus amount of conserved energy; and

offering the surplus amount of conserved energy to charge a second transport.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining the event begins before the energy storage device is charged to a threshold;

preventing energy consumption at the location; and

transferring conserved energy from the energy storage device to a second transport.

7. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, coupled to the processor, comprising instructions that when executed by the processor are configured to:

receive a message from a server which comprises a description of an event that is going to occur in an area and an expected start time of the event

determine a location in the area that is going to lose electricity supplied from an electrical grid during the event;

conserve energy through a muted energy consumption at the location based on the expected start time of the event;

store the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location;

determine that from a current time to the expected start time of the event, the storing of the conserved energy in the energy storage device is insufficient to fully charge the energy storage device;

identify at least one transport having sufficient charge to fully charge the energy storage device before the expected start time of the event; and

request the at least one transport to fully charge the energy storage device.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the energy storage device comprises a battery at the location.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine first devices at the location required to support habitation at the location;

determine second devices at the location not required to support habitation at the location; and

not providing electricity to the second devices while the event occurs.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine an energy consumption level at the location prior to the event; and

use less than the determined energy consumption level at the location while the event occurs.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine a surplus amount of conserved energy; and

offer the surplus amount of conserved energy to charge a second transport.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine the event begins before the energy storage device is charged to a threshold;

prevent energy consumption at the location; and

transfer conserved energy from the energy storage device to a second transport.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:

receiving a message from a server which comprises a description of an event that is going to occur in an area and an expected start time of the event;

determining a location in the area that is going to lose electricity supplied from an electrical grid during the event;

conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location based on the expected start time of the event;

storing the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location;

determining that from a current time to the expected start time of the event, the storing of the conserved energy in the energy storage device is insufficient to fully charge the energy storage device;

identifying at least one transport having sufficient charge to fully charge the energy storage device before the expected start time of the event; and

requesting the at least one transport to fully charge the energy storage device.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the energy storage device comprises a battery at the location.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the muting energy consumption at the location comprises:

determining first devices at the location required to support habitation at the location;

determining second devices at the location not required to support habitation at the location; and

not providing electricity to the second devices during occurrence of the event.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

determining an energy consumption level at the location prior to the event; and

using less than the determined energy consumption level at the location during the event.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform:

determining the conserved energy is sufficient to fully charge the energy storage device;

determining a surplus amount of conserved energy; and

offering the surplus amount of conserved energy to charge a second transport.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2022
From: LU, NORMAN; PARNESS, MAXIMILIAN
To: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC.
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Continuity (1)
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