IP Library Granted Patent US 11,783,371
Granted Patent B2
US 11,783,371 · App. 17/933,308 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Methods, devices, and systems for home based electric vehicle (EV) charging

Inventors: Oleg Logvinov (Weston, CT); Kimberly Sarubbi (Brentwood, TN); Adrian Weidmann (Deephaven, MN)
Assignee: IoTecha Corp.
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Patent No.
US 11,783,371
App. No.
17/933,308
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for home based electric vehicle (EV) charging. According to one embodiment, a method is implemented on an EV charger for determining relative position of a mobile device to an EV charger in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes receiving known location data associated with a global position of the EV charger, wherein the known location data has an accuracy better than 10 centimeters, receiving first global navigation satellite system (GNSS) timestamped data associated with the EV charger from a first constellation of GNSS satellites, determining first GNSS location data based on the first GNSS timestamped data, and determining first GNSS error data based on the first GNSS location data and the known location data.

Claims (42)

1. A method implemented on an electric vehicle (EV) charger having a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) radio and a processor, the method comprising:

receiving known location data including a global position of the EV charger, wherein the known location data has an accuracy better than 10 centimeters;

receiving, from the GNSS radio, first GNSS timestamped data associated with the EV charger from a first constellation of GNSS satellites;

determining, by the processor, first GNSS location data based on the first GNSS timestamped data;

determining, by the processor, first GNSS error data based on the first GNSS location data and the known location data; and

transmitting the first GNSS error data to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to determine a relative position to the EV charger based on the first GNSS error data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is at least one of an EV, a smart phone, a smart tablet, and a smart watch.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing charging enabled parking space influenced media data to a user interface (UI) associated with the EV charger based on the relative position.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving second GNSS timestamped data associated with a mobile device within proximity of the EV charger and at least a portion of the first constellation of GNSS satellites; and

determining a relative position of the mobile device to the EV charger based on the second GNSS timestamped data and the first GNSS error data.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving second GNSS location data associated with a mobile device within proximity of the EV charger, wherein second GNSS location data was determined based on second GNSS timestamped data associated with the mobile device and at least a portion of the first constellation of GNSS satellites; and

determining a relative position of the mobile device to the EV charger based on the second GNSS timestamped data and the first GNSS error data.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the mobile device is at least one of an EV, a smart phone, a smart tablet, and a smart watch.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising providing charging enabled parking space influenced media data to a user interface (UI) associated with the EV charger based on the relative position.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the charging enabled parking space influenced media data is used to offset costs associated with home-based EV charging.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the charging enabled parking space influenced media data is further based on user information.

10. The method of claim 9 , the user information comprises user survey information.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the user survey information is requested during a user EV charger account registration by a user.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the user information comprises user social networking information.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the known location data has an accuracy better than 500 centimeters.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the known location data has an accuracy better than 20 centimeters.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the known location data has an accuracy better than 10 centimeters.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the known location data has an accuracy better than 5 centimeters.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the known location data has an accuracy better than 2 centimeters.

18. An electric vehicle (EV) charger comprising:

EV charging circuitry;

a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) radio;

a memory; and

at least one processor configured for:

receiving known location data including a global position of the EV charger, wherein the known location data has an accuracy better than 10 centimeters;

receiving, from the GNSS radio, first GNSS timestamped data associated with the EV charger from a first constellation of GNSS satellites;

determining first GNSS location data based on the first GNSS timestamped data;

determining first GNSS error data based on the first GNSS location data and the known location data; and

transmitting the first GNSS error data to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to determine a relative position to the EV charger based on the first GNSS error data.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions to be implemented on an electric vehicle (EV) charger including at least one processor and a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) radio, the instructions when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving known location data including a global position of the EV charger, wherein the known location data has an accuracy better than 10 centimeters;

receiving, from the GNSS radio, first GNSS timestamped data associated with the EV charger from a first constellation of GNSS satellites;

determining first GNSS location data based on the first GNSS timestamped data;

determining first GNSS error data based on the first GNSS location data and the known location data; and

transmitting the first GNSS error data to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to determine a relative position to the EV charger based on the first GNSS error data.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2026
From: RENAULT SAS
To: IOTECHA CORP.
Reel/Frame 074768/0089 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2025
From: IOTECHA CORPORATION
To: RENAULT SAS
Reel/Frame 071230/0450 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2024
From: IOTECHA CORP.
To: VAJRA DIRECT V, LLC
Reel/Frame 068681/0580 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: LOGVINOV, OLEG; SARUBBI, KIMBERLY
To: IOTECHA CORP.
Reel/Frame 061139/0260 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: LOGVINOV, OLEG; SARUBBI, KIMBERLY; WEIDMANN, ADRIAN
To: IOTECHA CORP.
Reel/Frame 061139/0377 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: LOGVINOV, OLEG; SARUBBI, KIMBERLY; WEIDMANN, ADRIAN
To: IOTECHA CORP.
Reel/Frame 061139/0422 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation PCTUS2022076331 · Sep 13, 2022
Provisional Application 63331450 · Apr 15, 2022
Provisional Application 63275468 · Nov 4, 2021
Provisional Application 63243381 · Sep 13, 2021
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