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Granted Patent B2
US 12,179,623 · App. 17/153,005 · Granted Dec 31, 2024

Method for coordinating charging and/or filling of an energy storage device of a motor vehicle, storage medium, mobile terminal, server device, navigation device, and motor vehicle

Inventor: Hannes Moegele (Guenzach, DE)
Assignee: AUDI AG
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Patent No.
US 12,179,623
App. No.
17/153,005
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for coordinating charging and/or filling of an energy storage device of a motor vehicle. A navigation device determines user-specific appointment data having location coordinates, a departure location of the motor vehicle, and energy storage data for a state of charge and/or a fill level, and environmental data for a specified time range. The navigation device provides a digital agenda model, which describes the determined data, as well as map data for the respective locations and for at least one energy delivery device, and uses the agenda model to determine at least one travel plan for keeping the at least one appointment. As a function of the determined energy storage data, the respective travel route takes into consideration at least one location of an energy delivery device as an intermediate destination having a charging and/or filling time.

Claims (24)

1. A method for coordinating charging and/or filling of an energy storage device of a motor vehicle, wherein a navigation device for a specified time range:

determines user-specific appointment data with location coordinates associated with at least one appointment,

determines a departure location of the motor vehicle at a beginning of the specified time range and energy storage data, wherein the energy storage data describe a state of charge and/or a fill level of the energy storage device at the beginning of the specified time range,

determines environmental data which describe at least one journey-relevant, motor vehicle-external environmental parameter,

provides a digital agenda model which describes the determined appointment data, map data of a geographic area that comprises the location coordinates associated with at least one appointment, the departure location of the motor vehicle, and at least one location of an energy delivery device, and describes the determined environmental data,

on the basis of the provided agenda model, determines at least one travel plan having a travel route for keeping the at least one appointment, wherein as a function of the determined energy storage data, the respective travel route takes into consideration the at least one location of the energy delivery device as an intermediate destination having a charging and/or filling time, so that the intermediate destination fulfills a specified expediency criterion, and

transmits the at least one determined travel plan to an output device and/or to a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle,

wherein the motor vehicle has self-driving capabilities and, after a user disembarks from the motor vehicle at one of the respective locations, the motor vehicle pilots itself to the intermediate destination for charging and then returns to pick up the user,

wherein the navigation device further determines user-specific data which comprises a driving style of the user for consideration in the provided agenda model,

wherein the respective travel route further takes into consideration the driving style of the user and prefers roads which are suited to the driving style of the user, and

wherein, during travel along the travel plan, the navigation device is configured to receive information pertaining to a defective energy source and correspondingly adjust the travel plan to avoid the defective energy source, and

wherein the motor vehicle is a hybrid motor vehicle and the navigation device determines historical motor vehicle data relating to a ratio of electricity and gasoline consumption of the hybrid motor vehicle for consideration in the provided agenda model on the basis of which the at least one travel plan is determined.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specified expediency criterion prescribes a least possible delay in travel time.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the navigation device determines further energy storage data comprising a battery status and/or a current or predicted range for consideration in the provided agenda model.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the navigation device determines a current or predicted availability and/or a reservability of an energy delivery device for consideration in the provided agenda model.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the environmental data comprises data on a traffic situation in the geographic area and/or weather data.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method is carried out in response to a speech input of the user.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the navigation device determines journey data comprising a predicted, journey-specific energy consumption for consideration in the provided agenda model.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program code which is designed to carry out the method according to claim 1 when executed by a processor device of a mobile terminal.

9. A mobile, portable terminal comprising the storage medium according to claim 8 .

10. A server device for operation on the Internet, comprising the storage medium according to claim 8 .

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specified expediency criterion prescribes a lowest possible cost of the charging and/or filling process.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specified expediency criterion prescribes an energy carrier which provides charge and/or fuel from a renewable energy source.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the navigation device determines further energy storage data comprising a predicted range taking into consideration the driving style of the user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2021
From: MOEGELE, HANNES
To: AUDI AG
Reel/Frame 055204/0997 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 103 025.8 · Feb 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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