Granted Patent B2

US 12,625,480 · App. 18/820,218 · Granted May 12, 2026

Inventors: Norman Lu (Fairview, TX); Maximilian Parness (Takoma Park, MD)

Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.

G05B19/042H02J3/14H02J3/322B60L53/60B60L58/12B60L58/30G05B2219/2639H02J2105/37

Abstract

Claims (62)

1 . A method, comprising:

determining from a current time to an expected start time of an event that electricity will not be supplied from an electrical grid to a location;

determining an energy storage device at the location will not be fully charged before the expected start time of the event;

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

transferring the sufficient energy by 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 , comprising conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location based on the expected start time of the event.

4 . The method of claim 3 , 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.

5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

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.

6 . 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.

7 . 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.

8 . A system, comprising:

a processor; and

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

determine from a current time to an expected start time of an event that electricity will not be supplied from an electrical grid to a location;

determine an energy storage device at the location will not be fully charged before the expected start time of the event;

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

transfer the sufficient energy by the at least one transport to fully charge the energy storage device.

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

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

conserve energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location based on the expected start time of the event.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the muting of energy consumption comprises:

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 provide electricity to the second devices while the event occurs.

12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is 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 during the event.

13 . The system of claim 8 , 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.

14 . The system of claim 8 , 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.

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

determining from a current time to an expected start time of an event that electricity will not be supplied from an electrical grid to a location;

determining an energy storage device at the location will not be fully charged before the expected start time of the event;

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

transferring the sufficient energy by the at least one transport to fully charge the energy storage device.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the energy storage device comprises a battery at the location.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to perform conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location based on the expected start time of the event.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the muting of 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.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is 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.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform:

determining a surplus amount of conserved energy; and

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

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