US 11,890,957 B2
System and method for a battery on wheels (BoW) for charging mobile battery-operated units
Prabuddha Chakraborty, Gainesville, FL (US); Swarup Bhunia, Gainesville, FL (US); and Christopher M. Vega, Gainesville, FL (US)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED, Gainesville, FL (US)
Filed by UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED, Gainesville, FL (US)
Filed on May 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/306,553.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/020,872, filed on May 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0347275 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B60L 53/35 (2019.01); B60L 53/67 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/57 (2019.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/35 (2019.02) [B60L 53/53 (2019.02); B60L 53/57 (2019.02); B60L 53/665 (2019.02); B60L 53/67 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60W 60/0025 (2020.02); G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 20/127 (2013.01); G06Q 20/145 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least:
receiving a mobile charging request, the mobile charging request comprising at least a location of a mobile battery-powered entity in a transportation system;
comparing the location of the mobile battery-powered entity to a location of respective mobile charging stations of a plurality of mobile charging stations; and
initiating deployment, based on at least a current charge level of one or more of the plurality of mobile charging stations and the comparing the location of the mobile battery-powered entity to the location of respective of the plurality of mobile charging stations, a particular mobile charging station from among the plurality of mobile charging stations to be deployed for mobile charging of the mobile battery-powered entity.