US 11,913,796 B2
Destination reachability via public charging locations
Jason Meyer Quint, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Kok Wei Koh, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/386,801.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032381 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3476 (2013.01) [B60L 58/12 (2019.02); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G07C 5/004 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
determining a perimeter indicating a travel range of a vehicle from a starting location based on a capacity of a battery system of the vehicle, wherein the perimeter is one of a full range perimeter and a returnable range perimeter responsive to a user perimeter type selection elicited and received via a display in the vehicle;
displaying the perimeter on the display in the vehicle;
identifying at least one charging location within the perimeter responsive to a user charging stop number selection elicited and received via the display in the vehicle;
determining an extended perimeter indicating an extended travel range of the vehicle from the starting location based on a recharge of the battery system at the at least one charging location based on a selected charging time elicited and received via the display in the vehicle, wherein the extended perimeter is one of a full range extended perimeter and a returnable range extended perimeter responsive to the user perimeter type selection elicited and received via the display in the vehicle;
displaying the extended perimeter on the display in the vehicle; and
generating and displaying map data indicating one or more of the travel range and the extended travel range on the display in the vehicle.