US 11,808,592 B2
Automatically selecting a charging station for an electric vehicle
Forrest North, El Segundo, CA (US); Lucas Manfield, El Segundo, CA (US); Armen Petrosian, El Segundo, CA (US); and Nick Wild, El Segundo, CA (US)
Assigned to RECARGO, INC., El Segundo, CA (US)
Filed by RECARGO, INC., El Segundo, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/074,295.
Application 17/074,295 is a continuation of application No. 14/616,249, filed on Feb. 6, 2015, granted, now 10,809,085, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/937,400, filed on Feb. 7, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0033414 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/68 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 53/67 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/60 (2019.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/3469 (2013.01) [B60L 53/30 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/67 (2019.02); B60L 53/68 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); G01C 21/3605 (2013.01); G01C 21/367 (2013.01); G01C 21/3682 (2013.01); G01C 21/3691 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); B60L 2240/622 (2013.01); B60L 2240/70 (2013.01); B60L 2250/12 (2013.01); B60L 2250/16 (2013.01); B60L 2260/52 (2013.01); B60L 2260/54 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01); Y02T 90/167 (2013.01); Y04S 30/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a request from an electric vehicle to find a charging station;
accessing context information for a current trip traveled by the electric vehicle associated with the request;
determining a predicted energy usage for the electric vehicle based on a historical energy usage of the electric vehicle when traveling along a route that is part of the current trip;
identifying one or more charging stations that include characteristics matching the context information for the current trip traveled by the electric vehicle; and
presenting information to the electric vehicle via a user interface of the electric vehicle that indicates the identified one or more charging stations,
wherein the user interface presents:
icons within a map presented by a mapping application, the icons representative of the identified one or more charging stations; and
a graphical element that indicates a range of travel for the electric vehicle based on the predicted energy usage for the electric vehicle.