US 12,223,776 B1
Electric vehicle range detection and processing
Benjamin J Kwitek, Colorado Springs, CO (US); and Scott C Harris, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Benjamin J Kwitek, Colorado Springs, CO (US); and Scott C Harris, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/191,460.
Int. Cl. G07C 5/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01)
CPC G07C 5/004 (2013.01) [B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 2240/62 (2013.01); B60L 2240/64 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle system, comprising:
a vehicle controller comprising a computer that monitors operation of a first vehicle on a road to determine an amount of fuel used by the first vehicle on each of a plurality of stretches of the road, and to use said amount of fuel used by the first vehicle on stretches of the road to determine an estimated range that a vehicle can travel based on a current fuel amount of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle controller determines a total amount of time that it will take to refuel the vehicle at different locations, the total amount of time including time for exiting the road from the current route, finding a vehicle refueler, and actually refueling at the refueler and providing information about the total amount of time it will take to refuel including the time for exiting the road from the current route, finding the vehicle refueler, and the refueling at different locations to the user, and the vehicle controller providing parameters for the vehicle, to minimize a total time of a trip and the vehicle controller operating the first vehicle according to these parameters to minimize the total time of the trip.