US 11,945,329 B2
Intelligent vehicle systems and control logic for battery charge control and information display
John Shpati, Royal Oak, MI (US); and Jeeho J. Cha, Northville, MI (US)
Assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,225.
Prior Publication US 2023/0347777 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC B60L 53/66 (2019.02) [B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60Q 5/005 (2013.01); H04W 4/022 (2013.01); B60L 2240/622 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of operating a vehicle with a vehicle battery, the method comprising:
receiving, via a vehicle controller from a location detection device, vehicle location data indicative of a real-time vehicle location of the vehicle;
determining, via the vehicle controller, if the real-time vehicle location is within a virtual geofence delineating a predefined geographic area;
receiving, via the vehicle controller from a location sensing device in response to the real-time vehicle location being within the virtual geofence, user location data indicative of a real-time user location of an authenticated user of the vehicle;
determining, via the vehicle controller, if the real-time user location is within a predefined proximity to the real-time vehicle location;
determining, via the vehicle controller in response to the real-time user location being within the predefined proximity to the real-time vehicle location, whether the vehicle battery is charging correctly or incorrectly;
transmitting, via the vehicle controller responsive to the vehicle battery charging incorrectly, a notification to the authenticated user including a warning the vehicle battery is not charging correctly and a prompt to take a corrective action;
determining, via the vehicle controller using a predictive model, a battery impact decision including predicting if the authenticated user will depart in the vehicle within a predetermined window of time and identifying driving conditions at a predicted departure time of the user determined to measurably impact battery performance of the vehicle battery; and
transmitting, via the vehicle controller to a resident vehicle subsystem of the vehicle responsive to the vehicle battery charging correctly and based on the battery impact decision, a command signal to execute a control operation related to the charging of the vehicle battery.