US 11,731,524 B2
Mobile direct current fast charger customer-vehicle-station matching system
Alan B. Martin, Washington, MI (US); Matthew C. Kirklin, Lake Orion, MI (US); Charles E. Freese, V, Ira Township, MI (US); Margarita M. Mann, Royal Oak, MI (US); and William H. Pettit, Rochester, NY (US)
Assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on May 28, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/424,039.
Prior Publication US 2020/0376972 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/54 (2019.01); H01M 16/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/68 (2019.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/63 (2019.01); B60L 53/10 (2019.01); B60L 53/57 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/305 (2019.02) [B60L 53/11 (2019.02); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/54 (2019.02); B60L 53/57 (2019.02); B60L 53/63 (2019.02); B60L 53/68 (2019.02); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); H01M 16/006 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/167 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computerized system for matching a plurality of electrically powered vehicles to a plurality of available mobile chargers, the system comprising:
the plurality of available mobile chargers each including a finite supply of fuel useful to be converted into electrical energy; and
a computerized server device, programmed to:
monitor optimization inputs related to the plurality of available mobile chargers;
monitor optimization inputs related to the plurality of electrically powered vehicles operated by a plurality of customers;
determine a price modulation for at least one of the plurality of available mobile chargers based upon the optimization inputs related to the plurality of available mobile chargers including availability of the finite supply of fuel of each of the plurality of available mobile chargers;
determine a lowest-cost-based ranked listing of matched charger and vehicle pairings, each of the matched charger and vehicle pairings including one of the plurality of available mobile chargers and one of the plurality of electrically powered vehicles, for each of the plurality of customers based upon the optimization inputs related to the plurality of available mobile chargers, the optimization inputs related to plurality of the electrically powered vehicles, and the price modulation;
present the ranked listing of the matched charger and vehicle pairings for each of the plurality of customers to each of the customers;
monitor selection by each of the plurality of customers of one of the matched charger and vehicle pairings to identify from the plurality of available mobile chargers a desired charger for the customer;
after the selection, scheduling each of the plurality of electrically powered vehicles to charge at the desired charger for the customer based upon the monitored selection by each of the plurality of customers, the optimization inputs related to the plurality of available mobile chargers, and the optimization inputs related to the plurality of electrically powered vehicles; and
direct each of the plurality of customers to the desired charger for the customer;
wherein the price modulation is configured for one of increasing a price of one of the plurality of available mobile chargers or decreasing a price of one of the plurality of available mobile chargers to provide an incentive to one the plurality of customers to make the selection including selecting one of the plurality of available mobile chargers based upon managing depletion of the finite supply of fuel of each of the plurality of mobile chargers.