US 11,784,491 B1
Systems and methods for implementing vehicle charging infrastructure
Andrew Ewing, Kitchener (CA); and Hani Hawari, Waterloo (CA)
Assigned to Geotab Inc., Oakville (CA)
Filed by Geotab Inc., Oakville (CA)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/981,614.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/389,560, filed on Jul. 15, 2022.
Int. Cl. H02J 3/06 (2006.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01)
CPC H02J 3/06 (2013.01) [B60L 53/66 (2019.02); H02J 2203/20 (2020.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for determining supply requirements for providing energy to a plurality of combustion-powered vehicles at one or more candidate charge sites, the system comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one non-transitory processor-readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
for each combustion-powered vehicle in the plurality combustion-powered vehicles:
identify at least one dwell period of the combustion-powered vehicle;
for each identified dwell period of the combustion-powered vehicle, determine a respective dwell location of the combustion-powered vehicle;
identify at least one chargeable-dwell period, by identifying at least one dwell period of the combustion-powered vehicle where a respective dwell location of the combustion-powered vehicle is at a candidate charge site of the one or more candidate charge sites;
identify at least one active period of the vehicle;
for each active period of the combustion-powered vehicle, determine energy consumption by the combustion-powered vehicle as a battery-powered vehicle during the at least one active period of the combustion-powered vehicle, by simulating operation of the combustion-powered vehicle as a battery-powered vehicle, based on real world data collected from the combustion-powered vehicle; and
determine energy replenishable to the combustion-powered vehicle during the at least one chargeable-dwell period; and
for each candidate charge site of the one or more candidate charge sites:
determine energy replenishable to combustion-powered vehicles during chargeable-dwell periods in which the respective dwell location of said combustion-powered vehicle is at the candidate charge site; and
determine supply requirements for the candidate charge site to provide at least the determined energy replenishable to combustion-powered vehicles during chargeable-dwell periods in which the respective dwell location of said combustion-powered vehicles is at the candidate charge site.