US 12,145,469 B1
Electric vehicle charging management system and method
Joseph R. Brannan, Bloomington, IL (US)
Assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/075,422.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/092,286, filed on Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/939,906, filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/938,676, filed on Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/930,807, filed on Nov. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/923,713, filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Int. Cl. B60L 58/13 (2019.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01)
CPC B60L 58/13 (2019.02) [G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/14 (2013.01); B60L 2240/54 (2013.01); B60L 2240/62 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for charging a battery of an electric vehicle with a low state of charge (SOC), the method being implemented via one or more processors, transceivers, servers, or sensors, any of which may be local or remote, the method comprising:
determining, via the one or more processors, the electric vehicle has a state of charge (SOC) below a predetermined threshold;
in response to determining that the SOC is below the predetermined threshold, determining, via the one or more processors, a plurality of homes capable of charging electric vehicles within a vicinity of a GPS location of the low SOC vehicle;
ranking, via the one or more processors, the plurality of homes based upon various factors;
determining, via the one or more processors, availability of the plurality of homes to charge the low SOC vehicle;
scheduling, via the one or more processors, a rendezvous time for the low SOC vehicle with a selected home of the plurality of homes, wherein the selected home is, from among homes of the plurality of homes both equipped to charge the low SOC vehicle and available to charge the low SOC vehicle, a home with the highest rank, and wherein the rendezvous time satisfies a home occupancy preference for the selected home, the home occupancy preference being one of the selected home being occupied or unoccupied;
generating, via the one or more processors, route information from a location of the low SOC vehicle to the selected home; and
causing, via the one or more processors, the route information to be transmitted to the low SOC vehicle.