Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle monitoring of mobile device state-of-charge
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Application No.: US15824558Application Date: 2017-11-28
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Publication No.: US10578676B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Cynthia M. Neubecker , John Robert Van Wiemeersch
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
- Agent Frank Lollo
- Main IPC: G01R31/387
- IPC: G01R31/387 ; G06F1/3215 ; H02J7/00

Abstract:
Method and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle monitoring of mobile device state-of-charge. An example vehicle includes a communication node, a charging station, and a controller. The controller is to receive, via the communication node, a state-of-charge (SOC) of a mobile device and determine a predicted SOC at a destination based on the SOC, a rate-of-change of the SOC, and a travel time to the destination. The controller also is to emit, responsive to the predicted SOC being less than a threshold, an instruction to couple the mobile device to the charging station.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190162792A1 VEHICLE MONITORING OF MOBILE DEVICE STATE-OF-CHARGE Public/Granted day:2019-05-30
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