Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for in-vehicle charging to offset a fare
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Application No.: US15377841Application Date: 2016-12-13
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Publication No.: US10592939B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Geoffrey David Gaither
- Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Darrow Mustafa PC
- Agent Christopher G. Darrow
- Main IPC: G07B15/02
- IPC: G07B15/02 ; G06Q30/02 ; B60L53/66 ; B60L53/00 ; B60L50/20 ; H02J7/14

Abstract:
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to adjusting a trip fare according to in-vehicle charging provided by a passenger. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to initiating a trip in the vehicle for a passenger, accumulating the trip fare as a function of traveling a route to fulfill the trip. The method includes metering one or more charging devices to identify a metered charge produced by the passenger operating the one or more charging devices during the trip. The method includes computing a fare offset according to at least the metered charge to identify an amount by which the trip fare is to be discounted. The method includes adjusting the trip fare according to the fare offset to account for an electric charge provided to the vehicle during the trip.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180165727A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN-VEHICLE CHARGING TO OFFSET A FARE Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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