Vehicle-to-Location Charging Handover for Low-Battery Continuity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current transportation systems lack an efficient method for vehicles to autonomously manage battery charging by identifying available charging sources and optimizing routes to ensure continuous power supply to locations, especially when battery capacity is low.
Innovation Solution
A system where vehicles can halt charging when their battery capacity falls below a threshold, determine another available vehicle to provide charge, maneuver to a charging station, and have the other vehicle provide charging services to the location, utilizing blockchain technology for decentralized data management and smart contract execution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a vehicle provides charging to a location, then the location receives continuous power supply, but the vehicle's battery capacity decreases below threshold
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mediator vehicle that transfers charging responsibilities from the original vehicle. When vehicle A's battery drops below threshold while charging location 130, the system identifies vehicle B as an intermediary that can provide charging services instead, allowing vehicle A to maintain its charging role without depleting its battery
2Use of energy by moving object
If a vehicle maneuvers to a charging station, then the vehicle recharges its battery, but the location experiences interruption in power supply
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identification of replacement vehicles before the original vehicle departs for charging. The processor identifies available vehicles in proximity that can immediately assume charging duties, ensuring seamless transition and continuous power supply to the location
Solution Approach 2:
A mediator vehicle serves as a temporary replacement during the transition period. When vehicle A needs to recharge, vehicle B acts as an intermediary that maintains the charging connection at location 130, preventing any interruption in power supply
3Reliability
If the system identifies another available vehicle, then charging continuity is maintained, but communication and coordination between vehicles increase system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universal communication protocols that enable any vehicle in the network to serve multiple functions: as a charger, as a client, or as a mediator. This multi-functionality reduces the need for specialized dedicated communication channels, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining charging continuity
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AI summary
An example operation includes one or more of halting, by a vehicle, charge to a location when a battery capacity of the vehicle is below a threshold; determining, by the vehicle, another vehicle that is available to provide charge to the location; maneuvering, by the vehicle, to a charging station; maneuvering, by the another vehicle, to the location; and providing, by the another vehicle, charging to the location.