Patent ID: 11880206
Assignee: LODESTAR LICENSING GROUP LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 15:
16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:
in response to determining that the vehicle can be navigated along the first route from a starting location to the destination without having to charge the battery device utilizing the external power source,
generating a set of one or more alternative routes that include one or more navigable pathways from the starting location to the destination, wherein each alternative route includes at least one navigable pathway that is not included within any of the other alternative routes; and
determining a corresponding set of alternative route times for the set of alternative routes that represents a time that it will take to navigate the vehicle along each alternative route from the starting location to reach the destination;

in response to the identification of the set of one or more alternative routes,
comparing the first route time to the set of alternative route times; and
determining a shortest time between the first route time and each of the alternative route times in the set of alternative route times; and

in response to determining that the shortest time is one of the alternative route times,
setting the alternative route associated with the shortest time as a new current route of the vehicle.