Patent ID: 11949277
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for controlling charging of connected devices that, when executed by a controller of a vehicle, cause the vehicle to perform operations including to:
detect, using a wireless transceiver of a vehicle, presence of a target connected device;
receive, via a user interface presented to an HMI of the vehicle, settings indicative of how to charge the target connected device via a power connector of the vehicle;
receive, using the wireless transceiver, data packets from the target connected device indicative of a current state of charge of the target connected device; and
charge the target connected device from the power connector in accordance with the settings and the current state of charge; and
display, in the HMI, a listing of a plurality of connected devices, the plurality of connected devices including the connected device, where, for each of the plurality of connected devices the HMI displays a name of the respective connected device, the state of charge of the respective connected device, an indication of whether the connected device is currently being charged, and if the connected device is not currently being charged, a description of the settings that, when met, would cause the connected device to be charged.