Patent ID: 11959759
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors of one or more server computing devices, vehicle data including a vehicle charge status and a vehicle charge capacity;
receiving, by the one or more processors, charger data for each charger of a plurality of chargers configured to charge vehicles of a fleet of rechargeable vehicles;
determining, by the one or more processors based on the vehicle data and the charger data, one charger of the plurality of chargers to perform charging;
controlling, by the one or more processors, an autonomous driving computing system of a vehicle of the fleet for which the vehicle charge status reaches a threshold minimum charge level to maneuver to a location of the determined one charger;
determining, by the one or more processors, a threshold maximum charge level based on the vehicle charge status, the vehicle charge capacity and a charger speed indicated by the charger data for the determined one charger; and
controlling, by the one or more processors, the vehicle to perform charging at the determined one charger up to the determined threshold maximum charge level.