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 13:
14. A method for controlling charging of connected devices, comprising:
detecting, using a wireless transceiver of a vehicle, presence of a target connected device:
receiving, 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;
receiving, using the wireless transceiver, data packets from the target connected device indicative of a current state of charge of the target connected device;
charging the target connected device from the power connector in accordance with the settings and the current state of charge; and
displaying, in the HMI, a listing of a plurality of connected devices, the plurality of connected devices including the target connected device, where, for each of the plurality of connected devices the HMI displays a name of the respective connected device, and a configurable current flow that the respective connected device receives when being charged.