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 7:
8. 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; and
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, the state of charge of the respective connected device, an indication of whether the respective connected device is currently being charged, and if the respective connected device is not currently being charged, a description of the settings that, when met, would cause the respective connected device to be charged.