Patent ID: 11920938
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 14:
15. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions for automatically recharging an autonomous electric vehicle that, when executed by at least one processor of a computer system, cause the computer system to:
detect a charge level of a battery of the autonomous electric vehicle below a maximum recharging threshold;
generate a predicted use profile for the autonomous electric vehicle based upon prior vehicle use data;
determine a location at which to charge the battery based upon the charge level and the predicted use profile;
determine a next predicted use of the autonomous electric vehicle based upon the predicted use profile;
control the autonomous electric vehicle to travel fully autonomously to the determined location when a sufficient amount of time exists to charge the autonomous electric vehicle before the next predicted use;
determine a return location for the autonomous electric vehicle; and
control the autonomous electric vehicle to return to the return location,
wherein the return location is determined based upon the predicted use profile or vehicle operator information, and is distinct from the location at which to charge the battery.