Patent ID: 11890957
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least:
receiving, originating from a mobile battery-powered entity in a transportation system, a mobile charging request, the mobile charging request comprising at least a location of the mobile battery-powered entity;
determining, based at least in part on the location of the mobile battery-powered entity, a location of each of a plurality of mobile charging stations, and a charge level of each of the plurality of mobile charging stations, a mobile charging station from among said plurality of mobile charging stations to be deployed for mobile charging of the mobile battery-powered entity; and

causing deployment of the mobile charging station by sending a deployment request to the mobile charging station, the deployment request comprising at least the location of the mobile battery-powered entity.