Patent ID: 11945323
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 11:
12. A system for providing a cooperative automotive mobile charging infrastructure, the system comprising:
a plurality of electrified vehicles, wherein each electrified vehicle of the plurality of electrified vehicles comprises at least one auxiliary charging port in communication with a battery or electrical system of the electrified vehicle and at least one charging cable that connects to the at least one auxiliary charging port;
a plurality of electric personal transport devices associated with one or more users; and
a mobile charging service provider, wherein the mobile charging service provider is configured to:
receive a notification sent from a user of one electrified vehicle of the plurality of electrified vehicles through a first user interface, the notification indicating an availability for providing mobile charging to one or more electric personal transport devices of the plurality of electric personal transport devices, wherein the notification includes at least: (1) an identification of the one electrified vehicle to provide the mobile charging, (2) a location of the one electrified vehicle, and (3) a time period that the one electrified vehicle will remain at the location;
receive a request for mobile charging sent from a user of an electric transport device of the one or more users of the plurality of electric personal transport devices through a second user interface that is different from the first user interface, wherein the request includes at least: (1) a predetermined distance from a current location of the user of the electric personal transport device, and (2) a time period for which the user of the electric personal transport device is requesting mobile charging;
determine, for the request, a candidate electrified vehicle of the plurality of electrified vehicles that is available to provide mobile charging to the user of the electric personal transport device within the predetermined distance from the current location and for the time period included in the request; and
provide the location of the candidate electrified vehicle to the user of the electric personal transport device, wherein the candidate electrified vehicle provides mobile charging at the location to the electric personal transport device by connecting the at least one auxiliary charging port of the electrified vehicle to a charging port of the electric personal transport device via the at least one charging cable.