US-12625480-B2 - Event energy muting and management

Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of determining a location in an area that may lose electricity during an event related to a grid, conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location, storing the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location, and using the conserved energy at the location when the event occurs.

Inventors

• Norman Lu
• Maximilian Parness

Assignees

• Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Dates

Publication Date

20260512

Application Date

20240829

Claims (20)

1. 1 . A method, comprising: determining from a current time to an expected start time of an event that electricity will not be supplied from an electrical grid to a location; determining an energy storage device at the location will not be fully charged before the expected start time of the event; identifying at least one transport having sufficient energy to fully charge the energy storage device before the expected start time of the event; and transferring the sufficient energy by the at least one transport to fully charge the energy storage device.
2. 2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the energy storage device comprises a battery at the location.
3. 3 . The method of claim 1 , comprising conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location based on the expected start time of the event.
4. 4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein muting energy consumption at the location comprises: determining first devices at the location required to support habitation at the location; determining second devices at the location not required to support habitation at the location; and not providing electricity to the second devices while the event occurs.
5. 5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising: determining an energy consumption level at the location prior to the event; and using less than the determined energy consumption level at the location during the event.
6. 6 . The method of claim 1 , comprising: determining a surplus amount of conserved energy; and offering the surplus amount of conserved energy to charge a second transport.
7. 7 . The method of claim 1 , comprising: determining the event begins before the energy storage device is charged to a threshold; preventing energy consumption at the location; and transferring conserved energy from the energy storage device to a second transport.
8. 8 . A system, comprising: a processor; and a memory, coupled to the processor, comprising instructions that when executed by the processor are configured to: determine from a current time to an expected start time of an event that electricity will not be supplied from an electrical grid to a location; determine an energy storage device at the location will not be fully charged before the expected start time of the event; identify at least one transport that has sufficient energy to fully charge the energy storage device before the expected start time of the event; and transfer the sufficient energy by the at least one transport to fully charge the energy storage device.
9. 9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the energy storage device comprises a battery at the location.
10. 10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to: conserve energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location based on the expected start time of the event.
11. 11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the muting of energy consumption comprises: determine first devices at the location required to support habitation at the location; determine second devices at the location not required to support habitation at the location; and not provide electricity to the second devices while the event occurs.
12. 12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to: determine an energy consumption level at the location prior to the event; and use less than the determined energy consumption level at the location during the event.
13. 13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to: determine a surplus amount of conserved energy; and offer the surplus amount of conserved energy to charge a second transport.
14. 14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to: determine the event begins before the energy storage device is charged to a threshold; prevent energy consumption at the location; and transfer conserved energy from the energy storage device to a second transport.
15. 15 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform: determining from a current time to an expected start time of an event that electricity will not be supplied from an electrical grid to a location; determining an energy storage device at the location will not be fully charged before the expected start time of the event; identifying at least one transport having sufficient energy to fully charge the energy storage device before the expected start time of the event; and transferring the sufficient energy by the at least one transport to fully charge the energy storage device.
16. 16 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the energy storage device comprises a battery at the location.
17. 17 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to perform conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location based on the expected start time of the event.
18. 18 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the muting of energy consumption at the location comprises: determining first devices at the location required to support habitation at the location; determining second devices at the location not required to support habitation at the location; and not providing electricity to the second devices during occurrence of the event.
19. 19 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to perform: determining an energy consumption level at the location prior to the event; and using less than the determined energy consumption level at the location during the event.
20. 20 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform: determining a surplus amount of conserved energy; and offering the surplus amount of conserved energy to charge a second transport.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/684,679, filed on Mar. 2, 2022, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein. BACKGROUND Vehicles or transports, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, planes, trains, etc., generally provide transportation needs to occupants and/or goods in a variety of ways. Functions related to transports may be identified and utilized by various computing devices, such as a smartphone or a computer located on and/or off the transport. SUMMARY One example embodiment provides a method that includes one or more of determining a location in an area that may lose electricity during an event related to a grid, conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location, storing the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location, and using the conserved energy at the location when the event occurs. Another example embodiment provides a system that includes a memory communicably coupled to a processor, wherein the processor performs one or more of determine a location in an area that may lose electricity while an event occurs related to a grid, conserve energy through a muted energy consumption at the location, store the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location, and use the conserved energy at the location when the event occurs. A further example embodiment provides a computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform one or more of determining a location in an area that may lose electricity during an event related to a grid, conserving energy through a muting of energy consumption at the location, storing the conserved energy in an energy storage device at the location, and using the conserved energy at the location when the event occurs. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 illustrates an example diagram of transport event energy muting and management, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2A illustrates a transport network diagram, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2B illustrates another transport network diagram, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2C illustrates yet another transport network diagram, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2D illustrates a further transport network diagram, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2E illustrates yet a further transport network diagram, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2F illustrates a diagram depicting electrification of one or more elements, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2G illustrates a diagram depicting interconnections between different elements, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2H illustrates a further diagram depicting interconnections between different elements, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2I illustrates yet a further diagram depicting interconnections between elements, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2J illustrates yet a further diagram depicting a keyless entry system, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2K illustrates yet a further diagram depicting a CAN within a transport, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2L illustrates yet a further diagram depicting an end-to-end communication channel, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2M illustrates yet a further diagram depicting an example of transports performing secured V2V communications using security certificates, according to example embodiments. FIG. 2N illustrates yet a further diagram depicting an example of a transport interacting with a security processor and a wireless device, according to example embodiments. FIG. 3A illustrates a flow diagram, according to example embodiments. FIG. 3B illustrates another flow diagram, according to example embodiments. FIG. 3C illustrates yet another flow diagram, according to example embodiments. FIG. 4 illustrates a machine learning transport network diagram, according to example embodiments. FIG. 5A illustrates an example vehicle configuration for managing database transactions associated with a vehicle, according to example embodiments. FIG. 5B illustrates another example vehicle configuration for managing database transactions conducted among various vehicles, according to example embodiments. FIG. 6A illustrates a blockchain architecture configuration, according to example embodiments. FIG. 6B illustrates another blockchain configuration, according to example embodiments. FIG. 6C illustrates a blockchain configuration for storing blockchain transaction data, according to example embodiments. FIG. 6D illustrates example data blocks, according to example embodiments. FIG. 7 illustrates an example system that supports one or more of the example embodiments. DETAILED DESCRIPTION It will be readily understood that the instant components, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configuration