Systems and methods for vehicular computation management
US12293613B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 2022 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02J2310/48
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for vehicular computation management. The system includes, onboard a vehicle, electric control units (ECUs), a battery, a communication system, and a controller. The controller is configured to monitor energy consumption, operate the vehicle as a computational hub when the energy consumption is less than a threshold, including providing computational resources to an external node, determine whether the vehicle has excess energy and computational capacity when the energy consumption is equal to or greater than the threshold, including determining a usage of each of the ECUs and determining an energy consumption of tasks executing thereon, and operate the vehicle as a hybrid computational hub when the vehicle has excess energy and computational capacity, including providing excess computational capacity of the ECUs to the external node.
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