ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,152, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Energy management method and computer system" was invented by Kazuhisa Matsuda (Ebina, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy management method includes scheduling charging of an electrified vehicle for energy management to be performed at a predetermined charging point on a predetermined execution date, and pre-charging action of the electrified vehicle on the execution date at a location other than the charging point. When detected, determine whether the electrified vehicle can reach the charging point without charging and determine that the elect...