Patents by Inventor Zachary A. Needell

Zachary A. Needell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and Method for Estimating and Predicting Vehicle Trip Energy Consumption
    Publication number: 20220260380
    Abstract: A system for estimating or predicting energy consumption for a trip of a personal vehicle includes a user facing portion and a back-end portion. The user facing portion includes a display and a user interface hosting a real-time application configured to receive travel information and present a received energy distribution via the display. The back-end portion includes a back-end database and an energy processor configured to access the back-end database. The energy processor includes a demand model module configured to produce a set of possible velocity histories and a set of possible ambient temperatures. A vehicle model module is configured to receive the velocity histories and ambient temperatures to provide the energy distribution or a probabilistic prediction of future energy consumption to the user facing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Jessika E. Trancik, Zachary A. Needell, James McNerney
  • System and method for estimating and predicting vehicle trip energy consumption
    Patent number: 11346678
    Abstract: A system for estimating or predicting energy consumption for a trip of a personal vehicle includes a user facing portion and a back-end portion. The user facing portion includes a display and a user interface hosting a real-time application configured to receive travel information and present a received energy distribution via the display. The back-end portion includes a back-end database and an energy processor configured to access the back-end database. The energy processor includes a demand model module configured to produce a set of possible velocity histories and a set of possible ambient temperatures. A vehicle model module is configured to receive the velocity histories and ambient temperatures to provide the energy distribution or a probabilistic prediction of future energy consumption to the user facing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jessika E. Trancik, Zachary A. Needell, James McNerney
  • System and Method for Estimating and Predicting Vehicle Trip Energy Consumption
    Publication number: 20180045526
    Abstract: A system for estimating or predicting energy consumption for a trip of a personal includes a user facing portion and a back-end portion. The user facing portion includes a display and a user interface hosting a real-time application configured to receive travel information and present a received energy distribution via the display. The back-end portion includes a back-end database and an energy processor configured to access the back-end database. The energy processor includes a demand model module configured to produce a set of possible velocity histories and a set of possible ambient temperatures. A vehicle model module is configured to receive the velocity histories and ambient temperatures to provide the energy distribution or a probabilistic prediction of future energy consumption to the user facing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Jessika E. Trancik, Zachary A. Needell, James McNerney