Patents by Inventor Christoph Tomoki HEIN

Christoph Tomoki HEIN 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).

  • Smart charging scheduling apparatus and method for electric vehicle
    Patent number: 11515705
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a new and improved method and apparatus of scheduling for a charging infrastructure serving a plurality of electric vehicles. A computer-implemented method for scheduling a charging infrastructure serving a plurality of electric vehicles is provided, in which a prediction for a usage pattern of the charging infrastructure is made with a context based on historical usage patterns of the charging infrastructure and the contexts of the historical usage patterns, and a schedule scheme for deciding a distribution of charging spots of the charging infrastructure among the electric vehicles is determined based on the predicted usage pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bo Liu, Thomas Page, Qiao Ding, Qing Yang, Christoph Tomoki Hein, Stefan Groesbrink
  • Smart Charging Scheduling Apparatus and Method for Electric Vehicle
    Publication number: 20200082352
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a new and improved method and apparatus of scheduling for a charging infrastructure serving a plurality of electric vehicles. A computer-implemented method for scheduling a charging infrastructure serving a plurality of electric vehicles is provided, in which a prediction for a usage pattern of the charging infrastructure is made with a context based on historical usage patterns of the charging infrastructure and the contexts of the historical usage patterns, and a schedule scheme for deciding a distribution of charging spots of the charging infrastructure among the electric vehicles is determined based on the predicted usage pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Bo LIU, Thomas PAGE, Qiao DING, Qing YANG, Christoph Tomoki HEIN, Stefan GROESBRINK