What the filing covers
Joint-feasibility scheduling that binds an autonomous vehicle's mission window to charging-station availability via signed dwell-and-charge credentials, ensuring the vehicle arrives, charges, and departs within mission-critical timing without overrunning the next vehicle's slot. I filed this because a charging stop must fit the vehicle's next job and the station's schedule. Joint-feasibility scheduling considers those constraints together. Signed dwell-and-charge credentials bind the mission window to station availability. I include arrival, charging and departure in the stop rather than treat plugging in as the whole schedule.
Why it matters now
An available charger can still be a poor fit for a vehicle's next assignment. The vehicle needs time to arrive, charge and leave. Another vehicle can need the same position afterward. A useful charging plan has to fit both commitments at once.
A real-world example
Imagine a robotaxi with a gap before its next assignment. A charging station has an available window during part of that gap. The vehicle needs to arrive, spend time charging and depart before the next mission. It also needs to finish within the station's window so it does not overrun the next vehicle's slot.
I bring those requirements into the same scheduling decision. Checking station availability alone leaves the vehicle's mission unresolved. Checking the vehicle's calendar alone leaves the station's other commitments unresolved. Joint feasibility asks whether the proposed stop works for both.
Consider the end of the charging visit. The schedule has to include departure, because a vehicle still occupying the slot affects the next user. The signed dwell-and-charge credential connects the arrangement to that whole period. The stop begins with arrival and ends with leaving the position available for its next use.
Where it applies
This work applies to autonomous fleet charging around mission commitments. Wins Parking EV and robotaxi charging and Recharged are the associated uses. I focus on the time relationship between a vehicle's work and the station's available slot.
For an operator, I would ask when the vehicle must be ready for its next assignment and when the charging position must be free. Those are different deadlines that need to fit the same visit. The charging plan has to respect both.
Provider access, physical coupling and power export raise other questions. Roaming addresses participation across networks. A robotic connector addresses the physical connection. Mission-safe power dispatch addresses battery energy sent away. Scheduling concentrates on the time available for the charging visit itself.
Used in: Wins Parking EV and robotaxi charging · Recharged
Status
U.S. provisional patent application, filed April 30, 2026; Status: Patent Pending; Sole inventor: Ross D. Blankenship; Assignee: Wins Parking LLC.
Provisional applications establish a priority date; they are not examined.