# US 10,480,946 B2 · Vehicle and method of providing information therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,480,946 B2 - Document ID: US10480946B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/852,246 - Filed: 2017-12-22 - Published: 2019-01-03 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-06-30 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation - Inventors: Kyu Hwan Jo; Joon Young Park - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480946B2 ## CPC - B60W 30/18072: {Coasting} - B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/20: Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/28: characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver - B60W 40/09: Driving style or behaviour - B60W 50/14: Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention - G01C 21/3629: {Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech (text to speech systems per se G10L13/00)} - B60K 35/21: using visual output, e.g. blinking lights or matrix displays - B60K 35/26: using acoustic output - B60L 15/20: for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed - B60R 21/00: Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks (safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles B60R22/00; seats constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats, B60N2/42; energy-absorbing arrangements for hand wheels for steering vehicles B62D1/11; energy-absorbing arrangements for vehicle steering columns B62D1/19) - B60W 30/00: Purposes of road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. of systems using conjoint control of vehicle sub-units - B60W 30/08: {Active safety systems} predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision {or attempting to minimise its consequences} - B60W 40/08: related to drivers or passengers - B60W 2540/215: Selection or confirmation of options - B60W 2552/00: Input parameters relating to infrastructure - B60W 2552/05: Type of road, e.g. motorways, local streets, paved or unpaved roads - B60W 2555/60: Traffic rules, e.g. speed limits or right of way - B60W 2556/50: of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data - B60W 2720/10: Longitudinal speed - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G06F 3/04845: for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour - G08G 1/096708: {where the received information might be used to generate an automatic action on the vehicle control} - Y02T 10/60: Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect - Y02T 10/72: Electric energy management in electromobility - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A vehicle and a method of guiding an inertial driving timing of a vehicle includes storing pass-through speeds for respective deceleration situation types, sensing occurrence of a deceleration situation on a route, calculating a target speed corresponding to a type of the sensed deceleration situation based on the stored pass-through speeds for the respective deceleration situation types, and determining an inertial driving guidance timing using the calculated target speed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of guiding an inertial driving timing of a vehicle, the method comprising: Storing, by a processor, pass-through speeds for respective deceleration situation types; Sensing, by a sensor, a deceleration situation on a route; Calculating, by the processor, a target speed corresponding to a type of the sensed deceleration situation based on the stored pass-through speeds for the respective deceleration situation types; and Determining, by the processor, an inertial driving guidance timing using the calculated target speed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the storing comprises accumulatively storing the pass-through speeds. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the storing comprises storing the pass-through speeds regardless of whether the route is set through a navigation system. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining the inertial driving guidance timing such that operation of an accelerator pedal is released at the inertial driving guidance timing to start inertial driving and the calculated target speed becomes the vehicle's speed when the vehicle passes through an occurrence point of the sensed deceleration situation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the determining comprises calculating a required inertial driving distance corresponding to a distance required to reduce the vehicle's current speed up to the calculated target vehicle speed through inertial driving. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the calculating the required inertial driving distance is performed with reference to a pre-stored inertial driving distance profile with respect to different speeds of the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the calculating the target speed is performed by averaging pass-through speeds corresponding to the type of the sensed deceleration situation among the stored pass-through speeds for the respective deceleration situation types. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the deceleration situation comprises at least one of a shape or a type of a road, a shape or a type of periphery of the road, facilities on the road or the periphery of the road, or variation in a driving direction according to route guidance. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising outputting inertial driving guidance information at the determined inertial driving guidance timing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of guiding an inertial driving timing according to claim 1 is recorded. ### Claim 11 A vehicle comprising: a deceleration situation sensing unit configured to sense a deceleration situation; and a guidance information control unit configured to store pass-through speeds for respective deceleration situation types, acquire information about the sensed deceleration situation from the deceleration situation sensing unit, calculate a target speed corresponding to a type of the sensed deceleration situation based on the stored pass-through speeds for the respective deceleration event types, and determine an inertial driving guidance timing using the calculated target speed. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the guidance information control unit comprises a storage unit configured to accumulatively store the pass-through speeds for the respective deceleration situation types. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the guidance information control unit stores the pass-through speeds for the respective deceleration situation types regardless of whether the route is set through a navigation system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The vehicle according to claim 11, wherein guidance information control unit determines the inertial driving guidance timing such that an accelerator pedal is released at the inertial driving guidance timing to start inertial driving and the calculated target speed becomes the vehicle's speed when the vehicle passes through an occurrence point of the sensed deceleration situation. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The vehicle according to claim 14, wherein the guidance information control unit calculates a required inertial driving distance corresponding to a distance required to reduce the vehicle's current speed up to the calculated target vehicle speed through inertial driving. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the guidance information control unit calculates the required inertial driving distance with reference to a prestored inertial driving distance profile with respect to different speeds of the vehicle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the guidance information control unit calculates the target speed by averaging pass-through speeds corresponding to the type of the sensed deceleration situation among the pass-through speeds for the respective deceleration situation types. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the deceleration situation comprises at least one of a shape or a type of a road, a shape or a type of periphery of the road, facilities on the road or the periphery of the road, or variation in a driving direction according to route guidance. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The vehicle according to claim 11, further comprising an output unit configured to output inertial driving guidance information at the determined inertial driving guidance timing.