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US 11,453,380 B2Granted
Apparatus controlling a vehicle based on precise load level using GPS, system having the same and method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorHyuk Jin Lee
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Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus based on a precise load level using a GPS includes: a load level calculator to determine a load level of a road based on GPS information; a load level controller that classifies the road into a plurality of regions based on the determined load level and differentially controls an engine power output for each of the regions; and a storage to store a map for the engine power output for each of the regions.
Claims20
A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
- a load level calculator configured to determine a load level of a road based on global positioning system (GPS) information;
- a load level controller configured to:
- classify the road into a plurality of regions based on the determined load level, and differentially control an engine power output for each region of the plurality of regions;
- and
- a storage configured to store a map for the engine power output for each region of the plurality of regions,
- wherein the storage is further configured to store:
- a first map to which an engine power output for each load level stage calculated based on gravitational acceleration is mapped;
- and
- a second map to which an engine power output for each load level stage calculated based on the GPS information is mapped.
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A vehicle system comprising:
- a global positioning system (GPS) receiver configured to receive GPS information;
- and
- a load level controller configured to:
- determine a load level of a road based on the GPS information,
- classify the road into a plurality of regions based on the determined load level,
- differentially control an engine power output for each region of the plurality of regions,
- a first map to which an engine power output for each load level stage calculated based on gravitational acceleration is mapped;
- and
- a second map to which an engine power output for each load level stage calculated based on the GPS information is mapped.
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A vehicle control method comprising:
- determining, by a load level calculator, a load level of a road based on global positioning system (GPS) information;
- classifying, by a load level controller, the road into a plurality of regions based on the determined load level;
- and
- differentially, by the load level controller, controlling an engine power output for each region of the plurality of regions using a map for the engine power output for each region of the plurality of regions,
- wherein the map includes:
- a first map to which an engine power output for each load level stage calculated based on gravitational acceleration is mapped;
- and
- a second map to which an engine power output for each load level stage calculated based on the GPS information is mapped.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.