Electric vehicle control systems, apparatus, and methods
AssigneeAyro, Inc.
InventorThomas M. Wittenschlaeger
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Abstract
Environmentally friendly electrical vehicles are presented. The electrical vehicles include electrical low speed vehicles (LSVs) that may use sensed location data to obtain one or more operational profiles. The operational profiles may govern the behavior of the LSV in a specific environment, area, or zone to ensure the LSV reduces its impact on the local terrain. The LSV may leverage locally sensed data to form a local context in which the LSV is operating. The LSV's vehicular controller may refine the operational parameters of the operational profile to ensure smooth operation based on local conditions from the local context.
Claims22
A vehicle comprising:
- at least one battery;
- a plurality of sensors including at least one location sensor;
- at least one controllable motor electrically coupled with the at least one battery;
- a set of controllable wheels coupled with the at least one controllable motor;
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- a vehicular controller including:
- at least one non-transitory, computer readable memory storing software instructions;
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- at least one processor coupled with the at least one non-transitory, computer readable memory and with the at least one controllable motor, upon execution of the software instructions performing operations including:
- obtaining location data from the at least one location sensor;
- retrieving from a profile database at least one operational profile satisfying a query based on the location data;
- instantiating a local vehicle context in the at least one non-transitory, computer readable memory from local environmental data obtained from the plurality of sensors;
- adjusting the operational profile using the local vehicle context for reduced environmental impact;
- generating a set of wheel instructions for at least one motor from the operational profile and the local vehicle context;
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- executing the set of wheel instructions to enable the at least one controllable motor to cause the set of controllable wheels to take corresponding actions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.