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US 12,736,360 B2Granted
Method for generating an energy-efficient track for a vehicle in operation moving along a highway and a non-transitory computer-readable medium
OwnerBoris Valerevich Pankovinventor
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Abstract
The proposed invention relates to methods for controlling energy consumption by a motor vehicle, and can be used in transportation industry. The technical problem to be solved by the claimed invention is to provide a method and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that do not possess the drawbacks of the prior art and thus make it possible to generate an accurate energy-efficient track for a motor vehicle that allows to reduce energy consumption by the motor vehicle moving along a highway, including as part of a convoy.
Claims16
A method for generating an energy-efficient track for a vehicle in operation moving along a highway, that is performed by a CPU of a computer device, the method comprising at least the following steps:
- generating a first energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation including at least a speed profile for the vehicle in operation;
- determining a second motor vehicle that is located in front of the vehicle in operation in its direction of movement along the highway and generating an energy-efficient track for the second motor vehicle;
- generating a second energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation, based on its speed profile and evaluation of its energy efficiency when the vehicle in operation is moving in accordance with the energy-efficient track for the second motor vehicle;
- comparing the second energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation with the first energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation in order to generate a control signal to assign an energy-efficient track to the vehicle in operation;
- assigning an energy-efficient track to the vehicle in operation, wherein the energy-efficient track to be assigned is one of the first energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation and the second energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation;
- wherein generating the first energy-efficient track comprises at least the following steps:
- collecting primary data, which involves obtaining data associated with a first motor vehicle;
- data associated with a portion of a route to be passed by the first motor vehicle, and data associated with the vehicle in operation, wherein the vehicle in operation passes the portion of the route after the first motor vehicle;
- collecting secondary data, which involves generating a track for the first motor vehicle, wherein said track is generated based on how the first motor vehicle passed the portion of the route;
- generating an estimated track for the vehicle in operation, wherein said estimated track is generated based on the track generated for the first motor vehicle;
- wherein the track for the first motor vehicle is generated by performing at least the following steps:
- generating a speed profile of the first motor vehicle on the passed portion of the route;
- evaluating energy efficiency of the first motor vehicle on the passed portion of the route;
- wherein when the vehicle in operation is passing through the portion of the route, its actual speed profile is determined in at least one moment in time, and when the actual speed profile of the vehicle in operation deviates from its estimated speed profile, which is a part of said track for the vehicle in operation, an energy consumption control signal is generated for the vehicle in operation;
- and the energy consumption control signal for the vehicle in operation is a signal for a motion control system of the vehicle in operation and/or an on-board information system of the vehicle in operation, and this signal is a signal to decrease or increase wheel speed of at least one wheel of the vehicle in operation.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores program code that, when executed by a CPU of a computer device, induces the CPU to perform the following steps:
- generating a first energy-efficient track for a vehicle in operation moving along a highway;
- determining a second motor vehicle that is located in front of the vehicle in operation in its direction of movement along the highway and generating an energy-efficient track for the second motor vehicle;
- generating a second energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation, based on its speed profile and evaluation of its energy efficiency when the vehicle in operation is moving in accordance with the energy-efficient track for the second motor vehicle;
- comparing the second energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation with the first energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation in order to generate a control signal to assign an energy-efficient track to the vehicle in operation;
- assigning an energy-efficient track to the vehicle in operation, wherein the energy-efficient track to be assigned is one of the first energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation and the second energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation;
- wherein generating the first energy-efficient track comprises at least the following steps:
- collecting primary data, which involves obtaining data associated with a first motor vehicle;
- data associated with a portion of a route to be passed by the first motor vehicle, and data associated with the vehicle in operation, wherein the vehicle in operation passes the portion of the route after the first motor vehicle;
- collecting secondary data, which involves generating a track for the first motor vehicle, wherein said track is generated based on how the first motor vehicle passed the portion of the route;
- generating an estimated track for the vehicle in operation, wherein said estimated track is generated based on the track generated for the first motor vehicle;
- wherein the track for the first motor vehicle is generated by performing at least the following steps:
- generating a speed profile of the first motor vehicle on the passed portion of the route;
- evaluating energy efficiency of the first motor vehicle on the passed portion of the route;
- wherein when the vehicle in operation is passing through the portion of the route, its actual speed profile is determined in at least one moment in time, and when the actual speed profile of the vehicle in operation deviates from its estimated speed profile, which is a part of said track for the vehicle in operation, an energy consumption control signal is generated for the vehicle in operation;
- and the energy consumption control signal for the vehicle in operation is a signal for a motion control system of the vehicle in operation and/or an on-board information system of the vehicle in operation, and this signal is a signal to decrease or increase wheel speed of at least one wheel of the vehicle in operation.
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