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US 2016/0101780 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for guiding driver to coasting of in eco-friendly vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorJoon Young Park
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for guiding a driver in coasting of an eco-friendly vehicle at an appropriate timing in a situation where deceleration is needed, which can enable economic driving through energy savings and improve the mileage and fuel efficiency of the vehicle.
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An apparatus for guiding a driver in coasting of an eco-friendly vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle speed detector detecting a current vehicle speed of the vehicle;
- a data storage unit storing map data including information about locations of deceleration events at which the vehicle needs to be decelerated and information about target vehicle speeds at each deceleration event;
- a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver receiving GPS information;
- an information providing unit providing information to the driver;
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- a controller acquiring i) the current vehicle speed from the vehicle speed detector, ii) the information about locations of the deceleration events and the information about the target vehicle speeds in the map data from the data storage unit, and iii) the GPS information from the GPS receiver, determining whether the vehicle enters a coasting guide section based on the current vehicle speed and a target vehicle speed at a deceleration event in front of the vehicle, and controlling the information providing unit so as to output information for guiding the driver in coasting of the vehicle when determining that the vehicle enters the coasting guide section.
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A method for guiding a driver to coasting of an eco-friendly vehicle, the method comprising:
- acquiring, by a controller, i) a current speed of the vehicle detected through a vehicle speed detector, ii) a location of a deceleration event in front of the vehicle at which the vehicle needs to be decelerated, iii) a target vehicle speed at the deceleration event from map data stored in a data storage unit, and iv) Global Positioning System (GPS) information received from a GPS receiver;
- determining, by the controller, whether the vehicle enters a coasting guide section based on the current speed of the vehicle and the target vehicle speed at the deceleration event;
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- controlling, by the controller, an information providing unit such that the information providing unit outputs information for guiding the driver in coasting of the vehicle when the controller determines that the vehicle enters the coasting guide section.
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