Predictive Method For Operating A Vehicle And Corresponding Driver Assistance System For A Vehicle
AssigneeContinental Automotive GmbH
InventorHelge Zinner
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Abstract
A method for controlling operation of a vehicle with a recuperation unit may include determining at least one first parameter denoting possible imminent actuation of the recuperation unit, evaluating whether actuation of the recuperation unit is imminent, and if yes, calculating a probable profile for a speed of the vehicle during the actuation on the basis of a prescribable level of a recuperation intensity of the recuperation unit. The method may also include generating at least one second parameter denoting the ascertained probable profile of the speed of the vehicle during the ascertained imminent actuation of the recuperation unit and displaying the at least one second parameter with an output apparatus.
Claims15
A method for operating a vehicle, wherein the vehicle has a recuperation unit to recuperate kinetic energy from the vehicle and an output apparatus to output driving information and wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- determining at least one first parameter denoting possible imminent actuation of the recuperation unit,
- evaluating whether actuation of the recuperation unit is imminent, on the basis of the at least one ascertained first parameter,
- if it is ascertained that actuation of the recuperation unit is imminent, calculating a probable profile for a speed of the vehicle during the ascertained imminent actuation of the recuperation unit on the basis of a prescribable level of a recuperation intensity of the recuperation unit during the ascertained imminent actuation of the recuperation unit,
- generating at least one second parameter denoting the ascertained probable profile of the speed of the vehicle during the ascertained imminent actuation of the recuperation unit, and
- displaying the at least one second parameter with the output apparatus.
A computer program product including a non-transitory computer-readable medium and program code stored on the computer-readable medium, when executed on a computation unit, instructs the computation unit to:
- determine at least one first parameter denoting possible imminent actuation of the recuperation unit,
- evaluate whether actuation of the recuperation unit is imminent, on the basis of the at least one ascertained first parameter,
- if it is ascertained that actuation of the recuperation unit is imminent, calculate a probable profile for a speed of the vehicle during the ascertained imminent actuation of the recuperation unit on the basis of a prescribable level of a recuperation intensity of the recuperation unit during the ascertained imminent actuation of the recuperation unit,
- generate at least one second parameter denoting the ascertained probable profile of the speed of the vehicle during the ascertained imminent actuation of the recuperation unit, and
- display the at least one second parameter with the output apparatus.
A driver assistance system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- an output apparatus to output driving information,
- a computation unit, and
- a computer program product including a non-transitory computer-readable medium and program code stored on the computer-readable medium, when executed on the computation unit, instructs the computation unit to:
- determine at least one first parameter denoting possible imminent actuation of the recuperation unit,
- evaluate whether actuation of the recuperation unit is imminent, on the basis of the at least one ascertained first parameter,
- if it is ascertained that actuation of the recuperation unit is imminent, calculate a probable profile for a speed of the vehicle during the ascertained imminent actuation of the recuperation unit on the basis of a prescribable level of a recuperation intensity of the recuperation unit during the ascertained imminent actuation of the recuperation unit,
- generate at least one second parameter denoting the ascertained probable profile of the speed of the vehicle during the ascertained imminent actuation of the recuperation unit, and
- display the at least one second parameter with the output apparatus.
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