Systems and methods for vehicle cruise speed recommendation

An apparatus for providing a cruising speed recommendation to an operator of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• determine a projected route;
• receive route characteristic data including route elevation data;
• determine a sampling resolution;
• sample the route elevation data at the sampling resolution to generate sampled route elevation data;
• determine at least one start of uphill position and at least one start of downhill position based at least in part on the sampled route elevation data;
• determine at least one cruise speed route segment based at least in part on the at least one start of uphill position and the at least one start of downhill position;
• determine a corresponding cruising speed for the at least one cruise speed route segment based at least in part on one or more of the route elevation data and the sampled route elevation data;
• and
• communicate the corresponding cruising speed for the at least one cruise speed route segment.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• determining a projected route;
• receiving route characteristic data including route elevation data;
• determining a sampling resolution;
• sampling the route elevation data at the sampling resolution to generate sampled route elevation data;
• determining at least one start of uphill position and at least one start of downhill position based at least in part on the sampled route elevation data;
• determining at least one cruise speed route segment based at least in part on the at least one start of uphill position and the at least one start of downhill position;
• determining a corresponding cruising speed for the at least one cruise speed route segment based at least in part on one or more of the route elevation data and the sampled route elevation data;
• and
• communicating the corresponding cruising speed for the at least one cruise speed route segment.