Apparatus for controlling a vehicle and a method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsTae Kyu Kang, Woo Sung Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle includes a battery controller, a driving controller, and a notification device, wherein the battery controller may obtain state information of a battery, calculate remaining energy of the battery, and determine whether energy of the battery is excessively consumed, and the driving controller may obtain the remaining energy and route information, calculate a remaining driving distance, and determine a fuel efficiency deterioration section.
Claims16
1-20. (canceled)
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a battery controller including a first processor;
- and
- a driving controller including a second processor;
- and
- wherein the battery controller is configured to:
- obtain state information of a battery;
- calculate remaining energy of the battery based on the obtained state information of the battery, and
- wherein the driving controller is configured to:
- obtain the remaining energy;
- and
- calculate a remaining driving distance based on obtained the remaining energy of the battery, where the remaining energy of the battery is calculated according to a heating and cooling on/off switching state;
- and
- output information on a sudden driving distance reduction based on the remaining driving distance to notify an occupant of the vehicle of a reason why the driving distance is suddenly reduced,
- wherein the information on the sudden driving distance reduction includes the reason why the driving distance is suddenly reduced;
- wherein the reason why the driving distance is suddenly reduced includes rapid acceleration, or heating and cooling of the vehicle;
- wherein the battery controller is further configured to determine a type of driving distance reduction according to a type of energy consumption of the battery.
A method of controlling an apparatus for controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a battery controller of the apparatus for controlling the vehicle, state information of a battery;
- calculating, by the battery controller, remaining energy of the battery based on the obtained state information of the battery;
- obtaining, by a driving controller of the apparatus for controlling the vehicle, the remaining energy;
- calculating, by the driving controller, a remaining driving distance based on obtained the remaining energy of the battery, wherein the remaining energy of the battery is calculated according to a heating and cooling on/off switching state;
- and
- outputting, by the driving controller, information on a sudden driving distance reduction based on the remaining driving distance to notify an occupant of the vehicle of a reason why the driving distance is suddenly reduced,
- wherein the information on the sudden driving distance reduction included the reason why the driving distance is suddenly reduced;
- and
- wherein the reason why the driving distance is suddenly reduced includes rapid acceleration, or heating and cooling of the vehicle,
- the method further comprising:
- determining, by the battery controller, a type of reduction in the driving distance according to a type of energy consumption of the battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.