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US 8,280,582 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for identifying in advance overrun phases of a vehicle
AssigneeKNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorAndreas Leinung
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Abstract
A device is provided for identifying overrun phases of a vehicle in advance. The device includes at least one processing unit, which processes altitude position data of a route that is traveled by a vehicle or will be traveled by a vehicle and calculates a prediction of the probable occurrence of future overrun phases of the vehicle, taking into consideration the altitude position data.
Claims29
An apparatus for identifying overrun condition phases of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a processing unit operatively configured to receive and process altitude position data of a section of road that is being traveled on or is to be traveled on by the vehicle, said processing unit calculating a prediction about a probable occurrence of future overrun condition phases of the vehicle taking into account the received altitude position data,
- wherein the processing unit is operatively configured to compare the duration of overrun condition phases that are expected to occur with a predefined minimum duration, and calculate a prediction that brings about a selective utilization exclusively of those overrun condition phases already started or imminent and for whose calculated duration is longer than the predefined minimum duration.
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