Vehicle system and navigation path selecting method of the same

• US 10,107,634 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2016
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: You, Hyun Jong, You, Jae Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): Soofi, Yazan A
• Application Number:
  US15/369,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20170343366A1
• Time in Patent Office: 687 Days
• Field of Search: 701410
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/12 responding to state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3476 using point of interest [POI] information, e.g. a route passing visible POIs
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

A vehicle system includes: a battery; an input; and a processor configured to receive a user input setting a navigation destination through the input, to retrieve one or more first paths from a current location to the navigation destination, to retrieve charging stations which are able to arrive with a current drivable distance when the current drivable distance is smaller than a driving distance up to the navigation destination, to retrieve one or more second paths passing through the charging stations, to calculate a time taken to arrive at the navigation destination for each of the one or more second paths, and to select one path of the one or more second paths based on the time taken to arrive at the navigation destination.

Claims

1. A vehicle system comprising:

an input; and

a processor configured to;

receive a user input which sets a navigation destination through the input;

retrieve one or more first paths from a current location to the navigation destination;

retrieve charging stations which are able to arrive with a current drivable distance when the current drivable distance is smaller than a driving distance to the navigation destination;

retrieve one or more second paths passing through the charging stations;

calculate a time taken to arrive at the navigation destination for each of the one or more second paths; and

select one path of the one or more second paths based on the time taken to arrive at the navigation destination,

wherein the time taken to arrive at the navigation destination includes a driving time, a charging station waiting time, and a time taken to charge the battery, and

wherein the time taken to charge the battery includes a time necessary to charge power necessary to arrive at the navigation destination and a time for charging power necessary to arrive at the charging stations positioned around the navigation destination for recharging after arriving at the navigation destination.

2. The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to select a path in which a minimum time is taken to arrive at the navigation destination, among the one or more second paths.

3. The vehicle system according to claim 1, further comprising a display,

wherein the processor is configured to display the one or more second paths on the display.

4. The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the charging stations positioned around the navigation destination include charging stations positioned in a direction from the navigation destination to the current position.

5. A vehicle system comprising:

an input;

a communicator; and

a processor configured to;

receive a user input which sets a navigation destination through the input;

retrieve one or more first paths from a current location to the navigation destination;

retrieve charging stations which are able to arrive with a current drivable distance when the current drivable distance is smaller than a driving distance up to the navigation destination;

retrieve one or more second paths passing through the charging stations;

calculate a time taken to arrive at the navigation destination for each of the one or more second paths; and

select one path of the one or more second paths based on the time taken to arrive at the navigation destination,

wherein the time taken to arrive at the navigation destination includes a driving time, a charging station waiting time, and a time taken to charge the battery,

wherein the time taken to charge the battery includes a time necessary to charge power necessary to arrive at the navigation destination and a time for charging power necessary to arrive at the charging stations positioned around the navigation destination for recharging after arriving at the navigation destination, and

wherein the processor is configured to receive charging information including at least one of whether or not each of chargers is used, a charging complete time of a vehicle which is being charged, and a charging reservation state from the charging stations through the communicator, and to calculate the charging station waiting time based on the charging information.

6. The vehicle system according to claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to select a path in which a minimum time is taken to arrive at the navigation destination, among the one or more second paths.

7. The vehicle system according to claim 5, further comprising a display,

wherein the processor is further configured to display the one or more second paths on the display.

8. The vehicle system according to claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to perform a charging reservation for the charging stations included in the selected path through the communicator.

9. The vehicle system according to claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to perform a cancellation of the charging reservation for the charging stations included in the selected path through the communicator when the selected path is canceled.

12. The navigation path selecting method according to claim 8, further comprising displaying the one or more second paths on a display.

10. A navigation path selecting method of a vehicle system, the navigation path selecting method comprising steps of:

receiving, by a processor, a user input which sets a navigation destination through an input;

retrieving, by the processor, one or more first paths from a current location to the navigation destination;

retrieving, by the processor, charging stations which are able to arrive with a current drivable distance when the current drivable distance is smaller than a driving distance up to the navigation destination;

retrieving, by the processor, one or more second paths passing through the charging stations;

calculating, by the processor, a time taken to arrive at the navigation destination for each of the one or more second paths; and

selecting, by the processor, one path of the one or more second paths based on the time taken to arrive at the navigation destination,

wherein the time taken to arrive at the navigation destination includes a driving time, a charging station waiting time, and a time taken to charge the battery, and

wherein the time taken to charge the battery includes a time necessary to charge power necessary to arrive at the navigation destination and a time for charging power necessary to arrive at the charging stations positioned around the navigation destination for recharging after arriving at the navigation destination.

11. The navigation path selecting method according to claim 10, wherein the step of selecting the one path of the one or more second paths includes selecting a path in which a minimum time is taken to arrive at the navigation destination, among the one or more second paths.

13. The navigation path selecting method according to claim 10, wherein the charging stations positioned around the navigation destination include charging stations positioned in a direction from the navigation destination to the current position.

14. The navigation path selecting method according to claim 10, wherein the step of calculating the time taken to arrive at the navigation destination for each of the second paths includes:

receiving charging information including at least one of whether or not each of chargers is used, a charging complete time of a vehicle which is being charged, and a charging reservation state from the charging stations through a communicator; and

calculating the charging station waiting time based on the charging information.

15. The navigation path selecting method according to claim 14, further comprising performing a charging reservation for the charging stations included in the selected path through the communicator.

16. The navigation path selecting method according to claim 15, further comprising performing a cancellation of the charging reservation for the charging stations included in the selected path through the communicator when the selected path is canceled.