Route selection method and system for a vehicle having a regenerative shock absorber
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1. A route selection method, comprising:
- directing a vehicle to take a route designated as a preferred route from among a plurality of potential routes, the designation as a preferred route based in part on a predicted energy recovery from at least one regenerative shock absorber when the vehicle traverses the preferred route, the predicted energy recovery based in part on a measured energy recovery from a regenerative shock absorber of at least one crowd vehicle that traversed at least some of the plurality of potential routes, the measured energy recovery stored within a crowd sourced data storage module.
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Abstract
A method includes directing a vehicle to take a route designated as a preferred route from among a plurality of potential routes. The designation as a preferred route is based in part on a predicted energy recovery from a regenerative shock absorber when the vehicle traverses the preferred route. A system includes a processor that executes a program designating at least one preferred route from among a plurality of potential routes. The designating is based in part on a predicted energy recovery from a regenerative shock absorber, and a transmitter that communicates the at least one preferred route to a vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A route selection method, comprising:
directing a vehicle to take a route designated as a preferred route from among a plurality of potential routes, the designation as a preferred route based in part on a predicted energy recovery from at least one regenerative shock absorber when the vehicle traverses the preferred route, the predicted energy recovery based in part on a measured energy recovery from a regenerative shock absorber of at least one crowd vehicle that traversed at least some of the plurality of potential routes, the measured energy recovery stored within a crowd sourced data storage module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A route selection system, comprising:
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a processor that executes a program designating at least one preferred route from among a plurality of potential routes, the designating based in part on a predicted energy recovery from at least one regenerative shock absorber; a transmitter that communicates the at least one preferred route to a vehicle; and a crowd sourced data storage module that stores information corresponding to measured energy recoveries from regenerative shock absorbers of at least one crowd vehicle that traversed at least some of the plurality of potential routes. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A route selection system, comprising:
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a crowd sourced data storage module that stores information corresponding to measured energy recoveries from regenerative shock absorbers of at least one crowd vehicle that traversed at least some of a plurality of potential routes; and a processor that executes a program designating at least one preferred route from among the plurality of potential routes based in part on the measured energy recoveries. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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