Systems and methods for preemptively modifying vehicle parameters according to predicted accelerations when merging
First Claim
1. A predictive acceleration system of a vehicle, comprising:
- one or more processors;
a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing;
a context module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to, in response to identifying that an environmental context of the vehicle indicates that the vehicle is located at a traffic stop and that a roadway on which the vehicle is traveling includes merging lanes beyond the traffic stop, determine an acceleration profile for the vehicle that indicates a predicted acceleration that is anticipated to be provided by a driver as a function of the environmental context when approaching the merging lanes,wherein the context module includes instructions to determine the acceleration profile including instructions to parameterize the environmental context as an electronic input to a lookup table that stores a plurality of acceleration profiles, wherien the plurality of acceleration profiles each correlate with separate environmental contexts and expected accerelation inputs from the driver for the separate environmental contexts as generated according to a model of learned accelerator inputs that is based, at least in part, on a history of past occurrences of the vehicle traveling in prior contexts similar to the environmental context; and
a control module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to adjust operating parameters of the vehicle according to the acceleration profile to preemptively optimize the vehicle in anticipation of an acceleration input from the driver that correlates with the acceleration profile by altering operation of a powertrain of the vehicle to improve operation of the vehicle for anticipated changes in speed, andwherein the control module includes instructions to control the vehicle to accelerate based, at least in part, on the operating parameters upon receiving the acceleration input.
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Abstract
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to preemptively modifying operation of a vehicle according to predicted acceleration inputs. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to identifying that an environmental context of the vehicle indicates that the vehicle is located at a traffic stop and that a roadway on which the vehicle is traveling includes merging lanes beyond the traffic stop, determining an acceleration profile for the vehicle that indicates a predicted acceleration that is anticipated to be provided by a driver as a function of the environmental context when approaching the merging lanes. The method includes adjusting the operating parameters of the vehicle according to the acceleration profile to preemptively optimize the vehicle in anticipation of an acceleration input from the driver. The method includes controlling the vehicle to accelerate based, at least in part, on the operating parameters upon receiving the acceleration input.
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20 Claims
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1. A predictive acceleration system of a vehicle, comprising:
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one or more processors; a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing; a context module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to, in response to identifying that an environmental context of the vehicle indicates that the vehicle is located at a traffic stop and that a roadway on which the vehicle is traveling includes merging lanes beyond the traffic stop, determine an acceleration profile for the vehicle that indicates a predicted acceleration that is anticipated to be provided by a driver as a function of the environmental context when approaching the merging lanes, wherein the context module includes instructions to determine the acceleration profile including instructions to parameterize the environmental context as an electronic input to a lookup table that stores a plurality of acceleration profiles, wherien the plurality of acceleration profiles each correlate with separate environmental contexts and expected accerelation inputs from the driver for the separate environmental contexts as generated according to a model of learned accelerator inputs that is based, at least in part, on a history of past occurrences of the vehicle traveling in prior contexts similar to the environmental context; and a control module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to adjust operating parameters of the vehicle according to the acceleration profile to preemptively optimize the vehicle in anticipation of an acceleration input from the driver that correlates with the acceleration profile by altering operation of a powertrain of the vehicle to improve operation of the vehicle for anticipated changes in speed, and wherein the control module includes instructions to control the vehicle to accelerate based, at least in part, on the operating parameters upon receiving the acceleration input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
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in response to identifying that an environmental context of a vehicle indicates that the vehicle is located at a traffic stop and that a roadway on which the vehicle is traveling includes merging lanes beyond the traffic stop, determine an acceleration profile for the vehicle that indicates a predicted acceleration that is anticipated to be provided by a driver as a function of the environmental context when approaching the merging lanes, wherein the instructions to determine the acceleration profile include instructions to parameterize the environmental context as an electronic input to a lookup table that stores a plurality of acceleration profiles, wherien the plurality of acceleration profiles each correlate with separate environmental contexts and expected accerelation inputs from the driver for the separate environmental contexts as generated according to a model of learned accelerator inputs that is based, at least in part, on a history of past occurrences of the vehicle traveling in prior contexts similar to the environmental context; and adjust operating parameters of the vehicle according to the acceleration profile to preemptively optimize the vehicle in anticipation of an acceleration input from the driver that correlates with the acceleration profile by altering operation of a powertrain of the vehicle to improve operation of the vehicle for anticipated changes in speed, and control the vehicle to accelerate based, at least in part, on the operating parameters upon receiving the acceleration input. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of preemptively adjusting operating parameters of a vehicle, comprising:
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in response to identifying that an environmental context of the vehicle indicates that the vehicle is located at a traffic stop and that a roadway on which the vehicle is traveling includes merging lanes beyond the traffic stop, determining an acceleration profile for the vehicle that indicates a predicted acceleration that is anticipated to be provided by a driver as a function of the environmental context when approaching the merging lanes, wherein determining the acceleration profile includes parameterizing the environmental context as an electronic input to a lookup table that stores a plurality of acceleration profiles, wherien the plurality of acceleration profiles each correlate with separate environmental contexts and expected accerelation inputs from the driver for the separate environmental contexts as generated according to a model of learned accelerator inputs that is based, at least in part, on a history of past occurrences of the vehicle traveling in prior contexts similar to the environmental context; adjusting the operating parameters of the vehicle according to the acceleration profile to preemptively optimize the vehicle in anticipation of an acceleration input from the driver that correlates with the acceleration profile by altering operation of a powertrain of the vehicle to improve operation of the vehicle for anticipated changes in speed; and controlling the vehicle to accelerate based, at least in part, on the operating parameters upon receiving the acceleration input. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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