Control of preparatory measures in a vehicle
First Claim
1. A method for control of preparatory measures associated with entering a part of a road section for at least one system in a vehicle, said method comprising:
- identification of one or several parts of a road section, when one or several engines comprised in said vehicle may be shut down while said vehicle is coasting in said road section, wherein said identification of said part of the road section is carried out when said part of the road section is ahead of said vehicle, and wherein said identification is based on information about said part of the road section, wherein said information about said road section is determined based on information from one or more sources selected from the group of;
map data in combination with positioning information;
positioning information stored previously in the vehicle;
radar-based information;
camera-based information;
information obtained from another vehicle than said vehicle; and
information obtained from traffic systems relating to said road section;
determination of whether at least one preparatory measure for at least one respective system needs to be carried out before entering the road section where shutdown of said one or several engines occurs, wherein at least one of a charging status of batteries, temperatures of different systems in the vehicle, or pneumatic or hydraulic pressure in systems in the vehicle is analyzed to determine if at least one preparatory measure needs to be carried out or not before entering the road section; and
control of said at least one preparatory measure initiated before entering the road section, based on said determination of the need to carry out said at least one preparatory measure, so that the one or several engines comprised in said vehicle may be shut down, while said vehicle is coasting in said road section.
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Abstract
The present invention presents a method and a system for the control of preparatory measures during a road section, for at least one system. First, one or several parts of a road section are identified, during which parts one or several engines comprised in the vehicle may be shut down. Such identification is carried out when the road section is ahead of the vehicle, that is to say before the vehicle has entered the road section. The identification is based on available information about the road section. Subsequently it is determined whether at least one preparatory measure for at least one respective system in the vehicle needs to be carried out, in order to facilitate that one or several of the engines may be shut down. Subsequently, the preparatory measures are controlled based on the determination of the need to carry out the at least one preparatory measure.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for control of preparatory measures associated with entering a part of a road section for at least one system in a vehicle, said method comprising:
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identification of one or several parts of a road section, when one or several engines comprised in said vehicle may be shut down while said vehicle is coasting in said road section, wherein said identification of said part of the road section is carried out when said part of the road section is ahead of said vehicle, and wherein said identification is based on information about said part of the road section, wherein said information about said road section is determined based on information from one or more sources selected from the group of; map data in combination with positioning information; positioning information stored previously in the vehicle; radar-based information; camera-based information; information obtained from another vehicle than said vehicle; and information obtained from traffic systems relating to said road section; determination of whether at least one preparatory measure for at least one respective system needs to be carried out before entering the road section where shutdown of said one or several engines occurs, wherein at least one of a charging status of batteries, temperatures of different systems in the vehicle, or pneumatic or hydraulic pressure in systems in the vehicle is analyzed to determine if at least one preparatory measure needs to be carried out or not before entering the road section; and control of said at least one preparatory measure initiated before entering the road section, based on said determination of the need to carry out said at least one preparatory measure, so that the one or several engines comprised in said vehicle may be shut down, while said vehicle is coasting in said road section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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10. A method for control of preparatory measures associated with entering a part of a road section for at least one system in a vehicle, said method comprising:
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identification of one or several parts of a road section, when one or several engines comprised in said vehicle may be shut down while said vehicle is coasting in said road section, wherein said identification of said part of the road section is carried out when said part of the road section is ahead of said vehicle, and wherein said identification is based on information about said part of the road section, wherein said identification of one or several parts where said one or several engines may be shut down comprises; analysis of a road gradient α
comprised in said information about said road section;evaluation of whether said one or more engines may be shut down at least partly during said road section, wherein said evaluation of the shutdown is based at least on said analysis of said road gradient α
; anddetermination, based on said analysis of said road gradient α
, of a time period TICE_on, during which said vehicle will be driven with said one or more engines running, before said one or several engines will be shut down;determination of whether at least one preparatory measure for at least one respective system needs to be carried out before entering the road section where shutdown of said one or several engines occurs, wherein at least one of a charging status of batteries, temperatures of different systems in the vehicle, or pneumatic or hydraulic pressure in systems in the vehicle is analyzed to determine if at least one preparatory measure needs to be carried out or not before entering the road section; and control of said at least one preparatory measure initiated before entering the road section, based on said determination of the need to carry out said at least one preparatory measure, so that the one or several engines comprised in said vehicle may be shut down, while said vehicle is coasting in said road section.
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16. A computer program product comprising computer program code stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium readable by a computer, said computer program product used for control of preparatory measures associated with entering a part of road section for at least one system in a vehicle, said computer program code comprising computer instructions to cause one or more computer processors to perform the operations of:
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identification of one or several parts of a road section, when one or several engines comprised in said vehicle may be shut down while said vehicle is coasting in said road section, wherein said identification of said part of the road section is carried out when said part of the road section is ahead of said vehicle, and wherein said identification is based on information about said part of the road section, wherein said information about said road section is determined based on information from one or more sources selected from the group of; map data in combination with positioning information; positioning information stored previously in the vehicle; radar-based information; camera-based information; information obtained from another vehicle than said vehicle; and information obtained from traffic systems relating to said road section; determination of whether at least one preparatory measure for at least one respective system needs to be carried out before entering the road section where shutdown of said one or several engines occurs, wherein at least one of a charging status of batteries, temperatures of different systems in the vehicle, or pneumatic or hydraulic pressure in systems in the vehicle is analyzed to determine if at least one preparatory measure needs to be carried out or not before entering the road section; and control of said at least one preparatory measure initiated before entering the road section, based on said determination of the need to carry out said at least one preparatory measure, so that the one or several engines comprised in said vehicle may be shut down, while said vehicle is coasting in said road section.
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17. A system arranged for control of preparatory measures associated with entering a part of a road section for at least one system in a vehicle, said system comprising:
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an identification unit, arranged for identification of one or several parts of a road section, when one or several engines comprised in said vehicle may be shut down while said vehicle is coasting in said road section, wherein said identification of said part of the road section is carried out when said part of the road section is ahead of said vehicle, and wherein said identification is based on information about said part of the road section, wherein said information about said road section is determined based on information from one or more sources selected from the group of; map data in combination with positioning information; positioning information stored previously in the vehicle; radar-based information; camera-based information; information obtained from another vehicle than said vehicle; and information obtained from traffic systems relating to said road section; a determination unit, arranged for determination of whether at least one preparatory measure for at least one respective system needs to be carried out before entering the road section where shutdown of said one or several engines occurs, wherein at least one of a charging status of batteries, temperatures of different systems in the vehicle, or pneumatic or hydraulic pressure in systems in the vehicle is analyzed to determine if at least one preparatory measure needs to be carried out or not before entering the road section; and
a preparation control unit, arranged for control of said at least one preparatory measure initiated before entering the road section, based on said determination of the need to carry out said at least one preparatory measure, so that the one or several engines comprised in said vehicle may be shut down, while said vehicle is coasting in said road section.
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