METHOD FOR DETERMINING A ROUTE AND DEVICE THEREFOR

• US 20100299056A1
• Filed: 10/14/2008
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Laedke, Michael, Mueller, Guido
• Application Number:
  US12/734,939
• Publication Number:
  US 20100299056A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0005 with arrangements to save energy
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096838 where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality

Abstract

A method for determining a route from a starting point to a destination includes optimizing the route with regard to a mixture of two criteria to minimize the energy consumption, a first criterion being the length of the route, and a second criterion represents a number of acceleration operations along the route.

Claims

1-3. -3. (canceled)

4. A method for determining a travel route for a vehicle from a starting point to a destination using a navigation system, comprising:

optimizing the travel route with regard to a mixture of two criteria to minimize the energy consumption of the vehicle, a first criterion being the length of the travel route, and a second criterion represents a number of acceleration operations along the travel route, wherein the two criteria are assigned predetermined weighting; and

outputting the optimized travel route via an output device.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the second criterion is one of a traffic road class or the number of traffic nodes included in the travel route.

6. A navigation system for determining a travel route for a vehicle from a starting point to a destination, comprising:

a control unit configured to optimize the travel route with regard to a mixture of two criteria to minimize the energy consumption of the vehicle, a first criterion being the length of the travel route, and a second criterion represents a number of acceleration operations along the travel route, wherein the two criteria are assigned predetermined weighting; and

an output device configured to output the optimized travel route via an output device.