Devices And Methods For Determining Fuel Consumption And Searching Vehicle Routes
First Claim
1. A method for computing fuel consumption for a plurality of speed ranges of a route interval for a vehicle running from a departure point to a destination, the method comprising:
- receiving fuel consumption data from vehicle probes for a first portion of the plurality of speed ranges, wherein a second portion of the plurality of speed ranges lacks fuel consumption data;
determining from the fuel consumption data of the first portion of the plurality of speed ranges, using a computer processor, a fuel consumption initial value formula and a trend line associated with the fuel consumption initial value formula;
determining, using a computer processor, for each speed range of the first portion of the plurality of speed ranges, an average fuel consumption value based on the fuel consumption initial value formula and the trend line; and
determining, using a computer processor, for each speed range of the second portion of the plurality of speed ranges, an average fuel consumption value based on the fuel consumption initial value formula and the trend line.
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Abstract
A route searching device according to an embodiment of the invention includes an estimated fuel consumption amount computing unit that computes an estimated fuel consumption amount of each interval constituting plural routes from a departure point to a destination and an optimum route selecting unit that selects a route in which a total of the estimated fuel consumption amount from the departure point to the destination is minimized. The estimated fuel consumption amount may be obtained by adding a cruise fuel consumption amount, a gradient fuel consumption amount, and a vehicle-speed fluctuation fuel consumption amount. In a further aspect, an average fuel consumption value for each speed range of an interval may be determined based on limited fuel consumption data, and fuel consumption values may be updated using measured probe data.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for computing fuel consumption for a plurality of speed ranges of a route interval for a vehicle running from a departure point to a destination, the method comprising:
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receiving fuel consumption data from vehicle probes for a first portion of the plurality of speed ranges, wherein a second portion of the plurality of speed ranges lacks fuel consumption data; determining from the fuel consumption data of the first portion of the plurality of speed ranges, using a computer processor, a fuel consumption initial value formula and a trend line associated with the fuel consumption initial value formula; determining, using a computer processor, for each speed range of the first portion of the plurality of speed ranges, an average fuel consumption value based on the fuel consumption initial value formula and the trend line; and determining, using a computer processor, for each speed range of the second portion of the plurality of speed ranges, an average fuel consumption value based on the fuel consumption initial value formula and the trend line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for computing fuel consumption for a plurality of speed ranges of a route interval for a vehicle running from a departure point to a destination, the method comprising:
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providing an existing average fuel consumption value for each speed range of the plurality of speed ranges; receiving fuel consumption data captured from vehicle probes for a first portion of the plurality of speed ranges, wherein a second portion of the plurality of speed ranges lacks captured fuel consumption data; calculating, using a computer processor, for each speed range for which fuel consumption data is received, a difference between the existing average fuel consumption value and an average fuel consumption value of the fuel consumption data received for the each speed range; calculating, using a computer processor, a weighted average value of the differences of the speed ranges for which fuel consumption data is received, wherein the weighted average value comprises a gap; and shifting, for each of the speed ranges of the plurality of speed ranges, the existing average fuel consumption value by the gap to yield an updated average fuel consumption value. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A route searching device that computes fuel consumption for a plurality of speed ranges of possible route intervals for a vehicle running from a departure point to a destination, the route searching device comprising:
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an estimated fuel consumption amount computer processor that computes an estimated fuel consumption amount of each speed range of the possible route intervals; and an optimum route selecting computer processor that selects a route in which a total of the estimated fuel consumption amounts of intervals of the selected route from the departure point to the destination is minimized, wherein, for each possible route interval, the estimated fuel consumption amount computer processor computes the estimated fuel consumption amount of each speed range by; receiving fuel consumption data from vehicle probes for a first portion of the plurality of speed ranges, wherein a second portion of the plurality of speed ranges lacks fuel consumption data; determining from the fuel consumption data of the first portion of the plurality of speed ranges a fuel consumption initial value formula and a trend line associated with the fuel consumption initial value formula; determining for each speed range of the first portion of the plurality of speed ranges, an average fuel consumption value based on the fuel consumption initial value formula and the trend line; and determining for each speed range of the second portion of the plurality of speed ranges, an average fuel consumption value based on the fuel consumption initial value formula and the trend line, wherein the average fuel consumption value is the estimated fuel consumption amount. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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