VEHICLE ROUTE SELECTION BASED ON ENERGY USAGE
First Claim
1. A method for optimizing energy use of a fleet of powered vehicle assets, the method comprising:
- identifying a plurality of destinations to be visited by a fleet of vehicle assets,wherein each of said destinations is defined by three-dimensional location data having a latitude component, a longitude component, and an elevation component;
identifying two or more vehicles, each of said vehicles having a corresponding vehicle type,wherein the vehicle type is internal combustion, electric or hybrid;
identifying two or more drivers capable of operating said vehicles, each driver having a corresponding driver profile,wherein the driver profile comprises information regarding past driver behavior that is reflective of energy use; and
by using one or more computing devices, determining two or more sets of a vehicle, a driver, and transportation route comprising a subset of the plurality of destinations configured to reduce the total amount of energy required for said vehicles to visit the plurality of destinations.
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Abstract
Vehicle management systems and associated processes can consider energy consumption when selecting routes for fleet vehicles. Vehicle management systems and associated processes are described that, in certain embodiments, evaluate vehicle energy usage based on factors such as terrain or elevation, vehicle characteristics, driver characteristics, road conditions, traffic, speed limits, stop time, turn information, traffic information, and weather information, and the like. The features described herein may also be implemented for non-fleet vehicles, such as in personal vehicle navigation systems.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for optimizing energy use of a fleet of powered vehicle assets, the method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of destinations to be visited by a fleet of vehicle assets, wherein each of said destinations is defined by three-dimensional location data having a latitude component, a longitude component, and an elevation component; identifying two or more vehicles, each of said vehicles having a corresponding vehicle type, wherein the vehicle type is internal combustion, electric or hybrid; identifying two or more drivers capable of operating said vehicles, each driver having a corresponding driver profile, wherein the driver profile comprises information regarding past driver behavior that is reflective of energy use; and by using one or more computing devices, determining two or more sets of a vehicle, a driver, and transportation route comprising a subset of the plurality of destinations configured to reduce the total amount of energy required for said vehicles to visit the plurality of destinations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for optimizing energy use of a fleet of powered vehicle assets, comprising:
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a fleet of vehicles, each of said vehicles having a corresponding vehicle type, wherein the vehicle type is internal combustion, electric or hybrid; two or more drivers capable of operating at least one vehicle in said fleet, wherein each driver has a driver profile that comprises information regarding past driver behavior that is reflective of energy use; and a computer system comprising computer hardware configured to identify a plurality of destinations to be visited by the fleet of vehicles, wherein each of said destinations is defined by three-dimensional location data having a latitude component, a longitude component, and an elevation component and determine two or more sets of a vehicle, a driver, and transportation route comprising a subset of the plurality of destinations configured to reduce the total amount of energy required for said vehicles to visit the plurality of destinations. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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