Vehicle Management System
First Claim
1. A vehicle management system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a reactive module operable to determine a reactive vehicle speed for optimal fuel efficiencya deliberative module operable to determine a deliberate vehicle speed for optimal fuel efficiency for a particular location; and
a behavior module interposed between and communicatively coupled to the reactive module and the deliberative module, wherein the behavior module combines the reactive vehicle speed and the deliberative vehicle speed to arrive at a suggested optimal vehicle speed for fuel efficiency.
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Abstract
A system and method to identify fuel consumption optimization based on reactive and deliberative components is described. Modifiable use conditions, such as speeding, excessive idling, gear selection, acceleration and deceleration profiles, which all represent opportunities for fuel savings, are identified and optimized for minimal fuel consumption based on a reactive interaction with the vehicle on a real-time basis. Deliberative analysis of historical data linked to a specific location or route is also conducted to arrive at a historical optimal fuel consumption profile. Similar historical fuel consumption profiles for the same route in question from other nearby vehicles are collected and analyzed to determined a more robust deliberative component of optimal fuel consumption. The reactive and deliberative components are optimized fuel consumption are merged to form a recommended profile for optimal fuel consumption.
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29 Claims
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1. A vehicle management system for a vehicle, comprising:
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a reactive module operable to determine a reactive vehicle speed for optimal fuel efficiency a deliberative module operable to determine a deliberate vehicle speed for optimal fuel efficiency for a particular location; and a behavior module interposed between and communicatively coupled to the reactive module and the deliberative module, wherein the behavior module combines the reactive vehicle speed and the deliberative vehicle speed to arrive at a suggested optimal vehicle speed for fuel efficiency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for managing fuel consumption of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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collecting real time vehicular and environmental data; determining a location for the vehicle; determining a reactive vehicle speed for optimal fuel efficiency based on collected real time vehicular and environmental data; accessing historical vehicular performance data for the location of the vehicle; determining a deliberate vehicle speed for optimal fuel efficiency based on historical vehicular performance data; merging the reactive vehicular speed and the deliberate vehicle speed to ascertain an optimal vehicle speed for fuel efficiency. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable storage medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine wherein said program of instruction comprises a plurality of program codes for managing fuel consumption of a vehicle, said program of instruction comprising:
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program code for collecting real time vehicular and environmental data; program code for determining a location for the vehicle; program code for determining a reactive vehicle speed for optimal fuel efficiency based on collected real time vehicular and environmental data; program code for accessing historical vehicular performance data for the location of the vehicle; program code for determining a deliberate vehicle speed for optimal fuel efficiency based on historical vehicular performance data; and program code for merging the reactive vehicular speed and the deliberate vehicle speed to ascertain an optimal vehicle speed for fuel efficiency. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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