REDUCING FUEL CONSUMPTION BY ACCOMMODATING TO ANTICIPATED ROAD AND DRIVING CONDITIONS
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1. A method of suggesting a driving behavior that reduces fuel consumption to a user with a communication device driving a vehicle along an estimated route, the method comprising:
- receiving data related to the vehicle, the position of the vehicle, the estimated route, environmental driving conditions along the estimated route and user preferences;
segmenting the estimated route by constant fuel consumption or at constant slope;
calculating optimal velocities and accelerations for at least one relevant segment of the estimated route;
receiving vehicle position and finding a current segment during driving; and
calculating current fuel consumption and suggesting at least one of;
optimal velocity;
optimal acceleration;
optimal gear and optimal gear shifting time, during driving using the calculated optimal velocities and accelerations for the at least one relevant segment following the current segment,wherein at least one of the receiving data, the segmenting, the calculating velocities and accelerations, the receiving and finding vehicle position and the calculating and suggesting current optimal velocity and accelerations, is carried out by at least one processing unit.
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Abstract
Utilizing a database of route segments, calculating optimal velocity and acceleration profiles, and suggesting these profiles to a user or the cruise control system of the vehicle, based on a route analysis and incorporating external and local data sources relating to environmental (e.g. topographic, meteorological) conditions, traffic conditions and user preferences and characteristics.
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1. A method of suggesting a driving behavior that reduces fuel consumption to a user with a communication device driving a vehicle along an estimated route, the method comprising:
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receiving data related to the vehicle, the position of the vehicle, the estimated route, environmental driving conditions along the estimated route and user preferences; segmenting the estimated route by constant fuel consumption or at constant slope; calculating optimal velocities and accelerations for at least one relevant segment of the estimated route; receiving vehicle position and finding a current segment during driving; and calculating current fuel consumption and suggesting at least one of;
optimal velocity;
optimal acceleration;
optimal gear and optimal gear shifting time, during driving using the calculated optimal velocities and accelerations for the at least one relevant segment following the current segment,wherein at least one of the receiving data, the segmenting, the calculating velocities and accelerations, the receiving and finding vehicle position and the calculating and suggesting current optimal velocity and accelerations, is carried out by at least one processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a road database comprising road data, a vehicle database comprising vehicle data from a vehicle, a processing unit arranged to anticipate, calculate and segment a vehicle route according to driver indications, and to derive a continuous velocity profile along the route that minimizes fuel consumption with respect to the road data and the vehicle data, and a user interface arranged to suggest driver actions along the route according to the derived velocity profile and actual derivations of the vehicle therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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