METHOD AND MODULE FOR ESTIMATING AFTER-CHARGE DRIVABLE RANGE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE

• US 20140172282A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 06/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Feng, Shih-An, Lin, Yu-Hui, Chen, Syuan-Yi, Lin, Yi-Chun, Chang, Chun-Che
• Application Number:
  US13/831,743
• Publication Number:
  US 20140172282A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/117
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/622 by satellite navigation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/68 Traffic data
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/72 Charging station selection relying on external data
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/12 by confirmation, e.g. of the input
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/14 by input of vehicle departure time
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/52 drive range estimation, e.g. of estimation of available travel distance
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/54 Energy consumption estimation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/58 Departure time prediction
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/12 responding to state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

A method and module for estimating after-charge drivable range of an electric vehicle and a driving assistant device are provided. The method includes a power supplement location selecting step, a planned charging time determining step, an after-charge total power estimating step, and an after-charge drivable range estimating step. The planned charging time determining step calculates an estimated driving time for arriving at each power supplement location and an estimated charge waiting time, and determines a planned charging time at each power supplement location. The after-charge total power estimating step calculates an estimated power increment of the electric vehicle and an estimated after-charge total power. The after-charge drivable range estimating step calculates an estimated after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle centering at each power supplement location according to the current driving information and each estimated after-charge total power.

Claims

1. A method for estimating an after-charge drivable range of an electric vehicle, comprising:

a power supplement location selecting step which uses a charging device status updating interface to acquire information associated with at least one power supplement location;

a planned charging time determining step which calculates uses a micro-controller unit(MCU) to calculate an estimated driving time for arriving at each of the at least one power supplement location and to calculate an estimated charge waiting time at each of the at least one power supplement location according to current driving information at a current time and the information associated with each of the at least one power supplement location, and to determine a planned charging time of the electric vehicle at each of the at least one power supplement location according to a specified time, the specified time being a specified charging time duration or a specified charging finish-time, wherein when the specified time is the specified charging time duration, the planned charging time is equal to the specified charging time duration, and when the specified time is the specified charging finish-time, the planned charging time is a result of a subtraction of the current time, the estimated driving time, and the estimated charging waiting time from the specified charging finish-time;

an after-charge total power estimating step which uses the MCU to calculate a total power of the electric vehicle when arriving at each power supplement location and starting to be charged as an estimated pre-charge total power, to calculate calculates an estimated power increment of the electric vehicle at each of the at least one power supplement location according to the planned charging time, and to sum the estimated pre-charge total power and the estimated power increment as an estimated after-charge total power of the electric vehicle at each of at least one power supplement location; and

an after-charge drivable range estimating step which uses the MCU to calculate an estimated after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle centering at each of the at least one power supplement location according to the current driving information and the estimated after-charge total power.

2. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising displaying the estimated after-charge drivable range on a display interface.

3. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the specified time is displayed on the display interface.

4. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 3, further comprising displaying the estimated driving time, the estimated charge waiting time, and the planned charging time on the display interface.

5. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the specified time is set by a user in a key-in, touch input, or touch-drag manner.

6. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 2, further comprising:

setting the estimated after-charge drivable range by a user;

calculating the estimated after-charge total power after the setting according to the set estimated after-charge drivable range;

calculating the estimated power increment after the setting according to the estimated after-charge total power after the setting; and

calculating the planned charging time after the setting according to the estimate power increment after the setting.

7. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 6, wherein setting the estimated after-charge drivable range is performed by a user in a key-in, touch input, or touch-drag manner.

8. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the specified time is set by a user.

9. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising:

modifying the specified time, and repeating the planned charging time determining step, the after-charge total power estimating step, and the after-charge drivable range estimating step according to the modified specified time; and

displaying the estimated after-charge drivable ranges obtained according to the specified time and the modified specified time on a display interface.

10. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the information associated with at least one of the power supplement location comprises:

position, service time, number of charging seats, average waiting time and reserved time.

11. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the information associated with at least one of the power supplement location further comprises number of vehicles in queue and number of reservations.

12. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein when the specified time is the specified charging time duration, a time at which the planned charge time completes is one resulted by summing the current time, the estimated driving time, the estimated charging waiting time, and the specified charging time duration.

13. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the current driving information comprises:

vehicle dynamic information, battery information, positioning information, map information and traffic information.

14. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 13, wherein the vehicle dynamic information comprises vehicle speed, triaxle acceleration, and triaxle angular velocity of the electric vehicle, the battery information comprises battery usage information, remaining capacity information and battery degradation information, the map information comprises road type information and landform information, and the traffic information comprises real-time road condition information and vehicle flux information.

15. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 14, wherein the real-time road condition information comprises traffic accident information and road construction information.

16. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 13, wherein the current driving information further comprises vehicle weight information.

17. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the power supplement location selecting step comprises:

setting a selecting range; and

searching for the at least one power supplement location within the selection range.

18. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 17, wherein setting the selecting range comprises setting the selecting range by a user.

19. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 17, wherein setting the selecting range comprises determining the selecting range according to a location and vehicle dynamic information of the electric vehicle.

20. The method for estimating the after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle according to claim 17, wherein setting the selecting range comprises determining the selecting range according to a location, driving direction and vehicle dynamic information of the electric vehicle.

21. An after-charge drivable range estimating module for an electric vehicle, comprising:

a planned charging time determining unit which receives information associated with at least one power supplement location, a current time, current driving information and a specified time, calculates an estimated driving time for the electric vehicle to arrive at each of the at least one power supplement location, calculates an estimated charge waiting time at each of the at least one power supplement location, and determines a planned charging time of the electric vehicle at each of the at least one power supplement location according to the info nation associated with each of the at least one power supplement location and the current driving information;

an after-charge total power estimating unit which receives the planned charging time, calculates an estimated power increment of the electric vehicle at each of the at least one power supplement location according to the planned charging time, calculates a total power of the electric vehicle when arriving at each of the at least one power supplement location and starting to be charged as an estimated pre-charge total power, and sums the estimated pre-charge total power and the estimated power increment to obtain an estimated after-charge total power of the electric vehicle at each of the at least one power supplement location; and

an after-charge drivable range estimating unit which receives the estimated after-charge total power and calculates an estimated after-charge drivable range of the electric vehicle centering at each of the at least one power supplement location.

22. The after-charge drivable range estimating module for the electric vehicle according to claim 21, wherein the planned charging time is determined based on the specified time that is specified by a user, the specified time is a specified charging time duration or a specified charging finish-time, when the specified time is the specified charging time duration, the planned charging time is equal to the specified charging time duration, and when the specified time is the specified charging finish-time, the planned charging time is a result of a subtraction of the current time, the estimated driving time, and the estimated charging waiting time from the specified charging finish-time.

23. An electric vehicle driving assistance device comprising a micro-controller unit, the micro-controller unit comprising:

a vehicle dynamic analysis unit which detects a status of the electric vehicle itself to obtain the vehicle dynamic information, battery information of the electric vehicle;

an environment variable detecting unit which detects a status of the environment in which the electric vehicle is located to obtain the positioning information, map information, and traffic information;

a power supply facility selecting unit which receives the vehicle dynamic information, the battery information, the positioning information, the map information and the traffic information to thereby set a selecting range and acquires information associated with at least one power supplement location within the selecting range; and

the electric vehicle after-charge drivable range estimating module according to claim 21.

24. The electric vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 23, further comprising a charging device status updating interface for receiving the information associated with the at least one power supplement location.

25. The electric vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 24, wherein the charging device status updating interface is adapted to communicate with a charging service platform to obtain the information associated with the at least one power supplement location.

26. The electric vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 24, wherein the information associated with the at least one power supplement location comprises position, service time, number of the charging seats, average waiting time, and reserved time.

27. The electric vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 26, wherein the information associated with the at least one power supplement location further comprises number of vehicles in queue and number of reservations.

28. The electric vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 23, further comprising a database communication interface which receives and outputs the positioning information, map information and traffic information to the environment variable detecting unit.

29. The electric vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 23, further comprising a sensor and battery management system communication interface which receives and outputs the vehicle dynamic information and battery information to the vehicle dynamic analysis unit.

30. The electric vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 23, further comprising a display interface which displays the map information, the information associated with the at least one power supplement location, the estimated after-charge drivable range calculated by the after-charge drivable range estimating unit in a consolidated manner.

31. The electric vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 23, wherein the selecting range is specified by a user.

32. The electric vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 23, wherein the selecting range is determined according to a location and vehicle dynamic information of the electric vehicle.

33. The electric vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 23, wherein the selecting range is determined according to a location, a driving direction and vehicle dynamic information of the electric vehicle.

34. The electric vehicle driving assistance device according to claim 23, further comprising a vehicle dynamic information sensor, the vehicle dynamic information sensor comprises a gyroscope, a triaxle accelerometer and an electronic compass.