Method for operating a vehicle during coasting
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1. A method for controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, a speed versus time curve from an actual speed to a setpoint speed for a speed behavior of the vehicle on traveling on a coasting route, wherein the coasting route is a route throughout which fuel consumption is not used for the traveling of the vehicle;
determining, by the processor, that an additional vehicle is approaching the vehicle from behind on the coasting route;
raising, by the processor, a speed of the vehicle on the coasting route to produce a predetermined threshold distance from the additional vehicle, wherein the raised speed of the vehicle is greater than a speed that corresponds to the speed behavior of the determined speed versus time curve;
determining a minimum braking distance to a position at which the setpoint speed is supposed to be reached; and
ending the raising of the speed of the vehicle if the minimum braking distance to the position at which the setpoint speed is to be reached, has been reached.
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Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle, including determining a speed curve on a coasting route, in order to let the vehicle on the coasting route coast from an actual speed to a setpoint speed, detecting an additional vehicle approaching the vehicle from behind on the coasting route, and raising the speed of the vehicle compared to the determined speed behavior on the coasting route, in order to produce a predetermined threshold distance from the additional vehicle.
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1. A method for controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
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determining, by a processor, a speed versus time curve from an actual speed to a setpoint speed for a speed behavior of the vehicle on traveling on a coasting route, wherein the coasting route is a route throughout which fuel consumption is not used for the traveling of the vehicle; determining, by the processor, that an additional vehicle is approaching the vehicle from behind on the coasting route; raising, by the processor, a speed of the vehicle on the coasting route to produce a predetermined threshold distance from the additional vehicle, wherein the raised speed of the vehicle is greater than a speed that corresponds to the speed behavior of the determined speed versus time curve; determining a minimum braking distance to a position at which the setpoint speed is supposed to be reached; and ending the raising of the speed of the vehicle if the minimum braking distance to the position at which the setpoint speed is to be reached, has been reached. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A control device to control a vehicle, the control device comprising:
a processor with which the control device is configured to; determine a speed versus time curve from an actual speed to a setpoint speed for a speed behavior of the vehicle on traveling on a coasting route, wherein the coasting route is a route throughout which fuel consumption is not used for the traveling of the vehicle; determine that an additional vehicle is approaching the vehicle from behind on the coasting route; raise a speed of the vehicle on the coasting route to produce a predetermined threshold distance from the additional vehicle, wherein the raised speed of the vehicle is greater than a speed that corresponds to the speed behavior of the determined speed versus time curve; determine a minimum braking distance to a position at which the setpoint speed is supposed to be reached; and end the raising of the speed of the vehicle if the minimum braking distance to the position at which the setpoint speed is to be reached, has been reached. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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