Method and guidance-unit for guiding battery-operated transportation means to reconditioning stations
First Claim
1. A method for guiding a mobile transportation means of a set of transportation means, to a selected reconditioning station of a set of reconditioning stations which transportation means have each associated a powering battery of a set of batteries, in a geographically distributed arrangement of the transportation means and the reconditioning stations, comprising the steps of:
- determining a position of the battery;
determining a condition of the battery;
forecasting a consumption characteristic of the transportation means;
evaluating an achievable range of mobility for the transportation means according to its consumption characteristic and the condition of its powering battery;
assigning the selected reconditioning station, out of the set of reconditioning stations, to the transportation means for charge or substitute of the powering battery, which is located within the range of mobility of the transportation means along a path to a desired target;
guiding the transportation means to the selected reconditioning station, wherein;
an optimization of the assignment or the path is executed by a search algorithm for assigning the set of transportation means to the set of reconditioning stations and batteries, based on actual or forecasted information about multiple entities of the sets of transportation means, stations and batteries as well as their conditions;
the optimization being done on a cost function combining at least;
a spatial distribution of the set of batteries over the reconditioning stations, and a forecast of desired stocks;
a travelling time of transportation means;
an overall energy consumption of one or multiple entities of the set of transportation means; and
a priority of one or multiple entities of the set of transportation means,and whereinthe assignment of the selected reconditioning station is based on an environmentally dependent driving behavior, and the environmentally dependent driving behavior is represented by a model or historical data with a forecasting of the consumption characteristic according to an altitude profile of the path or a section of the path from a three-dimensional terrain information and the characteristics of a driver of the transportation means,the condition of the battery comprises at least a subset of;
temperature, andactual state of usage;
the condition of the reconditioning station comprises at least actual or forecasted information about;
a restriction of usage for public, private or certain other groups;
a battery stock at the station;
a booking or reservation information of the battery stock or the reconditioning capacity; and
ambient temperature conditions are taken into account in a prediction of consumption.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for guiding a mobile transportation means of a set of transportation means to a selected reconditioning station of a set of reconditioning stations, comprising determining a position of the battery, determining a condition of the battery, forecasting a consumption characteristic of the transportation means, evaluating an achievable range of mobility of the transportation means, assigning the selected reconditioning station of the set of reconditioning stations, which is located within the range of mobility of the transportation means along a path to a desired target and guiding the transportation means to the selected reconditioning station, an optimization of the assignment and/or the path is executed by a search algorithm for assigning the set of transportation means to the set of reconditioning stations and batteries, based on actual and/or forecasted information about multiple entities of the sets of transportation means, stations and batteries as well as their conditions.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for guiding a mobile transportation means of a set of transportation means, to a selected reconditioning station of a set of reconditioning stations which transportation means have each associated a powering battery of a set of batteries, in a geographically distributed arrangement of the transportation means and the reconditioning stations, comprising the steps of:
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determining a position of the battery; determining a condition of the battery; forecasting a consumption characteristic of the transportation means; evaluating an achievable range of mobility for the transportation means according to its consumption characteristic and the condition of its powering battery; assigning the selected reconditioning station, out of the set of reconditioning stations, to the transportation means for charge or substitute of the powering battery, which is located within the range of mobility of the transportation means along a path to a desired target; guiding the transportation means to the selected reconditioning station, wherein; an optimization of the assignment or the path is executed by a search algorithm for assigning the set of transportation means to the set of reconditioning stations and batteries, based on actual or forecasted information about multiple entities of the sets of transportation means, stations and batteries as well as their conditions; the optimization being done on a cost function combining at least; a spatial distribution of the set of batteries over the reconditioning stations, and a forecast of desired stocks; a travelling time of transportation means; an overall energy consumption of one or multiple entities of the set of transportation means; and a priority of one or multiple entities of the set of transportation means, and wherein the assignment of the selected reconditioning station is based on an environmentally dependent driving behavior, and the environmentally dependent driving behavior is represented by a model or historical data with a forecasting of the consumption characteristic according to an altitude profile of the path or a section of the path from a three-dimensional terrain information and the characteristics of a driver of the transportation means, the condition of the battery comprises at least a subset of; temperature, and actual state of usage; the condition of the reconditioning station comprises at least actual or forecasted information about; a restriction of usage for public, private or certain other groups; a battery stock at the station; a booking or reservation information of the battery stock or the reconditioning capacity; and ambient temperature conditions are taken into account in a prediction of consumption. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A guidance unit comprising:
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a localization unit for determination of a position datum; a battery observation unit, for determination a condition of a battery; a range evaluation unit for determination of an achievable range according to the condition of the battery and to a forecast of a consumption prediction of a transportation means associated to the battery; and a guiding unit, in particular comprising an interface to a human user, for assigning an entity out of a set of reconditioning stations to the transportation means and providing information for guiding the transportation means to the entity of reconditioning station along a path to a target for the transportation means, wherein the guidance unit is configured for guiding a mobile transportation means of a set of transportation means, to a selected reconditioning station of a set of reconditioning stations which transportation means have each associated a powering battery of a set of batteries, in a geographically distributed arrangement of the transportation means and the reconditioning stations, comprising the steps of; determining a position of the battery; determining a condition of the battery; forecasting a consumption characteristic of the transportation means; evaluating an achievable range of mobility for the transportation means according to its consumption characteristic and the condition of its powering battery; assigning the selected reconditioning station, out of the set reconditioning stations, to the transportation means for charge or substitute of the powering battery, which is located within the range of mobility of the transportation means along a path to a desired target; and guiding the transportation means to the selected reconditioning station, wherein; an optimization of the assignment or the path is executed by a search algorithm for assigning the set of transportation means to the set of reconditioning stations and batteries, based on actual or forecasted information about multiple entities of the sets transportation means, stations and batteries as well as their conditions; the optimization is done on a cost function combining at least; a spatial distribution of the set of batteries over the reconditioning stations, and a forecast of desired stocks; a travelling time of transportation means;
an overall energy consumption of one or multiple entities of the set of transportation means; anda priority of one or multiple entities of the set of transportation means; and the assignment of the selected reconditioning station is based on an environmentally dependent driving behavior, and the environmentally dependent driving behavior is represented by a model or historical data with a forecasting of the consumption characteristic according to an altitude profile of the path or a section of the path from a three-dimensional terrain information and the characteristics of a driver of the transportation means, the condition of the battery comprises at least a subset of;
temperature, and actual state of usage; andthe condition of the reconditioning station comprises at least actual or forecasted information about; a restriction of usage for public, private or certain other groups; a battery stock at the station; a booking or reservation information of the battery stock or the recondition capacity; and ambient temperature conditions are taken into account in a prediction of consumption.
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16. A tangible non-transitory computer program product comprising program code stored on a machine-readable storage medium, for carrying out:
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a method for guiding a mobile transportation means of a set of transportation means, to a selected reconditioning station of a set of reconditioning stations which transportation means have each associated a powering battery of a set of batteries, in a geographically distributed arrangement of the transportation means and the reconditioning stations, comprising the steps of; determining a position of the battery; determining a condition of the battery; forecasting a consumption characteristic of the transportation means; evaluating an achievable range of mobility for the transportation means according to its consumption characteristic and the condition of its powering battery; assigning the selected reconditioning station, out of the set of reconditioning stations, to the transportation means for charge or substitute of the powering battery, which is located within the range of mobility of the transportation means along a path to a desired target; and guiding the transportation means to the selected reconditioning station, wherein; an optimization of the assignment or the path is executed by a search algorithm for assigning the set of transportation means to the set of reconditioning stations and batteries, based on actual or forecasted information about multiple entities of the sets of transportation means, stations and batteries as well as their conditions; the optimization done on a cost function combining at least; a spatial distribution of the set of batteries over the reconditioning stations, and a forecast of desired stocks; a travelling time of transportation means; an overall energy consumption of one or multiple entities of the set of transportation means; and a priority of one or multiple entities of the set of transportation means; the assignment of the selected reconditioning station is based on an environmentally dependent driving behavior, and the environmentally dependent driving behavior is represented by a model or historical data with a forecasting of the consumption characteristic according to an altitude profile of the path or a section of the path from a three- dimensional terrain information and the characteristics of a driver of the transportation means; the condition of the battery comprises at least a subset of; temperature; and actual state of usage; and the condition of the reconditioning station comprises at least actual or forecasted information about; a restriction of usage for public, private or certain other groups; a battery stock at the station; a booking or reservation information of the battery stock or the reconditioning capacity; and ambient temperature conditions are taken into account in a prediction of consumption.
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