Vehicle range projection
First Claim
1. A system that determines a projected range of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a storage element that stores a set of parameters associated with a vehicle;
a map evaluation element that retrieves information regarding a geographic area associated with a position of the vehicle, wherein the retrieved information comprises a plurality of links associated with available roadways in the geographic area and each link comprises a cost value; and
a processing element that determines the projected range of the vehicle based at least partly on the set of parameters and the retrieved information, by evaluating the set of links to identify a plurality of paths extending outward from the position of the vehicle, wherein each path comprises a set of links having a summed cost value that is less than a target cost, wherein the processing element further generates a polygon representing the projected range by tracing the sets of links associated with the plurality of paths.
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Abstract
A system that determines a projected range of a vehicle is described. The system includes: a storage element that stores a set of parameters associated with a vehicle; a map evaluation element that retrieves information regarding a geographic area associated with a position of the vehicle, where the retrieved information includes multiple links associated with available roadways in the geographic area and each link includes a cost value; and a processing element that determines the projected range of the vehicle based at least partly on the set of parameters and the retrieved information, by evaluating the links to identify multiple paths extending outward from the position of the vehicle, where each path includes a set of links having a summed cost value that is less than a target cost, where the processing element further generates a polygon representing the projected range by tracing the links associated with the paths.
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1. A system that determines a projected range of a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a storage element that stores a set of parameters associated with a vehicle; a map evaluation element that retrieves information regarding a geographic area associated with a position of the vehicle, wherein the retrieved information comprises a plurality of links associated with available roadways in the geographic area and each link comprises a cost value; and a processing element that determines the projected range of the vehicle based at least partly on the set of parameters and the retrieved information, by evaluating the set of links to identify a plurality of paths extending outward from the position of the vehicle, wherein each path comprises a set of links having a summed cost value that is less than a target cost, wherein the processing element further generates a polygon representing the projected range by tracing the sets of links associated with the plurality of paths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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