Driving mode recommendation system based on customer characteristic information and environment analysis information, and method thereof

• US 9,283,964 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2014
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Park, Seung-Chang, Kim, Seon Su
• Primary Examiner(s): Dager, Jonathan M
• Application Number:
  US14/313,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20150166076A1
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0075 Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2552/05 Type of road, e.g. motorways, local streets, paved or unpaved roads
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2552/15 Road slope, i.e. the inclination of a road segment in the longitudinal direction
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2552/20 Road profile, i.e. the change in elevation or curvature of a plurality of continuous road segments
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2555/20 Ambient conditions, e.g. wind or rain
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/10 Historical data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/55 using telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/182 Selecting between different operative modes, e.g. comfort and performance modes

Abstract

A driving mode recommendation method stores driving mode information in a database for each customer and recommends a driving mode based on customer characteristic and environment analysis information. The method includes receiving a starting point and a destination from a terminal of a corresponding customer vehicle by a server. A route from the starting point to the destination is divided into sections according to a road type and a road form. It is determined whether the driving mode information is stored in the database for the divided sections. The stored driving mode information is generated as recommendation mode information for a section where the driving mode information is stored in the database by the server. Average value information of a general customer is generated as the recommendation mode information for a section where the driving mode information is not stored in the database.

Claims

1. A driving mode recommendation method that stores driving mode information in a database for each customer, which includes a road type and a road form and recommends a driving mode based on customer characteristic information and environment analysis information, the method comprising steps of:

receiving, by a server, a starting point and a destination from a terminal of a corresponding customer vehicle;

dividing, by the server, a route from the starting point to the destination received into sections according to the road type and the road form;

determining, by the server, whether the driving mode information is stored in the database for each of the divided sections;

generating, by the server, the stored driving mode information as recommendation mode information for a section where the driving mode information is stored in the database; and

generating, by the server, average value information of a general customer as the recommendation mode information for a section where the driving mode information is not stored in the database,

wherein the recommendation mode information includes information regarding an active eco mode and a steering mode.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising steps of:

correcting, by the server, the generated recommendation mode information of each section by reflecting external environment information; and

transmitting, by the server, the corrected recommendation mode information to the terminal of the customer vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the road type includes at least one of an expressway, an unpaved road, a town road, and a general outer road.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the road form includes at least one of a straight ascent, a straight descent, a descending curve, and an ascending curve.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein:

external environment information includes information regarding at least one of a temperature, humidity, fog, rain, snow, and an accident or not.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the recommendation mode information further includes information regarding a 4 wheel drive (WD) mode, and

the steering mode includes a normal steering mode and a sport mode.

7. A driving mode recommendation system that communicates with at least one terminal of a customer vehicle, the system comprising:

a database storing driving mode information of a customer, average value driving mode information of a general customer, road type and road form information, and environment analysis information; and

a server receiving a starting point and a destination from the terminal of the customer vehicle, dividing a route from the starting point to the destination received into sections according to a road type and a road form, generating the stored driving mode information as recommendation mode information for a section where the driving mode information is stored in the database for each divided section, and generating average value information of the general customer as the recommendation mode information for a section where the driving mode information is not stored in the database,

wherein the recommendation mode information includes information regarding an active eco mode and a steering mode.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein:

the server corrects the generated recommendation mode information of each section by reflecting external environment information and transmits the corrected recommendation mode information to the terminal of the customer vehicle.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein:

the server receives customer information, driving information, and the driving mode information of the customer vehicle from the terminal of the customer vehicle and accumulates and stores the received information in the database, when driving of the customer vehicle is ended.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the server includes:

a driving mode information receiver receiving customer information, driving information, and driving mode information of the customer vehicle from the terminal of the customer vehicle and accumulating and storing the received information in the database, when driving of the customer vehicle is ended, and storing the driving mode information of the general customer in the database;

an information receiver receiving the starting point and the destination from the terminal of the customer vehicle;

a recommendation mode information generator dividing the route from the starting point to the destination received by the information receiver into the sections according to the road type and the road form, generating the stored driving mode information as the recommendation mode information for the section where the driving mode information is stored in the database for each divided section, and generating the average value information of the general customer as the recommendation mode information for the section where the driving mode information is not stored in the database; and

a recommendation mode information corrector correcting the generated recommendation mode information by reflecting external environment information and transmitting the corrected recommendation mode information to the terminal of the customer vehicle.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the external environment information includes information regarding at least one of a temperature, humidity, fog, rain, snow, and an accident or not.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein

the recommendation mode information further includes information regarding a 4 wheel drive (WD) mode, and

the steering mode includes a normal steering mode and a sport mode.