VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20180164105A1
• Filed: 05/30/2017
• Published: 06/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: PARK, Dae Sun
• Granted Patent: US 10,415,982 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/343 Calculating itineraries, i.e. routes leading from a starting point to a series of categorical destinations using a global route restraint, round trips, touristic trips travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3617 using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096827 where the route is computed onboard
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09685 where the complete route is computed only once and not updated
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map

Abstract

A vehicle may include a display configured to provide a user interface to enable a user to input a schedule; a communication module configured to receive information about a schedule from an external terminal; and a controller configured to calculate a first driving route including a stop, based on a place and time included in the schedule input through the display or received through the communication module, to decide a second driving route including a gas station as a new stop based on a Distance To Empty (DTE) of the vehicle and map information of navigation system, and to display the second driving route on the display.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

a display configured to provide a user interface to enable a user to input a schedule;

a communication module configured to receive information about the schedule from an external terminal; and

a controller configured to determine a first driving route including a stop, based on a place and time included in the schedule input through the display or received through the communication module, to decide a second driving route including a gas station as a new stop based on a Distance To Empty (DTE) of the vehicle and map information of navigation system, and to display the second driving route on the display.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the controller arranges the place included in the schedule over a time included in the schedule, and displays the arranged place and estimated time of arrival at a place on the display.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein when a gas station exists on the first driving route, and it is possible to observe time of arrival at a place included in the schedule when the vehicle stops at the gas station, the controller is configured to determine the gas station existing on the first driving route as the new stop.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein when no gas station exists on the first driving route, the controller is configured to determine, as the new stop, a gas station at which the vehicle is configured to configured to stop to observe time of arrival at a place included in the schedule, among one or more gas stations around the first driving route.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein when it is impossible to observe time of arrival at a place included in the schedule when the vehicle stops at the gas station, the controller is configured to determine, as the new stop, a gas station on the first driving route existing around a predetermined distance before a location at which the vehicle is expected to run out of fuel.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein when it is impossible to observe time of arrival at a place included in the schedule when the vehicle stops at the gas station, and no gas station exists on the first driving route, the controller is configured to determine, as the new stop, a gas station located closest to the vehicle among one or more gas stations existing around a predetermined distance before a location at which the vehicle is expected to run out of fuel.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to determine a gas station based on the DTE of the vehicle and the map information of the navigation system, and when a unit price of the decided gas station is higher than an average unit price of a region where the decided base station is located by a predetermined reference value or more, the controller is configured to determine another gas station as the new stop.

8. The vehicle according to claim 7, wherein when a gas station exists on the first driving route, and it is possible to observe time of arrival at a place included in the schedule when the vehicle stops at the gas station on the first driving route, the controller is configured to determine the gas station existing on the first driving route as the other gas station.

9. The vehicle according to claim 7, wherein when no gas station exists on the first driving route, the controller is configured to determine, as the other gas station, a gas station at which the vehicle is configured to configured to stop to observe time of arrival at a place included in the schedule, among one or more gas stations around the first driving route.

10. The vehicle according to claim 7, wherein when it is impossible to observe time of arrival at a place included in the schedule when the vehicle stops at the gas station, the controller is configured to determine, as the other gas station, a gas station on the first driving route existing around a predetermined distance before a location at which the vehicle is expected to run out of fuel.

11. The vehicle according to claim 7, wherein when it is impossible to observe time of arrival at a place included in the schedule when the vehicle stops at the gas station, and no gas station exists on the first driving route, the controller is configured to determine, as the other gas station, a gas station located closest to the vehicle among one or more gas stations existing around a predetermined distance before a location at which the vehicle is expected to run out of fuel.

12. A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising:

determining a first driving route including a stop, based on a place and time included in a schedule input through a display or received through a communication module;

deciding a second driving route including a gas station as a new stop, based on a Distance To Empty (DTE) of the vehicle and map information of navigation system; and

displaying the second driving route on the display.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the displaying of the second driving route on the display comprises:

arranging the place included in the schedule over a time included in the schedule to display the place on the display; and

displaying estimated time of arrival at the arranged place on the display.

14. The vehicle according to claim 12, wherein the deciding of the second driving route including the gas station as the new stop based on the DTE of the vehicle and the map information of the navigation system comprises, when a gas station exists on the first driving route, and it is possible to observe time of arrival at a place included in the schedule when the vehicle stops at the gas station, deciding the gas station existing on the first driving route, as the new stop.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the deciding of the second driving route including the gas station as the new stop based on the DTE of the vehicle and the map information of the navigation system comprises, when no gas station exists on the first driving route, deciding, as the new stop, a gas station at which the vehicle is configured to stop to observe time of arrival at a place included in the schedule, among one or more gas stations around the first driving route.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the deciding of the second driving route including the gas station as the new stop based on the DTE of the vehicle and the map information of the navigation system comprises, when it is impossible to observe time of arrival at a place included in the schedule when the vehicle stops at the gas station, deciding, as the new stop, a gas station on the first driving route existing around a predetermined distance before a location at which the vehicle is expected to run out of fuel.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the deciding of the second driving route including the gas station as the new stop based on the DTE of the vehicle and the map information of the navigation system comprises, when it is impossible to observe time of arrival at a place included in the schedule when the vehicle stops at the gas station, and no gas station exists on the first driving route, deciding, as the new stop, a gas station located closest to the vehicle among one or more gas stations existing around a predetermined distance before a location at which the vehicle is expected to run out of fuel.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein the deciding of the second driving route including the gas station as the new stop based on the DTE of the vehicle and the map information of the navigation system comprises:

deciding a gas station based on the DTE of the vehicle and the map information of the navigation system; and

deciding another gas station as the new stop, when a unit price of the decided gas station is higher than an average unit price of a region where the decided gas station is located by a predetermined reference value or more.