Power management systems and designs

摘要

Described herein are devices, systems, and methods for managing the power consumption of an automotive vehicle, and thereby for optimizing the power consumption of the vehicle. The devices and systems for managing the power consumption of the vehicle typically include power management logic that can calculate an applied power for the vehicle engine based on information provided from the external environment of the vehicle, the operational status of the vehicle, one or more command inputs from a driver, and one or more operational parameters of the vehicle.

主权项

1. A method of managing a power consumption of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
(a) a computer device receiving a current location and a current one of a plurality of directions of said vehicle; (b) calculating a probability of taking each of said directions from said current location based on said current direction and information in a database; (c) generating a plurality of routes by joining a plurality of segment destinations along said directions; (d) calculating one or more optimized speeds by minimizing power consumption over said routes based on said probabilities; (e) calculating an efficient speed to travel from said current location to a current one of said segment destinations along a selected one of said directions based on said optimized speeds; and (f) notifying an operator of said vehicle about said efficient speed to travel toward said current segment destination.