Jaguar Land Rover Limited

Krzysztof Kobylinski

Lech Andrzej Birek

James Aggiss

Prasun Chokshi

Navneesh Phillip

Thomas Popham

Francis McCullough

Jonathan Randall

Fiona Powell

Linh Nguyen

Thomas Osgood

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a controller comprising: input means for receiving from a communication means associated with a vehicle a request for a first prediction of a first attribute associated with the vehicle; processing means for determining the first prediction of the first attribute in dependence on the request, wherein the first prediction comprises an indication of the first attribute and an indication of a first confidence associated with the first attribute; and output means for outputting, via the communication means, a first prediction response comprising the first prediction.

Apparatus and method for providing vehicle attributes

A method for determining a minimum state of charge for an energy storage means of a vehicle can include: determining a routine of use of charge of the energy storage means; determining a user requirement for future driving of the vehicle; predicting a reduction in the state of charge of the energy storage means associated with the user requirement in dependence on the determined routine; determining a minimum state of charge for the energy storage means for enabling the user requirement to be satisfied in dependence on the predicted reduction; and providing an output to the user indicative of a time requirement for increasing the state of charge of the energy storage means to a value at or above the minimum state of charge.

Determining a minimum state of charge for an energy storage means of a vehicle

A shortcut system () for controlling at least one vehicle system (), the shortcut system comprising: an input arranged to receive configuration signals () generated in response to a user operating a configuration device () independent of the vehicle (), the configuration signals specifying an action to be carried out by a vehicle system; a memory module () arranged to store the action specified in a received configuration signal; a processor () arranged, upon a user-selected trigger condition being met, to generate a control signal () for controlling the vehicle system in accordance with the stored specified action; and an output arranged to output the control signal. Also a configuration device () independent of a vehicle () that is arranged to configure a shortcut system () for controlling at least one vehicle system () of the vehicle, and a method of controlling at least one vehicle system () of a vehicle ().

Control of vehicle systems

A method for determining a charging requirement for an energy storage means of a vehicle can include: determining a routine of use of charge of the energy storage means; predicting a future use of charge of the energy storage means based on the routine; determining a charging requirement for the energy storage means based on the prediction; and providing an output to a user of the vehicle indicative of a time at which an increase in the state of charge of the energy storage means will be required based on the determined charging requirement.

Determining a charging requirement for an energy storage means of a vehicle

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Krzysztof Kobylinski