The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jason Meyer, Cantono, MI (US);
Sangeetha Sangameswaran, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); G01C 21/26 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); B60L 2240/62 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle may include: at least one power source; a plurality of wheels; a motor configured to drive at least one of the plurality of wheels with energy stored in the power source; and at least one processor configured to: break a received route into a plurality of segments; and calculate a route energy consumption rate correction factor (RECF) of a current segment as a function of the following received values: a RECF of a previous segment, an observed energy consumption rate, and an estimated energy consumption rate.