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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 25, 2017
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Michael E. Moore, O'Fallon, MO (US);

Kevin A. Grider, St. Charles, MO (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01R 21/133 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G01R 21/133 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure provide a system for managing the energy resources of a vehicle, such as an electric car. A destination location for the vehicle, as well as a desired amount of energy that should remain in the vehicle upon arrival at the destination location, is determined. Based on this information, the system generates a set of candidate paths along which the vehicle can navigate to the destination location such that, upon arrival, the vehicle has the desired amount of energy in reserve. One of those paths is selected, and while travelling to the destination location, a database with information regarding its energy consumption along the selected path. So updated, the system can generate more accurate candidate paths with respect to an estimated energy consumption for the vehicle.


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