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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2019
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporaton, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Choong Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60L 58/24 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 58/24 (2019.02);
Abstract
A route guide apparatus and a route guide method for an electric vehicle may include a sensor to measure an ambient temperature of the electric vehicle, a battery manager to monitor a battery temperature, and a processor to perform a route guide by predicting battery power based on at least one of the ambient temperature or the battery temperature, when searching for a traveling route to a destination, and by selecting, as a traveling route, a route which represents the least total cost of battery consumption energy based on the predicted battery power.