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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2020
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Valerie Engel, Markdorf, DE;
Andreas Wendzel, Grünkraut, DE;
Michael Wechs, Weißensberg, DE;
Maik Dreher, Tettnang, DE;
Lorenz Fischer, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Oliver Schneider, Tettnang, DE;
Christian Baumann, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Edgar Menezes, Ravensburg, DE;
Felix Spura, Friedrichshafen, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A processor unit () for model-based predictive control of a vehicle () taking into account an arrival time factor is configured to calculate a trajectory for the vehicle () based at least in part on at least one arrival time factor, with the trajectory including an entire route () to a specified destination () at which the vehicle () is to arrive, and with the at least one arrival time factor influencing an arrival time of the vehicle () at the specified destination (). Additionally, the processor unit () is configured to optimize a section of the trajectory for the vehicle () for a sliding prediction horizon by executing a model-based predictive control (MPC) algorithm (), where the MPC algorithm () includes a longitudinal dynamic model () of a drive train () of the vehicle () and a cost function () to be minimized.