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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2010
Oskar Johansson, Stockholm, SE;
Jörgen Hansson, Hägersten, SE;
Henrik Pettersson, Södertälje, SE;
SCANIA CV AB, , SE;
Abstract
A module for determination of speed set-point values vfor a vehicle's control systems, comprising an input unit adapted to input, e.g., by the vehicle's driver, of a reference speed vwhich is the speed desired by the driver for the vehicle. The module includes a horizon unit to determine a horizon by means of received position data and map data of an itinerary made up of route segments with at least one characteristic for each segment; a processor unit to calculate vfor the vehicle's control systems across the horizon according to rules pertaining to categories in which segments within the horizon are placed, so that vis within a range bounded by vand v, where v≦v≦V, which control system regulates the vehicle according to these set-point values.