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Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2014
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);

Yimin Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Michael Edward Loftus, Northville, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G08G 1/0969 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); G01C 21/3667 (2013.01); G08G 1/0969 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system may identify an expected time-of-arrival distribution to a waypoint along a vehicle route, determine energy usage along the route according to a plurality of arrival timing states of a traffic control located at the waypoint given the expected time-of-arrival distribution, and display a map including the vehicle route and range contours indicative of alternative results of arriving at the waypoint at the plurality of arrival states. The system may also determine energy usage along the vehicle route and update an expected available range of the vehicle along the route.


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