IP Library Granted Patent US 9,696,167
Granted Patent B2
US 9,696,167 · App. 14/407,023 · Granted Jul 4, 2017

Recommended-drive-pattern generation device and recommended-drive-pattern generation method

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Patent No.
US 9,696,167
App. No.
14/407,023
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a recommended-drive-pattern generation device that generates a recommended drive pattern with low energy consumption in consideration of actual drive of the user. A recommended-drive-pattern generation device of the present invention includes: a reference drive pattern generating unit that generates as a reference drive pattern a drive pattern in a past drive route from a drive history of a moving body; a speed limit point setting unit that sets a speed limit point within the drive route based on at least one of the reference drive pattern and road information of the drive route; and a recommended-drive-pattern generating unit that generates a recommended drive pattern for the drive route in which the speed limit point is passed at a speed not higher than a speed limit defined by the speed limit point.

Claims (29)

1. A recommended-drive-pattern generation device comprising:

a vehicle information acquiring device that acquires vehicle information through a plurality of sensors;

a drive history information storage device that stores said vehicle information obtained by said vehicle information acquiring device;

a processor operating as a recommended drive pattern calculator that performs the functions of:

generating as a reference drive pattern a drive pattern in a past drive route from a drive history of a moving body;

setting a speed limit point within said drive route based on at least one of said reference drive pattern and road information of said drive route; and

generating a recommended drive pattern for said drive route in which said speed limit point is passed at a speed not higher than a speed limit defined by said speed limit point and outputting said recommended drive pattern; and

when a passage time of said speed limit point in accordance with said recommended drive pattern is earlier than a passage time of said speed limit point in accordance with said reference drive pattern, decreasing a cruising speed of said recommended drive pattern, to adjust said passage time of said speed limit point so as to be the same as or later than said passage time of said reference drive pattern.

2. The recommended-drive-pattern generation device according to claim 1 , wherein said speed limit defined by said speed limit point is a passage speed at said speed limit point determined by a shape of said drive route.

3. The recommended-drive-pattern generation device according to claim 1 , wherein said cruising speed of said recommended drive pattern is set based on said reference drive pattern in each section of said drive route divided by said speed limit point.

4. The recommended-drive-pattern generation device according to claim 1 , wherein said cruising speed of said recommended drive pattern is set based on road information of said drive route in each section of said drive route divided by said speed limit point.

5. The recommended-drive-pattern generation device according to claim 1 , wherein said acceleration or deceleration of said recommended drive pattern is set based on said reference drive pattern in each section of said drive route divided by said speed limit point.

6. The recommended-drive-pattern generation device according to claim 1 , wherein acceleration or deceleration of said recommended drive pattern is set based on a slope of said drive route in each section of said drive route divided by said speed limit point.

7. The recommended-drive-pattern generation device according to claim 1 , wherein said recommended-drive-pattern generating unit sets acceleration or deceleration of said recommended drive pattern with a predetermined fixed value in each section of said drive route divided by said speed limit point.

8. The recommended-drive-pattern generation device according to claim 1 , wherein said recommended-drive pattern is output to a communication device.

9. A recommended-drive-pattern generation method comprising the steps of:

acquiring, through a plurality of sensors, vehicle information;

storing, in a storage device, said vehicle information;

generating, by a processor operating as a drive pattern calculator, as a reference drive pattern a drive pattern in a past drive route from a drive history of a moving body;

setting, by a processor operating as a drive pattern calculator, a speed limit point within said drive route based on at least one of said reference drive pattern and road information of said drive route; and

generating, by a processor operating as a drive pattern calculator, a recommended drive pattern for said drive route in which said speed limit point is passed at a speed not higher than a speed limit defined by said speed limit point and outputting said recommended drive pattern; and

when a passage time of said speed limit point in accordance with said recommended drive pattern is earlier than a passage time of said speed limit point in accordance with said reference drive pattern, decreasing a cruising speed of said recommended drive pattern, to adjust said passage time of said speed limit point so as to be the same as or later than said passage time of said reference drive pattern.

10. The recommended-drive-pattern generation method according to claim 9 , wherein said speed limit defined by said speed limit point is a passage speed at said speed limit point determined by a shape of said drive route.

11. The recommended-drive-pattern generation method according to claim 9 , wherein a cruising speed of said recommended drive pattern is set based on said reference drive pattern in each section of said drive route divided by said speed limit point.

12. The recommended-drive-pattern generation method according to claim 9 , wherein a cruising speed of said recommended drive pattern is set based on road information of said drive route in each section of said drive route divided by said speed limit point.

13. The recommended-drive-pattern generation method according to claim 9 , wherein acceleration or deceleration of said recommended drive pattern is set based on said reference drive pattern in each section of said drive route divided by said speed limit point.

14. The recommended-drive-pattern generation method according to claim 9 , wherein acceleration or deceleration of said recommended drive pattern is set based on a slope of said drive route in each section of said drive route divided by said speed limit point.

15. The recommended-drive-pattern generation method according to claim 9 , wherein acceleration or deceleration of said recommended drive pattern is set with a predetermined fixed value in each section of said drive route divided by said speed limit point.

16. The recommended-drive-pattern generation method according to claim 9 , wherein said recommended-drive pattern is output to a communication device.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2014
From: KINOSHITA, RYUSUKE; IRIE, TAKASHI; IKAWA, MASAHIKO; OHTA, YUKO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034480/0527 →