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Granted Patent B2
US 11,988,517 · App. 17/481,773 · Granted May 21, 2024

Vehicle system for adaptive energy consumption prediction

Inventors: Keith Weston (Canton, MI); Brendan F. Diamond (Grosse Pointe, MI); Andrew Denis Lewandowski (Sterling Heights, MI); Jordan Barrett (Milford, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
G01C21/3469B60W10/06B60W50/14G01C21/3859H04W4/46B60W2530/10B60W2530/209B60W2556/65B60W2710/0666
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Patent No.
US 11,988,517
App. No.
17/481,773
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes one or more transceivers configured to communicate with a server; and a controller programmed to responsive to detecting an extra load to the vehicle, obtain a first candidate energy consumption rate corresponding to the extra load from the server, calculate an estimated energy consumption rate using the first candidate energy consumption rate, and calculate a distance to empty using the estimated energy consumption rate.

Claims (18)

1. A vehicle comprising:

one or more transceivers configured to communicate with a server via a remote connection and a fleet vehicle via a direct connection;

one or more sensors; and

one or more controllers programmed to:

responsive to detecting, via the one or more sensors, a first event associated with an increased energy consumption rate compared with a current energy consumption rate, obtain a first candidate energy consumption rate corresponding to the first event from the fleet vehicle,

calculate an estimated energy consumption rate using the first candidate energy consumption rate,

calculate a distance to empty using the estimated energy consumption rate,

obtain a first maximum torque corresponding to the first event, and

operate the vehicle within the first maximum torque.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first event includes: an increased vehicle load, and a speed limit change.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the first event further includes: an ambient temperature change, and a road condition change.

4. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the one or more controllers are further programed to:

responsive to detecting a second event associated with another increased energy consumption rate compared with a current energy consumption rate, obtain a second candidate energy consumption rate corresponding to the second event from the fleet vehicle.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the one or more controllers are further programmed to:

interpolate between the increased energy consumption rate and the other increased energy consumption rate to determine a transitional energy consumption rate.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the one or more controllers are further programmed to:

measure an actual energy consumption rate as the vehicle drives during the first event; and

upload the actual energy consumption rate to the server.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2021
From: WESTON, KEITH; DIAMOND, BRENDAN F.; LEWANDOWSKI, ANDREW DENIS; BARRETT, JORDAN
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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Continuity (1)
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