Technique for calculating distance to empty in electric vehicle

1. A method for calculating Distance to Empty (DTE) in an electric vehicle, comprising:

calculating, by a controller, a learning DTE by blending an average fuel efficiency stored during a past charge cycle and an average fuel efficiency within a current single charge cycle;

calculating, by the controller, a section DTE using an average fuel efficiency over a certain section within the current single charge cycle; and

simultaneously displaying, by the controller, the learning DTE and the section DTE on a cluster,

wherein the calculating of the learning DTE comprises:

calculating a past driving average fuel efficiency (R 0 );

calculating an air conditioning average energy consumption rate (R_AC) during past driving;

calculating a past driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) from the past driving average fuel efficiency (R 0 ) and the air conditioning average energy consumption rate (R_AC), assuming an air conditioning apparatus is unused;

calculating a current driving fuel efficiency (R 2 );

blending the past driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) and the current driving fuel efficiency (R 2 ); and

calculating a final learning DTE from a driving fuel efficiency (R 3 ) obtained by the blending of the past driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) and the current driving fuel efficiency (R 2 ).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blending of the past driving average fuel efficiency and the current driving fuel efficiency comprises calculating the driving fuel efficiency (R 3 ) using a weighted average method in which weighted values are applied to the past driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) and the current driving fuel efficiency (R 2 ).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the calculating of the final learning DTE from the driving fuel efficiency (R 3 ) obtained by the blending comprises:

converting current power consumed by the air conditioning apparatus into a fuel efficiency (R 4 ) corresponding to vehicle driving;

calculating a final fuel efficiency (R 5 ) that reflects the fuel efficiency (R 4 ) corresponding to the vehicle driving on the driving fuel efficiency (R 3 ) obtained by the blending; and

calculating the final learning DTE from the final fuel efficiency (R 5 ).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the calculating of the section DTE comprises:

calculating a driving average fuel efficiency (R 0 ) over a certain section;

calculating an air conditioning average energy consumption rate (R_AC) over the certain section;

calculating a driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) over the certain section from the driving average fuel efficiency (R 0 ) over the certain section and the air conditioning average energy consumption rate (R_AC) over the certain section, assuming an air conditioning apparatus is unused;

converting current power consumed by the air conditioning apparatus into a fuel efficiency (R 3 ) corresponding to vehicle driving;

calculating a final fuel efficiency (R 4 ) over a certain section from the driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) over the certain section and the fuel efficiency (R 3 ) corresponding to the vehicle driving; and

calculating a final section DTE from the final fuel efficiency (R 4 ).

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) over the certain section obtained by assuming the air conditioning apparatus is unused is calculated from map data in which the driving average fuel efficiency (R 0 ) over the certain section and the air conditioning average energy consumption rate (R_AC) over the certain section are inputted.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the calculating of the final fuel efficiency (R 4 ) over the certain section is performed by subtracting the fuel efficiency (R 3 ) corresponding to the vehicle driving from the driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) over the certain section.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the final section DTE is calculated by multiplying the final fuel efficiency (R 4 ) by a value obtained by subtracting a set value from a current battery State Of Charge (SOC).

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a processor or controller, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that calculate a learning Distance to Empty (DTE) by blending an average fuel efficiency stored during a past charge cycle and an average fuel efficiency within a current single charge cycle;

program instructions that calculate a section DTE using an average fuel efficiency over a certain section within the current single charge cycle; and

program instructions that simultaneously display the learning DTE and the section DTE on a cluster,

wherein the program instructions that calculate the learning DTE include:

program instructions that calculate a past driving average fuel efficiency (R 0 );

program instructions that calculate an air conditioning average energy consumption rate (R_AC) during past driving;

program instructions that calculate a past driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) from the past driving average fuel efficiency (R 0 ) and the air conditioning average energy consumption rate (R_AC), assuming an air conditioning apparatus is unused;

program instructions that calculate a current driving fuel efficiency (R 2 );

program instructions that blend the past driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) and the current driving fuel efficiency (R 2 ); and

program instructions that calculate a final learning DTE from a driving fuel efficiency (R 3 ) obtained by the blending of the past driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) and the current driving fuel efficiency (R 2 ).

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions that blend the past driving average fuel efficiency and the current driving fuel efficiency includes program instructions that calculate the driving fuel efficiency (R 3 ) using a weighted average method in which weighted values are applied to the past driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) and the current driving fuel efficiency (R 2 ).

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions that calculate the final learning DTE from the driving fuel efficiency (R 3 ) obtained by the blending include:

program instructions that convert current power consumed by the air conditioning apparatus into a fuel efficiency (R 4 ) corresponding to vehicle driving;

program instructions that calculate a final fuel efficiency (R 5 ) that reflects the fuel efficiency (R 4 ) corresponding to the vehicle driving on the driving fuel efficiency (R 3 ) obtained by the blending; and

program instructions that calculate the final learning DTE from the final fuel efficiency (R 5 ).

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions that calculate the section DTE comprises:

program instructions that calculate a driving average fuel efficiency (R 0 ) over a certain section;

program instructions that calculate an air conditioning average energy consumption rate (R_AC) over the certain section;

program instructions that calculate a driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) over the certain section from the driving average fuel efficiency (R 0 ) over the certain section and the air conditioning average energy consumption rate (R_AC) over the certain section, assuming an air conditioning apparatus is unused;

program instructions that convert current power consumed by the air conditioning apparatus into a fuel efficiency (R 3 ) corresponding to vehicle driving;

program instructions that calculate a final fuel efficiency (R 4 ) over a certain section from the driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) over the certain section and the fuel efficiency (R 3 ) corresponding to the vehicle driving; and

program instructions that calculate a final section DTE from the final fuel efficiency (R 4 ).

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) over the certain section obtained by assuming the air conditioning apparatus is unused is calculated from map data in which the driving average fuel efficiency (R 0 ) over the certain section and the air conditioning average energy consumption rate (R_AC) over the certain section are inputted.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the program instructions that calculate the final fuel efficiency (R 4 ) over the certain section is performed by subtracting the fuel efficiency (R 3 ) corresponding to the vehicle driving from the driving average fuel efficiency (R 1 ) over the certain section.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the final section DTE is calculated by multiplying the final fuel efficiency (R 4 ) by a value obtained by subtracting a set value from a current battery State Of Charge (SOC).