Motor vehicle with a computer device for generating a graphical user interface
The proposed invention relates to methods for controlling energy consumption by a motor vehicle, and can be used in transportation industry. The technical problem to be solved by the claimed invention is to provide a motor vehicle that do not possess the drawbacks of the prior art and thus make it possible to generate an accurate energy-efficient track for a motor vehicle that allows to reduce energy consumption by the motor vehicle on the specific portion of the route, as well as to reliably signal about energy consumption by the motor vehicle and the ways of reducing its energy consumption.
1. A vehicle in operation comprising at least:
a moving device;
an engine that is connected to and actuates the moving device;
a motion control system that is adapted to control the engine of the vehicle in operation, the system comprising at least:
a computer device for generating a graphical user interface (GUI), comprising at least:
a CPU and a memory that stores program code that, when executed, induces the CPU to perform steps according to a method for generating a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising at least the following steps:
detecting a current location of the vehicle in operation on a portion of a route and a current speed of the vehicle in operation on the portion of the route within a range of a pre-generated energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation, wherein the energy-efficient track comprises at least an estimated location of the vehicle in operation on the portion of the route and an estimated speed of the vehicle in operation on the portion of the route that is associated with the estimated location of the vehicle in operation on the portion of the route; wherein the current speed of the vehicle in operation is determined for the current location of the vehicle in operation; and wherein the current location of the vehicle in operation on the portion of the route corresponds to its estimated location on the portion of the route;
comparing the current speed of the vehicle in operation with the estimated speed of the vehicle in operation;
generating a control signal for displaying a first graphical element that corresponds to a match between the current speed of the vehicle in operation and the estimated speed of the vehicle in operation;
and generating a control signal for displaying a second graphical element that corresponds to a mismatch between the current speed of the vehicle in operation and the estimated speed of the vehicle in operation;
wherein the computer device is adapted to receive at least the pre-generated energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation from an external server configured to generate an energy-efficient track;
wherein the pre-generated energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation further contains an estimated state of a speed control element of the vehicle in operation, the speed control element being or selected from one of the following: an accelerator pedal of the vehicle in operation, a brake pedal of the vehicle in operation, a retarder of the vehicle in operation, an intarder of the vehicle in operation, a compression brake of the vehicle in operation, a decompression brake of the vehicle in operation, or a gearbox of the vehicle in operation, or a combination thereof;
wherein the estimated state of the speed control element of the vehicle in operation corresponds to the estimated speed of the vehicle in operation, associated with the estimated location of the vehicle in operation on the portion of the route;
wherein the method implemented by the CPU of the computer device further comprises the following steps:
determining a current state of the speed control element of the vehicle in operation, wherein the current state of the speed control element of the vehicle in operation corresponds to the current speed of the vehicle in operation, associated with the current location of the vehicle in operation;
comparing the current state of the speed control element of the vehicle in operation with its estimated state;
wherein the step of generating a control signal for displaying the first graphical element that corresponds to a match between the current speed of the vehicle in operation and the estimated speed of the vehicle in operation and generating a control signal for displaying the second graphical element that corresponds to a mismatch between the current speed of the vehicle in operation and the estimated speed of the vehicle in operation involves generating a control signal to display a third graphical element that corresponds to a match between the current state of the speed control element of the vehicle in operation and its estimated state and also involves generating a control signal to display a fourth graphical element that corresponds to a mismatch between the current state of the speed control element of the vehicle in operation and its estimated state.
2. The vehicle in operation of claim 1 , characterized in that the pre-generated energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation is obtained by means of a CPU of the external server implementing a method for generating an energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation, the method comprising the following steps:
collecting primary data that involves obtaining data associated with a first motor vehicle, data associated with the portion of the route to be passed by the first motor vehicle, and data associated with the vehicle in operation, wherein the vehicle in operation passes the portion of the route after the first motor vehicle;
collecting secondary data that involves generating a track of the first motor vehicle, wherein said track is generated based on how the first motor vehicle passed the portion of the route;
generating an energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation, wherein the energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation is generated based on the track generated for the first motor vehicle;
wherein the generated energy-efficient track comprises at least an estimated location of the vehicle in operation on the portion of the route and an estimated speed of the vehicle in operation on the portion of the route that is associated with the estimated location of the vehicle in operation on the portion of the route.
3. The vehicle in operation of claim 2 , characterized in that the pre-generated energy-efficient track further comprises a speed profile of the vehicle in operation, wherein the speed profile comprises a first preferred speed range for the vehicle in operation within the portion of the route.
4. The vehicle in operation of claim 3 , wherein the first and second graphical elements are displayed on an area of a display screen, and characterized in that the first graphical element comprises:
a first GUI element, which is a visually bounded area, wherein its boundaries are determined in accordance with the boundaries of the first preferred speed range for the vehicle in operation within the given portion of the route, and wherein its boundaries are not the boundaries of the display screen area;
a second GUI element, which is a graphic symbol displayed on the screen, wherein the position of the second GUI element on the screen conforms to the current speed of the vehicle in operation, which is within the first preferred speed range for the vehicle in operation within the given portion of the route, and wherein the second GUI element is displayed within the area of the first GUI element;
and the vehicle in operation is further characterized in that the second graphical element comprises:
a first GUI element, which is a visually bounded area, wherein its boundaries are determined in accordance with the boundaries of the first preferred speed range for the vehicle in operation within the given portion of the route, and wherein its boundaries are not the boundaries of the display screen area;
a third GUI element, which is a graphic symbol displayed on the screen, wherein the position of the third GUI element on the screen conforms to the current speed of the vehicle in operation, which is outside the first preferred speed range for the vehicle in operation within the given portion of the route, and wherein the third GUI element is displayed outside the area of the first GUI element or on its boundary.
5. The device of claim 2 , characterized in that the pre-generated energy-efficient track further comprises a speed profile of the vehicle in operation, wherein the speed profile contains a first preferred speed range for the vehicle in operation within the portion of the route, and further characterized in that the method implemented by the external server's CPU further comprises a step of generating an adjustment energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation, wherein the adjustment energy-efficient track is generated based on the energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation, and wherein the step of generating an adjustment energy-efficient track comprises at least the following steps:
determining a current location of the vehicle in operation, wherein the current location of the vehicle in operation does not correspond to its estimated location on the portion of the route;
determining an adjustment portion of the route including start and end coordinates, wherein its start coordinates match the current location of the vehicle in operation and its end coordinates match start coordinates of the portion of the route, for which the energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation was generated, and wherein the start coordinates of the portion of the route, for which the energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation was generated, are located in direction of movement of the vehicle in operation;
collecting primary adjustment data, which involves obtaining data associated with the vehicle in operation and data associated with the adjustment portion of the route;
generating an adjustment energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation, wherein the adjustment energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation contains at least an estimated speed profile of the vehicle in operation on the adjustment portion of the route, and wherein the estimated speed profile of the vehicle in operation contains a second preferred speed range for the vehicle in operation generated in such a way that when the vehicle in operation is moving at any of the speeds from the second preferred speed range, its speed at the start coordinates of the portion of the route, for which the energy-efficient track for the vehicle in operation was generated, matches any of the speeds from the first preferred speed range for the vehicle in operation.
6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the first and second graphical elements are displayed on an area of a display screen, and characterized in that the first graphical element comprises:
a first GUI element, which is a visually bounded area, wherein its boundaries are determined in accordance with the boundaries of the first preferred speed range for the vehicle in operation within the given portion of the route, and wherein the boundaries of said area are not the boundaries of the display screen area;
a second GUI element, which is a graphic symbol displayed on the screen, wherein the position of the second GUI element on the screen conforms to the current speed of the vehicle in operation, which is within the first preferred speed range for the vehicle in operation within the given portion of the route, and wherein the second GUI element is displayed within the area of the first GUI element;
and the vehicle in operation is further characterized in that the second graphical element comprises:
a fourth GUI element, which is a visually bounded area, wherein its boundaries are determined in accordance with the boundaries of the second preferred speed range for the vehicle in operation within the adjustment portion of the route, and wherein the boundaries of said area are not the boundaries of the display screen area;
a fifth GUI element, which is a graphical symbol displayed on the screen, wherein the position of the fifth GUI element on the screen conforms to the current speed of the vehicle in operation, which is within the second preferred speed range for the vehicle in operation within the adjustment portion of the route, and wherein the fifth GUI element is displayed within the area of the fourth GUI element;
a sixth GUI element, which is a graphical symbol displayed on the screen, wherein the position of the sixth GUI element on the screen conforms to the current speed of the vehicle in operation, which is outside the second preferred speed range for the vehicle in operation within the adjustment portion of the route, and wherein the sixth GUI element is displayed outside the area of the fourth GUI element or on its boundary.
7. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , characterized in that the first graphical element and the second graphical element have different colors.
8. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , characterized in that the first graphical element and the second graphical element are displayed on a display of the computer device.
9. The motor vehicle of claim 8 , characterized in that the display is integrated into a vehicle dashboard.
10. The motor vehicle of claim 8 , characterized in that the display is a device for projecting visual information onto a windshield of the motor vehicle.
11. The motor vehicle of claim 8 , characterized in that the display is a device for projecting visual information onto a head-up display (HUD).
12. The motor vehicle of claim 8 , characterized in that the display is integrated into a head unit of the motor vehicle.
13. The motor vehicle of claim 8 , characterized in that the display is a user device equipped with a HUD.