US 12,240,437 B2
Method for operating a vehicle and vehicle operated by such a method
Philemon Chavrier, Lyons (FR); and Renaud Laperriere, Lyons (FR)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/596,920.
Claims priority of application No. 23160967.8 (EP), filed on Mar. 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0300471 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); G05D 1/69 (2024.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 10/06 (2013.01) [B60W 10/10 (2013.01); G05D 1/69 (2024.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60W 2540/043 (2020.02); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02); B60W 2710/0627 (2013.01); B60W 2710/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a main vehicle along a trajectory, the main vehicle belonging to a fleet of vehicles, the main vehicle comprising a powertrain controlled by a control unit, the method comprising:
analyzing, by an external server, consumption data of each vehicle of the fleet of vehicles having previously travelled on said trajectory;
based on the analyzed consumption data, identifying, by the external server, an improvable-consumption section of the trajectory, wherein identifying the improvable-consumption section comprises measuring the difference in consumption along the trajectory between the vehicles of the fleet having the highest consumption and the vehicles of the fleet having the lowest consumption, and determining on which section of the trajectory said difference is greater than a predetermined threshold, said section being the improvable-consumption section; and
providing to the control unit from the external server with instructions to restrict consumption of the powertrain on the improvable-consumption section.