US 12,269,349 B2
Apparatus and method for controlling operation of electric vehicle
Hyun Seung Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Se Hee Byun, Seoul (KR); In Keun Seo, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Sil Lo Jin, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Kefico Corporation, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Appl. No. 17/912,302
Filed by Hyundai Kefico Corporation, Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/003305
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/187894, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0033140 (KR), filed on Mar. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158894 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01)
CPC B60L 15/20 (2013.01) [B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); B60L 2240/642 (2013.01); B60L 2240/68 (2013.01); B60L 2250/26 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for controlling operation of an electric vehicle comprising:
a control device including a controller and a storage unit, the storage unit configured to store instructions that, when executed by the controller, cause the control device to:
operate the electric vehicle;
collect information about battery operation and status;
collect manipulation information of a driver on the electric vehicle;
drive a driving motor of the electric vehicle according to the collected manipulation information of the driver; and
perform derating for reducing a ratio of a power amount of the driving motor to a throttle opening according to the collected information by reducing an overall slope of a function line of the throttle opening and an output torque amount.