US 12,330,654 B2
Optimizing vehicle mobility performance
Vladimir V. Vantsevich, Worcester, MA (US); David J. Gorsich, Detroit Arsenal, MI (US); Lee Moradi, Worcester, MA (US); Jesse R. Paldan, Worcester, MA (US); and Masood Ghasemi, Worcester, MA (US)
Assigned to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA (US); The UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US); and Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA (US); and THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Birmingham, AL (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,916.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/304,329, filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0242120 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/188 (2012.01); B60W 40/10 (2012.01)
CPC B60W 30/18172 (2013.01) [B60W 30/188 (2013.01); B60W 40/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/26 (2013.01); B60W 2520/28 (2013.01); B60W 2552/15 (2020.02); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); B60W 2720/26 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A method comprising:
receiving a set of technical parameters associated with a wheel power for each of a first wheel and a second wheel of a vehicle, the set of technical parameters comprising a first technical parameter and a second technical parameter, wherein the first technical parameter comprises a wheel circumferential force and the second technical parameter comprises a velocity;
determining an optimal vehicle mobility performance by determining an optimal tire slippage for the first wheel based on the set of technical parameters and on a mobility performance index for the first wheel and individually determining an optimal tire slippage for the second wheel based on the set of technical parameters and on a mobility performance index for the second wheel; and
individually controlling the first wheel and the second wheel such that the vehicle operates at the determined optimal vehicle mobility performance.