US 11,772,678 B2
Method for outputting recommendations for energy efficient operation of a vehicle using an assistance system comprised by the vehicle
Steven Peters, Schwieberdingen (DE); Reiner Paetzold, Göppingen (DE); Teresa Botschen, Althengstett (DE); Alexander Schmitt, Sindelfingen (DE); Frank Nebel, Stuttgart (DE); Stefan Ultes, Walsdorf (DE); Wolfgang Maier, Tübingen (DE); and Ingo Kreuz, Aidlingen-Dachtel (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/920,431
Filed by MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/059627
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/213855, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 110 866.4 (DE), filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0124291 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/16 (2020.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/16 (2013.01) [B60W 50/082 (2013.01); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/30 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by an assistance system for outputting recommendations for energy efficient operation of a vehicle with the assistance system and having at least two operating modes, from which an operating mode is respectively selected by a drive controller of the assistance system, depending on specified triggers, for operating the vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving, by the drive controller, values measured by sensors of the vehicle;
comparing, by the drive controller, at least one of the values measured by one of the sensors of the vehicle to at least one trigger value;
determining, by the drive controller based on the comparison of the at least one of the values measured by one of the sensors of the vehicle to the at least one trigger value, that a current operating mode of the vehicle should be changed;
changing, by the drive controller responsive to a determination that the current operating mode of the vehicle should be changed, an operating mode of the vehicle from the current operating mode to a second operating mode, wherein the current operating mode and the second operating mode are part of the at least two operating modes;
incrementing, by a computer unit, a frequency of the change of operating mode at every determination of the change of the operating mode caused by the trigger;
analyzing, by the computer unit, the frequency of change of the operating mode by comparing the frequency of the change of operating mode with a predetermined value;
generating, by the computer unit depending on a result of the comparison, a message about the change of the operating mode; and
outputting the message via at least one output comprised by the vehicle,
wherein, in a user profile, the frequency of the change of the operating mode associated with a most recently active operating mode or the selected operating mode and the trigger that led to the change of the operating mode is saved in a data field.