US 12,447,983 B2
Method, system and vehicle for improving driving efficiency
Santhosh Kumar Thimmanna Bhattar, Karnataka (IN); Parveez Khuzama, Karnataka (IN); and Divyashree Y, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on May 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/312,225.
Claims priority of application No. 22172408 (EP), filed on May 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356732 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/04 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/85 (2024.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/045 (2013.01) [B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/85 (2024.01); B60W 50/085 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for improving driving efficiency for a first host vehicle with at least one propulsion unit and at least one energy storage unit, wherein the method comprises:
determining a first set of parameters regarding the first host vehicle which affects driving efficiency before a driving session with the first host vehicle is initiated and providing input indicative of the first set of parameters to a user interface or an autonomous or semi-autonomous driving system of the first host vehicle;
monitoring a second set of parameters which affects driving efficiency during the driving session of the first host vehicle;
comparing parameters of the first and second set of parameters with corresponding parameters received from at least one second host vehicle, and in response to identified differences between parameters of the first and second host vehicle; and
providing input indicative thereof to the user interface or the autonomous or semi-autonomous driving system of the first host vehicle.