US 12,479,329 B2
Systems and methods for identifying modifications to terrain characteristics of a worksite for battery performance
Michael D. Braunstein, Washington, IL (US)
Assigned to Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US)
Filed by Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/626,572.
Application 18/626,572 is a continuation of application No. 17/553,894, filed on Dec. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,993,174.
Prior Publication US 2024/0246450 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B60L 58/16 (2019.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 58/13 (2019.02) [B60L 58/16 (2019.02); G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01C 21/3469 (2013.01); B60L 2260/16 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
determining, using terrain data and battery usage data and/or battery health data, as well as battery usage data and battery health data for one or more related machines and one or more routes or portion thereof with related terrain characteristics to identify one or more modifications to be made to one or more of candidate route segments of a worksite to modify to improve battery usage and/or battery health for a vehicle upon future traversal of the one or more candidate route segments by the vehicle;
determining specific modification information to modify the one or more candidate route segments in order to improve battery usage and/or battery health based on a comparison of the battery usage data and the battery health data against at least said one or more candidate route segments;
controlling output of each of the determined one or more of the candidate route segments for which to modify for output relative to a map of the worksite displayed on a display;
controlling output of estimated battery usage improvement information and/or estimated battery health improvement information for at least one user-selected candidate route segment from among the determined one or more of the candidate route segments for output relative to the map of the worksite displayed on the display; and
outputting, via a network, signaling that includes instructions to modify the at least one selected candidate route segment to improve the battery usage and/or the battery health according to the estimated battery usage improvement information and/or estimated battery health improvement information and the specific modification information,
wherein said outputting signaling is to one or more vehicles to perform the modification to the selected at least one of the candidate route segment to improve the battery usage and/or the battery health.