Apparatus and method for vehicle economy improvement

US11193778B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Webfleet Solutions B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Paul Roeland Verheijen · Heemstede, NL
• Gianfranco Santoro · Barcelona, ES
• Jasper Johannes Anthonius Pauwelussen · The Hague, NL
• Michael Süß · Leipzig, DE
• Marco Wedekind · Leipzig, DE
• Steffen Orlowsky · Dessau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 7, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/60
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of determining a coasting area is disclosed, together with methods of providing coasting information to a vehicle driver; coasting being when the vehicle is allowed to decelerate or to roll without being under power. In embodiments, the coasting area is determined by: determining an end point location of a coasting area based upon a location in map data of an expected decrease in speed of a vehicle traversing a road network represented by the map data; determining a start point location of the coasting area based on at least one attribute associated with the map data proximal to the end point location; and generating coasting information indicative of the coasting area having the start point and end point locations. In other embodiments, coasting information is provided to a driver by: determining a location of a coasting area based on a location of a navigation device; and determining whether to output information indicative of the coasting area based on a current speed of travel of the navigation device and, if so, outputting an indication of the coasting area.