Method for determining a maximum value for a parameter range of a driving operation parameter of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11945334-B2
Application number	US-202117385200-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2021
Priority date	Nov 24, 2020
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

A method for determining a maximum value for a parameter range of a driving operation parameter of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle includes a control device, at least one electric traction motor, an electric energy storage device which can be operated in an operating temperature range for operating the traction motor, and at least one temperature sensor for determining a temperature of the energy storage device. The control device determines the maximum value as a function of a current temperature of the energy storage device determined by the temperature sensor in such a manner that, after the approach of a destination known to the control device and/or after a journey over a predetermined distance with the driving operation parameter restricted by the maximum value of the parameter range, a predicted temperature of the energy storage device lies within a charging temperature range.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for determining a maximum value for a parameter range of a driving operation parameter of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle comprises a control device, a traction motor, an energy storage device, and a temperature sensor, the method comprising:
determining, with the temperature sensor, a temperature of the energy storage device;
determining, with a control device, whether a predicted temperature of the energy storage device lies within a charging temperature range, wherein the charging temperature range is a subrange of an operating temperature range and includes at least one temperature with a charging power maximum for charging the energy storage device;
displaying, with a display device, a difference between a predicted charging duration for a temperature within the charging temperature range and a predicted charging duration for a temperature above the charging temperature range but within the operating temperature range; and
throttling, with the control device, a speed of the motor vehicle to reduce a temperature of the energy storage device within the charging temperature range.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of a speed of the motor vehicle and an acceleration of the motor vehicle is used as driving operation parameters.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, with the control device, the maximum value when at least one triggering criterion is fulfilled.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein a distance between a current vehicle position and a destination to be approached is used as a triggering criterion and the triggering criterion is fulfilled after the distance falls below a distance limit value.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein a residual range of distance resulting from a state of charge of the energy storage device is used as a triggering criterion, wherein the triggering criterion is fulfilled after the residual range falls below a range limit value.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, on the display device, operating information after the maximum value has been determined.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
when speed is used as the driving operation parameter, displaying, on the display device, the operating information only after the maximum value is below a threshold for the driving operation parameter for a current position of the motor vehicle.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
when a driver activates an accelerator pedal, limiting, with the control device, the driving operation parameter to the maximum value.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
displaying, to the driver, restriction of the driving operation parameter.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
performing, with the control device, an autonomous driving operation of the motor vehicle, wherein the driving operation parameter is set to be less than or equal to the maximum value during autonomous driving operation.

11. A motor vehicle comprising:
an electric traction motor;
an energy storage device configured to operate in an operating temperature range for operating the electric traction motor;
a temperature sensor configured to determine a temperature of the energy storage device;
a control device configured to
determine whether a predicted temperature of the energy storage device lies within a charging temperature range, wherein the charging temperature range is a subrange of an operating temperature range and includes at least one temperature with a charging power maximum for charging the energy storage device,
throttle speed of the motor vehicle reduce a temperature of the energy storage device within the charging temperature range; and
a display device configured to display a difference between a predicted charging duration for a temperature within the charging temperature range and a predicted charging duration for a temperature above the charging temperature range but within the operating temperature range.

12. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
determining, with the control device, the maximum value when at least one triggering criterion monitored by the control device, is fulfilled.

13. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a residual range of distance resulting from a state of charge of the energy storage device is used as a triggering criterion, wherein the triggering criterion is fulfilled after the residual range falls below a range limit value.

14. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
displaying, on the display device, operating information after the maximum value has been determined.

15. The method according to claim 3 further comprising:
displaying, on the display device, operating information after the maximum value has been determined.

16. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising:
displaying, on the display device, operating information after the maximum value has been determined.

17. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
displaying, on the display device, operating information after the maximum value has been determined.

18. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
when speed is used as a driving operation parameter, displaying, on the display device, operating information only after the maximum value is below a value for the driving operation parameter for a current position of the motor vehicle.

19. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
when a driver activates an accelerator pedal, limiting, with the control device, the driving operation parameter to the maximum value.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Bock Florian
• Grabowski Michael

Classifications

• B60K35/29

  Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions · CPC title

• B60K35/28 Primary

  characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60L58/12 Primary

  responding to state of charge [SoC] · CPC title

• B60K35/00

  Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles · CPC title