Device and method for operating a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9610942-B2
Application number	US-201214357482-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2012
Priority date	Nov 15, 2011
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

A device for operating a vehicle includes: a vehicle movement module for forming control signals for a control unit of an actuating system of the vehicle; an energy management module for managing energy which is available for a vehicle operation, the energy management module being configured to form further control signals for the control unit as a function of the available energy, and a prioritizer for prioritizing the control signals over the further control signals as a function of a vehicle position and/or a vehicle movement state for stabilizing the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for operating a vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle movement module for forming first control signals for a control unit of an actuating system of the vehicle;
an energy management module for managing energy which is available for a vehicle operation from at least one of i) available fuel, and ii) stored electrical energy, wherein the energy management module is configured to form second control signals for the control unit as a function of the available energy;
a prioritizer for prioritizing the first control signals over the second control signals as a function of at least one of a vehicle position and a vehicle movement state, for stabilizing the vehicle; and
wherein the prioritizer is integrated into the vehicle movement module, and the vehicle movement module includes an actuator interface for the control unit and an energy management interface for the energy management module.

2. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the energy management module includes a data detection module for detecting data which are relevant for calculating a vehicle driving strategy, the data detection module being configured to assign a quality factor to the detected data, and wherein the energy management module is configured to form the second control signals as a function of the detected data and the assigned quality factor.

3. The device as recited in claim 2 , wherein the energy management module includes a human-machine interface for providing a vehicle driving instruction in accordance with the available energy.

4. A method for operating a vehicle, comprising:
forming, by a vehicle movement module, first control signals for a control unit of an actuating system of the vehicle;
forming, by an energy management module for managing energy which is available for a vehicle operation from at least one of i) available fuel, and ii) available stored electrical energy, second control signals for the control unit as a function of the available energy;
prioritizing, by a prioritizer, the first control signals over the second control signals as a function of the vehicle position for stabilizing the vehicle;
wherein the prioritizer is integrated into the vehicle movement module, and the vehicle movement module includes an actuator interface for the control unit and an energy management interface for the energy management module.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 , wherein the energy management module detects data which are relevant for calculating a vehicle driving strategy and which are assigned a quality factor, and wherein the second control signals are formed as a function of the detected data and the assigned quality factor.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 , wherein the energy management module provides a vehicle driving instruction with the aid of a human-machine interface in accordance with the available energy.

7. A system for operating a vehicle, comprising:
a control unit of an actuating system of the vehicle;
a vehicle movement module for forming first control signals for the control unit of the actuating system of the vehicle;
an energy management module for managing energy which is available for a vehicle operation from at least one of i) available fuel, and ii) available stored electrical energy, wherein the energy management module is configured to form second control signals for the control unit as a function of the available energy; and
a prioritizer for prioritizing the first control signals over the second control signals as a function of at least one of a vehicle position and a vehicle movement state, for stabilizing the vehicle;
wherein the vehicle movement module includes an actuator interface for the control unit and an energy management interface for the energy management module, wherein the control unit of the actuating system is coupled to the actuator interface and the energy management module is coupled to the energy management interface.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing a computer program having program codes which, when executed on a computer, perform a method for operating a vehicle, the method comprising:
forming, by a vehicle movement module, first control signals for a control unit of an actuating system of the vehicle;
forming, by an energy management module for managing energy which is available for a vehicle operation from at least one of i) available fuel, and ii) available stored electrical energy, second control signals for the control unit as a function of the available energy; and
prioritizing, by a prioritizer, the first control signals over the second control signals as a function of the vehicle position for stabilizing the vehicle;
wherein the prioritizer is integrated into the vehicle movement module, and the vehicle movement module includes an actuator interface for the control unit and an energy management interface for the energy management module.

9. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the energy management module determines a vehicle driving strategy to minimize a fuel quantity consumption or electrical energy consumption by the vehicle.

10. The method as recited in 4 , wherein the energy management module determines a vehicle driving strategy to minimize a fuel quantity consumption or electrical energy consumption by the vehicle.

11. The system as recited in claim 7 , wherein the energy management module determines a vehicle driving strategy to minimize a fuel quantity consumption or electrical energy consumption by the vehicle.

Assignees

• Poechmueller Werner
• Nordbruch Stefan
• Lapp Andreas
• Knoop Michael
• Sommer Tino
• Stolz Wolfgang
• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Poechmueller Werner
• Nordbruch Stefan
• Lapp Andreas
• Knoop Michael
• Sommer Tino
• Stolz Wolfgang

Classifications

• B60W2552/05

  Type of road, e.g. motorways, local streets, paved or unpaved roads · CPC title

• B60W2552/20

  Road profile, i.e. the change in elevation or curvature of a plurality of continuous road segments · CPC title

• B60W2556/50

  of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data · CPC title

• B60W2555/20

  Ambient conditions, e.g. wind or rain · CPC title

• B60W2050/0091

  of control inputs · CPC title