3158results about "Driver interactions" patented technology

A vehicle includes a chassis including a frame rail extending longitudinally, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis and configured to support an operator, an electric motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, a battery configured to supply electrical energy to the electric motor, a heat exchanger, a cable electrically coupling the electric motor and the battery, and a conduit fluidly coupling the battery and the heat exchanger. The cable and the conduit extend laterally from the battery to the frame rail, and the cable and the conduit extend longitudinally along the frame rail.

A method of controlling drift of a vehicle in which the vehicle more easily enters, maintains, releases, and transitions drift behavior, includes determining, by a controller, whether a current driving situation of the vehicle is a drift entry situation or a release situation based on vehicle driving information, and generating a drift index configured to indicate a current degree of drift from a determination result, determining, by the controller, a target yaw moment for left and right speed control depending on a driving situation or a braking situation of the vehicle and target yaw moments for drift assistance control depending on a driver input and a vehicle state in the drift entry situation, based on the vehicle driving information, and generating and outputting, by the controller, a target torque of a motor configured to drive each wheel of the vehicle based on the determined target yaw moments.

A refuse vehicle includes a cab, a refuse compartment, a chassis, a high voltage power distribution unit (HVPDU) including a battery, a plurality of cables and a manual service disconnect. The manual service disconnect is accessed via a through hole of a wheel well of the refuse vehicle. The refuse vehicle further includes a platform removably coupled to the chassis and the HVPDU and configured to enclose the high voltage power distribution unit.

A battery charging system includes a charging rack comprising multiple receptacle, multiple battery assemblies. Each of the battery assemblies includes a housing having a handle, rechargeable battery cells disposed within the housing, and a mating feature protruding away from the housing, wherein the mating feature is configured to selectively connect the battery assembly with the receptacle of the charging rack and includes multiple ports electrically connected to the battery cells and configured receive power from the charging rack to charge the battery cells, and wherein the handle comprises a release button configured to selectively disengage the battery assembly from the receptacle of the charging rack.

A “one-pedal rocking mode” for extricating an electric vehicle from a stuck condition is implemented by: receiving, via a human-machine interface (HMI) of the electric vehicle, an indication of a user selection to activate the one-pedal rocking mode; operating the electric vehicle in the one-pedal rocking mode responsive to detecting movement of an accelerator pedal of the electric vehicle; controlling at least one electric motor of the electric vehicle to: (i) apply a forward torque to corresponding drive wheels when the accelerator pedal is in a first pedal position that exceeds a forward threshold, (ii) apply a reverse torque to the corresponding drive wheels when the accelerator pedal is in a second pedal position that is less than or equal to the forward threshold; and exiting the one-pedal rocking mode by switching operations of the electric vehicle to a second operating mode responsive to detecting an exit condition.

The invention provides a distributed electric drive vehicle four-wheel differential torque enhanced steering control method and system, and belongs to the technical field of artificial intelligence risk prediction. The vehicle is provided with an upper-layer torque decision module, a lower-layer torque cooperation module and a vehicle-mounted sensor; selecting a pivot steering auxiliary strategy according to an actual driving scene, and pressing a function key to enter a working condition; vehicle dynamic information is obtained through a vehicle-mounted sensor, whether a vehicle is in an in-situ steering state or a small-radius steering state is judged by combining vehicle body static data, and when a selected function key is in an in-situ steering state or a small-radius steering state, the vehicle dynamic information is obtained in real time, and fuzzy reasoning and a neural network algorithm are combined. The ground attachment coefficient and the target yaw angle speed are intelligently judged, and therefore accurate control over the steering torque is achieved; or a double-controller structure is adopted, the torque of each wheel can be effectively distributed and adjusted under complex working conditions, and flexible control and stable running of the vehicle in a narrow space are ensured.

The invention discloses a fault diagnosis and early warning method for an intelligent thermal management system of a power battery, and relates to the technical field of new energy automobile power battery safety. Comprising the following steps executed in sequence: S1) based on real-time monitoring data of a distributed temperature sensor in a battery module, constructing a dynamic space-time neural field model through an adaptive graph neural network, and generating a thermal field fingerprint representing a thermal propagation topology mode; according to the fault diagnosis and early warning method for the intelligent thermal management system of the power battery, a dynamic space-time neural field model is constructed, a sub-DEG C weak thermal abnormal signal is accurately captured, and a micro short circuit fault is recognized in advance in combination with electric heating delay analysis, so that the problem that a fault precursor signal is submerged by a complex working condition is solved; a double-channel verification mechanism depends on double mutual verification of physical law rigid constraint and intelligent residual feature recognition, the misjudgment risk caused by cooling system fluctuation and sensor noise is eliminated, and the early warning accuracy is improved.

A vehicle including an energy storage device and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry detects a charging session being initiated to charge the energy storage device. The processing circuitry further obtains a current state of charge (SoC) associated with the energy storage device and first vehicle usage information that indicates a usage of the vehicle over a historical time-interval. The processing circuitry further predicts vehicle usage over a first time-interval based on the obtained first vehicle usage information and rate the charging session at current time-instance based on the predicted vehicle usage and the current SoC. The processing circuitry further generates an alternate charging plan based on the charging session at the current time-instance being rated suboptimal and outputs the generated alternate charging plan at the current time-instance.

To communicate a plurality of settings for battery temperature adjustment in an easy-to-understand manner, thereby suppressing a deterioration in usability.SOLUTION: A battery temperature adjustment system includes: a cooling / heating device for adjusting a temperature of a battery; a processor; and a display device. Setting modes of the cooling / heating device include: a navigation-triggered temperature adjustment mode, as a setting in which, with a fact, as a trigger, that a travel route of an electric vehicle includes a charging facility, the temperature of the battery is adjusted to be within a first temperature range suitable for charging upon arrival at the facility; and an operation-triggered temperature adjustment mode, as a setting in which, when there is received predetermined operation by a user of the electric vehicle for adjusting the temperature of the battery within a second temperature range suitable for charging / traveling, the temperature of the battery is adjusted within the second temperature range. The display device includes a common element in display in each of the navigation / operation-triggered temperature adjustment modes, and adds a specific element to the common element in one of the navigation / operation-triggered temperature adjustment modes. The processor controls the display device such that: the common element is displayed in each of the navigation / operation-triggered temperature adjustment modes; and the specific element is displayed in the one thereof.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

An example operation includes one or more of reserving an available charging point at a charging station for a vehicle at an arrival time at the charging station when one other charging point at the charging station will be available for one other vehicle in a time less than a threshold time after the arrival time.

This disclosure provides an improved universal interchangeable battery for electric vehicles forming part of a battery swapping ecosystem that includes electric vehicles, swappable batteries, a charging / swap station, a battery adaptor for reliable charging and communication, and a mobile application for managing battery swapping within a fleet and a network of charging stations, enabling efficient and user-friendly battery exchanges.

An electric vehicle charging recommendation system is disclosed. The system comprises a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver is configured to receive a request from a user interface associated with a vehicle user. The request includes one or more of vehicle route information and vehicle State of Charge (SoC) level. The processor is configured to generate a geofence, and obtain real-time operator charging amounts from charging station operators located in the geofence. The processor is further configured to determine that a charging demand in the geofence is less than a predetermined threshold value, and activate a first mode when the charging demand is less than the predetermined threshold value. The processor is further configured to generate a first list of recommended charging stations based on the real-time operator charging amounts responsive to the activation of the first mode, and transmit the first list to the user interface.

A vehicle acceleration control method, includes: obtaining a change rate of an accelerator pedal opening degree of an accelerator pedal and a remaining energy value of a vehicle in a racetrack mode; determining a target torque compensation value based on the change rate of the accelerator pedal opening degree and the remaining energy value of the vehicle; and controlling the vehicle to accelerate based on a sum of the target torque compensation value and a maximum output torque value.

The invention relates to a charging pile system, a power scheduling method and device thereof and computer equipment. The method comprises the steps that under the condition that a first charging gun is connected with a load, a switch of an access between the first charging gun and a target power module is closed, a target charging gun corresponding to the target power module is different from the first charging gun, and the target charging gun is in an idle state; and under the condition that the charging demand power of the first charging gun is greater than the output power of the first power module, controlling at least one target power module to provide charging power for the first charging gun. The target power module can be quickly used for providing power for the first charging gun, so that the response speed to the power requirement is improved, and the charging efficiency is improved.

The invention relates to a vehicle control method and device, a vehicle and a medium, and relates to the technical field of control. The control method comprises the steps that according to the first pedal opening degree of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle, the acceleration intention of a driver of the vehicle is determined; according to the acceleration intention and the running speed of the vehicle corresponding to the first pedal opening degree, a correction coefficient corresponding to the first pedal opening degree is determined; determining a second pedal opening degree according to the correction coefficient and the first pedal opening degree; and performing acceleration control on the vehicle according to the second pedal opening degree. According to the technical scheme, the energy utilization rate of the vehicle can be increased.

Described are examples of a modular charging system. In one example, a modular charging system includes a base charging module configured to provide alternating current (“AC”) charging capabilities to charge a battery via a charging port. The base charging system is configured to be selectively connected to an AC backup module that additionally enables AC discharging capabilities to send electricity from the battery to a residential electrical system and / or a direct-current (“DC”) grid integration module that additionally enables DC discharging capabilities to send electricity from the battery to a utility grid and DC charging capabilities to charge the battery.

A method of determining the capability of a nonlinear aircraft power source includes accessing status values representing a current state of an energy storage system in an aircraft, accessing demand values related to expected power demands on the energy storage system, modeling an ongoing status of the energy storage system using the status values and the demand values to predict when one of the status values will reach a threshold value, and providing an output of a capability of the aircraft based on the status value reaching the threshold value.

An energy conversion device comprises: an electric motor, an electronic control, a traction battery and a controller. The controller is configured to control all bridge arms corresponding to windings of the electric motor, so that the collaboration of driving and battery self-heating is achieved, and the crest and trough of an actual N line current flowing through an N line of the electric motor to counteract or are superposed with the crest and trough of an actual phase current flowing through each phase of winding of the electric motor, thus reducing or increasing the amplitudes of the actual phase current of each phase of winding at the crest and trough, and thereby providing a greater phase current for the electric motor so as to drive the electric motor. Thus, the torque output by the electric motor is greater.

The present disclosure relates to techniques for scheduling electric vehicle (EV) charging sessions using an EV charger scheduling service. A method includes presenting a user interface on a client computing device, which prompts an end-user to select a time slot for using an EV charger. Upon receiving the selected time slot, the scheduling service reserves the EV charger for the end-user. The service then receives a signal indicating that an EV is connected to the charger during the reserved time. In response, the user interface is updated with a control element that, when activated by the end-user, instructs the scheduling service to command the EV charger to initiate power delivery. The method enhances the efficiency of EV charging station utilization and provides end-users with a convenient and controlled charging experience.

The invention discloses an electric vehicle endurance dynamic optimization system and management method based on multi-source data fusion, and the system comprises a vehicle data acquisition module, an energy consumption prediction module, a dynamic optimization module and a feedback module: the vehicle data acquisition module is used for collecting and preprocessing multi-source data of an electric vehicle; the energy consumption prediction module is used for predicting the endurance of the electric vehicle according to the multi-source data acquired by the vehicle data acquisition module and predicting the residual endurance distance; the dynamic optimization module is used for evaluating the charging stations on the planned route of the electric vehicle according to the prediction result of the energy consumption prediction module and generating a charging station recommendation sequence according to the evaluation result; the feedback module is used for feeding back to the user according to the charging station recommendation sequence of the dynamic optimization module; according to the method, the accuracy of endurance calculation is improved by combining the actual terrain; and furthermore, by introducing the electricity price and the queuing time cost, the practicability of the charging recommendation scheme is improved, and the user experience is further improved.

To solve the problem that large commercial electric vehicles with range extenders require a large-capacity battery and a motor generator with high output power, which limits the number of passengers and loaded cargo, and generates large amounts of exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine of the power plant, a planned power generation and energy storage control technique is applied, in which, as a method for estimating the amount of power generation required during travel and the pre-travel power generation distance in a route plan of an electric vehicle with range extenders, assuming that travel from the starting point to the destination is carried out using exactly the energy stored in the battery, an absolute value in which a minimum storage requirement (SCL) of the battery has been deducted from a negative energy storage quantity (SOC) of the battery at the destination,as the amount of energy generation required during the journey, whereby a reduction in the installed secondary battery and the installed generator is preferably achieved by correcting the route plan during the journey.

The structure and operation of a logistical system for charging electrical vehicles (EVs) are described. The logistical system may include synergistically interacting hardware and software components on a computer of a charging service, a plurality of EVs, and a plurality of charging stations. Charge information describing conditions of a battery of an EV, and EV location information, may be sent to the charging service computer. An application operating on the EV and / or driver's mobile device may receive data from the charging service, which may include a location of a charging station capable of charging the EV and an estimated charging time and / or cost for the battery charging. Charging stations, in communication with the charging service, provide information that assists the charging service to select an appropriate charging station. Mobile charging-vehicles may be directed to particularly needed locations by the charging service, and may charge electrically assisted bicycles and other vehicles.

The invention provides a vehicle slope sliding dynamic control method and system based on multiple modes. The method comprises the steps that running state parameters of a vehicle are obtained in real time, wherein the running state parameters comprise the actual rotating speed of a motor, the actual torque of the motor, gear information, the opening degree of an accelerator pedal, the opening degree of a brake pedal and vehicle fault information; on the basis of the running state parameters, the ramp sliding state of the vehicle is determined; according to the ramp sliding state, a parking control mode of the vehicle is dynamically selected, and the instantaneous motor actual torque of the vehicle at the corresponding moment is obtained and stored when the parking control mode is switched; and on the basis of the parking control mode, the actual torque of the motor, the vehicle load and operation of a driver, a motor control instruction used for adjusting the target torque of the motor or used for controlling and releasing the parking action is generated, so that anti-slip control in the vehicle starting process is achieved.

A braking assist method for a vehicle is described and includes receiving a brake switch signal indicative of a state of a mechanical brake actuation system; receiving a motor speed signal indicative of a speed of a traction motor, the traction motor for applying rotational torque to a wheel of the vehicle; determining from changes in a value of the received motor speed signal over time a rate of change of the traction motor speed; and, based on a determination that the mechanical brake actuation system is in an on state and that the rate of change of the traction motor speed is decreasing, commanding the traction motor to apply a supplemental braking torque to the wheel.

A charging door provided with a projection lamp and a method of controlling projection of the same, includes a base, a charging door panel, a connection member, and a projection lamp module, wherein a charging port is formed in the base, and a vehicle is charged through the charging port, the charging door panel is pivotably mounted to the base, the connection member connects the base and the charging door panel with each other, and a mounting hole is formed in the connection member, and the projection lamp module is mounted in the mounting hole of the connection member, and the projection lamp module is electrically connected to a controller to be turned on or off according to a command signal of the controller and to project light of a predetermined color, based on a command signal of the controller.

An example braking control method is provided, including: obtaining a vehicle speed and a required braking force of a vehicle; determining a target braking force based on the vehicle speed and the required braking force; and determining a first execution braking force and a second execution braking force based on the target braking force, where the first execution braking force is provided through energy regeneration, and the second execution braking force is provided by a braking system. Further, a related apparatus is provided.

To adjust a temperature of a battery within a temperature range suitable for charging upon arrival at a battery charging facility; and to suppress additional power consumption due to temperature adjustment in response to battery temperature adjustment operation.SOLUTION: A battery temperature adjustment system includes: a cooling / heating device for adjusting a temperature of a battery; and a processor. Setting modes of the cooling / heating device include: a navigation-triggered temperature adjustment mode, as a setting in which, with a fact, as a trigger, that a travel route of an electric vehicle includes a charging facility, the temperature of the battery is adjusted to be within a first temperature range suitable for charging upon arrival at the facility; and an operation-triggered temperature adjustment mode, as a setting in which, when there is received predetermined operation by a user of the electric vehicle for adjusting the temperature of the battery within a second temperature range suitable for charging or traveling, the temperature of the battery is adjusted within the second temperature range. The processor controls the cooling / heating device to adjust the temperature of the battery according to the setting mode, and gives priority to the navigation-triggered temperature adjustment mode if the travel route includes the facility when the setting mode is the operation-triggered temperature adjustment mode (S153-5).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7