Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method of estimating available driving distance
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Application No.: US14503961Application Date: 2014-10-01
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Publication No.: US09612130B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Yimin Liu , Michael Edward Loftus , Perry Robinson MacNeille
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Frank A. MacKenzie
- Main IPC: G01C21/34
- IPC: G01C21/34 ; G01C21/36

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a powertrain having a battery-powered electric machine. The vehicle also includes a controller programmed to display, on a geographical map, at least one contour line indicating an available driving distance from a current location. The distance of the contour line from the current location is based on energy stored within the battery and predicted energy consumption due to driving along each of a plurality of possible routes originating from the current location. The predicted energy consumption is updated based on energy depletion events that occur during driving.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160097652A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING AVAILABLE DRIVING DISTANCE Public/Granted day:2016-04-07
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