公开(公告)号：US20190338849A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-07

申请号：US16517824

申请日：2019-07-22

Applicant: Cummins Inc.

Inventor： Apurva A. Chunodkar ,  Zachary A. Knutson ,  Kenneth M. Follen ,  Vivek A. Sujan

IPC: F16H61/02 ,  B60W30/14 ,  B60W50/00

Abstract: A control system, apparatus, and method integrates vehicle speed management and predicted gear shifting of a vehicle by determining current and future engine power requirements from the current and forward-looking route conditions to improve performance, drivability, and/or fuel economy of the vehicle over what is achievable through conventional gear state selection via static calibration tables and conventional shifting strategies. The selection of the vehicle reference speed is responsive to a gear selection to provide increased fuel economy, decreased trip time or combinations thereof.

公开(公告)号：US20190283765A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-19

申请号：US16432254

申请日：2019-06-05

Applicant: Cummins Inc.

Inventor： Archit N. Koti ,  Jairo Andres Sandoval Leon ,  Vivek Anand Sujan ,  Patrick J. Shook ,  Apurva Arvind Chunodkar ,  Kenneth M. Follen

IPC: B60W40/105 ,  G08G1/01 ,  G08G1/052 ,  B60W40/04 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: Disclosed are various techniques to optimize load delivery management of multiple vehicles along route. The optimization can involve evaluating vehicle-in-front information along with look ahead data to determine a recommended speed target and/or idle stop times and durations. The optimization can also involve determining bottleneck conditions from one or more vehicles and/or one or more infrastructure conditions and providing one or more recommended actions in response thereto.

公开(公告)号：US10399569B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US15342948

申请日：2016-11-03

Applicant: Cummins Inc.

Inventor： Joseph R. Dynes ,  Daniel Reed Dempsey ,  Kenneth M. Follen ,  Howard Robert Frost ,  Oruganti Prashanth Sharma ,  Ian Fredrick Lowry ,  Nathanael G. Long

IPC: B60W10/02 ,  B60W30/18 ,  B60W30/14

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus includes management of coasting during operation of a vehicle equipped with a predictive cruise control system.

公开(公告)号：US20190130765A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-02

申请号：US16176805

申请日：2018-10-31

Applicant: Cummins Inc.

Inventor： Pinak Jayant Tulpule ,  Govindarajan Kothandaraman ,  Edmund P. Hodzen ,  Kenneth M. Follen ,  Archit N. Koti

IPC: G08G1/00 ,  G08G1/0967 ,  G05D1/02 ,  H04W4/44 ,  H04W4/46

Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses for inter-vehicle communication, fusion of sensor information, and information sharing resulting from inter-vehicle communication are disclosed along with control of one or more vehicles in response to information from one or more other vehicles.

公开(公告)号：US09658077B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US14927162

申请日：2015-10-29

Applicant: Cummins Inc.

Inventor： An Wu ,  Kenneth M. Follen ,  Howard Robert Frost ,  Suk-Min Moon ,  Vivek A. Sujan ,  Phani Vajapeyazula

IPC: G06F7/70 ,  G08B29/00 ,  G01C21/34 ,  B67D7/04 ,  B67D7/30 ,  B67D7/22 ,  G07C5/08 ,  G01C21/36 ,  B60W40/00 ,  G06Q10/04

CPC classification number: G01C21/3469 ,  B60W40/00 ,  B67D7/04 ,  B67D7/221 ,  B67D7/302 ,  G01C21/3415 ,  G01C21/3492 ,  G01C21/3679 ,  G06Q10/04 ,  G07C5/0808

Abstract: An apparatus remotely provides refueling management instructions for a vehicle. One or more initial vehicle parameters are determined, including an initial quantity of fuel, a plurality of route parameters including a starting point, an ending point and an estimated average fuel efficiency of the vehicle, and a plurality of refueling parameters including one or more refueling locations. The sufficiency of an initial quantity of fuel is evaluated in relation to the estimated average fuel efficiency and a distance to be traveled by the vehicle equal to a difference between the ending point and the starting point. One or more current vehicle parameters are interpreted at a first predetermined time, a refueling agenda is created, and an associated predetermined refueling amount at each of the identified one or more refueling locations is determined.