Patent ID: 11873010
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A method of operating an energy management system for an electric autonomous vehicle, with the energy management system comprising a battery, a controller comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions, a pre-allocation input mechanism in electronic communication with the processor, a navigation module in electronic communication with the processor, and a plurality of autonomous input mechanisms powered by the battery and in electronic communication with the processor, with the plurality of autonomous input mechanisms arranged to each transmit an autonomous signal to the processor relating to dynamic conditions for autonomous operation of the vehicle, wherein the plurality of autonomous input mechanisms includes at least one camera and at least one lidar or radar, the method comprising:
manipulating the pre-allocation input mechanism by an operator;
transmitting an input signal from the pre-allocation input mechanism to the processor relating to a travel destination for the vehicle;
receiving a wireless signal from a satellite network relating to a current location of the vehicle;
determining a route between the current location and the travel destination;
assigning at least one scenario along the route, wherein the at least one scenario is defined as a maneuver complexity, a route complexity, a road quality indication, a congestion awareness, a weather condition, and a lighting condition;
performing autonomous operation of the vehicle along the route;
selectively reducing usage of the plurality of autonomous input mechanisms to reduce power consumption with the battery during autonomous operation of the vehicle while operating along the route in the at least one scenario based upon need of the autonomous signal along the route to autonomously operate the vehicle based on the maneuver complexity, the route complexity, the road quality indication, the congestion awareness, the weather condition, or the lighting condition, wherein reducing usage to the plurality of autonomous input mechanisms includes reducing a resolution, a field of view, and a frames per second of the camera, and reducing a range/signal strength, a field of view, and a cycle time of the radar and/or the lidar; and
overriding reducing usage of the plurality of autonomous input mechanisms by an input from at least one of the operator and a remote assistance network.