Patent ID: 11858513
Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. A controller for generating a target operational speed band for a host vehicle travelling along a route, the controller comprising:
processing means for receiving an input to identify a first time-dependent obstacle at a first location on the route, the first time-dependent obstacle including a target vehicle travelling along at least a portion of the route, and the first time-dependent obstacle being identified as hindering progress of the host vehicle during a first time period; and
memory means connected to the processing means;
wherein the processing means is configured to:
define the first time-dependent obstacle in a two-dimensional speed against distance map;
determine a first speed trajectory from a first point to a second point within the two-dimensional speed against distance map, the second point representing the first location on the route and the determined first speed trajectory representing the host vehicle arriving at the first location at a first arrival time, the first arrival time being outside the first time period; and
generate the target operational speed band;

wherein the first speed trajectory forms one of an upper limit and a lower limit of the target operational speed band; and the first speed trajectory is defined by a first acceleration limit of the host vehicle, and
wherein the first time period comprises a time period during which the target vehicle is predicted as travelling on a section of the route identified as being unfavorable for performing an overtaking maneuver.