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

Claim 0:
1. An energy management system for an electric autonomous vehicle, 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 and arranged to transmit an input signal to the processor relating to a travel destination for the vehicle corresponding to manipulation of the pre-allocation input mechanism by an operator;
a navigation module in electronic communication with the processor and configured to receive a wireless signal from a satellite network relating to a current location of the vehicle;
at least one autonomous input mechanism powered by the battery and in electronic communication with the processor, wherein the at least one autonomous input mechanism is one of a camera, lidar, or radar, and with the at least one autonomous input mechanism arranged to transmit an autonomous signal to the processor relating to dynamic conditions for autonomous operation of the vehicle;
wherein the processor is programmed to:
determine a route between the current location and the travel destination;
assign 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;
perform autonomous operation of the vehicle along the route; and
selectively reduce usage of the at least one autonomous input mechanism 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.