Patent ID: 9493089
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B60L,H01M,H02J,Y02E,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing power consumption of battery cells in a vehicle as it traverses a route, the route being divided into a plurality of road segments, comprising: defining, by a battery manager, a power requirement model for battery cells powering the vehicle, where the power requirement model having one or more coefficients and outputs a power requirement for the battery cells as a function of velocity of the vehicle, acceleration of the vehicle and slope of road; identifying, by the battery manager, a given road segment from the plurality of road segments; estimating, by the battery manager, coefficients for the power requirement model using a linear regression method; determining, by the battery manager, slope for the given road segment; predicting, by the battery manager, acceleration of the vehicle in the given road segment; calculating, by the battery manager, velocity of the vehicle in the given road segment; predicting, by the battery manager, power requirement for the battery cells in the given road segment, where the power requirement is predicted using the estimated coefficients, the slope for the given road segment, the predicted acceleration, the calculated velocity and the power requirement model; and configuring, by the battery manager, the battery cells in accordance with the predicted power requirement while the vehicle traverses the given road segment, where the battery manager is implemented by a computer processor.