Patent ID: 8393944
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: A63F,G01C

Abstract:
1. In a computing system comprising a processing unit and storage, a method for optimizing a path of a racing line along a track, the method being implemented by executing via the processing unit instructions stored in the storage, the method comprising: deriving, by executing instructions via the processing unit, a function of curvature of a base racing line along the track; deriving, by executing instructions via the processing unit, a function for lap time following the base racing line along a section of the track; substituting, by executing instructions via the processing unit, the function of curvature into the function for lap time; introducing, by executing instructions via the processing unit, a pin point on the track; minimizing, by executing instructions via the processing unit, the function for lap time including the function for curvature, the minimizing operation comprising constraining an optimizing operation to force the racing line to pass through the pin point; and constructing, by executing instructions via the processing unit a racing line based upon output of the minimizing operation.