Patent Document ID: 8838304
Application ID: 13538794
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for determining an optimal run-curve for a vehicle under a constraint of travel time T along a route between two locations and controlling the vehicle to minimize consumption of energy, comprising off-line pre-processing and real-time processing, wherein the off-line preprocessing comprises the steps of: generating a set of pairs of weights and corresponding travel times, wherein, for each weight and each travel time in each pair, the weight minimizes the energy consumed by the vehicle as a function of the travel time; storing, the pairs of weights and the corresponding travel times in a memory; and wherein the real-time processing comprises the steps of: receiving a specific travel time; determining the weight for the specific travel time using the set of weights; generating the run-curve for the vehicle based on the weight for the specific travel time, and operating the vehicle based on said run curve wherein the steps are performed in a processor.