Abstract: The method comprises, for a given route between a starting point and a destination, and for an arrival at the destination at a given desired time: a preliminary step of determining and recording a plurality of vehicle mission profiles, at least a first instant during the journey, a step of determining an instantaneous position of the vehicle at this first instant and a desired time remaining to reach the destination, a step of identifying, among the mission profiles, the mission profile(s) whose curves are closest to the desired time remaining at the instantaneous position of the vehicle, and a step of determining new driving parameters to follow a new mission profile, the new mission profile being determined on the basis of the determined mission profiles.

Abstract: The method comprises, for a given route between a starting point and a destination, and for an arrival at the destination at a given desired time: a preliminary step of determining and recording a plurality of vehicle mission profiles, at least a first instant during the journey, a step of determining an instantaneous position of the vehicle at this first instant and a desired time remaining to reach the destination, a step of identifying, among the mission profiles, the mission profile(s) whose curves are closest to the desired time remaining at the instantaneous position of the vehicle, and a step of determining new driving parameters to follow a new mission profile, the new mission profile being determined on the basis of the determined mission profiles.

Abstract: A chopper control apparatus including a measurement device which measures the mean value of an output magnitude of the chopper, and a regulator which controls the supply of control square-waves for the chopper on the basis of measurement results supplied by the measurement device and a reference magnitude, so as to make the mean value equal to the reference magnitude. The measurement device includes a device which generates a sampling signal having pulses whose positions, relative to the control square-waves, are determined so that the pulses coincide with the output magnitude passing through its mean value. The measurement device further includes a sampling device which samples the output magnitude based on the sampling signal.

Abstract: A method is provided for asynchronous motor control by closed-loop variation of magnetic induction flux as a function of a desired value in which the closed-loop variation includes flux measurement on the basis of measurement of motor voltage and current and determination of a measured flux value obtained using said measurements and characteristic parameters of said motor in accordance with the motor operating equations, the method including the steps of obtaining the measured flux for an arbitrarily fixed value of at least one of said parameters wich may significantly differ from the actual value thereof and of then correcting the desired value in order to compensate for this possible difference.

Abstract: A method and device are provided for estimating the magnetic induction flux of an asynchronous electric motor, notably for enabling said motor to be controlled by magnetic induction flux regulation, the method consisting of measuring the motor voltage and current, calculating a flux, defining a measured flux, using the operating equations for said motor and employing said measured values and predetermined values for characteristic parameters of said motor, one of which at least, being fixed arbitrarily, may differ considerably from the actual value thereof, and on the basis of said measured flux, calculating a flux defined as the estimated flux and which can be identified with the actual flux through the use of an expression deduced from said motor operating equations as a function of said measured flux, and from characteristic parameters of said motor other than said parameter having a arbitrarily fixed value which may differ considerably from said actual value, and if necessary from said voltage or current