Patents by Inventor Frederic Bonnans

Frederic Bonnans has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for estimating the energy consumption of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9840160
    Abstract: A method for estimating energy consumption of a motor vehicle during a given journey, including: a) cutting the journey into portions of journey, b) allocating a setpoint speed to each portion of journey, as a function of at least one characteristic of the portion, c) estimating, for each portion of journey, an evolution of speed of the vehicle as a function of time, the speed being estimated as a function of at least one characteristic of the portion of journey and as a function of a predetermined driving behavior associated with the setpoint speed of the portion, to establish for a whole of the journey an estimation of the evolution of the speed of the vehicle as a function of time, d) estimating the energy consumption of the vehicle during the journey, as a function of the evolution of the estimated speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Giovanni Granato, Frederic Bonnans
  • METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140324328
    Abstract: A method for estimating energy consumption of a motor vehicle during a given journey, including: a) cutting the journey into portions of journey, b) allocating a setpoint speed to each portion of journey, as a function of at least one characteristic of the portion, c) estimating, for each portion of journey, an evolution of speed of the vehicle as a function of time, the speed being estimated as a function of at least one characteristic of the portion of journey and as a function of a predetermined driving behaviour associated with the setpoint speed of the portion, to establish for a whole of the journey an estimation of the evolution of the speed of the vehicle as a function of time, d) estimating the energy consumption of the vehicle during the journey, as a function of the evolution of the estimated speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Giovanni Granato, Frederic Bonnans