Patents by Inventor Prashant Lokur

Prashant Lokur 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).

  • Patent number: 12337818
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a hybrid electric vehicle. According to the method, a route information is received in the form of a plurality of parameter sets, each parameter set relating to a segment of a route (S1). Subsequently, a power demand is estimated for each segment (S3) and a portion of an amount of energy being stored in the electric storage device is allocated to at least one of the segments. Alternatively or additionally, an amount of energy to be transferred into the electric storage device is allocated to at least one of the segments (S4). Additionally, at least one reference trajectory describing a state-of-energy of the electric storage device over the route resulting from the energy allocation is derived (S5). The operation of the hybrid electric vehicle is controlled as a function of a slope between a current state-of-energy and an upcoming control point on the reference trajectory (S7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Viktor Larsson, Prashant Lokur, Chih Feng Lee, Mitra Pourabdollah
  • Publication number: 20230150475
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a hybrid electric vehicle. According to the method, a route information is received in the form of a plurality of parameter sets, each parameter set relating to a segment of a route (S1). Subsequently, a power demand is estimated for each segment (S3) and a portion of an amount of energy being stored in the electric storage device is allocated to at least one of the segments. Alternatively or additionally, an amount of energy to be transferred into the electric storage device is allocated to at least one of the segments (S4). Additionally, at least one reference trajectory describing a state-of-energy of the electric storage device over the route resulting from the energy allocation is derived (S5). The operation of the hybrid electric vehicle is controlled as a function of a slope between a current state-of-energy and an upcoming control point on the reference trajectory (S7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Viktor Larsson, Prashant Lokur, Chih Feng Lee, Mitra Pourabdollah