Electric vehicle control systems, apparatus, and methods

Abstract

Environmentally friendly electrical vehicles are presented. The electrical vehicles include electrical low speed vehicles (LSVs) that may use sensed location data to obtain one or more operational profiles. The operational profiles may govern the behavior of the LSV in a specific environment, area, or zone to ensure the LSV reduces its impact on the local terrain. The LSV may leverage locally sensed data to form a local context in which the LSV is operating. The LSV's vehicular controller may refine the operational parameters of the operational profile to ensure smooth operation based on local conditions from the local context.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A vehicle comprising:
 at least one controllable motor;   a set of controllable wheels coupled with the at least one controllable motor; and   a vehicular controller including:
 at least one non-transitory, computer readable memory storing software instructions; and 
 at least one processor coupled with the at least one non-transitory, computer readable memory and with the at least one controllable motor, upon execution of the software instructions performing operations including: 
 obtaining location data from at least one location sensor; 
 providing a local vehicle context from local environmental data obtained from a plurality of sensors; 
 providing an operational profile using the location data and the local vehicle context for reduced environmental impact; 
 generating a set of wheel instructions for at least one motor from the operational profile; and 
 executing the set of wheel instructions to enable the at least one controllable motor to cause the set of controllable wheels to take corresponding actions. 
   
     
     
         2 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , further comprising a profile database, wherein the at least one non-transitory, computer readable memory stores the profile database. 
     
     
         3 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , wherein the set of controllable wheels comprise self-inflating tires. 
     
     
         4 . The vehicle of  claim 3 , wherein the set of wheel instructions comprises a tire pressure change instruction. 
     
     
         5 . The vehicle of  claim 4 , wherein execution of the tire pressure change instruction causes a decrease in pressure of at least one wheel. 
     
     
         6 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , wherein the operational profile satisfies a query based on the location data. 
     
     
         7 . The vehicle of  claim 6 , wherein the query comprises a geo-location generated from the location data. 
     
     
         8 . The vehicle of  claim 7 , wherein the geo-location comprises a GPS coordinate. 
     
     
         9 . The vehicle of  claim 6 , wherein the query comprises an S2 cell identifier generated from the location data. 
     
     
         10 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , wherein the set of wheel instructions comprises different instructions for at least two wheels in the set of controllable wheels. 
     
     
         11 . A method for controlling a vehicle, including:
 obtaining, by a vehicle controller of the vehicle, location data from at least one location sensor;   providing, by the vehicle controller, a local vehicle context from local environmental data obtained from a plurality of sensors;   providing, by the vehicle controller, an operational profile using the location data and the local vehicle context for reduced environmental impact;   generating, by the vehicle controller, a set of wheel instructions for at least one motor of the vehicle from the operational profile; and   executing, by a processor of the vehicle controller, the set of wheel instructions to enable the at least one motor to cause a set of controllable wheels of the vehicle to take corresponding actions.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 retrieving, by the vehicle controller, the operational profile from a profile database.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the set of controllable wheels comprise self-inflating tires. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the set of wheel instructions comprises a tire pressure change instruction. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein execution of the tire pressure change instruction causes a decrease in pressure of at least one wheel. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the operational profile satisfies a query based on the location data. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the query comprises a geo-location generated from the location data. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the geo-location comprises a GPS coordinate. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the query comprises an S2 cell identifier generated from the location data. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the set of wheel instructions comprises different instructions for at least two wheels in the set of controllable wheels.