1. A navigation system (100) for a vehicle, the navigation system (100)
comprising:
a communication interface (102) configured to receive information in
5 relation to a travel destination of the vehicle from a user;
a control unit (104) communicatively coupled to the communication
interface (102), the control unit (104) being configured to:
receive the information relating to the travel destination of the vehicle
from the communication interface (102);
10 predict a required energy consumption by the vehicle to reach the
travel destination;
compare the predicted energy consumption by the vehicle with a
quantity of available energy of one or more energy sources in the
vehicle; and
15 selectively activate one of a plurality of navigation modes based on
the comparison of the predicted energy consumption by the vehicle
and the quantity of available energy of the one or more energy
sources in the vehicle.
20 2. The navigation system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control
unit (104) being configured to:
predict the required energy consumption by the vehicle to reach the travel
destination;
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compare the predicted energy consumption by the vehicle with the
quantity of available energy of the one or more energy sources in the
vehicle; and
activate a first navigation mode if the predicted energy consumption by
5 the vehicle is greater than the quantity of available energy of the one or
more energy sources in the vehicle.
3. The navigation system (100) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first
navigation mode corresponds to navigation from a source location to one
10 or more energy replenishment locations.
4. The navigation system (100) as claimed in claim 3, wherein the control
unit (104) is configured to select the one or more energy replenishment
locations based on the quantity of available energy of the one or more
15 energy sources in the vehicle.
5. The navigation system (100) as claimed in claim 4, wherein the control
unit (104) being configured to provide an option to the user to navigate to
the one or more energy replenishment locations before the travel
20 destination on a route to the travel destination.
6. The navigation system (100) as claimed in claim 4, wherein the control
unit (104) being configured to optimize and recommend navigation to the
one or more energy replenishment locations based on grid load and
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availability of energy source at the one or more energy replenishment
locations.
7. The navigation system (100) as claimed in claim 4, wherein the control
5 unit (104) being configured to optimize and recommend navigation to the
one or more energy replenishment locations based on:
a distance remaining to the travel destination, and
information pertaining to one or more types of energy sources available
at each of the one or more energy replenishment locations, and at least
10 one of a speed of energy replenishment and a real-time queue at each
of the one or more energy replenishment locations extracted from one or
more databases (106).
8. The navigation system (100) as claimed in claim 4, wherein the control
15 unit (104) being configured to:
receive historical data pertaining to one or more of usage of each of the
one or more energy replenishment locations, speed of energy
replenishment at each of the one or more energy replenishment
locations, and a traffic pattern near each of the one or more energy
20 replenishment locations from one or more databases (106);
predict an availability of each of the one or more energy replenishment
locations and a waiting time at each of the one or more energy
replenishment locations based on the historical data; and
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recommend navigation to the one or more energy replenishment
locations based on said prediction.
9. The navigation system (100) as claimed in claim 3, wherein the one or
5 more energy replenishment locations being one or more of a fuelling
station, a battery charging station and a battery swapping station.
10. The navigation system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
control unit (104) being configured to:
10 predict the required energy consumption by the vehicle to reach the travel
destination;
compare the predicted energy consumption by the vehicle with the
quantity of available energy of the one or more energy sources in the
vehicle; and
15 activate a second navigation mode if the predicted energy consumption
by the vehicle is less than the quantity of available energy of the one or
more energy sources in the vehicle.
11. The navigation system (100) as claimed in claim 10, wherein the
20 second navigation mode corresponds to navigation from a source
location to the travel destination.
12. A method of navigation for a vehicle, the method comprising the
steps of:
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receiving, by a communication interface (102), information in relation to
a travel destination of the vehicle from a user;
receiving, by a control unit (104) communicatively coupled to the
communication interface (102), the information relating to the travel
5 destination of the vehicle from the communication interface (102);
predicting, by the control unit (104), a required energy consumption by
the vehicle to reach the travel destination;
comparing, by the control unit (104), the predicted energy consumption
by the vehicle with a quantity of available energy of one or more energy
10 sources in the vehicle; and
selectively activating, by the control unit (104), one of a plurality of
navigation modes based on the comparison of the predicted energy
consumption by the vehicle and the quantity of available energy of the
one or more energy sources in the vehicle.
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13. The method as claimed in claim 12, the method comprising the steps
of:
predicting, by the control unit (104), the required energy consumption by
the vehicle to reach the travel destination;
20 comparing, by the control unit (104), the predicted energy consumption
by the vehicle with the quantity of available energy of the one or more
energy sources in the vehicle; and
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activating, by the control unit (104), a first navigation mode if the
predicted energy consumption by the vehicle is greater than the quantity
of available energy of the one or more energy sources in the vehicle.
5 14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first navigation mode
corresponds to navigation from a source to one or more energy
replenishment locations.
15. The method as claimed in claim 14, comprising the step of selecting,
10 by the control unit (104), the one or more energy replenishment locations
based on the quantity of available energy of the one or more energy
sources in the vehicle.
16. The method as claimed in claim 14, comprising the step of providing,
15 by the control unit (104), an option to the user to navigate to the one or
more energy replenishment locations before the travel destination on a
route to the travel destination.
17. The method as claimed in claim 14, comprising the step of optimizing
20 and recommending, by the control unit (104), navigation to the one or
more energy replenishment locations based on grid load and availability
of energy source at the one or more energy replenishment locations.
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18. The method as claimed in claim 14, comprising the step of optimizing
and recommending, by the control unit (104), navigation to the one or
more energy replenishment locations based on:
a distance remaining to the travel destination, and
5 information pertaining to one or more types of energy sources available
at each of the one or more energy replenishment locations, and at least
one of a speed of energy replenishment and a real-time queue at each
of the one or more energy replenishment locations extracted from one or
more databases (106).
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19. The method as claimed in claim 14, comprising the steps of:
receiving, by the control unit (104), historical data pertaining to one or
more of usage of each of the one or more energy replenishment
locations, speed of energy replenishment at each of the one or more
15 energy replenishment locations, and a traffic pattern near each of the one
or more energy replenishment locations from one or more databases
(106);
predicting, by the control unit (104), an availability of each of the one or
more energy replenishment locations and a waiting time at each of the
20 one or more energy replenishment locations based on the historical data;
and
recommending, by the control unit (104), navigation to the one or more
energy replenishment locations based on said prediction.
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20. The method as claimed in claim 12, comprising the steps of:
predicting, by the control unit (104), the required energy consumption by
the vehicle to reach the travel destination;
comparing, by the control unit (104), the predicted energy consumption
5 by the vehicle with the quantity of available energy of the one or more
energy sources in the vehicle; and
activating, by the control unit (104), a second navigation mode if the
predicted energy consumption by the vehicle is less than the quantity of
available energy of the one or more energy sources in the vehicle.
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21. The method as claimed in claim 20, wherein the second navigation
mode corresponds to navigation from a source to the travel destination.