PLoS ONE (Jan 2021)

The intelligent engine start-stop trigger system based on the actual road running status.

  • Xinhuan Zhang,
  • Hongjie Liu,
  • Chengyuan Mao,
  • Junqing Shi,
  • Guolian Meng,
  • Jinhong Wu,
  • Yuran Pan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253201
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 6
p. e0253201

Abstract

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With the rapid development of urbanization and the popularization of the vehicle, the frequent occurrence of traffic jams results in idling fuel waste, environmental pollution, and other issues. In order to alleviate these problems, engine start-stop technology has been widely used in different types of vehicles in recent years. However, current start-stop trigger technology has many deficiencies, such as mistaken triggering and frequent engine start-stop, which greatly reduces user driving experience, causing most of them to deactivate this system. The intelligent engine start-stop trigger (IEST) system based on the actual road running status was established by building the image recognition model and the digital traffic analysis model in order to solve this problem. A system test shows that IEST can avoid frequently engine starting and stopping. The results show that IEST could effectively improve the driving experience and reduce engine fuel consumption, and it promotes conventional engine start-stop technology.