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US 10,093,299 B2Granted
Route-vehicle road load management and/or operator notification thereof
AssigneeCummins Inc.
InventorsVivek Anand Sujan, Phani Vajapeyazula, Kenneth Follen, An Wu, Barty L. Moffett, Howard Robert Frost, Suk-Min Moon, Jaidev Khatri, Wesley M. Mays
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Abstract
A vehicle may include a controller configured to control the vehicle to operate in an active control mode or a passive control mode. In the passive control mode, the controller may provide a feedback indicator on a human machine interface. In the active control mode, the controller may provide a control command to an engine control unit.
Claims38
A method, comprising:
- receiving, with a cycle efficiency management (CEM) module, conditions of a vehicle including an operator defined parameter, a fuel amount, a weather condition, a current vehicle condition, and a route condition;
- determining, with the CEM module, one or more vehicle trip conditions based on at least one of the fuel amount, the weather condition, the route condition, the current vehicle condition, and the operator defined parameter;
- determining, with the CEM module, to switch an operation mode of the vehicle from an active control mode to a passive control mode or from the passive control mode to the active control mode based on the one or more vehicle trip conditions and at least one of the fuel amount, the weather condition, the route condition, the current vehicle condition, and the operator defined parameter;
- and
- controlling, with the CEM module, the vehicle to operate in the operation mode determined by the CEM module,
- wherein controlling the vehicle in the passive control mode includes:
- determining, with the CEM module, an operator feedback command based on at least one of the fuel amount, the weather condition, the route condition, the current vehicle condition, and the operator defined parameter,
- providing the operator feedback command from the CEM module to a human machine interface (HMI), and
- providing, with the human machine interface, a feedback indicator based on the operator feedback command,
- wherein controlling the vehicle in the active control mode includes:
- determining, with the CEM module, a control command based on the one or more vehicle trip conditions and at least one of the fuel amount, the weather condition, the route condition, the current vehicle condition, and the operator defined parameter, and
- providing the control command from the CEM module to an engine control unit for controlling, at least one aspect of the vehicle based on the control command.
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A system, comprising:
- a vehicle including an internal combustion engine;
- a controller in electrical communication with the internal combustion engine,
- wherein the controller is structured to:
- receive signals indicating conditions of the vehicle including an operator defined parameter, a fuel amount, a weather condition, a current vehicle condition, and a route condition;
- determine one or more vehicle trip conditions based on at least one of the fuel amount, the weather condition, the route condition, the current vehicle condition, and the operator defined parameter;
- determine to switch an operation mode based of the vehicle from an active control mode to a passive control mode or from the passive control mode to the active control mode on the one or more vehicle trip conditions and at least one of the fuel amount, the weather condition, the route condition, the current vehicle condition, and the operator defined parameter;
- and
- control the vehicle to operate in the determined operation mode,
- wherein the passive control mode includes:
- determining an operator feedback commands based on at least one of the fuel amount, the weather condition, the route condition, the current vehicle condition, and the operator defined parameter,
- providing the operator feedback command from the controller to a human machine interface (HMI), and
- providing, with the human machine interface, a feedback indicator based on the operator feedback command,
- wherein the active control mode includes:
- determining a control command based on the one or more vehicle trip conditions and at least one of the fuel amount, the weather condition, the route condition, the current vehicle condition, and the operator defined parameter, and
- providing the control command to an engine control unit for controlling at least one aspect of the vehicle based on the control command.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving operation conditions a cycle efficiency management (CEM) module;
- determining, with the CEM module, one or more vehicle trip conditions based on the operation conditions;
- determining, with the CEM module, to switch an operation mode of a vehicle from an active control mode to a passive control mode or from the passive control mode to die active control mode based on the one or more vehicle trip conditions and at least one of the operation conditions;
- and
- controlling, with the CEM module, the vehicle to operate in the operation mode determined by the CEM module,
- wherein controlling the vehicle in the passive control mode includes:
- determining an operator feedback command based on at least one of the operation conditions,
- providing the operator feedback command to a human machine interface, and
- providing, with the human machine interface, a feedback indicator based on the operator feedback command,
- wherein controlling the vehicle in the active control mode includes:
- determining a control command based on the one or more vehicle trip conditions and at least one of the operation conditions;
- and
- providing the control command to an engine control unit for controlling at least one aspect of the vehicle based on the control command.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.