Virtual clutch temperature gauge
AssigneeEaton Cummins Automated Transmission Tech., LLC
InventorsJeffrey Bosscher, Charles Ganske
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Abstract
An apparatus (a controller), and systems and methods for management of inputs, determination of a calculated clutch temperature, and control of action related to the clutch of a transmission system, and notification improvements to a user associated therewith are disclosed. In particular, a clutch calculator circuit is augmented by a machine learning component that employs a machine learning technique and provides a projected clutch temperature as a basis for actions to be taken.
Claims20
A system for clutch temperature generation and utilization, comprising:
- a rule set that receives as input at least a first set of operational inputs and a second set of operational inputs wherein the second set of operational inputs include at least one of a vehicle state condition, a geolocation condition, and a traffic situation condition, that employs a set of rules for calculating a projected clutch temperature from the at least first set of operational inputs, and that provides for actions to be taken based on the calculated projected clutch temperature;
- a clutch calculator circuit that calculates the clutch temperature based at least in part on the first set and the rule set, and calculates the projected clutch temperature associated with a subset of the rule set with operations related to the provided actions to be taken, wherein the clutch calculator circuit is augmented by a machine learning component that employs a machine learning technique on at least the second set of operational inputs to update the rule set;
- a clutch control circuit that operates according to the calculated projected clutch temperature and that operates a clutch according to at least the rule set;
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- a display that provides to a user of the system a set of indicators of at least the calculated projected clutch temperature and of a set of temperatures for which the provided actions to be taken are demarcated.
An apparatus for providing a calculated projected clutch temperature, comprising:
- an input mechanism for receiving at least a first set of operational inputs, and a second set of operational inputs wherein the second set of operational inputs include at least one of a vehicle state condition, a geolocation condition, and a traffic situation condition,
- a rule set that comprises a set of rules to calculate a projected clutch temperature and a set of actions to be taken based on the calculated projected clutch temperature,
- a calculator circuit that calculates the projected clutch temperature based on the rule set and the first and second sets of operational inputs, wherein the calculator circuit is augmented by a machine learning component that employs a machine learning technique on at least the second set of operational inputs to update the rule set;
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- an output mechanism that outputs the calculated projected clutch temperature.
A method of providing control of a clutch based at least in part on calculated projected clutch temperature, the method comprising:
- providing a rule set for taking actions based on the calculated projected clutch temperature, wherein the rule set receives as input at least a first set of operational inputs and a second set of operational inputs wherein the second set of operational inputs include at least one of a vehicle state condition, a geolocation condition, and a traffic situation condition, and wherein a clutch calculator circuit is augmented by a machine learning component that employs a machine learning technique on at least the second set of operational inputs to update the rule set;
- displaying, on a display, a set of indicators of at least the calculated projected clutch temperature and of a set of temperatures for which the actions to be taken by the rule set;
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- operating a clutch based on the rule set according to the calculated projected clutch temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.