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US 12,248,326 B2Granted
Roadside inducement assistance
AssigneeCummins Inc.
InventorJason N. Lawrence
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Abstract
A method of controlling vehicle inducement in response to an override request includes transmitting, by a controller, an override request to a remote computing device. The override request includes a fault condition resulting in a vehicle inducement that limits a performance parameter of the vehicle to a first value. The method additionally includes receiving, by the controller, instructions from the remote computing device in response to the override request. The instructions include an inducement calibration including a second value of the performance parameter. The method further includes controlling, by the controller, the vehicle inducement to limit the performance parameter of the vehicle to the second value.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a controller, a first set of sensor data regarding a fault condition;
- receiving, by the controller, location information of a vehicle;
- transmitting, by the controller, an override request comprising the fault condition to a remote computing device, the fault condition resulting in automatically enabling a vehicle inducement that limits a performance parameter of the vehicle to a first value based on the fault condition;
- receiving, by the controller, instructions from the remote computing device in response to the override request, the instructions comprising an inducement calibration, the inducement calibration structured to modify the vehicle inducement, the inducement calibration including a duration limit, the duration limit including a distance limit and a time limit, wherein the duration limit is based on a type of the fault condition and the distance limit is based on the location information;
- receiving, by the controller, a second set of sensor data regarding the fault condition responsive to receiving the instructions from the remote computing system;
- responsive to determining that the fault condition has been resolved based on the second set of sensor data regarding the fault condition and subsequent to receiving the inducement calibration, deactivating, by the controller, the vehicle inducement;
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- responsive to determining that the fault condition remains present based on the second set of sensor data regarding the fault condition and subsequent to receiving the inducement calibration:
- determining, by the controller, a second value of the performance parameter, wherein the second value of the performance parameter is greater than the first value based on a severity characteristic of the fault condition being at or below a severity threshold and based on the inducement calibration, and wherein the second value of the performance parameter is equal to the first value based on the severity characteristic of the fault condition being greater than the severity threshold such that the inducement calibration is denied;
- controlling, by the controller, the vehicle inducement to limit the performance parameter of the vehicle to the second value based on the severity characteristic of the fault condition being at or below the severity threshold and while a distance value of the vehicle is less than the distance limit and an amount of time since receiving the inducement calibration is less than the time limit;
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- subsequent to controlling the vehicle inducement based on the inducement calibration to limit the performance parameter of the vehicle to the second value, controlling, by the controller, the vehicle inducement to limit the performance parameter of the vehicle to the first value responsive to the distance value of the vehicle being at or above the distance limit and the amount of time since receiving the inducement calibration being at or above the time limit.
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A system, comprising:
- an inducement control circuit;
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- a vehicle performance limiter coupled to the inducement control circuit, the vehicle performance limiter structured to limit a performance parameter of a vehicle to a first value of the performance parameter based on a fault condition, the inducement control circuit structured to:
- receive a first set of sensor data regarding the fault condition;
- receive location information of a vehicle;
- determine an inducement calibration structured to modify the performance parameter based on the fault condition, the inducement calibration including a duration limit, the duration limit including a distance limit and a time limit, wherein the duration limit is based on a type of the fault condition, and the distance limit is based on the location information;
- receive a second set of sensor data regarding the fault condition;
- responsive to determining that the fault condition remains present based on the second set of sensor data regarding the fault condition and subsequent to receiving the inducement calibration:
- determine a second value of the performance parameter, wherein the second value of the performance parameter is greater than the first value based on a severity characteristic of the fault condition being at or below a severity threshold and based on an inducement calibration received from a remote computing device that is structured to modify the performance parameter, and wherein the second value of the performance parameter is equal to the first value based on the severity characteristic of the fault condition being greater than the severity threshold such that the inducement calibration is denied;
- control the vehicle performance limiter to the second value of the performance parameter based on the severity characteristic of the fault condition being at or below the severity threshold and while a distance value of the vehicle is less than the distance limit and an amount of time since receiving the inducement calibration is less than the time limit;
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- subsequent to controlling the vehicle inducement based on the inducement calibration to limit the performance parameter of the vehicle to the second value, control the vehicle inducement to limit the performance parameter of the vehicle to the first value responsive to the distance value of the vehicle being at or above the distance limit and the amount of time since receiving the inducement calibration being at or above the time limit;
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- responsive to determining that the fault condition has been resolved based on the second set of sensor data regarding the fault condition and subsequent to receiving the inducement calibration, deactivate the vehicle inducement.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an inducement control circuit comprising a memory storing machine readable instructions and a processor, the machine readable instructions structured to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a first set of sensor data regarding a fault condition;
- receiving, by the controller, location information of a vehicle;
- transmitting an override request comprising the fault condition to a remote computing device, the fault condition resulting in automatically enabling a vehicle inducement that limits a performance parameter of the vehicle to a first value based on the fault condition;
- receiving instructions from the remote computing device in response to the override request, the instructions comprising an inducement calibration, the inducement calibration structured to modify the vehicle inducement, the inducement calibration including a duration limit, the duration limit including a distance limit and a time limit, wherein the duration limit is based on a type of the fault condition and the distance limit is based on the location information;
- receiving a second set of sensor data regarding the fault condition responsive to receiving the instructions from the remote computing system;
- responsive to determining that the fault condition has been resolved based on the second set of sensor data regarding the fault condition and subsequent to receiving the inducement calibration, deactivating the vehicle inducement;
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- responsive to determining that the fault condition remains present based on the second set of sensor data regarding the fault condition and subsequent to receiving the inducement calibration:
- determining a second value of the performance parameter, wherein the second value of the performance parameter is greater than the first value based on a severity characteristic of the fault condition being at or below a severity threshold and based on the inducement calibration, and wherein the second value of the performance parameter is equal to the first value based on the severity characteristic of the fault condition being greater than the severity threshold such that the inducement calibration is denied;
- controlling the vehicle inducement to limit the performance parameter of the vehicle to the second value based on the severity characteristic of the fault condition being at or below the severity threshold and while a distance value of the vehicle is less than the distance limit and an amount of time since receiving the inducement calibration is less than the time limit;
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- subsequent to controlling the vehicle inducement based on the inducement calibration to limit the performance parameter of the vehicle to the second value controlling the vehicle inducement to limit the performance parameter of the vehicle to the first value responsive to the distance value of the vehicle being at or above the distance limit and the amount of time since receiving the inducement calibration being at or above the time limit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.