Method for controlling a driveline of a vehicle
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsAnders Eriksson, Lars Johansson
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a driveline of a vehicle, the driveline being operable in a plurality of driveline operating modes, wherein the driveline is configured to assume a current driveline operating mode basing its operation on topology data from a positioning system, each driveline operating mode being associated with a predefined driveline operating condition, wherein the method comprises obtaining a signal indicative of a loss of topology data; and controlling the driveline to change from the current driveline operating mode to an updated driveline operating mode providing an increased operational capacity of the driveline compared to the current driveline operating mode.
Claims17
A method for controlling a driveline of a vehicle, the driveline being operable in a plurality of driveline operating modes, wherein the driveline is configured to assume a current driveline operating mode basing its operation on topology data from a positioning system, each driveline operating mode being associated with a predefined driveline operating condition, the method being characterized by:
- obtaining a signal indicative of a loss of topology data;
- and
- controlling the driveline to change from the current driveline operating mode to an updated driveline operating mode providing an increased operational capacity of the driveline compared to the current driveline operating mode when losing topology data.
A control system connectable to a driveline of a vehicle, the control system comprising a positioning system and driveline mode selection module, wherein the driveline mode selection module is configured to select between a plurality of driveline operating modes based on topology data received from the positioning system, characterized in that the control system comprises control circuitry configured to:
- receive a signal from the positioning system, the signal being indicative of a loss of topology data;
- and
- control the driveline mode selection module to change from a current driveline operating mode to an updated driveline operating mode providing an increased operational capacity of the driveline compared to the current driveline operating mode when losing topology data.
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