Vehicle odometry system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJohn P. Joyce, Darrel Alan Recker
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Abstract
A current value of a state-of-motion from a second controller can be received by a first controller. The first controller determines a subset of a target value of the state-of-motion to be achieved by a subsystem and transmits a command to a third controller in communication with the subsystem to achieve the subset of the target value of the state-of-motion. The third controller commands the subsystem to approach the subset of the target value of the state-of-motion.
Claims20
A method of controlling a vehicle comprising:
- receiving an identifier and a current value of a state-of-motion from a first controller;
- determining a subset of a target value of the state-of-motion to be achieved by a subsystem;
- and
- transmitting the identifier and a command for the subsystem to achieve the subset of the target value of the state-of-motion.
A method of controlling a vehicle, including a first controller, a second controller, and a third controller in communication with a subsystem, comprising:
- receiving, by the first controller from the second controller, a current value of a state-of-motion and an identifier;
- determining, by the first controller, a subset of a target value of the state-of-motion to be achieved by the subsystem;
- transmitting, by the first controller to the third controller, the identifier and a command for the subsystem to achieve the subset of the target value of the state-of-motion;
- receiving, by the third controller from the first controller, the identifier and the command for the subsystem to achieve the subset of the target value of the state-of-motion;
- and
- commanding, by the third controller, the subsystem to approach the subset of the target value of the state-of-motion.
A vehicle-control system comprising:
- a first controller, comprising a processor and memory;
- a second controller, comprising a processor and a memory, in communication with the first controller;
- a third controller, comprising a processor and a memory, in communication with the first controller;
- and
- a subsystem in communication with the third controller;
- wherein
- the first controller is programmed to receive from the second controller an identifier and a current value of a state-of-motion, determine a subset of a target value of the state-of-motion to be achieved by the subsystem, and transmit the identifier and a command to the third controller for the subsystem to achieve the subset of the target value of the state-of-motion;
- the second controller is programmed to send the identifier and the current value of the state-of-motion to the first controller;
- and
- the third controller is programmed to receive from the first controller the identifier and the command for the subsystem to achieve the subset of the target value of the state-of-motion, and command the subsystem to approach the subset of the target value of the state-of-motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.