Methods and apparatus to compensate for body roll in vehicle weight calculations
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAnton Rogness, Andrew Niedert, Elliott Pearson, Joshua Rajasingh
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to compensate for body roll in vehicle weight calculations are disclosed. An example method includes receiving sensor data from sensors of a vehicle, determining a weight of the vehicle and determining a body roll of the vehicle. The example method further includes comparing the body roll to a threshold and, if the body roll satisfies the threshold, adjusting the determined weight of the vehicle based on the determined body roll and properties of a suspension system of the vehicle.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a sensor input to receive sensor data from sensors of a vehicle;
- a weight determiner to determine a weight of the vehicle based on the sensor data;
- a roll calculator to determine a body roll of the vehicle based on the sensor data;
- a roll threshold comparator to compare the body roll to a threshold;
- and
- a weight adjuster to, if the body roll satisfies the threshold, adjust the determined weight of the vehicle based on the determined body roll and properties of a suspension system of the vehicle.
A method comprising:
- receiving sensor data from sensors of a vehicle;
- determining a weight of the vehicle based on the sensor data;
- determining a body roll of the vehicle based on the sensor data;
- comparing the body roll to a threshold;
- and
- if the body roll satisfies the threshold, adjusting the determined weight of the vehicle based on the determined body roll and properties of a suspension system of the vehicle.
A tangible machine-readable storage medium including instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to at least:
- receive sensor data from sensors of a vehicle;
- determine a weight of the vehicle based on the sensor data;
- determine a body roll of the vehicle based on the sensor data;
- compare the body roll to a threshold;
- and
- if the body roll satisfies the threshold, adjust the determined weight of the vehicle based on the determined body roll and properties of a suspension system of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.