Methods and system for selecting a calibration for a vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Scott Christensen, John Eric Rollinger, Adam Joseph Krach, Nicholas Herhusky, Michael Bastanipour, Scott Steadmon Thompson
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Abstract
Systems and methods for operating a vehicle that may be driven to or sold in different geographical locations that may have different engine emissions and fuel economy standards are described. The systems and methods may adjust vehicle operation to comply with standards that may be enforced where the vehicle is geographically located. The standards may apply to countries, treaty zones, race track areas, off-road areas, and other geographically related standards.
Claims20
An operating method for a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving data via one or more satellites;
- estimating a position of a vehicle in response to the data;
- loading a group of vehicle calibration parameters that are based on the position of the vehicle into controller memory;
- and
- adjusting one or more actuators responsive to the vehicle calibration parameters.
A system, comprising:
- an engine;
- a motor/generator;
- a transmission mechanically coupled to the engine and the motor/generator;
- and
- a controller including executable instructions stored in non-transitory memory that cause the controller to load baseline calibration parameters into controller memory locations and overwrite a portion of the baseline calibration parameters loaded into the controller memory locations with calibration parameters that are a function of a vehicle's geographical location.
An operating method for a vehicle, comprising:
- loading a first group of vehicle calibration parameters that are based on a geographical position of a vehicle into controller memory locations;
- overwriting a portion of the controller memory locations with a second group of vehicle calibration parameters in response to the geographical position of the vehicle changing, and where the second group of vehicle calibration parameters includes fewer vehicle calibration parameters than the first group of vehicle calibration parameters;
- and
- adjusting one or more actuators responsive to the vehicle calibration parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.