Apparatus for active engine idle control
AssigneeBattelle Memorial Institute
InventorArnez FRANKLIN
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Abstract
In an approach to active engine idle control, an apparatus comprises: an accelerator module interface; an engine control module (ECM) interface; a computer readable storage media; and a controller. The controller is configured to: determine an engine speed target for a vehicle engine in revolutions per minute (RPM) based on an electrical load on the vehicle; determine a voltage curve for one or more position sensors of an accelerator module in the vehicle; determine a voltage target for the ECM for each position sensor of the one or more position sensors; and responsive to a first signal that the apparatus is engaged and a second signal that the vehicle is stopped, set an input voltage to the ECM at the voltage target for each of the one or more position sensors.
Claims17
1-8. (canceled)
An apparatus for active engine idle control for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- an engine control module coupled to an engine of the vehicle;
- an accelerator pedal assembly configured to provide one or more position sensor outputs representative of a force applied to an accelerator pedal of the vehicle;
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- an active idle control module coupled to the engine control module and the accelerator pedal assembly, the active idle control module configured for providing an engine control output in response to the one or more position sensor outputs, the engine control module being responsive to the engine control output to operate the engine of the vehicle at a target RPM.
15-20. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.