Systems and methods of tracking partition system performance
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsScott Averitt, Mark Wilson
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Abstract
A method of monitoring the operation of a partition movement system having a partition. In an embodiment, the method includes monitoring a parameter having a relation to movement of the partition, generating a first value based on the monitored parameter, and generating a difference value between the first value and a threshold value. The threshold value is indicative of a potential pinch condition. The method also includes determining a position value of the partition corresponding to a relative position of the partition when the difference value is generated, and using at least one of the difference value and the position value to determine a state of the partition movement system.
Claims28
A method of monitoring the operation of a partition movement system, the method comprising:
- establishing a stored position value that identifies a relative position of a partition most likely to trigger a false indication of a potential pinch condition;
- establishing a stored difference value associated with the stored position value;
- monitoring a parameter having a relation to movement of the partition;
- generating a first value based on the monitored parameter;
- generating a difference value between the first value and a threshold value, the threshold value indicative of a potential pinch condition;
- determining a position value of the partition corresponding to a relative position of the partition when the difference value is generated;
- comparing the difference value to the stored difference value;
- replacing the stored difference value with the difference value if the difference value is less than the stored difference value;
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- replacing the stored position value with the position value if the difference value is less than the stored difference value.
A method of monitoring the operation of a partition movement system, the method comprising:
- establishing a stored position value that identifies a relative position of a partition most likely to trigger a false indication of a potential pinch condition;
- establishing a stored difference value associated with the stored position value;
- moving the partition from a first position to a second position;
- monitoring a parameter while the partition is in motion, the parameter having a relation to movement of the partition and having a threshold value;
- generating a difference value between the parameter of the partition and the threshold value;
- determining a relative position of the partition when the difference value is generated;
- comparing the difference value to the stored difference value;
- replacing the stored difference value with the difference value if the difference value is less than the stored difference value;
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- replacing the stored position value with the position value if the difference value is less than the stored difference value.
A partition movement system for a vehicle, the partition movement system comprising:
- an anti-pinch processing module configured to monitor movement of a partition and generate a plurality of anti-pinch signals at a corresponding plurality of relative positions of the partition,
- a diagnostic module configured to generate a difference signal between each anti-pinch signal and the threshold, and to generate a position signal corresponding to the relative position of the partition when the difference signal is generated;
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- a memory module configured to store a difference value indicative of the smallest difference signal and a position value indicative of the corresponding position signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.