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AssigneeZonar Systems, Inc.
InventorsCharles Michael McQuade, Bryan Hunt, Dan Mayer
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Disclosed herein are techniques for implementing vehicle ECU reprogramming, so the ECU programming, which plays a large role in vehicle performance characteristics, is tailored to current operational requirements, which may be different than the operational characteristics selected by the manufacturer when initially programming the vehicle ECU (or ECUs) with specific instruction sets, such as fuel maps. In one embodiment, a controller monitors the current operational characteristics of the vehicle, determines the current ECU programming, and determines if a different programming set would better suited to the current operating conditions. In the event that the current programming set should be replaced, the controller implements the ECU reprogramming. In a related embodiment, users are enabled to specify the ECU programming to change, such as changing speed limiter settings.
A system for analyzing the programming of a vehicle controller that controls at least one performance characteristic of a vehicle in light of current vehicle operating conditions, the system comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having machine instructions stored thereon for remotely monitoring vehicle performance data, and determining if different ECU programming would result in improved performance, the machine instructions, when implemented by a processor, carrying out the functions of:
A method of changing a fuel map used to control vehicle performance in response to vehicle operating conditions, the method comprising the steps of:
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