System, method, and apparatus for improving the performance of an operator of a vehicle
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a performance criteria circuit structured to interpret a performance criteria indicative of a desired operating parameter for a vehicle;
a behavior circuit structured to interpret a good driver definition value, wherein the good driver definition value includes a definition for relating an actuator response value to an actuator input value for at least one actuator of the vehicle;
an operating condition circuit structured to interpret vehicle operation data indicative of an operating condition of the vehicle; and
an actuator circuit communicably coupled to the performance criteria circuit, the behavior circuit, and the operating condition circuit, wherein the actuator circuit is structured to manage an actuator output response value of the at least one actuator of the vehicle based on the good driver definition value relative to the operating condition such that an output of the at least one actuator is actively altered based on the actuator output response value to facilitate achievement of the desired operating parameter;
wherein the at least one actuator includes a throttle system having a throttle pedal operatively coupled to a throttle valve, wherein the management is to a throttle map relating a position of the throttle pedal to a position of the throttle valve;
wherein the management includes a re-mapping of the throttle map and a rate of re-mapping of the throttle map;
wherein the re-mapping includes at least one of a constant value adjustment and a gain value addition;
wherein the rate of re-mapping is at least one of a predefined amount of time-based, a predefined amount of distance-based, and driver identification based; and
wherein the actuator circuit is structured to control the rate of remapping based on driver identification such that the throttle map for known identified drivers is remapped at a different rate than unknown identified drivers.
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Abstract
The systems, methods, and apparatuses provided herein disclose interpreting a performance criteria for a vehicle, wherein the performance criteria is indicative of a desired operating parameter for the vehicle; interpreting a good driver definition value indicative of a good driver profile for the interpreted performance criteria; determining a performance value indicative of how an operator of the vehicle is performing with respect to the good driver definition value; and in response to the performance value indicating that the vehicle is not satisfying the performance criteria, managing an actuator output response value for at least one actuator in the vehicle to facilitate achievement of the good driver definition value.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a performance criteria circuit structured to interpret a performance criteria indicative of a desired operating parameter for a vehicle; a behavior circuit structured to interpret a good driver definition value, wherein the good driver definition value includes a definition for relating an actuator response value to an actuator input value for at least one actuator of the vehicle; an operating condition circuit structured to interpret vehicle operation data indicative of an operating condition of the vehicle; and an actuator circuit communicably coupled to the performance criteria circuit, the behavior circuit, and the operating condition circuit, wherein the actuator circuit is structured to manage an actuator output response value of the at least one actuator of the vehicle based on the good driver definition value relative to the operating condition such that an output of the at least one actuator is actively altered based on the actuator output response value to facilitate achievement of the desired operating parameter; wherein the at least one actuator includes a throttle system having a throttle pedal operatively coupled to a throttle valve, wherein the management is to a throttle map relating a position of the throttle pedal to a position of the throttle valve; wherein the management includes a re-mapping of the throttle map and a rate of re-mapping of the throttle map; wherein the re-mapping includes at least one of a constant value adjustment and a gain value addition; wherein the rate of re-mapping is at least one of a predefined amount of time-based, a predefined amount of distance-based, and driver identification based; and wherein the actuator circuit is structured to control the rate of remapping based on driver identification such that the throttle map for known identified drivers is remapped at a different rate than unknown identified drivers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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interpreting, by a processing circuit, a performance criteria for a vehicle, wherein the performance criteria is indicative of a desired operating parameter for the vehicle; interpreting, by the processing circuit, a good driver definition value indicative of a good driver profile for the interpreted performance criteria; determining, by the processing circuit, a performance value indicative of how an operator of the vehicle is performing with respect to the good driver definition value; and in response to the performance value indicating that the vehicle is not satisfying the performance criteria, managing, by the processing circuit, an actuator output response value for at least one actuator in the vehicle such that an output of the at least one actuator is actively altered based on the actuator output response value to facilitate achievement of the good driver definition value; wherein managing the actuator response value includes re-mapping a throttle map; and wherein a rate of re-mapping the throttle map is based on driver identification such that the throttle map for known identified drivers is remapped at a different rate than unknown identified drivers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A vehicle, comprising:
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a throttle system; and a controller communicably and operatively coupled to the throttle system, wherein the controller is structured to; interpret a performance criteria for the vehicle, wherein the performance criteria is indicative of a desired operating parameter for the vehicle; interpret a good driver definition value indicative of a good driver profile for the interpreted performance criteria; determine a performance value indicative of how an operator of the vehicle is performing with respect to the good driver definition value; in response to the performance value indicating that the vehicle is not satisfying the performance criteria, manage an actuator output response value for at least one actuator in the vehicle such that an output of the at least one actuator is actively altered based on the actuator output response value to facilitate achievement of the good driver definition value, wherein the management includes re-mapping a throttle map, and wherein a rate of the re-mapping is driver identification based; and control the rate of remapping based on driver identification such that the throttle map for known identified drivers is remapped at a different rate than unknown identified drivers. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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