TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WITH MULTIPLE SENSOR INPUTS
First Claim
1. A transmission system comprising:
- a first sensor configured to measure a quantity and output a first signal representative of the quantity measured;
a second sensor configured to separately measure the quantity measured by the first sensor and output a second signal representative of the quantity measured; and
a transmission control module in communication with the first sensor and the second sensor and configured to process the first signal along a primary processing path, process the second signal along a secondary processing path, compare the processed first signal to the processed second signal to determine if the primary processing path is reliable, and compare the processed first signal to the processed second signal to determine if the first sensor is reliable.
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Abstract
An exemplary transmission system includes a first sensor configured to measure a quantity and output a first signal representative of the quantity measured. A second sensor is configured to separately measure the quantity measured by the first sensor and output a second signal representative of the quantity measured. A transmission control module in communication with the first sensor and the second sensor is configured to process the first signal along a primary processing path, process the second signal along a secondary processing path, compare the processed first signal to the processed second signal to determine if the primary processing path is reliable, and compare the processed first signal to the processed second signal to determine if the first sensor is reliable.
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20 Claims
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1. A transmission system comprising:
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a first sensor configured to measure a quantity and output a first signal representative of the quantity measured; a second sensor configured to separately measure the quantity measured by the first sensor and output a second signal representative of the quantity measured; and a transmission control module in communication with the first sensor and the second sensor and configured to process the first signal along a primary processing path, process the second signal along a secondary processing path, compare the processed first signal to the processed second signal to determine if the primary processing path is reliable, and compare the processed first signal to the processed second signal to determine if the first sensor is reliable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving a first signal representative of a quantity in a transmission system generated by a first sensor; receiving a second signal representative of the quantity in the transmission system generated by a second sensor; processing the first signal along a primary processing path and the second signal along a secondary processing path; comparing the processed first signal to the processed second signal to determine if the primary processing path is reliable; and comparing the processed first signal to the processed second signal to determine whether the first sensor is reliable. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A transmission system comprising:
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a first sensor configured to directly measure a quantity and output a first signal representative of the quantity measured; a second sensor configured to indirectly measure the quantity measured by the first sensor and output a second signal representative of the quantity measured; and a transmission control module in communication with the first sensor and the second sensor, the transmission control module configured to apply a first heuristic to the first signal along a primary processing path and a second heuristic to the second signal along a secondary processing path to process the first signal and the second signal, respectively, and compare the processed first and second signals processed along both the primary and secondary processing paths to determine if the primary processing path is reliable and compare the processed first signal to the processed second signal to determine if the first sensor is reliable if the primary processing path is reliable.
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