SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING FUEL ECONOMY USING PREDICTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND DRIVER BEHAVIOR INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method for optimizing vehicle performance, the method comprising:
- determining an optimized drive torque for maximizing vehicle fuel economy;
detecting a driver requested drive torque;
determining if the driver requested drive torque is at least one of performance related and safety related; and
setting an arbitrated drive torque to the optimized drive torque when determining the driver requested drive torque is not performance related and safety related, and setting the arbitrated drive torque to the driver requested drive torque when determining the driver requested drive torque to be at least one of performance related and safety related.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an exemplary method for optimizing vehicle performance. The method includes determining an optimized drive torque for maximizing vehicle fuel economy and detecting a driver requested drive torque. A determination is made on whether the driver requested drive torque is performance related or safety related. The arbitrated drive torque is set to the optimized drive torque when it is determined that the driver requested drive torque is not performance and safety related. The arbitrated drive torque is set to the driver requested drive torque when it is determined that the driver requested drive torque is either performance or safety related.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for optimizing vehicle performance, the method comprising:
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determining an optimized drive torque for maximizing vehicle fuel economy; detecting a driver requested drive torque; determining if the driver requested drive torque is at least one of performance related and safety related; and setting an arbitrated drive torque to the optimized drive torque when determining the driver requested drive torque is not performance related and safety related, and setting the arbitrated drive torque to the driver requested drive torque when determining the driver requested drive torque to be at least one of performance related and safety related. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for optimizing vehicle performance, the method comprising:
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determining an optimized drive torque for maximizing vehicle fuel economy; detecting a driver requested drive torque; determining a static environment constraint; determining a dynamic environment constrain; determining a potential for optimizing fuel economy based on at least one of the static environment constraint and dynamic environment constraint; setting an arbitrated drive torque to the driver requested drive torque when determining there is determined there is no potential for optimizing fuel economy; setting the arbitrated drive torque to the optimized drive torque when determining there is a potential for optimizing fuel economy. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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