Automotive integrated control system
First Claim
1. An integrated control system for a vehicle comprising:
- a manager circuit providing a plurality of target values of given controlled variables;
a plurality of control circuits designed to perform given control tasks of controlling operations of a plurality of controlled elements installed in the vehicle for bringing the controlled variables into agreement with the target values provided by said manager circuit; and
a translating circuit translating the target value of at least one of the controlled variables into a target value of a second controlled variable which is different from the at least one of the controlled variables and predefined as being used in performing at least one of the control tasks in said control circuits to bring the one of the controlled variables into agreement with the target value.
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Abstract
Automotive control system designed to control a plurality of controlled elements installed in the vehicle is provided. The control system includes control circuits and a manager circuit. The control circuits are designed to perform given control tasks using pre-defined controlled variables. The manager circuit is designed to determine a target value of a preselected output parameter of at least one of the controlled elements in the form of a second controlled variable different from one of the controlled variables employed in the control circuit for the one of the controlled elements. The control system also includes an adaptor designed to translate the second controlled variable indicative of the target value of the output parameter into a value of the corresponding controlled variable. This allows the control system to be constructed easily without redesigning typical controlled elements.
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35 Claims
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1. An integrated control system for a vehicle comprising:
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a manager circuit providing a plurality of target values of given controlled variables;
a plurality of control circuits designed to perform given control tasks of controlling operations of a plurality of controlled elements installed in the vehicle for bringing the controlled variables into agreement with the target values provided by said manager circuit; and
a translating circuit translating the target value of at least one of the controlled variables into a target value of a second controlled variable which is different from the at least one of the controlled variables and predefined as being used in performing at least one of the control tasks in said control circuits to bring the one of the controlled variables into agreement with the target value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An integrated control system for a vehicle comprising:
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a manager circuit providing a plurality of target values of given controlled variables;
a plurality of control circuits designed to perform given control tasks of controlling operations of a plurality of controlled elements installed in the vehicle for bringing the controlled variables into agreement with the target values provided by said manager circuit; and
a translating circuit translating the target value of at least one of the controlled variables into a target value of a second controlled variable which is predefined as being used in performing at least one of the control tasks in said control circuits to bring the one of the controlled variables into agreement with the target value;
wherein said control circuits are designed to control operations of controlled elements of a power trains of the vehicle including an engine, and said manager circuit determines the target values of the controlled variables so that a drive force of the vehicle reaches a target one; and
one of said control circuits designed to control the engine is an engine control circuit, said manager circuit provides a controlled parameter indicative of either of a target engine torque and a target engine output power as the target value of the controlled variables to said engine control circuit, said translating circuit translates the controlled parameter into a second controlled parameter indicative of a target position of a throttle valve of the engine, and said engine control circuit performs a throttle control task to actuate the throttle valve so that the target position of the throttle valve is reached. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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