Control device for a compressed air system of a vehicle
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1. A control device for a compressed air system or a component of the compressed air system of a vehicle, comprising:
- a processing unit operatively configured to calculate a prediction about occurrence and a duration of overrun condition phases of the vehicle using received altitude position data of a section of road upon which the vehicle is traveling or is to travel along; and
wherein the processing unit is further operatively configured to check, for control purposes, whether the calculated prediction about the duration of an overrun condition phase is longer than a predefined minimum duration, said processing unit controlling at least one of the compressed air system, the component of the compressed air system, and a component for operating the compressed air system using the calculated prediction and a result of checking whether the calculated prediction about the duration of an overrun condition phase is longer than a predefined minimum duration.
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Abstract
A control device for a compressed air system of a vehicle or for a component of a compressed air system of a vehicle includes at least one processor calculating a prediction of the occurrence and/or duration of overrun condition phases of the vehicle based on altitude position data of a route traveled by or still to be traveled by the vehicle. The control device controls the compressed air system, a component of the compressed air system, or a component intended to operate the compressed air system, based on the calculated prediction.
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1. A control device for a compressed air system or a component of the compressed air system of a vehicle, comprising:
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a processing unit operatively configured to calculate a prediction about occurrence and a duration of overrun condition phases of the vehicle using received altitude position data of a section of road upon which the vehicle is traveling or is to travel along; and wherein the processing unit is further operatively configured to check, for control purposes, whether the calculated prediction about the duration of an overrun condition phase is longer than a predefined minimum duration, said processing unit controlling at least one of the compressed air system, the component of the compressed air system, and a component for operating the compressed air system using the calculated prediction and a result of checking whether the calculated prediction about the duration of an overrun condition phase is longer than a predefined minimum duration. - 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, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of operating a compressed air system or a component of the compressed air system of a vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving altitude position data about a section of road on which the vehicle is traveling or is to travel; calculating a prediction about an occurrence and a duration of overrun condition phases of the vehicle as a function of the received altitude position data; and controlling at least one of the compressed air system, the component of the compressed air system, and a component for operating the compressed air system using the calculated prediction about the occurrence and the duration of overrun condition phases of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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