Apparatus and method for controlling a material flow using a simulated vehicle speed
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1. A method comprising:
- controlling an amount of a material provided to actuators on a vehicle using at least one processing device, wherein controlling the amount of material comprises;
identifying a number of actuators used to release the material, the identified number of actuators less than a total number of actuators;
identifying a simulated speed of the vehicle based on the identified number of actuators; and
controlling the amount of material provided to the actuators based on the simulated speed of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A method includes identifying a number of actuators used to release a material, where the identified number of actuators is less than a total number of actuators. The method also includes identifying a simulated speed of a vehicle based on the identified number of actuators. The method further includes controlling an amount of material provided to the actuators based on the simulated speed of the vehicle. The method could also include identifying an extent to which the identified number of actuators are opened. Here, identifying the simulated speed of the vehicle could include identifying the simulated speed of the vehicle based on the extent to which the identified number of actuators are opened.
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1. A method comprising:
controlling an amount of a material provided to actuators on a vehicle using at least one processing device, wherein controlling the amount of material comprises; identifying a number of actuators used to release the material, the identified number of actuators less than a total number of actuators; identifying a simulated speed of the vehicle based on the identified number of actuators; and controlling the amount of material provided to the actuators based on the simulated speed of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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a controller configured to; identify a number of actuators used to release a material, the identified number of actuators less than a total number of actuators; and identify a simulated speed of a vehicle based on the identified number of actuators; and an interface configured to output the simulated speed for controlling an amount of material provided to the actuators. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program, the computer program comprising computer readable program code for:
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identifying a number of actuators used to release a material, the identified number of actuators less than a total number of actuators; identifying a simulated speed of a vehicle based on the identified number of actuators; and outputting the simulated speed for controlling an amount of material provided to the actuators. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method comprising:
controlling an amount of a material provided to actuators on a vehicle using at least one processing device, wherein controlling the amount of material comprises; identifying an extent to which the actuators used to release the material are opened; identifying a simulated speed of the vehicle based on the identified extent to which the actuators are opened; and controlling the amount of material provided to the actuators based on the simulated speed of the vehicle.
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22. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processing unit configured to; identify a number of actuators used to release a material, the identified number of actuators less than a total number of actuators; identify a simulated speed of a vehicle based on the identified number of actuators; and control an amount of material provided to the actuators based on the simulated speed of the vehicle.
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