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Apparatus and method of determining power of base values used in vehicle applications

  • US 8,849,511 B2
  • Filed: 02/01/2013
  • Issued: 09/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of calculating a power value for use in a vehicular application, the method comprising:

  • receiving a signal representing a numerical value received from a vehicular application, the vehicular application receiving a signal from a sensor;

    calculating a power value for the signal representing a numerical value received from the vehicular application, the power value being a predetermined base raised to the power of the numerical value, the calculating using at least some multiplication and shifting operations the calculating, also using at least one value obtained from a table of values stored in a look-up table stored in a non-transitory memory;

    returning the calculated power value to the vehicular application;

    at the vehicular application, utilizing the calculated power value in a calculation and obtaining a result of the calculation;

    altering a parameter of the vehicular application according to the result.

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