Systems and methods for accurately compensating for a change in amount of unwanted fluid diluted in engine oil resulting from a recent long trip
First Claim
1. A system, configured to monitor vehicle engine oil contaminants using output of a vehicle sensor, comprising:
- a hardware-based processing device configured to perform operations comprising;
determining a time cycle indicative of a duration during which the vehicle has been in operation;
receiving output from the vehicle sensor indicative of a temperature of the engine oil;
determining, based the output of the vehicle sensor, a temperature of the engine oil;
determining whether the temperature of the engine oil is greater than a threshold; and
generating, in response to determining that the temperature of the engine oil is greater than the threshold temperature, a correction factor indicative of an amount of contaminant removed from the engine oil during the time cycle.
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Abstract
A system, for use in accounting for an effect of a long-trip cycle on remaining life of engine oil, being used in a vehicle, using a long-trip rebate value. The system includes a computer processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that is in operative communication with the processor and has instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform various operations. The operations include determining a long-trip time indicating an amount of time that the vehicle was operated recently in the long-trip cycle. The operations further include determining the long-trip rebate according to a rebate function using the determined long-trip time.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, configured to monitor vehicle engine oil contaminants using output of a vehicle sensor, comprising:
a hardware-based processing device configured to perform operations comprising; determining a time cycle indicative of a duration during which the vehicle has been in operation; receiving output from the vehicle sensor indicative of a temperature of the engine oil; determining, based the output of the vehicle sensor, a temperature of the engine oil; determining whether the temperature of the engine oil is greater than a threshold; and generating, in response to determining that the temperature of the engine oil is greater than the threshold temperature, a correction factor indicative of an amount of contaminant removed from the engine oil during the time cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, for implementation by a system comprising a vehicle sensor and a hardware-based processing device configured to monitor vehicle engine oil contaminants using output of the vehicle sensor, the method comprising:
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determining, by the system, a time cycle indicative of a duration during which the vehicle has been in operation; receiving, from the vehicle sensor, output indicative of a temperature of the engine oil; determining, by the system, based the output of the vehicle sensor, a temperature of the engine oil; determining, by the system, whether the temperature of the engine oil is greater than a threshold; and generating, by the system, in response to determining that the temperature of the engine oil is greater than the threshold temperature, a correction factor indicative of an amount of contaminant removed from the engine oil during the time cycle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory storage device configured for use with a system for monitoring contaminants of vehicle engine oil using output of a vehicle sensor, the non-transitory storage device comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of the system, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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determining a time cycle indicative of a duration during which the vehicle has been in operation; receiving, from the vehicle sensor, output indicative of a temperature of the engine oil; determining, based on the output of the vehicle sensor, whether the temperature of the engine oil is greater than a threshold; and generating, in response to determining that the temperature of the engine oil is greater than the threshold temperature, a correction factor indicative of an amount of contaminant removed from the engine oil during the time cycle.
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