Methods and systems for powertrain control

• US 9,657,676 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2015
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Wilkinson, Robert, Schimke, Jared, Ries, Scott Patrick, Holland, Shawn Adam, Glauber, Samuel Melville
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, HAI H
• Application Number:
  US14/613,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20160222903A1
• Time in Patent Office: 839 Days
• Field of Search: 701 99, 701101, 701102, 701110, 701115
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0063 Manual parameter input, manual setting means, manual initialising or calibrating means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0064 using a remote, e.g. cordless, transmitter or receiver unit, e.g. remote keypad or mobile phone
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/1882 characterised by the working point of the engine, e.g. by using engine output chart
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/08 Interaction between the driver and the control system
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/085 Changing the parameters of the control units, e.g. changing limit values, working points by control input
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 11/105 characterised by the function converting demand to actuation, e.g. a map indicating relations between an accelerator pedal position and throttle valve opening or target engine torque
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/604 Engine control mode selected by driver, e.g. to manually start particle filter regeneration or to select driving style
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/2422 Selective use of one or more tables
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/2432 Methods of calibration
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/2477 characterised by the method used for learning

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for calibrating powertrain output in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method for a vehicle comprises displaying a multi-parameter powertrain calibration map on a display device, and, responsive to user input, selectively adjusting the displayed calibration map along at least one parameter and not adjusting the calibration map past one or more predetermined thresholds. In this way, a vehicle powertrain system may be optimized according to a user'"'"'s needs and/or preferences.

Claims

1. A method for a vehicle, comprising:

displaying, via a controller of the vehicle, a multi-parameter powertrain calibration map on a display device; and

responsive to user input, selectively adjusting, via the controller, the displayed calibration map along at least one parameter and not adjusting the calibration map past one or more predetermined thresholds.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting, via the controller, a threshold for one or more other parameters, wherein the calibration map is visually displayed on a screen visible to a driver sitting in a driver seat of the vehicle in a conventional driving position facing a steering wheel and with feet forward.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting, via the controller, one or more other parameters based on the adjustments to the at least one parameter, and operating an engine of the vehicle via the controller during vehicle operation to adjust one or more engine actuators in response to the adjusted calibration map, wherein the user input occurs while the vehicle is in a stationary and shut-down condition.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a vehicle display device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises an off-board display device, the off-board display device wirelessly connected to the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the powertrain calibration map comprises one of a contour map, a three-dimensional map, a table, and a two-dimensional graph.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting, via the controller, one or more calibration maps based on the adjusted powertrain calibration map, the one or more calibration maps not displayed on the display device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting, via the controller, actuators based on the adjusted powertrain calibration map.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein adjusting the actuators based on the adjusted powertrain calibration map is automatically performed upon engine start.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the powertrain calibration map comprises data points recorded during engine operation.

11. A method for a vehicle, comprising:

displaying, via a controller of the vehicle, a multi-parameter engine calibration map on a display device;

updating, via the controller, the multi-parameter engine calibration map responsive to and based on user input; and

adjusting, via the controller, at least one actuator position based on the updated multi-parameter engine calibration map responsive to an engine start.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the multi-parameter engine calibration map comprises a plurality of data points recorded during engine operation.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the display device comprises a vehicle display device.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the display device comprises an off-board display device, the off-board display device wirelessly connected to the vehicle.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the user input comprises at least one adjustment to at least one parameter, and wherein updating the multi-parameter engine calibration map based on the user input comprises adjusting the multi-parameter engine calibration map along the at least one parameter according to the at least one adjustment.

16. A vehicle system, comprising:

an engine;

a powertrain coupled between the engine and vehicle wheels;

one or more actuators configured to vary a powertrain output; and

a controller with computer-readable instructions stored in non-transitory memory that when executed cause the controller to;

display a powertrain calibration map on a display device;

update the powertrain calibration map responsive to and based on user input; and

adjust a setting of at least one of the one or more actuators based on the updated powertrain calibration map.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising a communication module for wirelessly coupling the vehicle system to an off-board display device, and wherein the display device comprises the off-board display device.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the display device is positioned at a dashboard of the vehicle system.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the setting of the at least one of the one or more actuators is adjusted based on the updated powertrain calibration map responsive to the engine turning on.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the powertrain calibration map comprises a plurality of data points acquired during engine operation.