System and method for adjusting control parameters of an onboard control device in an automotive vehicle
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- an automotive vehicle, the vehicle comprising at least one of an internal combustion engine, an automatic gearbox, and exhaust gas treatment equipment controllable by the control device, and an onboard electronic control device arranged to control at the least one of the internal combustion engine, the automatic gearbox, and the exhaust gas treatment equipment; and
an arrangement for adjusting control parameters of an onboard electronic control device of an automotive vehicle in view of a journey or type of journey, the arrangement including a computing facility arranged to generate a set of control parameters, distinct from a route of the vehicle, to be used by the electronic control device for controlling at least one of equipment and subsystems of the vehicle, and a user interface arranged to allow a user to provide the computing facility with data relating to the journey or type of journey and to at least one constraint to be considered as having priority during the journey or type of journey, the computing facility being arranged to generate the set of control parameters based on the data provided through the user interface,wherein the electronic control device uses the control parameters to control at least one of the internal combustion engine, the automatic gearbox, and the exhaust gas treatment equipment of the vehicle.
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Abstract
This system is used for adjusting the control parameters of an onboard electronic control device of an automotive vehicle in view of a journey or type of journey. This system includes a computation arrangement adapted to generate a set of control parameters to be used by the electronic control device and an input arrangement adapted to allow a user to provide the computation arrangement with data relating to the journey or type of journey and to at least one constraint to be considered as having priority during the journey or type of journey. In the method of the invention, one collects data with respect to the vehicle, to the journey or type of journey and to the constraint to be considered as having priority. These data are provided to the computation arrangement which generate a set of control parameters for the control device.
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28 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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an automotive vehicle, the vehicle comprising at least one of an internal combustion engine, an automatic gearbox, and exhaust gas treatment equipment controllable by the control device, and an onboard electronic control device arranged to control at the least one of the internal combustion engine, the automatic gearbox, and the exhaust gas treatment equipment; and an arrangement for adjusting control parameters of an onboard electronic control device of an automotive vehicle in view of a journey or type of journey, the arrangement including a computing facility arranged to generate a set of control parameters, distinct from a route of the vehicle, to be used by the electronic control device for controlling at least one of equipment and subsystems of the vehicle, and a user interface arranged to allow a user to provide the computing facility with data relating to the journey or type of journey and to at least one constraint to be considered as having priority during the journey or type of journey, the computing facility being arranged to generate the set of control parameters based on the data provided through the user interface, wherein the electronic control device uses the control parameters to control at least one of the internal combustion engine, the automatic gearbox, and the exhaust gas treatment equipment of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for adjusting control parameters of an onboard electronic control device of an automotive vehicle in view of a journey or a type of journey, wherein it comprises at least the following steps of:
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a) collecting data with respect to the vehicle, b) collecting data with respect to the journey or type of journey, c) collecting data with respect to at least one constraint to be considered as having priority, d) providing a computing facility with the collected data e) generating with the computing facility a set of control parameters for the onboard control device, the parameters being distinct from a route of the vehicle and being for use by one or more ECUs for controlling at least one of equipment and subsystems of the vehicle dedicated to the journey or type of journey and giving priority to the constraint, f) loading the onboard control device with the set of control parameters g) using the control parameters to control at least one of an internal combustion engine, an automatic gearbox, and exhaust gas treatment equipment of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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