18th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 62 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140121856 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING TILT ANGLE OF VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a method and system for measuring a tilt angle including detecting acceleration of a vehicle through an acceleration sensor; detecting a vehicle speed through a vehicle speed sensor; detecting a position of a shift lever through a shift lever position detector; detecting, by a controller, a rotation direction of a wheel; detecting, by the controller, a rotation direction of a motor; receiving, by the controller, a plurality of input signals; inverting, by the controller, a value of the vehicle speed to a negative number based on the detected position of the shift lever, the rotation direction of the wheel, and the rotation direction of the motor; calculating, by the controller, traveling acceleration based on the vehicle speed or the inverted vehicle speed; and calculating, by the controller tilt angle of the road based on the traveling acceleration and the sensor acceleration. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121857 | SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING THE DRIVING STYLE OF VEHICLE DRIVERS - A system and method of characterizing the driving style of a vehicle driver, comprising determining, by a processor, a vehicle path of a driver, determining one or more average speed values of the vehicle driver from at least the vehicle path, determining a number of times an average vehicle speed in one or more road sections is exceeded by one or more average speed values of the driver and characterizing the driving style of the vehicle driver from at least the one or more average speed values of the driver. Determining a vehicle path of a driver comprises loading one or more GPS points or generic paths, performing a range search for each GPS point, determining one or more unique GPS snap points for each GPS point, determining one or more estimated vehicle paths for each unique GPS snap point and determining a vehicle path from the estimated vehicle paths. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121858 | Car Central Locking System Remote Control System - A car central locking system remote controller includes a smart phone, tablet PC. Notebook or any other wireless communication device, a central locking system driver for driving a pull rod to move a mechanical locking mechanism of a central locking system of a car to lock or unlock the doors of the car, and a main control box carrying a micro controller unit for controlling the central locking system driver and a wireless communication module electrically connected to the micro controller unit and adapted for establishing a communication protocol interface with the wireless communication device for enabling the micro controller unit to be controlled by the wireless communication device to drive the central locking system driver. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121859 | INTELLIGENT SIDE STEP APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An intelligent side step apparatus for a vehicle includes a step panel ( | 2014-05-01 |
20140121860 | TRANSMITTER FOR VEHICLE SUBSYSTEMS - A system for remotely actuating a subsystem in a vehicle is disclosed. A transmitter is configured to transmit a signal to a receiver associated with the subsystem. The system has an associated buffer which is configured to allow the transmitter to transmit a signal to the receiver a predetermined number of times. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121861 | CONFIGURABLE AIRCRAFT DATA ACQUISITION AND/OR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An aircraft data acquisition and/or transmission system comprises a memory having stored therein a first state machine configuration comprising a first allocation between a plurality of transition criteria objects stored in a first area of the memory and a plurality of state objects stored in a second area of the memory separate from the first area. A processor is coupled to the memory and at least one application executable by the processor causes a first data acquisition and/or transmission behavior in the aircraft by running the first state machine configuration, receives a second state machine configuration comprising a second allocation between the plurality of transition criteria objects and the plurality of state objects, and causes a second data acquisition and/or transmission behavior in the aircraft by running the second state machine configuration. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121862 | CONSOLIDATED VEHICLE PROPULSION CONTROL USING INTEGRATED MODULAR AVIONICS - A vehicle is provided. The vehicle may include, but is not limited to, a virtual backplane, a vehicle management computer communicatively coupled to the first virtual backplane and having a first predetermined schedule, a consolidated propulsion controller communicatively coupled to the virtual backplane and having a second predetermined schedule different from the first predetermined schedule, at least one engine communicatively coupled to the first virtual backplane, each of the at least one engines having a unique schedule, and at least one control system communicatively coupled to the first virtual backplane, each of the at least one control systems having a unique schedule, wherein each of the vehicle management computer, consolidated propulsion controller, at least one engines and at least one control system are configured to add and consume date from the virtual backplane according to their respective schedules. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121863 | Flight Envelope Display - A method and apparatus for displaying aircraft performance characteristics. A two-dimensional representation of a flight envelope for an aircraft is displayed. The two-dimensional representation of the flight envelope comprises a display of speed versus altitude performance capabilities of the aircraft. A current speed and a current altitude of the aircraft are identified. A performance indication of the current speed and the current altitude is displayed on the two-dimensional representation of the flight envelope. A position of the performance indication on the two-dimensional representation of the flight envelope indicates the current speed and the current altitude with respect to the flight envelope. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121864 | VEHICLE PRESENCE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A presence notification system generates a notification sound around a vehicle with a quiet running sound, such as a hybrid car, an electric automobile, or a fuel-cell automobile, and notifies pedestrians of presence and approaching of the vehicle so as to be capable of heightening safety, and can maintain comfortability in the vehicle without bringing discomfort to the surrounding pedestrians and a driver and a fellow passenger in the vehicle. A contact pickup device | 2014-05-01 |
20140121865 | Methods and Apparatus to Control Motors - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for identifying media and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus for decoding identifiers after broadcast. An example method includes determining a machine operation path that a machine is planned to follow, determining a projected component health parameter of a first motor of the machine based on the machine following the machine operation path, comparing the projected component health parameter to a first threshold, and issuing an alert when the projected component health parameter meets the first threshold. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121866 | FAST CHARGE MODE FOR EXTENDED TRIP - A system and method for early identification of an impending fast-charge or fast-charge opportunity and use of that information to prepare the battery cells for the fast-charge. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121867 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A HYBRID POWERTRAIN WITH MULTIPLE ELECTRIC MOTORS TO REDUCE ELECTRICAL POWER LOSSES AND HYBRID POWERTRAIN CONFIGURED FOR SAME - A method includes determining a first electrical power loss value of operating first and second electric machines with power inverters of both electric machines in an active mode. The method includes determining at least one of a second and a third electrical power loss value. The second electrical power loss value is with operating with the power inverter of the first electric machine in the active mode and the power inverter of the second electric machine in a standby mode. The third electrical power loss value is with operating with the power inverter of the second electric machine in the active mode and the power inverter of the first electric machine in the standby mode. A controller sets the power inverters in the respective modes corresponding with a lowest of the electrical power loss values. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121868 | Prediction Control Strategy for Hybrid Machinery - A computing system may provide guidance to a vehicle with hybrid power systems on how to efficiently engage the hybrid systems and the primary power source on a given plan. As a result, additional efficiency may be obtained. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121869 | BATTERY COOLING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a cooling control system and method for battery packs located in different locations in a vehicle. In particular, a controller determines whether the maximum temperatures of a plurality of battery packs disposed in different locations are within the reference maximum temperature and whether the temperature differences of battery cells in each of the battery packs is within the reference temperature difference value. When the maximum temperature is less than or equal to the reference maximum temperature and the temperature difference between battery cells in each of the battery packs is within the reference temperature difference value, the controller determines whether the temperature differences in all the battery packs are within the reference temperature difference value. Then when each of the temperature differences in all the battery packs are over the reference temperature difference value, an output of a cooling unit provided to cool that battery pack is changed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121870 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING E-4WD HYBRID ELECTRICITY VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclose is a control system of an E-4WD hybrid electric vehicle that includes a first controller that controls a first driving portion disposed on a front axle and a second driving portion disposed on a rear axle. A second controller is connected to the first controller and configured to maintain a predetermined target speed. A third controller controls a braking torque through the first controller and the fourth controller detects/monitors conditions in front of the vehicle and performs deceleration through the third controller. A fifth controller controls the driving torque of a motor system. In particular, the first controller distributes driving torque for realizing a target deceleration/acceleration value based on the deceleration/acceleration information of the second controller and the fourth controller to the first driving portion and the second driving portion to control a driving torque and a regenerative braking torque thereof. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121871 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE CHARGING OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - Disclosed is a method and a system for controlling charging of a hybrid vehicle which controls engine idle by using a starting/generating motor when a battery is charged. The method includes: determining a target charging to be charged in the battery by the starting/generating motor and a target torque of the starting/generating motor for generating the target charging amount based on a state of charge (SOC) of the battery and power consumption of a load of an electric device when the engine is idle; driving the engine by applying a command of torque corresponding to the target torque to the engine; detecting torque actually output from the starting/generating motor; calculating an error between the actual torque and the target torque; calculating an engine torque compensation value based on the calculated error; and feedback controlling an idle speed of the engine by adding the engine torque compensation value to the command of torque of the engine. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121872 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING ABNORMAL VIBRATION OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A method prevents an abnormal vibration of a hybrid vehicle. In the method, information is inputted into an engine management system (EMS) by sensing an engine rpm, a transmission rpm, a gear shift, a signal of an accelerator pedal sensor (APS), and an engine torque. It is determined whether or not a current engine rpm and a current engine torque fall within a predetermined rpm and damper reflection torque range that is a range of abnormal vibration occurrence. The engine torque and a motor torque are mutually corrected when the current engine torque falls within the range of the abnormal vibration occurrence. Here, the abnormal vibration is prevented by avoiding an inflection point of a damper at a resonance point of a driving system while maintaining a total driving torque. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121873 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - Disclosed is a control method that improves response delay by reducing the time taken to determine the engagement type of an engine clutch, by making it possible to determine quickly the engagement type by a slip process under a disadvantageous operating conditions for the synchronization process such as traveling up a slope, traveling in a congestion section, or traveling under to or close to a discharging limit, and can improve fuel efficiency and battery SOC management due to unnecessarily using electric energy when engagement cannot be achieved by the synchronization process. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTOR TORQUE CONTROL FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH TRANSMISSION - Disclosed herein is a motor control system and method for a vehicle with a transmission comprising for improving the quality of shifting, by improving precision in shifting control with precise and active motor torque control by calculating a maximum and a minimum motor torque in response to determining a power-on up-shift for increasing a shifting gear and a power-off down-shift for decreasing the shifting gear in shifting of the vehicle. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121875 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - Disclosed is a control method for a hybrid vehicle that couples an engine clutch promptly while minimizing consumption of battery SOC and deterioration of fuel ratio, and further improves acceleration of the vehicle even in a situation in which a driver works an acceleration pedal deep during an EV mode. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121876 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD FOR THE SAME - An autonomous mobile device is configured to move on a surface provided with a base station thereon, and is operated in one of a work state and return state. In the work state, the autonomous mobile device is operable to plot a movement route along which the autonomous mobile device moves, and is operable to adjust the movement route upon presence of an obstacle. In the return state, the autonomous mobile device is operable to plot a returning route on the surface from the current position to the base station, and to move along the returning route to the base station. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121877 | MOTOR DRIVE CONTROLLER AND ELECTRIC POWER-ASSISTED VEHICLE - A controller for driving a motor in a motor driven vehicle, provided with: a detection part, a control coefficient computing part, and a control part. The control coefficient computing part identifies, as a first vehicle speed, the speed of the vehicle when the detection part detects a start signal for regeneration control, the control coefficient computing part assigning a prescribed value to a control coefficient that determines a value of a control parameter that controls the motor relative to a target value of the control parameter. The target value is a value of the control parameter at which the motor achieves a desired power generation efficiency, and the control coefficient computing part increases the control coefficient if a current vehicle speed becomes faster than the first vehicle speed, and decreases the control coefficient if the current vehicle speed becomes slower than the first vehicle speed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121878 | System and Method for Processing Electric Vehicle and Insurance Data - Pursuant to some embodiments, insurance systems, methods and devices are provided in which electric vehicle information, including electric vehicle charging information, may be received over a communications network. The electric vehicle charging information may be automatically associated with automobile insurance premium information. An integrated presentation of the electric vehicle charging information and the automobile insurance premium information may then be transmitted, over the communications network, for presentation to an owner of the electric vehicle. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121879 | Method, Apparatus, Signals and Media, for Selecting Operating Conditions of a Genset - An apparatus for selecting operating conditions of a genset, the apparatus including a processor circuit configured to select a set of operating points from a plurality of operating points of the genset each comprising an engine speed in a generator electrical output value and a plurality of cost values associated with operating the genset at respective operating points such that the sum of the cost values associated with the operating points in said set is minimized and such that the engine speed increases or decreases monotonically with monotonically increasing or decreasing electrical power output values. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121880 | CONTROLLING VEHICLE LATERAL LANE POSITIONING - Methods and systems for controlling vehicle lateral lane positioning are described. A computing device may be configured to identify an object in a vicinity of a vehicle on a road. The computing device may be configured to estimate, based on characteristics of the vehicle and respective characteristics of the object, an interval of time during which the vehicle will be laterally adjacent to the object. Based on the characteristics of the vehicle, the computing device may be configured to estimate longitudinal positions of the vehicle on the road during the interval of time. Based on the respective characteristics of the object, the computing device may be configured to determine a lateral distance for the vehicle to maintain between the vehicle and the object during the interval of time at the longitudinal positions of the vehicle, and provide instructions to control the vehicle based on the lateral distance. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121881 | AUTONOMOUS AND REMOTE CONTROL ALL PURPOSE MACHINE (ARCAPM) - A autonomous and remote control all purpose machine (ARCAPM) having different interchangeable modules that are structured and arranged to perform different tasks is disclosed. A machine includes: a body; a plurality of bays in the body, wherein each bay is configured to receive a respective module; and a power source carried by the body. A respective power connector is in each one of the bays that is configured to provide an electrically conductive path between the power source and a device in a module arranged in one of the bays. The machine includes a propulsion system structured and arranged to move the body over the ground. The machine also includes a control system structured and arranged to control autonomous movement of the machine based on at least one of: proximity sensors, metal detectors, and GPS data. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121882 | System for Coordinating the Relative Movements of an Agricultural Harvester and a Cart - A system for coordinating the relative movements of an agricultural harvester ( | 2014-05-01 |
20140121883 | System And Method For Using Gestures In Autonomous Parking - A method of providing parking assistance in a vehicle includes identifying with a controller in a vehicle a plurality of available parking spaces for the vehicle, generating with a video output device operatively connected to the controller an interface with a graphical depiction of the vehicle and the plurality of available parking spaces, receiving a first input gesture with a gesture input device to select one parking space from the plurality of available parking spaces, and operating the vehicle to park the vehicle in the one parking space using the controller configured with a parking assistance service in the vehicle. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121884 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING FRICTION IN A POWER STEERING SYSTEM - A power steering system including a sensor arranged or located in the steering system. The sensor detects an acoustic vibration or an acceleration signal in the steering system during a change in the steering angle and generates a sensor signal representing the vibration or the acceleration signal. A control unit receives the sensor signal and compares the sensor signal with a threshold value to detect a fault state; for example when the sensor signal is larger than the threshold value. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121885 | MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT FLEET AND METHOD FOR PLANNING MAINTENANCE - A maintenance system for a fleet of aircraft and a method of planning maintenance for a fleet of aircraft that includes identifying a maintenance schedule having at least one routine maintenance action for an aircraft to be maintained, generating a non-routine maintenance task schedule comprising non-routine maintenance tasks, and generating a combined schedule comprising a combination of the maintenance schedule and the non-routine maintenance task schedule. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121886 | CHANNEL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR SENT RECEIVER - A system for performing diagnostic checks on a data message transmitted from a sensor and received by a receiver includes a receiver clock tick counter, a prescaler counter, a calibration pulse detector, a nibble counter, and a calculator. The system receives first and second data messages transmitted from the sensor. Pulse widths of first and second calibration pulses of the first and second data messages, respectively, and lengths of the first and second data messages are measured using the receiver clock tick, prescaler, and nibble counters based on a compensated receiver clock signal. Thereafter, the pulse widths of the first and second calibration pulses and the lengths of the first and second data messages are compared using the calculator to perform the diagnostic checks. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121887 | Method and Apparatus for Data Acquistion, Data Management, and Report Generation for Tractor Trailer Subsystem Testing and Maintenance - Techniques for operating, testing, and generating a testing report for the electrical and air subsystems of a vehicular trailer, without the use of an associated truck tractor are disclosed. The system includes a portable testing unit with self-powered electrical and air subsystems which are interconnected to the corresponding subsystems of the vehicular trailer under test. The portable testing unit can be rolled about on a stand and functions as a mini-truck tractor, in the sense that it selectively provides electrical power and air to the VUT. The testing unit is controlled by a small, portable hand held radio frequency remote control that communicates test and data signals to a radio receiver in the portable testing unit. The system acquires testing data from both automatic and manual means from disparate sources. The system stores the testing data and automatically generates testing reports. The system manages the testing data and generated reports. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121888 | METHOD, SERVER AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE DIAGNOSIS - A method, a server and a system for vehicle diagnosis are provided. The method for vehicle diagnosis comprises: a diagnosis server remotely receiving a fault code sent by a vehicle-side terminal and recording a sending device identifier; analyzing the received fault code to obtain a fault diagnosis result; pushing the fault diagnosis result to a corresponding vehicle owner according to the sending device identifier. By adopting the above technical solution, the vehicle owner can know fault situation of the vehicle in time without moving the vehicle to a certain maintenance site, and further decide whether to make a repair or maintenance according to the obtained fault situation, which not only reduces the unnecessary time waste but also effectively reduces security hidden trouble and reduces accident occurrence probability. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121889 | DETERMINATION OF RUNNING RESISTANCE FOR A VEHICLE - A method and a system for determining a running resistance F | 2014-05-01 |
20140121890 | Apparatuses, Systems, Software and Methods for Wireless Interaction with Vehicle Control Systems - Methods, software, devices, and systems, for wireless interaction with control systems (e.g., control systems integrated with motor vehicles, commercial and/or residential buildings, appliances, or other complex integrated systems). The methods generally include establishing a first wireless communication channel between a handheld communication device and the control system and establishing a service provider communication channel between the handheld device and a service provider. The service provider communication channel generally includes a second wireless communication channel between the handheld communication device and a wireless communication provider node. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121891 | AUTOMOBILE DATA ABSTRACTION AND COMMUNICATION - Communication of signals between mobile devices and automotive Controller Area Network (CAN) buses. An abstraction and communication device includes a connector, a mapping platform, and a transceiver. The connector is adapted to interface with an automotive CAN bus that communicates data signals in a first automobile-specific format with components of an automobile. The mapping platform is configured to convert a data signal from the first automobile-specific format into a mobile device format defined by an Application Programming Interface (API). Additionally, the transceiver is configured to wirelessly and securely communicate the data signal in the mobile device format to a mobile device. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121892 | DATA ACQUISITION DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A data acquisition device for a vehicle includes a first body and a second body. A first body includes a first casing, an antenna member, and two cushion pads. A terminal of the first casing forms a recession and two lateral walls of the recession have two pivot members. The antenna member is disposed in the first casing. The two cushion pads are respectively located on the two lateral walls of the recession and circumferentially disposed around the two pivot members. Each of the cushion pads has a core hole and the pivot members are respectively passing through the core holes. The second body includes a second casing and a process device. A terminal of the second casing has a plug part, and the second casing respectively have two pivot holes pivoted on the two pivot members. The processing device is disposed in the second casing. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121893 | METHOD FOR DATA COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A VEHICLE AND FUEL PUMP - A method for data communication between a vehicle and fuel pump includes storing vehicle operating data on an onboard recorder in the vehicle, and transmitting the vehicle operating data from the onboard recorder to the fuel pump. The vehicle operating data includes vehicle identification information. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121894 | EMISSIONS MONITOR STOPLIGHT INTERFACE - A system includes a processor in communication with a port, wherein the port is configured to be connected to a port of a vehicle, the port being in communication with an electronic control unit. The system further includes a visual output device in communication with the processor. The processor being configured to read data from the electronic control unit, determine if the vehicle has (a) failed an emissions test, (b) the vehicle is running an emissions test, or (c) passed an emissions test. The processor is further configured to output to the visual output device if the vehicle has (a) failed an emissions test, (b) the vehicle is running an emissions test, or (c) passed an emissions test. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121895 | ADD-ON VEHICLE WARNING APPARATUS - An add-on vehicle warning apparatus has at least one add-on load and an inter-control module. The inter-control module has a power pin, a ground pin, a first signal input pin and a second signal input pin respectively connected to a CAN BUS system of a vehicle. The inter-control module can receive a control signal and a DC voltage from the CAN BUS system to activate the add-on load according to the control signal. The warning apparatus of the present invention is connected to the CAN BUS system of the vehicle through only four wires. Therefore, the wire layout of the present invent is simplified and is easy to be installed on the vehicle. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121896 | ENGINE SOUND ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM FOR A FIXED GEAR TRANSMISSION - A control system for a vehicle having a fixed gear transmission and an engine that outputs an actual RPM signal is provided. The control system includes a vehicle bus, a shifting module, a simulated RPM module, and an engine sound enhancement (“ESE”) module. The vehicle bus transmits a signal indicating a plurality of operating conditions of the vehicle. The shifting module receives the signal from the vehicle bus to determine if the operating parameters of the vehicle indicate that a gear shift by the fixed gear transmission is imminent within a predetermined amount of time. The simulated RPM module is in communication with the shifting module for generating a simulated RPM signal if the gear shift is imminent. The simulated RPM signal has a greater increase in engine RPM with respect to time prior to the gear shift compared to the actual RPM signal. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121897 | VEHICLE LANE CHECKING MONITOR - Vehicle lane changing monitor functions are implemented by a lane sensor disposed in a vehicle, a gaze detection sensor disposed in the vehicle, and a computer processor embedded in the vehicle. Logic that is executable by the computer processor implements a method. The method includes receiving data, from the lane sensor, indicating an occurrence of a lane shifting event that indicates the vehicle is drifting away from a vehicle lane. The method further includes monitoring biometric data received from the gaze detection sensor and, upon determining a gaze change event has not occurred within a threshold period of time with respect to the lane shifting event, a corrective action within the vehicle is initiated. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121898 | Intelligent power and control policy for automotive applications - In automotive networking applications, data about vehicle's environment can be used in conjunction with a control policy to manage the performance and power usage of a networked device. The control policy can dynamically adjust the balance between link power and performance of the device's communications interface by taking into account the vehicles current situation and user preferences, e.g. location, destination, speed, sensor status, or the like. Controlling the balance between link power and performance of networked devices can be important in maximizing power savings without unacceptably decreasing network performance. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121899 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY OF AN IMAGE ON A MULTI-FUNCTION MIRROR - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for controlling an image on a multi-function mirror, the apparatus for controlling an image on a multi-function mirror including: an angle sensor that measures the angle of a multi-function mirror in a vehicle; an operation sensing unit that senses the operation angle of the multi-function mirror from the value measured by the angle sensor; a view changing unit that produces a view-changed image by changing the view of an external image taken by a first camera mounted on the vehicle on the basis of the sensed operation angle of the room mirror; and an output control unit that controls the external image to be displayed on the multi-function mirror, and controls a view-changed image corresponding to the adjusted angle of the multi-function mirror to be displayed on the multi-function mirror. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121900 | VEHICLE TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle temperature control device for temperature control of a vehicle when the engine is stopped is provided, comprising: an engine-stop signaling device providing an engine-stop signal (MS) indicating an engine-stop; and an off-time temperature controller receiving a signal from the engine-stop signaling device and comprising at least an off-time temperature control automatic which can be switched on and off. The off-time temperature controller is adapted such that, when the off-time temperature control automatic has been switched on and when a heating demand is given, off-time temperature control is automatically started upon receipt of an engine-stop signal (MS). | 2014-05-01 |
20140121901 | ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, AND ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - A power source control system, a power source controller, and a power source control method capable of switching between supply and shut-off of power for electronic devices, individually for a plurality of electronic devices connected to a network, are provided. If a power source controller shuts off a power source for the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) by outputting a control signal to a power source switch device, the power source controller cyclically transmits data in place of the ECU. The other ECU for which a power source is not shut off can receive data equivalent to the data to be cyclically transmitted by the ECU for which the power source is shut off, from the power source controller. The power source controller stores a transmission cycle, a transmission ID, and latest reception information of each control target ECU, and performs substitute transmission of data. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121902 | Method and System for Vehicle ESC System Using Map Data - An Electronic Stability Control (ESC) system for a vehicle is disclosed. An electronic control unit (ECU) is programmed to reduce vehicle lateral skidding by reducing differences between an intended vehicle direction and/or yaw rate and an actual vehicle direction and/or yaw rate by applying modifications to operation of the vehicle brakes and/or throttle. The ESC system receives inputs from wheel speed sensors, a steering wheel position sensor, a yaw rate sensor and a lateral acceleration sensor. The ESC system also receives input that indicates at least a property of the road upon which the vehicle is located, wherein the road upon which the vehicle is located is determined from a positioning system that uses a map database and the property is determined from the map database. The ESC system incorporates the road property information in determining when and/or how to modify operation of the vehicle to reduce vehicle skidding. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121903 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING DRIVING SAFETY OF VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a system for improving safety stability upon operation of in-vehicle apparatuses during driving including a left touch sensor disposed on a left region of a steering wheel gripped by a left hand of a driver configured to sense a contact of the left hand with the steering wheel to output a signal; a right touch sensor disposed on a right region of a steering wheel gripped by a right hand of the driver and configured to sense a contact of the right hand with the steering wheel to output a signal; an operation unit disposed in an operation unit of a center fascia configured to sense a hand touch and output a signal; a controller, configured to receive the signals from the left touch sensor, the right touch sensor, and the operation unit touch sensor to determine a contact of the driver hands with the operation unit of the center fascia and then output a control signal for displaying operation unit information comprising a type and a purpose of the operation unit touched by the driver hand and a current operation location and state; and an information display disposed at a front of a driver seat and configured to display the information of the operation unit touched by the driver hand in response to the control signal of the controller. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121904 | METHOD FOR REDUCING STEERING TORQUE IN A STEERING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - A method for reducing the steering torque in a steering system of a vehicle. A method including the steps of monitoring a driver's torque as applied by a driver of the vehicle; providing a plurality of torques that can be imposed on the steering system; and reducing the torques that can be imposed on the steering system by a central reduction factor if monitoring of the steering system reveals a violation of a safety criterion. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121905 | Method for Controlling a Power-Assisted Steering Apparatus - A method and apparatus for controlling an electrically power-assisted steering device for vehicles including a control unit providing control information to a steering device. The method and apparatus includes a setpoint signal value transmitter providing setpoint value information and obtaining actual value information from the steering device. The actual value information is fed to the setpoint signal value transmitter and a difference value information is obtained from the setpoint value information and actual value information with the difference value information fed to the control unit. A filter unit filters information components from one of the actual value information provided, the actual value information fed to the setpoint signal value transmitter, the setpoint value information or the difference value information. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121906 | GARAGE SHIFT CONTROL OF A BINARY CLUTCH ASSEMBLY - A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, brake actuators configured to slow the vehicle in response to braking commands, and a transmission. The transmission includes a plurality of gear sets each having a plurality of nodes, an input member that is continuously connected to the engine and to a node of one of the gear sets, a reverse clutch, a binary clutch assembly, and a controller. The binary clutch assembly is connected at least to the same gear set as the input member, and is applied with the reverse clutch when entering a reverse gear state. The controller executes a method to transmit the braking commands to the brake actuators in response to a requested garage shift into a reverse gear state when the vehicle is rolling above a calibrated speed threshold, and thereby slows the vehicle until a calibrated target slip is achieved across the binary clutch assembly. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121907 | Vehicle Including Movable Partition and Controller - A vehicle includes a motor, a movable partition, a controller, a sensor, and a power source. The movable partition is operably coupled with the motor. The controller is associated with the movable partition and is configured to detect a resting position of the movable partition. The sensor is coupled with the controller and is configured to detect a vehicular condition. The power source is in electrical communication with the motor and the controller and is configured to facilitate passage of electrical current to each of the controller and the motor. Passage of electrical current to the motor facilitates movement of the movable partition. If passage of electrical current to the motor is interrupted, the controller is configured to detect the resting position of the movable partition after passage of a delay time. The delay time changes in response to changes in the vehicular condition. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121908 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED BLADE CONTROL - A blade control system for a track-type machine is disclosed. The blade control system has a blade, an input device configured to control movement of the blade, an actuator in connection with the blade, a first sensor configured to determine a track-speed of the machine, and a control module in communication with the input device, the actuator, and the first sensor. The control module is configured to receive a blade positioning signal from the input device, remove a component of the blade positioning signal based on a the track-speed of the machine, and transmit a modified blade positioning signal to the actuator. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121909 | Implement Controller Having Angular Rate Correction - A system and method of controlling an earth moving implement of a machine is disclosed. The method may include receiving a pitch rate of the machine in a body reference frame and determining a roll of the machine. The method may further include determining a turning rate of the machine and calculating a pitch rate of the machine in a gravity reference frame based on the pitch rate of the machine in the body reference frame, the roll of the machine, and the turning rate of the machine. The method may further include controlling the earth moving implement based on the pitch rate of the machine in the gravity reference frame. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121910 | METHOD OF OPERATING A PLANTER FOR PLANTING SEEDS IN A FIELD FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES - A method of operating a planter where plot characteristics are input into a controller that is associated with a planter. A distance measuring device associated with the controller senses ground speed and distance traveled and transmits the sensed information to the controller. The controller then automatically adjusts the rotational speed of a seed plate of a row planter mounted to the planter based upon the sensed information to achieve the input plot characteristics. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121911 | Torque and Speed Control in a Machine with Continuously Variable Transmission - A method regulates the torque output and/or speed output of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) in a manner that may simulate a clutch. The CVT may be incorporated in a machine and maybe operatively coupled to a power source and to a propulsion device. The method utilizes an unaltered torque-to-speed curve that relates the torque output to the speed output of the CVT. The method may receive an operator input signal indicating a desire to change operation of the machine. The torque-to-speed curve may be shifted in response to the operator input signal to limit the torque output available. In an aspect, an under-run curve may be applied to the torque-to-speed curve, the under-run curve corresponding to a target speed. The operator input signal may also shift the under-run curve to reduce the target speed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121912 | METHOD FOR INITIALIZING THE MASS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method of initializing the mass of a motor vehicle, in particular when the motor vehicle is re-started or when it is at rest, for the control of a starting process of the motor vehicle. From measured and/or calculated operating parameters of the motor vehicle, an operating situation of the motor vehicle is determined and, on the basis of the operating situation determined and as a function of operating situation dependent loading and/or unloading patterns, the mass of the motor vehicle is initialized. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121913 | AUTOMOBILE PADDLE SHIFTERS WITH SECONDARY PADDLES - A system for controlling gear changes in a vehicle. The system may include at least one primary paddle shifter coupled to the steering wheel and/or the steering column. The system also includes at least one auxiliary paddle shifter coupled to the steering wheel, the steering column and/or the at least one primary paddle shifter. The primary paddle shifter may engage a primary function, such as one sequential gear shift up or down and the auxiliary paddle shifter may engage a secondary function, such as an optimal gear shift up or down. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121914 | ACCELERATION-BASED STATE CONTROL OF A BINARY CLUTCH ASSEMBLY - A vehicle includes an engine and transmission having gear sets, an input member that is continuously connected to the engine and a gear set, a binary clutch assembly, a speed sensor, and a controller. The binary clutch assembly includes a freewheeling element holding torque in one rotational direction, and also a selectable one-way clutch (SOWC) portion holding torque in two rotational directions when applied. The controller executes a method to transmit a first binary clutch command to the binary clutch assembly and thus apply the SOWC portion at vehicle launch, and calculates, via the processor, an acceleration value of the vehicle using the measured speed. The controller also selects a shift apply point of the binary clutch assembly as a function of the calculated acceleration value, and transmits a second binary clutch command to the binary clutch assembly to release the SOWC portion at the selected shift apply point. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121915 | VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle brake control system includes a clutch stroke acquiring section, a braking force holding section, a first release determination section, and a release execution section. The clutch stroke acquiring section acquires a clutch stroke. The braking force holding section holds a braking force imparted to a wheel brake of a vehicle being at a halt. The first release determination section includes a peak value holding part and a returned amount calculator. The peak value holding part holds a peak value of the clutch stroke. The returned amount calculator calculates a returned amount by which a clutch is returned from the peak value. The first release determination section determines whether or not the held braking force should be released, based on the calculated returned amount. If the first release determination section determines that the held braking force should be released, the release execution section releases the held braking force. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121916 | ADAPTIVE SPEED-BASED CONTROL OF A BINARY CLUTCH ASSEMBLY - A vehicle includes an engine and a transmission, the latter of which includes a controller which executes an adaptive speed-based control method. The transmission includes gear sets each having multiple nodes, an input member continuously connected to the engine and to one of the gear sets, and a binary clutch assembly connected to the same gear set as the input member. The controller is programmed to detect a requested transmission shift into an engine braking state while the vehicle is coasting. The controller also commands an increase in engine speed to a target engine speed in response to the requested shift, and applied the binary clutch assembly when the engine output speed reaches the target engine speed. The controller calculates slip across the binary clutch assembly and adjusts the target engine speed as needed over time until the target slip is achieved at the target engine speed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121917 | Speed Control for a Machine with a Continuously Variable Transmission - A machine may include a continuously variable transmission (CVT) operatively coupled to a power source. A virtual gear ratio may be selected from a plurality of virtual gear ratios associated with the CVT. A power source speed may be locked between a minimum power source limit and a maximum power source limit that are associated with the selected virtual gear ratio. If the virtual gear ratio is changed, a controller including one or more control maps may compare the power source speed as locked to the minimum power source limit and the maximum power source limit as they relate to the newly selected virtual gear ratio. If power source speed is outside the minimum or maximum power source limits, the method may limit the power source speed. In some embodiments, the minimum and/or maximum power source limits may vary with respect to the plurality of virtual gear ratios. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121918 | Shifting Virtual Gears Associated with a Continuously Variable Transmission - A system and method involves a machine having a power train including a continuously variable transmission (CVT) associated with a plurality of virtual gear ratios. To shift between the plurality of virtual gear ratios, the machine may include an operator input device that may be movable between a plurality of distinct positions. A first position may be associated with a neutral position in which no shifting of virtual gear ratios occurs. A second position of the operator input device may be associated with a first incremental rate for shifting between the virtual gear ratios. A third position may be associated with a second incremental rate for shifting between the virtual gear ratios which is different than the first incremental rate. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121919 | System and Method of Operating a Machine Having a Continuously Variable Transmission - A system and method involves a machine that powertrain including a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and a machine speed sensor to determine a measured machine speed. The machine also includes a controller in communication with the CVT and the speed sensor. The controller may include a table relating the measured machine speed to a plurality of virtual gear ratios associated with the CVT. The controller is configured to determine a calculated virtual gear ratio using the table and, if desired, may display the calculated virtual gear ratio on a visual display. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121920 | ACCELERATION BASED MODE SWITCH - The present invention provides a method of selecting and implementing a shift schedule for a transmission in a vehicle that includes an output speed sensor and a controller. The method includes measuring output speed with the output speed sensor and comparing the measured output speed to an output speed threshold. The controller receives throttle percentage and compares the throttle percentage to a throttle threshold. The method also includes calculating output acceleration and transmission gear ratio with the controller. The shift schedule is selected based on the measured output speed, calculated output acceleration, calculated transmission gear ratio, and throttle percentage. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121921 | Method Of Controlling A Hydraulic Pressurization System Of A Transmission - The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling a vehicle. The method includes receiving a signal indicative of the vehicle being in a stop condition or in the process of stopping. The method also includes activating an auxiliary hydraulic pressurization system in response to the signal and regulating a hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic control system of a transmission. A drive unit is disabled such that a main pump of the hydraulic control system discontinues providing hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic control system. The hydraulic pressure is maintained at a hold pressure in the hydraulic control system by the auxiliary hydraulic pressurization system. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121922 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS AND METHODS THEREFOR - Systems and methods for controlling transmissions and associated vehicles, machines, equipment, etc., are disclosed. In one case, a transmission control system includes a control unit configured to use a sensed vehicle speed and a commanded, target constant input speed to maintain an input speed substantially constant. The system includes one or more maps that associate a speed ratio of a transmission with a vehicle speed. In one embodiment, one such map associates an encoder position with a vehicle speed. Regarding a specific application, an automatic bicycle transmission shifting system is contemplated. An exemplary automatic bicycle includes a control unit, a shift actuator, various sensors, and a user interface. The control unit is configured to cooperate with a logic module and an actuator controller to control the cadence of a rider. In one embodiment, a memory of, or in communication with, the control unit includes one or more constant cadence maps that associate transmission speed ratios with bicycle speeds. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121923 | BINARY CLUTCH ASSEMBLY CONTROL IN NEUTRAL-TO-DRIVE OR NEUTRAL-TO-REVERSE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS - A vehicle includes an engine, transmission, and controller. The transmission has gear sets each having multiple nodes, an input member continuously connected to the engine and one of the gear sets, and a binary clutch assembly. The controller executes a method to detect a requested event of a binary clutch engagement and to command a calibrated energy pulse from the engine to the input member in response to the requested event. The energy pulse reduces slip across the binary clutch assembly. The controller applies the binary clutch assembly within a calibrated window of initiation of the pulse, and may shift the transmission into reverse or drive. A transmission has the controller, at least first, second, and third gear sets, an input member selectively connected to the first gear set and continuously connected to the second gear set, and a binary clutch assembly connected to the first and second gear sets. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121924 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING TRANSMISSION TORQUE OF DRY CLUTCH OF VEHICLE - A method of estimating transmission torque of a vehicle dry clutch may suitably estimate a variation in the characteristics of transmission torque relative to the actuator stroke of a dry clutch even during the driving of a vehicle, so that the dry clutch is more suitably controlled. In the method of estimating transmission torque of a dry clutch, a clutch is released so that a slip of the clutch occurs. If the slip of the clutch has occurred, the slip of the clutch is uniformly maintained. If the slip of the clutch is uniformly maintained, a relationship between a stroke of an actuator of the clutch and transmission torque of the clutch is determined from a relationship between the stroke of the actuator and torque of an engine in the uniformly maintained slip state. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121925 | CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE WITH DCT - Slipping of a clutch can be minimized with a method of controlling the clutch different, depending on the current traveling status of the vehicle, when reaccelerating the vehicle with both clutches open before stopping the vehicle with a dual clutch transmission (DCT). The method can improve the sense of shifting by optimizing the inclination of an engine speed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121926 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING TRANSMISSION TORQUE OF DRY CLUTCH OF VEHICLE - A method of estimating transmission torque of a dry clutch, may include a) slowly releasing a dry clutch until a slip of the dry clutch occurs, b) acquiring and storing stroke of an actuator and torque of an engine at a starting time point at which the slip of the dry clutch occurs at step a), and c) determining the stroke of the actuator and the transmission torque of the dry clutch at the starting time point at which the slip of the dry clutch occurs, by using the stroke of the actuator and the torque of the engine stored at step b). | 2014-05-01 |
20140121927 | VEHICLE EMERGENCY EVACUATION DEVICE - In a vehicle emergency evacuation device executing an automatic vehicle stop control based on a command of the driver through a switch or a command input device in a driver's emergency, there is provided a switch or a command input device which is easy to operate when a driver's body condition is abnormal or deteriorates but does not erroneously receive a command input when the driver's body condition is normal. The inventive emergency evacuation device comprises a driver's condition monitoring portions, such as a driver camera; a driver's command input portion that has a receptor put on a position accessible for the driver and receiving a command input indicating a driver's intention, and outputs a command of an execution start of an automatic vehicle stop control based on the command input; and an automatic vehicle stop control portion executes the automatic vehicle stop control in response to the command from a driver's command input portion, where, only when an abnormality in a driver's body condition is judged based on the information acquired by the driver's condition monitoring portion, such as a driver's image acquired with the driver camera, the command input is acceptable to the receptor. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121928 | DECELERATION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - When a vehicle runs along a curved path, successive values of a speed limit are calculated based on the yaw rate of the vehicle, and values of acceleration demand are calculated and applied to control the actual vehicle speed based on the speed limit. If commencement of oscillation of the yaw rate and acceleration demand is detected, due to running along the curved path, guard processing is applied to the values of speed limit used to calculate the acceleration demand or is applied to the acceleration demand, such as to prevent the acceleration demand from varying in a direction that would increase the speed limit. Instability of deceleration control due to the oscillation is thereby substantially suppressed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121929 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER - A vehicle controller has multiple vehicle control modes that have different output characteristics of a travel power source relative to an accelerator operation amount. The vehicle control modes include a poor road travel mode used during travel on a poor road, and a first normal travel mode and a second normal travel mode that are used during travel other than on a poor road. A rate of increase in an output of the travel power source relative to a predetermined accelerator operation amount during an initial stage of an accelerator operation is set to increase steadily in order of the poor road travel mode, the first normal travel mode, and the second normal travel mode. When the poor road travel mode is selected, a mode transition to the first normal travel mode is permitted but a mode transition to the second normal travel mode is prohibited. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121930 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling a Parking Process of a Vehicle - A method and apparatus for controlling a parking process of a vehicle. The method including setting an upper speed limit; using a speed-limiting device to limit the speed of the vehicle at a parking speed that is less than or equal to the upper speed limit speed; suppressing an accelerator pedal speed increase request that increases the vehicle speed over the upper speed limit; and performing the assisted parking operation while limiting the vehicle speed and terminating the suppression of the increase in speed when the accelerator pedal is depressed by more than a predetermined value. Wherein the predetermined value is selected as a function of a slope on which the vehicle is located. The invention also relates to a steering system for an assisted parking procedure of a vehicle and a vehicle with such a steering system. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121931 | VEHICLE STEERING-BASED SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A control system and method is provided for a vehicle. The control system includes a speed sensor, a wheel angle sensor, and a vehicle position sensor. An electronic control unit (ECU) determines a yaw-rate error as a function of at least the vehicle position signal, determines a first speed limit as a function of the yaw-rate error, determines a second speed limit as a function of a vehicle lateral acceleration, and determines a third speed limit as a function of the wheel angle signal. The ECU selects the lowest of the first, second and third speed limits, generates a front wheel drive command and a diff lock command as a function of the wheel angle signal. The ECU also limits the vehicle speed to not greater than the selected lowest wheel speed limit. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121932 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL - An exemplary cruise control system includes an application that integrates curvature speed control, speed limit control, and adaptive speed control and generates an optimized speed profile that is used to control the vehicle. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121933 | FLEXIBLE MAXIMUM VEHICLE SPEED METHOD - In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, a method of limiting a vehicle speed is provided. The method includes limiting the speed of the vehicle to a predetermined limit under normal operating conditions. The method further includes selectively engaging an override condition in response to an operator generated input. During the override condition, the vehicle can exceed the predetermined limit by a specified offset. The override condition is not available when the vehicle has traveled in the override condition for a predetermined number of miles. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121934 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING SHAFT SHEAR EVENT - Systems and methods for detecting a shaft shear event in a turbine engine. An accelerometer coupled to the engine detects an axial acceleration indicative of a shaft shear event in the engine. A control system is configured to, in response to the detected axial acceleration, transmit a signal to initiate a shut down of a fuel system of the engine. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121935 | Model Based Control Tuning Process for Gas Turbines - Systems and methods for model based control tuning for gas turbine systems. In one embodiment, a nonlinear optimization process with multiple nonlinear constraints can create a set of control schedules that can work across an ambient range based on specific unit characteristics derived from a single test ambient. As part of model based control for a gas turbine system, all of the control schedules can be defined based on a nominal unit. Multiple control loops may be active across the ambient range with each control loop being active at a different ambient condition. This tuning process can provide a set of control schedules to provide improved performance for a specific gas turbine system or unit over a wide operation range. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121936 | DETECTION OF DIESEL FUEL GELLING - A method for diagnosing a performance issue in a vehicle system having a diesel engine, a fuel system, and an on-board diagnostic system. The method includes cranking the engine, and, if a pressure sensed in the fuel system during or after the engine cranking differs by a threshold amount from the pressure sensed during a previous operation of the engine, indicating excessive fuel viscosity in the on-board diagnostic system. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121937 | DIGITAL SIGNAL TO ANALOG SIGNAL GAUGE ADAPTER - A system for detecting and converting vehicle information for display includes a device including a first port and a second port. The first port being configured for communicating with a port of a vehicle to receive an input signal and the second port being configured for communicating an output signal from the device to a gauge. The system also includes a processor operatively coupled to the device. The processor is in communication with the first port and the second port is configured to read data from the input signal received at the first port, convert the data from the input signal to the output signal, wherein the output signal has an analog format, and output the output signal from the second port to drive at least one vehicle gauge. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121938 | WARNING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A warning device for a vehicle to start a warning at an optimum timing depending on a position at which an object passes near the vehicle. The warning device has a warning part for warning a driver of a presence of the object that will pass near the vehicle. The warning device has a timing changing part for changing a timing of starting the warning via the warning part according to a size of an allowance space from the vehicle to an expected passing position at which the object is expected to pass near the vehicle. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121939 | Boost Power Supply Sequencing - A boost power supply may be constructed of a number of smaller switching power supplies, each switching power supply providing a respective portion of a combined output current provided by the boost power supply to a load. A different respective control signal may be provided to each switching power supply to regulate the respective portion of the combined output current provided by the switching power supply. Each different respective control signal may be provided to the corresponding switching power supply out of phase with respect to each other different respective control signal to prevent the combined output current from exceeding a specified threshold current value. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121940 | EXHAUST-GAS REGENERATION UNDER RICH CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE FUEL ECONOMY - A method for operating a boosted gasoline engine. The method includes diluting an intake air charge of the engine to a first level of dilution when operating at a stoichiometric air-to-fuel ratio. The method also includes, in response to a condition of excessive exhaust temperature downstream of the engine, diluting the intake air charge of the engine to a second, greater level of dilution while operating at an enriched air-to-fuel ratio. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121941 | Intake Pressure Control In Internal Combustion Engine - Controlling intake pressure in an internal combustion engine includes calculating a proportional control term based on a difference between actual and desired intake pressure, determining choke and waste gate position values responsive to the proportional control term, and commanding a change in position of the choke or waste gate responsive to the corresponding position value to adjust actual intake pressure toward desired intake pressure. Related apparatus and control logic is also disclosed. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121942 | GASOLINE ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A gasoline engine control system includes a crankshaft rotation sensor configured to measure a rotation speed of a crankshaft, a coolant temperature sensor configured to measure a coolant temperature, an engine knocking sensor, a valve timing mechanism, an engine igniter, an air/fuel controller, and a controller configured to obtain a crankshaft rotation speed, a coolant temperature, and knocking information from the crankshaft rotation sensor, the coolant temperature sensor, and the engine knocking sensor, respectively, to determine a fuel class flowing in the engine and a cold start adaption factor, determine a fuel/cold start adaption factor based on the fuel class and the cold start adaption factor, and control an operation of at least one of the valve timing mechanism, the engine igniter, and the air/fuel controller according to the determined fuel/cold start adaption factor when the determined fuel/cold start adaption factor may be not a predetermined reference fuel/cold start adaption factor. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121943 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE - A control system and a control method of a gasoline direct injection engine may include determining whether the engine is stopped and can improve NVH of a vehicle by keeping the fuel high-pressure pump input valve of the high-pressure pump operating for a predetermined time and preventing fuel from flowing backward to the low-pressure pump. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121944 | FUEL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLD STARTS OF AN ENGINE - A control system includes a starter control module, a mode setting module, a fuel pressure control module, and a fuel control module. The starter control module initiates cranking of a spark ignition direct injection (SIDI) engine in response to user actuation of an ignition switch. The mode setting module sets a mode of operation to a cold start mode when an engine coolant temperature is less than a predetermined temperature during the cranking. The fuel pressure control module, in response to the setting of the mode to the cold start mode, determines a target fuel rail pressure. The fuel control module controls fueling during the cranking based on the target fuel rail pressure. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121945 | Direct Injection Flexible Multiplexing Scheme - An engine system may include a specified number of injectors and an engine control unit (ECU) having pins to which the injectors may be coupled. The ECU may include a controller implemented in hardware, software, or combination of both, and capable of switching between different multiplexing configurations, where each multiplexing configuration includes a specified number of individual injectors coupled across corresponding pairs of pins. The controller may select one multiplexing configuration from the number of specified multiplexing configurations without requiring any hardware adjustments to be made to the injectors and/or pins. The controller may also operate the individual injectors through the corresponding pairs of pins in an active multiplexing configuration selected by the controller. In at least one multiplexing configuration, the controller may control low-side switches at certain pins of the corresponding pairs of pins, and independent high-side switches at the remaining pins of the corresponding pairs of pins. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121946 | Direct Injection Cross Point Switching for Multiplexing Control in an Engine Control System - An engine system may include a injectors, and an engine control unit (ECU) having a number of pins coupling to the injectors. The ECU may include an individual measurement circuit coupled to each pin, with each individual measurement circuit providing a respective individual output corresponding to the pin coupled to the measurement circuit. The ECU may also include subtraction circuits, each subtraction circuit having a respective pair of inputs and providing an output representative of a difference between respective input values appearing at the pair of inputs. The ECU may also include cross-point switches coupled between the measurement circuits and the subtraction circuits, and may determine the voltage difference between any two pins by selectively coupling the respective output of each of the two individual measurement circuits coupled to the two pins to a respective input of the pair of inputs of any subtraction circuit. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121947 | ENGINE CONTROL UNIT - Engine control unit enabling to learn a change of relationship between a throttle opening degree and an intake air quantity (opening degree—air quantity characteristic) while restricting lowering of fuel efficiency to a minimum and to improve accuracy of engine stall prevention, torque control, including: a learning means which learns a characteristic change amount of the opening degree—air quantity characteristic; a learning requirement determining means; and a learning moving means causing executing learning in a stable driving state. The learning requirement determining means derives a separation amount between an intake air quantity corresponding to a throttle valve opening degree at present time and an actual intake air quantity detected in the stable driving state and determines requirement of learning with use of the separation amount and a threshold value. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121948 | HUMIDITY CORRECTIONS FOR FUEL SETPOINT ADAPTATION - A method for adjusting an oxygen sensor measurement within an exhaust gas feedstream output from an internal combustion engine based on humidity includes monitoring relative humidity of ambient air obtained from a humidity sensor. Specific humidity at the oxygen sensor is modeled based on the relative humidity. The oxygen sensor measurement is adjusted based on the modeled specific humidity at the oxygen sensor. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121949 | Fuel Pump Control Method for Vehicle - A fuel pump control method can improve acceleration response and operability of a vehicle by allowing a rapid increase in fuel pressure of a low-pressure pump in re-acceleration after fuel cut in a vehicle equipped with a fuel supply system where a low-pressure pump and a high-pressure pump, which are variably controlled, are connected in series. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121950 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING A PLURALITY OF CYLINDERS IN HOMOGENEOUS OPERATION - A method is described for operating an internal combustion engine, having a plurality of cylinders in an homogeneous operation, in which an exhaust gas lambda value and an unsteady running of the internal combustion engine are recorded, a mixture composition being cyclically varied, at least intermittently. In a test operation, the mixture composition is cyclically varied, in a selected cylinder, about a determined lambda value, whereas meanwhile the mixture composition is held constant in the remaining cylinders. From the magnitude of a cyclical fluctuation of the unsteady running or of a variable characterizing this, one may conclude upon a trimming of the mixture composition in the selected cylinder. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121951 | EMISSIONS CONTROL DURING AN AUTOMATIC ENGINE RESTART - Embodiments for performing an automatic stop-start operation are provided. In one example, a method for an engine comprises during an automatic stop, injecting a water-containing fluid onto a closed intake valve of a cylinder while the engine is at rest, and on a subsequent restart, fueling the cylinder after at least one intake stroke and subsequent exhaust stroke are performed in the cylinder. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121952 | Work Vehicle - A work vehicle includes an engine, an authentication processing unit for permitting the engine to be started only when stored authentication information and authentication information inputted by a manual operation are identical to each other, storage means for pre-storing the stored authentication information, a first switch and a second switch for performing the manual operation, authentication information identifying means for comparing the inputted authentication information acquired by the authentication processing unit with the stored authentication information, and power controlling means for allowing power to be supplied to a starter motor of the engine when the inputted authentication information is identical to the stored authentication information at the authentication information identifying means. The authentication processing unit is configured to acquire, as the inputted authentication information, the number of operation iterations of the first switch and the number of operation iterations of the second switch. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121953 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DATA IN A VEHICLE SYSTEM - A system includes a first communication module and a second communication module. The first communication module is configured to be disposed onboard a first vehicle of a vehicle consist, and the second communication module is configured to be disposed onboard a second vehicle of the vehicle consist. The first and second communication modules are communicatively coupled by first and second communication paths. The first and second communication modules are configured to communicate first information over the first communication path and second information over the second communication path. At least a portion of the first information includes a first command corresponding to a first operation of at least one of the first or second vehicles. At least a portion of the second information includes a second command corresponding to the first operation. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121954 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING VELOCITY OF A VEHICLE - Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for estimating velocity of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a surrounding environment information acquisition unit that acquires surrounding environment information of the vehicle from at least one sensor; a distance information extraction unit that extracts, from the surrounding environment information, distance information between the vehicle and objects in the vicinity of the vehicle; a group setting unit that classifies and groups the distance information according to a preset reference; a velocity calculation unit that calculates relative velocities between the vehicle and the objects for each group set; and a velocity estimation unit that estimates the velocity of the vehicle based on velocity values having the highest generation frequency from among the calculated relative velocities for each group. | 2014-05-01 |
20140121955 | AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An electronic communication system for aircraft management at an airport and an aircraft traffic management method are provided. The system includes an aircraft computing system environment carried on an aircraft, an air traffic control computing system environment, a departure/arrival control computing system environment and a communications network interconnecting all of the computing system environments to establish voiceless communication therebetween. | 2014-05-01 |