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- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for matching vehicle ECU programming to current vehicle operating conditions
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Application No.: US13854913Application Date: 2013-04-01
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Publication No.: US10061745B2Publication Date: 2018-08-28
- Inventor: Charles Michael McQuade , Bryan Hunt , Dan Mayer
- Applicant: ZONAR SYSTEMS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: ZONAR SYTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee: ZONAR SYTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06F17/00 ; F02D29/02 ; F02D41/26 ; F02D41/24

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are techniques for implementing vehicle ECU reprograming, so the ECU programming, which plays a large role in vehicle performance characteristics, is tailored to current operational requirements, which may be different than the operational characteristics selected by the manufacturer when initially programming the vehicle ECU (or ECUs) with specific instruction sets, such as fuel maps. In one embodiment, a controller monitors the current operational characteristics of the vehicle, determines the current ECU programming, and determines if a different programming set would better suited to the current operating conditions. In the event that the current programming set should be replaced, the controller implements the ECU reprogramming. In a related embodiment, users are enabled to specify the ECU programming to change, such as changing speed limiter settings.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130261942A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MATCHING VEHICLE ECU PROGRAMMING TO CURRENT VEHICLE OPERATING CONDITIONS Public/Granted day:2013-10-03
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