Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle controls including dynamic vehicle mass and road grade estimation during vehicle operation
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Application No.: US14840861Application Date: 2015-08-31
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Publication No.: US09725093B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Apurva Chunodkar , Timothy Proctor , Vivek Anand Sujan , Kenneth Follen , Gary Salemme , Phani Vajapeyazula , An Wu
- Applicant: Cummins Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Columbus
- Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Columbus
- Agency: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; B60W30/18 ; B60W40/13 ; B60W40/076 ; B60W50/00

Abstract:
Apparatuses, methods and systems including dynamic estimations of vehicle mass and road grade estimation are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a method including operating a vehicle system to propel a vehicle, determining with a controller a vehicle mass estimate and an uncertainty of the vehicle mass estimate, evaluating with the controller the uncertainty of the vehicle mass estimate relative to at least one criterion, if the uncertainty of the vehicle mass estimate satisfies the criterion, determining with the controller a road grade estimate, and controlling with the controller utilizing the road grade estimate at least one of a vehicle speed and an engine output.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160082964A1 VEHICLE CONTROLS INCLUDING DYNAMIC VEHICLE MASS AND ROAD GRADE ESTIMATION DURING VEHICLE OPERATION Public/Granted day:2016-03-24
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