Systems and methods of adjusting operating parameters of a vehicle based on vehicle duty cycles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11001265-B2
Application number	US-201716080531-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 20, 2017
Priority date	Mar 25, 2016
Publication date	May 11, 2021
Grant date	May 11, 2021

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed provide for receiving operation data indicative of a duty cycle for the vehicle; determining one or more vehicle duty cycles for the vehicle based on the operation data; comparing the determined one or more vehicle duty cycles to a population of vehicle duty cycles; identifying a desired vehicle duty cycle from the population of vehicle duty cycles for each of the one or more determined vehicle duty cycles based on a desired operating parameter of the vehicle; receiving a set of trim parameters associated with each desired vehicle duty cycle; and selectively applying the set of trim parameters with the vehicle to control the one or more operating points of the vehicle in accordance with the desired operating parameter of the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a trim parameter circuit structured to receive a set of default trim parameters that are electronic operational parameters that control one or more operating points of a vehicle; and
a vehicle duty cycle circuit operatively coupled to the trim parameter circuit, the vehicle duty circuit structured to:
receive operation data indicative of a duty cycle for the vehicle, wherein the duty cycle is a substantially repeatable set of vehicle or vehicle component operations for a particular event or for a predefined time period;
determine one or more vehicle duty cycles for the vehicle based on the operation data;
compare the determined one or more vehicle duty cycles to a population of vehicle duty cycles;
identify a desired vehicle duty cycle from the population of vehicle duty cycles for each of the one or more identified vehicle duty cycles based on a desired operating parameter of the vehicle;
receive a set of trim parameters associated with each desired vehicle duty cycle; and
control the one or more operating points of the vehicle in accordance with the desired operating parameter of the vehicle based on the set of trim parameters.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the operation data indicative of the duty cycle for the vehicle only includes an acceleration characteristic of the vehicle and an aerodynamic speed of the vehicle.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an operator interface circuit structured to provide the set of trim parameters to an operator input/output device of the vehicle and responsive to receiving an affirmative implementation instruction from the operator input/output device, instruct the vehicle duty circuit to apply the set of trim parameters with the vehicle.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle duty cycle circuit is further structured to define one or more boundaries for the received operation data and sample the received operation data at a constant frequency for a predefined period of time to identify the one or more vehicle duty cycles.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the vehicle duty cycle circuit is structured to use a hierarchical clustering process to define the one or more boundaries and to sample the received operation data to identify the one or more vehicle duty cycles.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the desired operating parameter is to minimize fuel consumption for the vehicle.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the desired operating parameter is to incrementally improve fuel economy for the vehicle.

8. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a controller of an engine of a vehicle, operation data indicative of a duty cycle for the vehicle, wherein the duty cycle is a substantially repeatable set of vehicle or vehicle component operations for a particular event or for a predefined time period;
determining, by the controller, one or more vehicle duty cycles for the vehicle based on the operation data;
comparing, by the controller, the determined one or more vehicle duty cycles to a population of vehicle duty cycles;
identifying, by the controller, a desired vehicle duty cycle from the population of vehicle duty cycles for each of the one or more determined vehicle duty cycles based on a desired operating parameter of the vehicle;
receiving, by the controller, a set of trim parameters that are electronic operational parameters associated with each desired vehicle duty cycle; and
controlling, by the controller, the one or more operating points of the vehicle in accordance with the desired operating parameter of the vehicle based on the set of trim parameters.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising receiving, by the controller, additional data indicative of another duty cycle for the vehicle and identifying at least one different vehicle duty cycle based on the additional data.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the operation data indicative of the duty cycle for the vehicle only includes an acceleration characteristic of the vehicle and an aerodynamic speed of the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: providing, by the controller, the set of trim parameters to an operator input/output device of the vehicle; and applying, by the controller, the set of trim parameters with the vehicle in response to receiving an affirmative implementation instruction from the operator input/output device.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising defining, by the controller, one or more boundaries for the received operation data to sample the received operation data at a constant frequency for a predefined period of time to identify the one or more vehicle duty cycles.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising using, by the controller, a hierarchical clustering process to define the one or more boundaries and to sample the received operation data to identify the one or more vehicle duty cycles.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the desired operating parameter is to at least one of minimize fuel consumption for the vehicle and incrementally improve fuel economy for the vehicle.

15. A vehicle, comprising:
a controller operatively coupled to an engine, the controller structured to:
receive operation data indicative of a duty cycle for the vehicle, wherein the duty cycle is a substantially repeatable set of vehicle or vehicle component operations for a particular event or for a predefined time period;
determine one or more vehicle duty cycles for the vehicle based on the operation data;
compare the determined one or more vehicle duty cycles to a population of vehicle duty cycles;
identify a desired vehicle duty cycle from the population of vehicle duty cycles for each of the one or more determined vehicle duty cycles based on a desired operating parameter of the vehicle;
receive a set of trim parameters that are electronic operational parameters associated with each desired vehicle duty cycle; and
control the one or more operating points of the vehicle in accordance with the desired operating parameter of the vehicle based on the set of trim parameters.

16. The vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the operation data indicative of the duty cycle for the vehicle only includes an acceleration characteristic of the vehicle and an aerodynamic speed of the vehicle.

17. The vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the controller is further structured to define one or more boundaries for the received operation data and sample the received operation data at a constant frequency for a predefined period of time to identify the one or more vehicle duty cycles, wherein the controller uses a hierarchical clustering process to define the one or more boundaries and to sample the received operation data to identify the one or more vehicle duty cycles.

18. The vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the desired operating parameter is to at least one of minimize fuel consumption for the vehicle and incrementally improve fuel economy for the vehicle.

19. The vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the controller is structured to communicate with a vehicle tracking and analytics center, and wherein the controller is structured to receive at least one of the set of trim parameters and the population of vehicle duty cycles from the vehicle tracking and analytics center.

20. The vehicle of claim 19 , wherein the population of vehicle duty cycles received by the controller only pertains to the one or more determined vehicle duty cycles for the vehicle.

Assignees

• Cummins Inc

Inventors

• Yu Chia-Siung

Classifications

• F02D31/00

  Use of speed-sensing governors to control combustion engines, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• F02B3/06

  with compression ignition (compression ignition engines using air or gas for blowing fuel into compressed air in cylinder F02B13/02) · CPC title

• F01P7/08

  by cutting in or out of pumps · CPC title

• F01P7/048

  using electrical drives · CPC title

• B60W40/12

  related to parameters of the vehicle itself {, e.g. tyre models} · CPC title