5619 results about "Electronic control unit" patented technology

A diagnostic system and method for identifying and resolving vehicle Controller Area Network (CAN) bus faults is disclosed. The system connects to a vehicle's data link connector (DLC) and automatically retrieves diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) from multiple electronic control units (ECUs). It filters the DTCs to identify those related to CAN communication errors, groups repeated DTCs across ECUs to highlight systemic faults, and assigns repair priority based on status, scope, and criticality. A user interface displays prioritized DTCs with definitions, affected systems, possible causes, and repair guidance. Upon technician input, the system re-scans the network to confirm resolution and updates the display accordingly. The invention supports semantic and conceptual recognition of communication faults, enabling robust, language-agnostic analysis. This system reduces diagnostic time, improves repair accuracy, and supports multilingual or manufacturer-specific DTC definitions without requiring external infrastructure or advanced user expertise.

A brake system includes a reservoir and a motor-driven master cylinder for actuating a plurality of wheel brakes. A secondary power transmission unit provides pressurized hydraulic fluid at first and second PTU outputs for actuating the wheel brakes in at least one of a normal non-failure braking mode and a backup braking mode. The secondary power transmission unit includes an electric PTU motor and at least two pump pistons. At least two brake pressure sensors are provided. Each brake pressure sensor is located directly adjacent a corresponding wheel brake for sensing hydraulic pressure at the corresponding wheel brake and responsively producing a brake pressure signal. An electronic control unit is provided for controlling at least one of the secondary power transmission unit and the master cylinder responsive to at least one brake pressure signal. The secondary power transmission unit is directly fluidly connected to the reservoir.

A brake system includes a master cylinder generating pressure at first and second MC outputs for actuating first and second pairs of wheel brakes. A secondary brake module is configured to provide fluid at first and second PTU outputs for actuating the wheel brakes. The secondary brake module includes an electric motor configured to selectively pressurize the hydraulic fluid by transmitting rotary motion to at least two pump pistons. A pump inlet attenuator is interposed hydraulically between a reservoir and the pump pistons and in direct fluid connection with the reservoir via a single return line. An electronic control unit controls at least one of the secondary brake module and the master cylinder responsive to a brake pressure signal. The pump inlet attenuator regulates pressure in the single return line to reduce pressure fluctuations at an inlet side of each pump piston via solely mechanical pressure attenuation.

The invention relates to the field of vehicle braking fault detection, in particular to a real-time fault detection method for a vehicle electronic braking system, which comprises the following steps of: acquiring vehicle driving state data through a vehicle-mounted sensor network and an electronic control unit, calculating filtered residual data of a target wheel speed sensor, and calculating the filtered residual data of the target wheel speed sensor; establishing calibration reference parameters of the health state; performing conjoint analysis on the acceleration data and the residual fluctuation data of the vehicle to obtain a dynamic response adaptive adjustment factor of the vehicle; obtaining a tiny drift confirmation factor of the vehicle through the candidate residual error in the low dynamic interference state of the vehicle; continuous fault judgment is performed by combining the dynamic response adjustment factor and the tiny drift confirmation factor of the vehicle, and the fault judgment result of the wheel speed sensor is obtained, so that the accuracy and sensitivity of fault detection when tiny systematic deviation occurs to the wheel speed sensor are improved.

The embodiment of the invention provides an air supply system and an air supply method of an air suspension. The air supply system of the air suspension comprises an air storage tank, a plurality of air springs, an air supply valve body unit, a dryer, a heating element, an electronic control unit and a humidity sensor. The air storage tank is used for storing compressed air; the air spring is used for inputting high-pressure gas to each wheel of the vehicle; the air supply valve body unit comprises a reversing valve; the reversing valve is arranged on an air channel, so that the air supply system is driven to be switched between the air suction mode and the reverse blowing mode through reversing of the reversing valve; the cavity of the dryer is communicated with the air supply valve body unit through an air channel; the heating element is arranged in a cavity of the dryer, the humidity sensor is arranged on the air channel, and the humidity sensor corresponds to the electronic control unit in a signal mode. Therefore, the air supply system of the air suspension has the advantage that the regeneration efficiency of the dryer is improved.

Electro-Hydraulic Steering System and Method An electro-hydraulic steering system (1) includes a steering wheel (2) for setting a steering demand and a hydraulic steering actuator (11) for turning the steered wheel in response to the steering demand. An electrically controlled hydraulic valve (26) is arranged to supply pressurised fluid to the hydraulic steering actuator to turn the steered wheel according to a variable steering ratio. An electronic control unit (21) receives an angular position of the steering wheel and an angular position of the steered wheel. The control unit is operative to determine an angular misalignment between the steering wheel and the steered wheel and carry out a realignment procedure. The realignment procedure comprises calculating a compensation angle based on the angular misalignment and controlling the steering ratio based on the compensation angle by controlling the hydraulic valve to adjust the supply of pressurised fluid to the hydraulic steering actuator.

The invention provides a dynamic fault-tolerant control method based on an expected function safety mechanism, and the method comprises the steps: 1, selecting the model of a sensor, and enabling the sensor to be distributed at the periphery of a vehicle body; 2, building a decision algorithm model, carrying out environment scene recognition, planning a driving path and speed according to data obtained by a sensing layer, evaluating safety risks of different decisions, and carrying out judgment and decision making on various conditions; 3, control interfaces of a vehicle power system, a steering system and a braking system are established, and the electronic control unit converts a decision control instruction output by the decision algorithm model into actual vehicle operation through the control interfaces; 4, performing an expected function safety mechanism, performing real-time monitoring on state parameters of the vehicle, and analyzing detection data through a fault detection algorithm; 5, implementing a fault tolerance strategy; and 6, continuously monitoring the actual driving state and the system response condition of the vehicle, and adjusting the fault tolerance strategy.

The invention provides a whole vehicle function detection method and system, electronic equipment and a storage medium, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining vehicle standard information corresponding to the identity information of a to-be-detected vehicle, responding to a whole vehicle function detection request, respectively executing a first function detection step and a second function detection step, and obtaining a first detection result and a second detection result, comparing the vehicle standard information with the detection result to obtain detection standard comparison information, and performing detection rating to obtain a whole vehicle function detection rating result; according to the invention, after the vehicle standard information corresponding to the vehicle machine identity is obtained, the standardized detection process of the first function detection step and the second function detection step is executed, so that the consistency and the adaptability of the vehicle electronic control unit and the vehicle machine system control detection process are ensured, and scoring is carried out based on the detection comparison result. The electronic system state of the vehicle can be comprehensively evaluated, the manual participation degree is reduced, the possibility of human errors is reduced, and the after-sales service detection quality is improved.

A safety strategy determining method, applied to a hybrid transmission control unit (HTCU), and comprising: monitoring an environment signal in a hybrid transmission; when an error occurs to the environment signal, determining an abnormal event corresponding to the environment signal; analyzing the abnormal event, and determining a safety state corresponding to the abnormal event; on the basis of the safety state and the current gear of a vehicle, determining a safety strategy corresponding to the abnormal event, wherein the current gear comprises one gear in different driving modes, and the safety strategy comprises at least one of the following: maintaining the current gear, reverting the gear in the hybrid transmission to the current gear, and switching from the current gear to a corresponding downshifted gear; sending a gear switching request carrying the safety strategy to a vehicle electronic control unit (VECU), wherein the gear switching request is used for requesting the VECU to switch to a target gear on the basis of the safety strategy; and switching the gear in the hybrid transmission to the target gear. The problem of over-protection or under-protection in the hybrid transmission is avoided, and therefore the driving safety is improved. Also provided is a security strategy determining apparatus.

A vehicle communication system comprises: Ethernet gateways, wherein each of the Ethernet gateways (i) is designated to serve as the Ethernet gateway in addition to performing other automotive functions in a vehicle: (ii) is coupled to multiple buses for respective subsystems having electronic control units (ECUs) communicating using respective automotive bus protocols; and (iii) is configured to encapsulate within Ethernet packets received communications of the respective automotive bus protocols: Automotive Ethernet cables connecting the Ethernet gateways in a ring topology, each of the Ethernet gateways connected to two others of the Ethernet gateways that are adjacent to the Ethernet gateway; and a communication matrix in each of the Ethernet gateways, wherein each of the ECUs is specified as belonging to at least one of multiple virtual local area networks (VLANs), wherein a VLAN tag is included in each of the Ethernet packets.

Methods, systems, and apparatus for a regenerative braking and powertrain pedal system. The powertrain system includes an electric motor that is configured to generate regenerative energy and provide a regenerative braking torque. The powertrain system includes an electronic control unit coupled to the electric motor. The electronic control unit is configured to cause an accelerator pedal to rotate about its pivot point to increase a total available stroke in response to an energy recovery mode being activated. The electronic control unit is configured to control an amount of the regenerative braking torque to be applied using an accelerator pedal position. The electronic control unit is configured to cause the accelerator pedal to rotate about its pivot point to decrease the total available stroke in response to the energy recovery mode being deactivated.

A system for creating online vectorized maps for autonomous vehicles includes an image sensor and an electronic control unit (ECU). The image sensor captures a series of image frames. The ECU includes a memory, a central processing unit (CPU), and a transceiver. The memory stores a semantic segmentation deep learning model and a vectorization post-processing module as computer readable code. The CPU executes the semantic segmentation deep learning model and the vectorization post-processing module to output a vectorized map of an external environment of a vehicle. The transceiver uploads the vectorized map to a server such that the vectorized map can be accessed by a second vehicle that uses the vectorized map to traverse the external environment.

A brake system includes a reservoir and first and second motor-driven master cylinders. An electronic control unit is provided for controlling at least one of the first and second master cylinders responsive to at least one brake pressure signal. A secondary power transmission unit is configured for selectively providing pressurized hydraulic fluid at first and second PTU outputs for actuating first and second pairs of wheel brakes in at least one of a normal non-failure braking mode and a backup braking mode. Each of the first and second PTU outputs provides fluid to a corresponding one of the first and second pairs of wheel brakes. The secondary power transmission unit is directly fluidly connected to the reservoir.

The invention relates to a brake system including at least one brake with an electric brake actuator, at least one electronic control unit for controlling the at least one electric brake, and two different power supply units connected to the at least one electronic control unit and configured for supplying energy to the at least one electric brake actuator. The at least one electronic control unit comprises a first brake actuation system for activating the electric brake actuator and a redundant brake actuation system for activating the electric brake actuator in case of a failure of the first brake actuation system. The invention also relates to a method for using the brake system.

The invention discloses a digital twin intelligent test run system based on a marine medium-speed diesel engine and a monitoring method, relates to the technical field of monitoring, and is used for solving the problems of degeneration identification lag and low emission early warning precision of an oil injector. The system comprises a multi-source heterogeneous data preprocessing module and a running state intelligent diagnosis module. The multi-dimensional data acquisition module is used for acquiring in-cylinder pressure, crankshaft torsional vibration and transient air-fuel ratio signals to construct multi-dimensional data vectors, and the multi-dimensional data acquisition module is used for analyzing combustion fluctuation characteristics based on an attention mechanism LSTM (Long Short Term Memory) network, identifying early deterioration of an oil injector and outputting an oil injection consistency coefficient and a fault type identifier. The method comprises the steps that according to an oil injection consistency coefficient, electromagnetic valve response delay and combustion parameter correlation are tracked, a degradation trend is predicted, and emission early warning is generated; and according to prediction and early warning results, fuel injection compensation parameters are dynamically adjusted in the digital twinborn model, a recursive least square method is adopted to identify combustion parameters and feed the combustion parameters back to an electric control unit, and self-adaptive optimization and closed-loop control in the test run stage are achieved.

A vehicular camera includes a housing for mounting the vehicular camera at an in-cabin side of a vehicle windshield. Width of the housing is greater than height of the housing and is greater than depth of the housing. The height of the vehicular camera is less than 35 mm. Circuitry disposed at a first side of a single circuit board accommodated by the housing includes an imager. A lens barrel accommodates a lens and protrudes outward from a front portion of the housing. Circuitry disposed at a second side of the single circuit board includes a coaxial connector that extends from the single circuit board to protrude outward from the rear portion of the housing. Image data captured by the vehicular camera is transferred via the coaxial connector to an electronic control unit that is located in the vehicle remote from where the vehicular camera is mounted.

The invention relates to the technical field of natural gas treatment, and particularly discloses a turbine and motor double-drive magnetic levitation natural gas expansion recompression unit, system and method, and the turbine and motor double-drive magnetic levitation natural gas expansion recompression unit comprises a natural gas expansion machine, a high-speed synchronous motor and a natural gas compressor which are coaxially and rigidly connected; the magnetic suspension supporting system comprises an expansion side magnetic suspension bearing arranged at the output end of the natural gas expansion machine and a compression side magnetic suspension bearing arranged at the input end of the compressor, and is used for realizing non-contact suspension and torque transmission of the rotor; the electric control unit comprises an electric appliance cabinet and a pressure sensor, a converter and a main controller are arranged in the electric appliance cabinet, the converter is connected with a power grid and the high-speed synchronous motor, and the main controller dynamically adjusts the operation mode and power of the high-speed synchronous motor by taking the outlet pressure of the natural gas compressor as a control variable. The natural gas compressor is driven by the natural gas expansion machine and the highly synchronous motor, the unit with the reverse power generation function is adopted, the operation flexibility of the unit is improved, and the comprehensive utilization rate of energy is remarkably increased.

An electronic control unit for an electronic brake system, and a hydraulic assembly are disclosed. The electronic control unit comprises: a housing having a hydraulic block which is mounted on the front surface thereof and in which a plurality of valves, a flow path, and a pump are provided in order to regulate hydraulic brake pressure transmitted to a plurality of wheel cylinders; a control unit for controlling the plurality of valves and a motor which is accommodated in the housing and provides power to the pump; a first connector provided at the front surface of the housing so that the control unit can be electrically connected to an external device; and a second connector, wherein the first connector is disposed above the position at which the hydraulic block is mounted, and the second connector can be disposed below a reservoir mounted at a first side surface of the hydraulic block.

In an aspect, systems and methods of connected nodes, including electronic control units (ECUs) in a vehicle, integrate remote direct memory access (RDMA) capabilities with time-sensitive networking (TSN) traffic shaper configurations in a manner that guarantees lossless, bounded-latency critical traffic (CT) streams, while also allowing for different classes of traffic to flow through the connected nodes. In another aspect, mechanisms are introduced to enable an automotive software framework (e.g., classic AUTOSAR) to support RDMA communications.

The invention provides a secure communication method and device for an upper computer and an ECU (Electronic Control Unit), a storage medium and a program product, which are respectively applied to an upper computer end and an ECU end, and the method comprises the following steps: the upper computer obtains an encryption public key of the ECU and a decryption private key of the upper computer, generates a session key for data encryption and decryption, and sends the session key to the ECU; and the session key is subjected to double encryption by sequentially using an encryption public key of the ECU and a decryption private key of the ECU, and a communication ciphertext is generated and sent to the ECU end. And after receiving the communication ciphertext, the ECU end performs dual decryption by using the encryption public key of the upper computer and the decryption private key of the ECU end in sequence, so that the session key is recovered. And after the key negotiation is completed, the two parties encrypt and decrypt communication data through a symmetric encryption mode based on the session key. According to the invention, a hybrid encryption communication mechanism taking the public key infrastructure as the root of trust is constructed, confidentiality and integrity protection of communication data is realized, and the authentication capability of the identity of the communication entity is remarkably enhanced.

A method for managing pressure in one or more tires installed on a vehicle includes: determining, by an electronic control unit, a pressure parameter value based on one or more measured pressures; and commanding, by the electronic control unit and based on the pressure parameter value, at least one control valve to an open position to conduct fluid from an air source and to inflate the one or more tires.

A converter system, e.g., for vehicle-to-vehicle charging, includes galvanically-isolated modular first and second converters having the same maximum voltage rating, a direct current (DC) voltage bus interconnecting the converters, and an electronic controller. An input voltage to the DC bus is converted into an output voltage via switching control signals to the modular converters. The system's voltage rating may equal the maximum of the input and / or output voltage, or it may equal the maximum input voltage and be about 50-percent of the maximum output voltage. The maximum input and output voltages may be equal. When the voltage rating is about 50-percent of the maximum input voltage, capacitors may be connected in parallel with the modular converters on an input side thereof. Switching circuits may be connected to the bus to control the conversion of the input voltage via switching control signals.

According to the mass center self-balancing chassis system for U-rib weld defect detection and the control method, the problem that when detection equipment moves on a U-rib curved surface, the precision is reduced due to mass center deviation and view field inclination can be solved. The system integrates a Mecanum wheel omni-directional moving unit, four groups of electric telescopic supporting legs, a two-axis holder and an ECU (electronic control unit), and has the innovation point that dynamic mass center balance and posture self-correction are realized through rigid-flexible combined supporting leg design and multi-modal sensing fusion. The ECU adopts an improved Canny algorithm to process the image, extracts a U rib edge point set and fits a reference center; in combination with pressure and tilt angle sensor data, a real-time mass center is solved through a moment balance formula, and then an improved self-adaptive PID algorithm is used for driving the supporting legs to stretch out and draw back, so that the mass center returns to a reference center; the two-axis holder compensates the view field angle according to the inclination angle data to ensure that the view field angle is perpendicular to the weld joint. Through cooperation of a mechanical structure and an algorithm, the system can control centroid offset to be smaller than or equal to 5 mm and view field inclination to be smaller than or equal to 1 degree, the detection stability and precision are remarkably improved, and the algorithm is easy to deploy.

A system comprising one or more computers implements a virtual domain control unit / virtual electronic control unit service configured to deploy vehicle code packages to one or more of a plurality of supported virtual domain control unit / electronic control unit orchestration environments, which include both a local orchestration environment and one or more remote orchestration environments. In such orchestration environments, virtual domain control units and / or virtual electronic control units are implemented that execute code included in the vehicle code packages. In some embodiments, such virtual domain control units or virtual electronic control units allow computing capacity and / or data storage capacity of a vehicle to be augmented via remotely implemented virtual domain control units and / or remotely implemented virtual electronic control units.

A vehicle information communication system including a center device and an in-vehicle device is provided. When pieces of configuration information regarding configurations of respective devices are received from electronic control units, the in-vehicle device transmits a configuration information list including the pieces of configuration information to the center device. The center device includes a configuration information storage unit storing the configuration information list approved with respect a vehicle type, compares the configuration information list received from the in-vehicle device with the configuration information list stored in the configuration information storage unit. When the center device determines that the configuration information list received from the in-vehicle device is disapproved, the center device transmits a presence of abnormality to the in-vehicle device.

The invention discloses an over-the-air upgrading method, device and equipment and a storage medium, relates to the technical field of vehicle remote upgrading, and discloses an over-the-air upgrading method which comprises the following steps: acquiring behavior data of a vehicle, a battery health state, an over-the-air upgrading condition, a flashing condition of an electronic control unit and an upgrading package of the electronic control unit; predicting initial upgrading time according to the behavior data, and obtaining target upgrading time based on the initial upgrading time and the upgrading package; when it is determined that the vehicle meets the upgrading condition and the current time is the target upgrading time, whether the electronic control unit can be upgraded or not is determined according to the battery health state and the flashing condition; and when it is determined that the electronic control unit can be upgraded, performing over-the-air upgrade according to the upgrade package. By combining the vehicle behavior data, the battery health state and the flashing condition, the upgrading time is predicted and dynamically adjusted, and efficient and reliable over-the-air downloading upgrading is achieved.

An erroneous start suppression device equipped with an electronic control unit that controls a drive device that generates a driving force of a vehicle, and the electronic control unit determines whether or not an accelerator operation of a driver is an erroneous operation based on whether or not a predetermined determination condition is satisfied; limits a driving force generated by the drive device when the electronic control unit determines that the accelerator operation of the driver is an erroneous operation; determines whether or not the vehicle is towing a towed vehicle; and changes the predetermined determination condition so that it becomes difficult to determine that the predetermined determination condition is satisfied when it is determined that the vehicle is towing a towed vehicle.

The proposed solution concerns a drive system for an electric bicycle, comprising a bottom bracket shaft for applying rider torque with a rider cadence for generating drive power for muscle-powered propulsion of the electric bicycle, at least one drive motor for providing externally generated support power in addition to the drive power depending on at least one operating parameter, a frequency unit for determining the rider cadence and a torque unit for determining the rider torque.The drive system also includes an electronic control unit for determining at least one operating parameter based on the rider's cadence and torque. This control unit comprises a filter unit configured to filter one or more values ​​of the rider torque based on the rider's cadence to determine a filtered rider torque value. It also includes an evaluation unit configured to determine the at least one operating parameter from a predefined map, which is at least two-dimensional, based on the filtered rider torque and the rider's cadence. The proposed solution also relates to a method for determining at least one operating parameter.

A gaseous fuel storage system includes: one or more storage tanks, each having a first end and a second end, the first end of each tank having a connection fitting; a piping and valving assembly coupled to the connection fitting, wherein each of the one or more tanks is coupled to an outlet line through a remote shut off valve; a first cabinet surrounding the piping and valving assembly and a portion of the first end of the storage tanks; a detector disposed in the first cabinet which operable to detect the presence of hydrogen gas and generate a signal representative of a hydrogen gas concentration; and an electronic controller operably connected to the sensor apparatus and to the remote shut off valve, wherein the electronic controller is programmed to close all of the remote shut off valves in response to detection of a first predetermined concentration of hydrogen.

The invention belongs to the technical field of advanced auxiliary driving, and discloses a simulation video injection device and method for a vehicle-mounted electronic control unit, and the device comprises a video interface retiming module, a programmable logic module, a processor interface to serial link module, and a storage module. When a simulation video output by a server is sent to a vehicle-mounted electronic control unit, a programmable logic module carries out protocol analysis processing, color conversion processing and format conversion processing on the simulation video so as to ensure that the simulation video has high definition and high quality; the simulation video subjected to format conversion processing is sent to the processor interface to serial link module; and the processor interface-to-serial link module sends the packaged simulation video to a vehicle-mounted electronic control unit, so that the simulation video has relatively low injection delay, and the overall verification process of an advanced auxiliary driving algorithm is further improved.