72 results about "Shift schedule" patented technology

The invention relates to a GPS-based predictive shift schedule for an automatic transmission. A method for modifying a default transmission shift schedule for a vehicle includes monitoring current vehicle parameters and determining future roadway information at a predetermined distance in front of the vehicle. Future vehicle parameters are predicted based on the determined future roadway information. The default transmission shift schedule is modified based on the current vehicle parameters and the predicted future vehicle parameters.

The invention relates to the technical field of calibration and discloses a calibrating method and a calibrating system for an electric control unit of an automatic transmission. According to the calibrating method and the calibrating system disclosed by the invention, important parameters operated by the automatic transmission can be monitored in real time, important indexes of the automatic transmission including a shift schedule and a lock-up rule can be calibrated online and the development efficiency of an electric control system of the automatic transmission is increased.

The present invention provides a method of selecting an economy mode shift schedule for a transmission coupled to a motor vehicle. The method includes calculating vehicle acceleration and determining a change in accelerator pedal position. Also, a net tractive effort force of the vehicle is determined for a current gear range of the transmission. Also, the method includes comparing the net tractive effort force for the current gear range to a maximum tractive effort force for a desired gear range and selecting the economy mode shift schedule for the transmission based on the comparison. The method further includes controlling shifting between one or more gear ranges of the transmission according to the economy mode shift schedule.

The invention provides a plug-in type hybrid electric vehicle energy management method based on TTR configuration. The method includes a power demand calculation link and a power distribution link. Inthe power demand calculation link, the whole vehicle demand torque is speculated according to the accelerator opening degree of a driver, and in the power distribution link, power distribution is finished in real time according to the whole vehicle demand torque. In the power distribution process, when an engine participates in drive, the relationship between the torque of the output end of the engine and the torque of the output end of a gearbox is determined according to a two-parameter shift schedule. In the two-parameter shift schedule, combined with a hybrid electric vehicle control characteristic, the demand power and the vehicle speed are selected as shift parameters. On the premise that the vehicle power performance demand is met, an energy management strategy guarantees that theengine works in a high-fuel-economical-efficiency region as much as possible and guarantees the stable working state, so that a good vehicle fuel economical efficiency target is achieved.

The invention includes a system and method for managing personnel and resources in a gaming establishment. An information processor that is operable to communicate over a communication network is provided to access a database. A user interface is provided via the information processor that includes an employee module, a shift-scheduling module, a pit defining module, a table defining module, and a game defining module. Further, a scheduling module is provided in the user interface that operates to assign a game to a respective area, is further operable to assign a table in a respective area, and yet is further operable to assign a shift to the game and is still further operable to assign an employee to the shift. The respective assignments occur as a function of the electronic game information, the electronic pit information, the electronic shift information and the electronic employee information, respectively. Further, the scheduling module is operable to reassign one of a different game, a different area, a different shift and a different employee in response to a user selection made in the user interface.

A novel software method of creating and maintaining a schedule of the activities to be performed by agents on behalf of a principal entity at least includes: a) creating a principal profile; b) identifying the principal's agents; c) defining jobs to be performed by the principal's agents, the jobs being at least partially defined by identifiable skills needed to perform the jobs; d) defining a scheduling period; e) defining job shifts related to the temporal performance of the jobs during a scheduling period; f) defining job criteria for matching particular agents to particular jobs; g) identifying the availability of the principal's agents for job shift performance; h) generating a job shift schedule based on elements b)-g); i) automatically modifying the job shift schedule according to predefined rules and interpreted rules postulated by software according to previous scheduling and scheduling approval iterations; j) determining a fitness value of a generated or modified schedule, based on adherence to predefined or interpreted rules; k) repeating elements i) and j) until no improvement in the fitness value is realized; l) via a principal's manager-agent, approving a job shift schedule; and m) publishing an approved job shift schedule for availability to the principal's agents and manager-agents. The method is hosted via the Internet, using an application service provider model.

The invention discloses a driving intention identifying method suitable for multi-performance comprehensive optimization of a gear shift schedule, and belongs to the technical field of step type automatic transmissions of cars. The driving intention identifying method comprises the following steps of: adopting a dynamic property and economical efficiency expectation fuzzy inferer to perform quantization on dynamic property and economical efficiency expectation of a driver separately, and determining emission performance expectation on this basis; respectively determining input parameters and output parameters of the fuzzy inferer according to the construction of the dynamic property and economical efficiency expectation fuzzy inferer, and determining subordinate functions of the input parameters and the output parameters; and finally, establishing a dynamic property and economical efficiency fuzzy inference rule base, and taking each performance expectation quantized value as a weighting coefficient to construct a gear shift performance comprehensive evaluative function which is used as a gear shift rule multi-performance index comprehensive optimization target function. On the basis of reflecting the driving intention of the driver, the driving intention identifying method enables dynamic property, economical efficiency and emission comprehensive performance of a whole vehicle to be optimal, and also enables automatic gear shift to be more personalized, so that the defect of simply sorting driving intentions in the prior art is made up.

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to selectively establish communications with one or more of a plurality of mobile terminals in accordance with a predefined criteria, such as a predefined schedule. In the context of a method, a mobile terminal maintains at least a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and a second SIM mapped to different subscriber identification numbers. In this regard, the second SIM is mapped to the same subscriber identification number as the SIM of at least one other mobile terminal. The method may also activate the second SIM in accordance with a predefined criteria and may then subsequently deactivate the second SIM. For example, the second SIM may be activated and subsequently deactivated in accordance with a predefined schedule, such as a shift schedule, that identifies one or more time periods in which the second SIM is to be activated.

A drive axle system (10) and a method for adapting a shift schedule of a drive axle system (10) based on an input is provided. The drive axle system (10) comprises a first shaft (18), a first axle assembly (14), a second axle assembly (16), a clutching device (28), a controller (55), and a plurality of sensors (75). The plurality of sensors (75) are in communication with the controller (55) for sensing at least one of an environmental condition and at least one operating condition the drive axle system (10). Based on the information from the plurality of sensors (75) the controller (55) selects one of a plurality of shift schedules and places the clutching device (28) in one of a first position and a second position.

A drive axle system (10) and a method for adapting a shift schedule of a drive axle system (10) based on an input is provided. The drive axle system (10) comprises a first shaft (18), a first axle assembly (14), a second axle assembly (16), a clutching device (28), a controller (55), and a plurality of sensors (75). The plurality of sensors (75) are in communication with the controller (55) for sensing at least one of an environmental condition and at least one operating condition the drive axle system (10). Based on the information from the plurality of sensors (75) the controller (55) selects one of a plurality of shift schedules and places the clutching device (28) in one of a first position and a second position.

An automotive transmission transitions from a drive gear to a neutral gear when an engine is shutdown. During a rolling pull-up, a crankshaft of the engine will be spun up to a desired speed and the transmission will transition from the neutral gear to an appropriate gear based on a shift schedule. A target transmission input speed is commanded to be a synchronous speed plus an offset to smoothly transition out of electric axle drive propulsion.