Vehicle Calibration Updates Using Custom Controller Parameters
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle control systems use generic operating software and parameters, leading to inconsistent performance across multiple vehicles, resulting in decreased efficiency and performance.
Innovation Solution
A computing system that obtains information from a third-party remote computing system and generates custom calibration information based on vehicle-specific data, including a calibration identifier, to optimize vehicle performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If generic operating software and parameters are used across multiple vehicles, then device complexity is reduced and ease of manufacture is improved, but vehicle performance consistency and efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the calibration data into vehicle-specific portions and generic portions. The vehicle-specific calibration data is customized for each individual vehicle based on its unique characteristics, while the generic calibration data can be shared across multiple vehicles. This segmentation allows manufacturers to maintain ease of manufacture through generic components while achieving performance consistency through customized vehicle-specific parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by providing customized calibration parameters tailored to each specific vehicle's characteristics, conditions, and requirements. Instead of using uniform generic parameters for all vehicles, the system generates location-specific and vehicle-specific calibration data that optimizes performance for each individual vehicle while maintaining overall system manufacturability.
2Device complexity
If generic operating software is used across multiple vehicles, then device complexity is reduced, but vehicle performance and efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The calibration data is segmented into vehicle-specific and generic components. The generic calibration data maintains low device complexity and can be shared across multiple vehicles, while the vehicle-specific calibration data is generated separately to optimize each vehicle's performance and efficiency, thus resolving the contradiction between simplicity and productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by dynamically adjusting calibration parameters based on vehicle-specific conditions, characteristics, and operational requirements. This allows the system to maintain simple generic software architecture while optimizing performance parameters for each individual vehicle, thereby improving vehicle efficiency without significantly increasing device complexity.
3Reliability
If customized calibration data is generated for each vehicle, then vehicle performance and efficiency are improved, but device complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments calibration data into vehicle-specific and generic portions, allowing the system to generate customized calibration parameters only where necessary for performance optimization while relying on generic data for standard functions. This reduces the overall complexity burden of customization by limiting it to only the necessary vehicle-specific parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-generating and storing vehicle-specific calibration data before the vehicle operates. This allows the customized calibration to be prepared in advance based on vehicle characteristics and conditions, reducing the complexity of real-time processing while maintaining high vehicle performance during operation.
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AI summary
A computing system coupled to at least one vehicle includes a processing circuit comprising one or more processors coupled to one or more memory devices storing instructions therein that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processing circuit to: obtain, from a third-party remote computing system, first information; receive, from a vehicle, vehicle information comprising a calibration identifier, generate, based on the first information and the vehicle information, custom calibration information; and transmit, over a network, the custom calibration information to the vehicle that replaces at least a portion of the vehicle information stored in at least one vehicle controller of the vehicle.