Vehicle Calibration via Wireless Performance Product Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicles with multiple electronic control units face challenges in calibrating subsystems effectively after the installation of aftermarket performance products, as existing systems lack a standardized method to detect and authenticate these products and adjust calibrations accordingly.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle system that utilizes wireless receivers to detect performance products via transducers, authenticates them, and sends calibration instructions to electronic control units to adjust settings based on the products' characteristics, improving vehicle performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a standardized detection and authentication system for aftermarket performance products is implemented, then vehicle calibration accuracy and subsystem performance are improved, but device complexity and implementation cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication system consisting of transducers in performance products and receivers in the vehicle that mediate between the aftermarket product and the electronic control units. This intermediary layer enables accurate detection and authentication of performance products, allowing precise calibration adjustments without requiring direct integration between each product and every ECU, thus improving calibration accuracy while managing system complexity through a standardized communication protocol.
2Productivity
If wireless detection and authentication of performance products is implemented, then calibration adjustment speed and productivity are improved, but use of energy and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual calibration processes and physical connection methods with wireless detection and authentication systems. Transducers and receivers enable automatic detection of performance products and transmission of calibration data without physical intervention, significantly accelerating the calibration adjustment process. The system uses wireless communication protocols to transmit calibration instructions from the authentication system to the relevant electronic control units, eliminating the need for manual configuration and reducing calibration time.
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AI summary
Method and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle calibration based upon performance product detection. An example vehicle includes a receiver to receive a wireless signal from a transducer of an performance product that includes characteristics of the performance product. The example vehicle also includes a product controller to authenticate the performance product based upon the wireless signal and send, upon authentication, a calibration instruction that includes the characteristics. The example vehicle also includes an electronic control unit to receive the calibration instruction and adjust a calibration to a target setting based upon the characteristics.