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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Anthony Mario D'Amato, Canton, MI (US);
Dimitar Petrov Filev, Novi, MI (US);
John Ottavio Michelini, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jaroslav Pekar, Pacov, CZ;
Ondrej Santin, Prague, CZ;
Jonathan Thomas Mullen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are presented for improving performance of a vehicle operating in a cruise control mode where a controller adjusts torque output from a vehicle to maintain vehicle speed within a desired range while preventing the unnecessary downshifts. The methods and systems include adapting a vehicle dynamics model and a vehicle fuel consumption model that provide input to nonlinear model predictive controller.