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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Devesh Upadhyay, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Brendan Hopka, Milford, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for maintaining a database with details of frequently travelled routes and selecting a travel route for a vehicle from the database based on particulate filter regeneration requirements. In one example, a method may include selecting one or more routes from the database based on a current particulate filter soot level, fuel efficiency, travel time, operator behavior, etc., ranking the routes based on the particulate filter regeneration efficiency of each of the one or more routes. At vehicle key-off, the database may be updated with information regarding the travelled route including a level of particulate filter regeneration achieved during the drive cycle.