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Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2018
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Ibrahim Haskara, Macomb, MI (US);

Chen-fang Chang, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/24 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/1402 (2013.01); F02D 17/02 (2013.01); F02D 41/0087 (2013.01); F02D 41/1406 (2013.01); F02D 2041/1412 (2013.01); F02D 2041/1436 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method controls multiple continuous actuators to achieve a discrete mode of operation in a system. The method may include determining a desired output state of the system, including processing a control input set for the multiple continuous actuators via a dynamical predictive model of the system, and then processing the control input set via the dynamical predictive model to determine possible control solutions for achieving the desired output state of the system at a calibrated future time point. The method may include using a cost function logic block to identify, from among the possible control solutions, a lowest-cost control solution for executing the discrete mode at the future time point, processing the lowest-cost control solution through a real-time optimization logic block to determine an optimized solution for the discrete mode, and then executing the optimized solution at the future time point.


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