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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ashish Naidu, Canton, MI (US);
David Ostrowski, Northville, MI (US);
Victoria Schein, Dearborn, MI (US);
William Herbert, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Mohan John, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 29/02 (2013.01); F02D 2200/60 (2013.01); F02D 2200/70 (2013.01);
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. The methods and systems include adapting a vehicle dynamics model and a vehicle fuel consumption map that provide input to nonlinear model predictive controller.