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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2012
Applicants:

Mattias Nilsson, Södertälje, SE;

Erik Öhlund, Järna, SE;

Inventors:

Mattias Nilsson, Södertälje, SE;

Erik Öhlund, Järna, SE;

Assignee:

SCANIA CV AB, , SE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G01C 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/076 (2012.01); G01C 9/06 (2006.01); G01C 9/08 (2006.01); F16H 59/66 (2006.01); F16H 61/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 9/00 (2013.01); B60W 40/076 (2013.01); F16H 59/66 (2013.01); G01C 9/06 (2013.01); G01C 9/08 (2013.01); B60W 2510/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01); B60W 2520/125 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2550/146 (2013.01); F16H 2059/663 (2013.01); F16H 2061/0078 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and a system for estimating a road gradient α by using a sensor fusion: Detect whether at least one dynamic process is affecting the vehicle. Estimate gradient α by means of the sensor fusion by joint weighting of at least two input signals to the sensor fusion. The at least two input signals include a signal based on an accelerometer and an input signal based on at least one force equation. At least one of the input signals and/or at least one weighting parameter for the sensor fusion are determined on the basis of detecting whether the at least one dynamic process is affecting the vehicle.


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