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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Daniel G. Brennan, Brighton, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a vibration characteristics module and a firing pattern module. The vibration characteristics module, for a first plurality of firing patterns of an engine when a cylinder of the engine is deactivated, stores vibration characteristics associated with at least one of an amplitude, a frequency, and a phase of vibration at a driver interface component resulting from the first plurality of firing patterns. The firing pattern module selects a firing pattern from a second plurality of firing patterns and executes the firing pattern when the vibration characteristics associated with the selected firing pattern satisfies predetermined criteria.