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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Devesh Upadhyay, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Hopka, Milford, MI (US);
Thomas Alan Brewbaker, Plymouth, MI (US);
Cory Scott Hendrickson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/023 (2006.01); F01N 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/0232 (2013.01); F01N 9/002 (2013.01); F01N 2900/10 (2013.01); F01N 2900/102 (2013.01); F01N 2900/1606 (2013.01); Y02T 10/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for opportunistic regeneration of a diesel particulate filter based on cloud based traffic information and navigation information. In one example, a method may include determining initiation of regeneration, termination of regeneration and a degree of regeneration based on information from a lead vehicular network and navigation information in order to reduce a regeneration fuel penalty.