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ENGINE CALIBRATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

A method for recalibrating an engine includes querying an engine for a unique engine identifier, sending the unique engine identifier to a cloud-based server, determining one or more engine calibration settings available to the engine based on the unique engine identifier sent to the cloud-based server, presenting the one or more engine calibration settings to a user through a user interface so that the user may select a desired engine calibration setting, sending the desired engine calibration setting as selected by the user to an electronic control unit of the engine, and replacing a current engine calibration with the desired engine calibration setting in the electronic control unit of the engine.

FUEL INJECTOR CONTROL STRATEGY FOR INTAKE VACUUM BASED LOW PRESSURE FUEL SYSTEM
20230015191 · 2023-01-19 ·

In at least some implementations, a method of control-ling fuel injection events, includes determining at least one engine op-erating condition, determining timing of a desired pressure in an engine intake chamber or at the outlet of a fuel injector, and initiating a fuel injection event as a function of the at least one engine operating condition and the desired pressure. The fuel injection event is initiated prior to the desired pressure occurring and wherein the fuel injection event occurs for a duration such that the fuel injection event terminates after the desired pressure occurs.

Electronic control unit and fuel type analysis method

An electronic control unit for a vehicle with a combustion engine and a method of fuel analysis are provided. At least one dynamic torque sensor value from a high pressure pump of the vehicle and at least one additional sensor value including at least one pressure sensor value and/or at least one timing value are used to determine whether a combustible fuel type currently in use is known, unknown, or similar to a known fuel type. In each case, the operation of the combustion engine is optimized using specific parameter configurations for the fuel injectors of the vehicle. The specific parameter configurations are either retrieved from a database, or are generated using artificial intelligence methods.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR USING AND PRODUCING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERISTIC MAPS FOR CONTROLLING AND REGULATING TECHNICAL DEVICES
20230220811 · 2023-07-13 ·

A computer-implemented method for operating a technical device with the aid of a multi-dimensional characteristic map. The characteristic map is defined by data points, to each of which a characteristic field value is assigned. For reading out the characteristic map, an output value is determined, as a function of an input variable point to be evaluated for the technical device, with the aid of one-dimensional basis functions, which are assigned to each dimension of a data point. The function values of the one-dimensional basis functions respectively have a monotone curve to a neighboring data point, which has the function value 0, and are outside of the neighboring data point 0. The technical device is operated as a function of the output value.

FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CAPABLE OF IMPROVING ACCURACY OF CALIBRATION DATA FOR CONVERTING OUTPUT VALUE OF FUEL GAUGE INTO REMAINING AMOUNT OF FUEL IN FUEL TANK
20230020594 · 2023-01-19 ·

A fuel management system to improve accuracy of calibration data to convert an output value of a fuel gauge into a remaining amount of fuel in a fuel tank includes a fuel tank mounted on a hull of a marine vessel, a fuel gauge to measure a liquid level position of fuel in the fuel tank, and a controller configured or programmed so that in a range where an output value of the fuel gauge changes, measurement reference points are set based on the output value of the fuel gauge. When supplying fuel to the fuel tank, the controller is configured or programmed to obtain calibration data showing a relationship between the output value of the fuel gauge and a remaining amount of the fuel in the fuel tank by comparing an amount of fuel supplied to the fuel tank at each of the measurement reference points and the output value of the fuel gauge at each of the measurement reference points.

System, method and apparatus for engine control
11549456 · 2023-01-10 · ·

System, method, and apparatus for controlling performance of an engine in response to a set of outputs from a device to an engine control unit. The engine control unit receives profile parameters that are related to outputs of the device. The engine control unit engages a high performance functionality in response to a first signal. The engine control unit engages a high idle functionality in response to a second signal.

Skip cylinder compression braking

An internal combustion engine operates so that it delivers zero or negative torque. The engine operates in either a deceleration cylinder cut off (DCCO) mode or skip cylinder compression braking mode. In the skip cylinder compression braking mode, selected working cycles of selected working chambers are operated in a compression release braking mode. Accordingly, individual working chambers are sometimes not fired and sometimes operated in the compression release braking mode while the engine is operating in the skip cylinder compression braking mode.

Vehicle control system, vehicle control device, and control method for a vehicle

A vehicle control system includes a memory, a first processor mounted in a vehicle, and a second processor different from an in-vehicle device. The first processor and the second processor are configured to execute acquisition processing, operation processing, reward calculation processing, and update processing. The first processor is configured to execute at least the acquisition processing and the operation processing, and the second processor is configured to execute the update processing.

Intake and exhaust system

An intake and exhaust system includes an engine, an intake air channel, an exhaust gas channel, an EGR channel, an EGR valve, and a control device. By adjusting an opening degree of the EGR valve, the control device executes EGR control processing to control a flowrate of a recirculating exhaust gas. An isolation valve is disposed in the EGR channel closer to the exhaust gas channel than the EGR valve is. An air admittance valve is disposed in the EGR channel closer to the exhaust gas channel than the EGR valve is and closer to the intake air channel than the isolation valve is. The control device executes learning processing to learn a relationship between an actual flowrate and a reference flowrate while the isolation valve is closed and the air admittance valve is opened. The control device executes the EGR control processing based on a learning processing result.

Methods and systems for fuel injector balancing

Methods and systems are provided for a fuel injector diagnostic. In one example, a method may include modifying an injection pattern to determine a relative fuel mass error of an injector. A fuel injector correction may be determined based the relative fuel mass error.