Embodiments of methods and systems related to operating a mobile asset are provided. In one example, a method for operating a mobile asset includes supplying an engine with a fuel controller a first amount of a first fuel and a second amount of a second fuel and combusting the first fuel and the second fuel at a fuel combustion ratio in at least one cylinder of the engine, the first amount and the second amount being selected based on route information for a route along which the mobile asset is operable to travel and a projected exhaustion of the first fuel that does not precede a projected exhaustion of the second fuel, wherein the mobile asset is unable to operate with the second fuel alone.

A method and device for controlling a four-stroke internal combustion engine, including a step of producing a reconstituted crankshaft signal having an electrical signal extending over two crankshaft revolutions in the nominal direction of rotation of the engine, the electrical signal including: a single main pulse, having a predetermined first duration, corresponding to the passing of a predetermined reference tooth of the toothed wheel associated with the crankshaft of the engine; a plurality of secondary pulses, each having a predetermined second duration, each corresponding to the passing of a tooth of the toothed wheel associated with the crankshaft of the engine; the predetermined first duration being greater than the predetermined second duration.

A vehicle controller that in serial communication executed at a limited transmission rate, can efficiently transmit a large volume of sensor data and stably execute data processing and control is provided.

The vehicle controller includes a plurality of detectors (6, 10, 13, 19, 20, 21) that detect a plurality of operation conditions of a power generator 1, a control unit 18 that controls the power generator, based on pieces of detection data outputted from the plurality of detectors, a data collecting unit 18 that collects the pieces of detection data together, a serial communication line 17 for serially transmitting the pieces of detection data from the data collecting unit 16 to the control unit 18, and a transmission order setting unit 26 that sets a transmission order of the pieces of detection data in advance, the transmission order being an order in which the pieces of detection data are serially transmitted from the data collecting unit 16 to the control unit 18.

The present invention relates to a universal powertrain for controlling an effort request and/or a flow request to a powertrain based on a demanded effort or demanded flow for the powertrain. The universal controller includes a configurable powertrain model and a configurable optimiser module. The universal controller is configurable to control a class of generic powertrains comprising J generic power sources, K generic power sinks, and L generic couplings. The universal controller is arranged to receive an input file of a plurality of input parameters to configure the universal controller to control a specific powertrain having a powertrain architecture with N power sources, M power sinks, and X couplings, the configurable powertrain model comprising: (a) a generic powertrain component library configured to provide a model of each of the N power sources, M power sinks and X couplings of the specific powertrain, and (b) a connection parameter module configured to define a model architecture of the N power source models, M power sink models and X coupling models which is representative of the powertrain architecture based on flow weight parameters and effort weight parameters of the input file, the configurable optimiser module comprising: a generic performance objective function library comprising a plurality of configurable performance objective functions from which a cost function is configurable based on input parameters of the input file, wherein the configurable optimiser module is configurable to calculate at least one of an optimised effort request or an optimised flow request for each of the N power sources of the specific powertrain based on: the cost function, the powertrain model of the specific powertrain, the demanded effort request of demanded flow request.

A method for heating a first exhaust gas purification device and a second exhaust gas purification device of an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, has the following steps: determining a first actual temperature of the first device and a second actual temperature of the second device, determining a first setpoint temperature of the first device and a second setpoint temperature of the second device by means of a heating coordination device, determining a first heat demand of the first device and a second heat demand of the second device, creating a heating specification for the first device and for the second device, relaying the heating specification to an engine control device of the motor vehicle, and controlling the internal combustion engine by means of the engine control device as a function of the heating specification.

A model calculating unit for calculating a neural layer of a multilayer perceptron model having a hardwired processor core developed in hardware for calculating a definitely specified computing algorithm in coupled functional blocks. The processor core is designed to calculate, as a function of one or multiple input variables of an input variable vector, of a weighting matrix having weighting factors and an offset value specified for each neuron, an output variable for each neuron for a neural layer of a multilayer perceptron model having a number of neurons, a sum of the values of the input variables weighted by the weighting factor, determined by the neuron and the input variable, and the offset value specified for the neuron being calculated for each neuron and the result being transformed using an activation function in order to obtain the output variable for the neuron.

A vehicle learning system includes a first execution device mounted on a vehicle, a second execution device outside the vehicle, and a storage device. The storage device stores mapping data including data, which is learned by machine learning and defines mapping that receives input data based on a detection value of an in-vehicle sensor and outputs an output value. The first execution device and the second execution device execute, in cooperation with each other, an acquisition process of acquiring input data, a calculation process of calculating an output value with the input data as an input of the mapping, and a relationship evaluation process of evaluating a relationship between a predetermined variable different from a variable corresponding to the output value and accuracy of the output value. The first execution device executes at least the acquisition process, and the second execution device executes at least the relationship evaluation process.

A control system of a continuously variable valve duration (CVVD) is provided. A system for controlling a CVVD by adjusting an actuator for controlling the CVVD includes an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to output a command for adjusting the actuator based on a vehicle state and a cam position sensor is configured to measure a cam revolutions per minute (RPM). A controller is configured to calculate a crank RPM from the cam RPM when a failure occurs during communication with the ECU. A target phase angle is extracted based on the calculated crank RPM, and an electric current is output that corresponds to the extracted target phase angle to the actuator.

An engine control system and method utilizes a processor and a valve controller in communication with the processor. A valve having a solenoid is in communication with the valve controller. The valve controller is configured to receive a combined selection and control signal from the processor, decode a desired electric current profile encoded in the signal, sense a control code encoded in the signal, and operate the solenoid in accordance with the decoded desired electric current profile in response to sensing the control code.

A system for controlling a CVVD by adjusting an actuator for controlling the CVVD is provided. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to output a command phase angle and a selection signal for controlling the actuator based on a vehicle state and a mode of operation, and an actuator controller configured to operate based on the command phase angle and the selection signal and output an electric current to adjust the actuator. The actuator controller is configured to output an electric current corresponding to the command phase angle originating from the ECU or adjust the command phase angle and then output an electric current corresponding to the corrected command phase angle based on a type of selection signal.