Patent ID: 11933630
Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method for controlling an operational parameter for a first vehicle, the vehicle comprising an electronic control unit (ECU), a transceiver, an inclination sensor, and a GPS receiver adapted to determine a current geographical location of the vehicle, wherein the method comprises:
receiving, at the ECU and from the geolocation receiver, the current geographical location of the vehicle,
establishing, via the transceiver, a first network connection between the ECU and a first data source, wherein the first data source is arranged remote from the vehicle, the first data source storing map data for a plurality of geographical locations, wherein each portion of the map data comprises inclination information for respective geographic locations,
sending a request for a specific portion of the map data from the first data source relating to the current geographical location of the vehicle,
determining if the specific portion of the map data is available from the first data source for the current geographical location,
when the specific portion of the map data is available:
applying the specific portion of the map data to at least one parameter for operating the vehicle,
automatically controlling the vehicle based on the at least one parameter,
receiving, at the ECU and from the inclination sensor, inclination information for the current geographical location,
determining a difference between inclination information comprised with the specific portion of the map data with the inclination information received from the inclination sensor, and
based on the difference being greater than a predetermined threshold:
attaching a geographical tag relating to the current geographical location to the inclination information, resulting in geographically tagged inclination information,
establishing, via the transceiver, a second network connection with a second data source, wherein the second data source is arranged remote from the vehicle, adapted for storage of the geographically tagged inclination information, and different from the first data source, and
providing, to the second data source via the second network connection, the geographically tagged inclination information when the specific portion of the map data is indicated as unavailable:
receiving, at the ECU and from the inclination sensor, inclination information for the current geographical location,
controlling the vehicle based on the received inclination information,
attaching a geographical tag relating to the current geographical location to the inclination information, resulting in geographically tagged inclination information,
establishing, via the transceiver, the second network connection with the second data source, and
providing, to the second data source via the second network connection, the geographically tagged inclination information.