Patent ID: 11884288
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 18:
19. The load detection and classification system of claim 18, wherein to retrieve a set of reference motor current draw data, the controller is configured to:
determine at least one of: a vehicle road location and a vehicle road condition, wherein the vehicle road condition includes incline and surface conditions, based on the set of location data;
establish a connection with a remote database containing a plurality of sets of reference motor current draw data, each of the plurality of sets of reference motor current draw data corresponding to at least one of: a reference road location and a reference road condition, wherein the reference road condition includes incline and surface conditions; and
retrieve a matching set of reference motor current draw data from the database, wherein at least one of: the reference road location corresponding to the matching set of reference motor current draw data is substantially similar to the vehicle road location and the reference road condition corresponding to the matching set of reference motor current draw data is substantially similar to the vehicle road condition.