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

Claim 0:
1. A control arrangement for a first vehicle, the control arrangement being provided on-board the first vehicle and comprising:
an electronic control unit (ECU);
a transceiver;
an inclination sensor; and
a GPS receiver adapted to determine a current geographical location of the first vehicle,
wherein the ECU:
receives the current geographical location of the first vehicle from the GPS receiver,
establishes, 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 first 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,
sends a request for a specific portion of the map data to the first data source, the request relating to the current geographical location of the first vehicle, when the specific portion of the map data is indicated as available from the first data source for the current geographical location,
applies the specific portion of the map data to at least one parameter for operating the vehicle,
automatically controls the vehicle based on the at least one parameter,
receives inclination information for the current geographical location from the inclination sensor,
determines a difference between inclination information comprised with the specific portion of the map data with the inclination information received from the inclination sensor,
based on the difference being greater than a predetermined threshold:
attaches a geographical tag relating to the current geographical location to the inclination information, resulting in geographically tagged inclination information,
establishes, 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

provides, to the second data source via the second network connection, the geographically tagged inclination information for storage at the second data source, when the specific portion of the map data is indicated as unavailable from the first data source for the current geographical location, the receives inclination information for the current geographical location from the inclination sensor, controls the vehicle based on the received inclination information, attaches a geographical tag relating to the current geographical location to the inclination information, resulting in geographically tagged inclination information, establishes, via the transceiver, the second network connection with the second data source, provides, to the second data source via the second network connection, the geographically tagged inclination information for storage at the second data source.