Patent ID: 9346469
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B60W,F02D,F16H,G07C

Claim Text:
1. A method for an engine controller of a vehicle, the method comprising: adjusting, with the engine controller, data points of a vehicle powertrain calibration table stored in memory communicatively coupled to the engine controller using data collected on-board the vehicle via signals received at the engine controller from one or more sensors coupled to an engine of the vehicle and using data downloaded from an off-board network, the data downloaded from the off-board network collected on-board one or more other vehicles communicating with the off-board network; and performing an adjustment of an actuator in the vehicle based on one or more of the adjusted data points of the vehicle powertrain calibration table, wherein adjusting data points of the calibration table includes, when a first residence time of the vehicle at operating conditions for a given cell of the calibration table is higher than a threshold, populating the calibration table with data collected on-board the vehicle at operating conditions for the given cell.