Patent ID: 9747254
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: F02D,G06F

Claim:
1. A method of matching the fuel map of a vehicle controller that controls at least one performance characteristic of a vehicle, travelling a projected route, to current vehicle operational requirements, comprising the steps of: (a) during vehicle operation, automatically collecting vehicle operational data; (b) using a processor to analyze the vehicle operational data in real-time to determine if a different fuel map would lead to improved performance over the current road condition; (c) if the analysis so indicates, automatically requesting approval, from a computing device having computer readable memory and that has the projected route stored in memory, and that analyzes the projected route to determine if approval is warranted, to change the fuel map of the vehicle controller, the approval being dependent on the length of the route segment for which a benefit would be obtained by switching to the different fuel map; and (d) if the approval is granted, automatically changing the fuel map of the vehicle controller to improve the performance of the vehicle.