Patent ID: 9551258
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: F01N,F02D,Y02T

Claim:
1. A control apparatus for optimizing the regeneration of an aftertreatment device located in an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, wherein the control apparatus comprises an Electronic Control Unit configured to: collect data from a GPS device associated to the vehicle; calculate a physical threshold for starting a regeneration of the aftertreatment device; determine a driver profile index representative of at least one of a driver profile on the basis of data collected by the GPS device; determine a mission profile index representative of a current mission profile of the vehicle on the basis of data collected by the GPS device; determine a confidence index representative of the probability of starting and terminating the regeneration in the current mission profile; and adjust the physical threshold for starting the regeneration as a function of at least one of the driver profile index, the mission profile index or the confidence index; set the adjusted threshold as a regeneration time period; and initiate the regeneration of the aftertreatment device within the regeneration time period.