Patent ID: 9599047
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B60W,F02D

Claim:
1. A control system of a vehicle, comprising: a firing module that determines a target number of activated cylinders of an engine based on a torque request and a present gear ratio of a transmission; a combination identification module that, based on the torque request, identifies a combination including a possible number of activated cylinders and a possible transmission gear ratio, wherein at least one of: a fueling estimation module that determines a first fuel consumption for the target number of activated cylinders and the present gear ratio and that determines a second fuel consumption for the possible number of activated cylinders and the possible transmission gear ratio; a transitioning module that, when the second fuel consumption is less than the first fuel consumption, selectively: an activation/deactivation module that controls cylinder activation and deactivation based on the target number of activated cylinders.