| CPC B62D 35/00 (2013.01) [G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G06N 5/04 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)] | 18 Claims |
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1. An aerodynamics control system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
a repositionable aerodynamic device disposed at a portion of the vehicle;
a controller operably coupled to components or sensors of the vehicle to receive information including vehicle performance data and position information for the aerodynamic device; and
a vehicle location sensor determining location information for the vehicle,
wherein the controller stores the vehicle performance data and the position information in association with the location information for each of a plurality of locations,
wherein, responsive to detecting an approach of the vehicle to one of the locations, the controller provides a control instruction automatically that dynamically repositions the aerodynamic device based on recorded vehicle performance data and recorded position information associated with the one of the locations,
wherein the controller determines and executes the control instruction based on a selected one of a plurality of control algorithms run by the controller simultaneously,
wherein the selected one of the plurality of control algorithms is selected as an optimal one of the plurality of control algorithms being run simultaneously to deliver an optimal control instruction based on a classification of a path segment, and
wherein the classification of the path segment is performed in real-time using present vehicle status information,
wherein each of the plurality of control algorithms includes instructions to control positioning the aerodynamic device for a particular type of path segment with which respective ones of the plurality of control algorithms are associated, and
wherein the types of path segment include a straightaway and a plurality of corner types classified by a speed at which a corner is traversed by the vehicle.
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