Sensor response time accelerator
A sensor response time acceleration method including the steps of reading a signal step and an operating on the signal step. The reading a signal step includes reading a signal from a sensor, the signal representative of an environmental attribute as detected by the sensor. The operation on the signal step includes operating on the signal with a function of an inverse model of the sensor and a function representative of a desired sensor model to yield an accelerated output representative of the environmental attribute.
1. A sensor response time acceleration method, comprising the steps of:
reading a signal from a sensor, said signal representative of an environmental attribute as detected by said sensor, said signal being received by a controller; and
operating on said signal with a function of an inverse model of said sensor and a function representative of a desired sensor model to yield an accelerated output representative of said environmental attribute.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of processing said accelerated output by operating on said accelerated output with a noise filter function to thereby yield a filtered accelerated output representative of said environmental attribute.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:
determining an other environmental attribute proximate to said sensor; and
adjusting said accelerated output dependent upon said other environmental attribute.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the environmental attribute is one of a temperature and a gas concentration and said sensor is respectively one of a temperature sensor and a gas concentration sensor.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein said other environmental attribute is a mass velocity.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising the step of processing said accelerated output by operating on said accelerated output with a noise filter function to thereby yield a filtered accelerated output representative of said environmental attribute.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said sensor is coupled to an internal combustion engine.
8. A sensor response time acceleration method for use with a sensor coupled to an element of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising the steps of:
reading a signal from the sensor, said signal representative of an environmental attribute as detected by the sensor; and
operating on said signal with a function of an inverse model of said sensor and a function representative of a desired sensor model to yield an accelerated output representative of said environmental attribute, said reading step and said operating step being accomplished by a controller.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising the step of processing said accelerated output by operating on said accelerated output with a noise filter function to thereby yield a filtered accelerated output representative of said environmental attribute.
10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising the steps of:
determining an other environmental attribute proximate to said sensor; and
adjusting said accelerated output dependent upon said other environmental attribute.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the environmental attribute is one of a temperature and a gas concentration and the sensor is respectively one of a temperature sensor and a gas concentration sensor.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein said other environmental attribute is a mass velocity.
13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising the step of processing said accelerated output by operating on said accelerated output with a noise filter function to thereby yield a filtered accelerated output representative of said environmental attribute.
14. A work machine comprising:
a structural component;
at least one sensor outputting a signal representative of an environmental attribute sensed by said at least one sensor, said at least one sensor being coupled to said structural component; and
a controller configured to receive said signal and to arrive at a value for said environmental attribute by executing the step of:
operating on said signal with a function of an inverse model of said sensor and a function representative of a desired sensor model to yield an accelerated output representative of said environmental attribute.
15. The work machine of claim 14 , wherein said controller is further configured to process said accelerated output by operating on said accelerated output with a noise filter function to thereby yield a filtered accelerated output representative of said environmental attribute.
16. The work machine of claim 14 , wherein said controller is further configured to execute the steps of:
determining an other environmental attribute proximate to said at least one sensor; and
adjusting said value dependent upon said other environmental attribute.
17. The work machine of claim 16 , wherein the environmental attribute is one of a temperature and a gas concentration and said sensor is respectively one of a temperature sensor and a gas concentration sensor.
18. The work machine of claim 17 , wherein said other environmental attribute is a mass velocity.
19. The work machine of claim 18 , wherein said controller is further configured to process said accelerated output by operating on said accelerated output with a noise filter function to thereby yield a filtered accelerated output representative of said environmental attribute.
20. The work machine of claim 14 , further comprising an internal combustion engine, said structural component being associated with said internal combustion engine.