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20080201052 | VEHICLE MOTION CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle motion control apparatus includes a motion controlling process operating a pump for supplying brake fluid between a pressure difference control valve and a pressure increasing control valve and controlling the pressure difference control valve and the pressure increasing control valve, thereby pressurizing the wheel cylinder of the wheel to be controlled, a control amount adjusting process reducing a control amount of a motor when a frictional coefficient of a road surface is small, a load judging process judging a load condition of the motor when determining to reduce the control amount of the motor, and a pressure difference controlling process reducing the pressure difference when the load of the motor is in a high load condition. | 08-21-2008 |
20080243349 | Method and Apparatus for Speed Control - A device for automatically controlling the speed of a vehicle comprises a positioning sensor, which is designed to emit a position signal with the current position of the vehicle, a navigation database, in which the positions of the city limits are stored, and a speed control unit, to which the position signal is fed. The speed control unit is configured such that it determines, as a function of the position signal, the distance of the vehicle from the nearest city limits or a region with a speed limit in the direction of travel of the vehicle, based on data of the navigation database. It then generates, as a function of the determined distance, a speed setting signal, which reduces the current speed of the vehicle in such a manner that a predefined speed of the vehicle is reached no later than at the nearest city limits or the region with a speed limit. | 10-02-2008 |
20080243350 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND USING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH DRIVING CONDITIONS AND RELATED PARAMETERS - A system for controlling a speed of a vehicle includes circuitry coupled to the vehicle for receiving speed threshold data identifying a government-imposed maximum speed limit. The circuitry uses the speed threshold signal to determine a maximum speed value and electronically controls engine performance of the vehicle to maintain the vehicle's speed at or below the maximum speed value. | 10-02-2008 |
20080270001 | CRUISE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE RUNNING OF A VEHICLE - A cruise control device and method for controlling a vehicle such that the driver can set the speed setting at will, and the speed of the vehicle is controlled to match the speed setting. The speed limit for the road on which the vehicle is traveling is detected, and when the detected speed limit changes from a first speed limit to a second speed limit, the speed setting is selectively changed to the second speed limit. When the driver has performed an operation to change the speed setting before the detected speed limit changes from the first speed limit to the second speed limit, changing of the speed setting to the second speed limit is selectively suppressed. | 10-30-2008 |
20080294321 | Vehicle Speed Control Apparatus In Accordance with Curvature of Vehicle Trajectory - In order to fit a driver's driving feeling, a vehicle speed control system includes a unit calculating the instantaneous curvature and a unit controlling a vehicle speed, and controls to reduce the vehicle speed when the instantaneous curvature tends to increase and to enhance the vehicle speed when the instantaneous curvature tends to decrease. | 11-27-2008 |
20080306668 | CRUISE CONTROL INTERACTION WITH DRIVER ComMANDED SPEED RESET - A cruise control system includes an input device that generates an operator input signal. A control module generates a cruise control command signal to maintain a vehicle speed at a set target speed. The control module operates in a normal mode that is associated with decreasing the set target speed, based on the operator input signal, when the vehicle speed is within a window about the set target speed. The control module overrides the normal mode and enables reset of the set target speed to a current vehicle speed, which is based on the operator input signal, when the vehicle operator input signal is greater than the cruise control command signal. | 12-11-2008 |
20080306669 | CRUISE CONTROL INTERACTION WITH DECELERATION FUEL CUTOFF - A vehicle control system includes a sensor that generates a vehicle speed signal. A cruise control system generates a cruise control signal to maintain a vehicle at a target speed. A control module compares the vehicle speed signal to the target speed signal. The control module calculates different cruise control gains to delay changes in throttle position of the cruise control system when the vehicle speed signal is greater than the target speed. | 12-11-2008 |
20080319627 | USER INPUT FOR VEHICLE CONTROL - A user input for controlling acceleration of a vehicle. The user input has a movable member capable of deflection by a user such that a degree of deflection corresponds to a specified velocity commanded by the user. The correspondence between the degree of deflection and the specified velocity may include a plurality of zones, each zone characterized by a distinct sensitivity that may be capable of customization for a specific user. The user input may also include a neutral position of the movable member, wherein a substantially sudden motion of the movable member to the neutral position causes a slewed slowing of the vehicle. | 12-25-2008 |
20080319628 | Acceleration control system - An acceleration control system stores a target acceleration calculation equation acquired by transforming an equation that expresses that a product of the differentiation of the square power of the speed and the environmental factor α | 12-25-2008 |
20090018744 | RUNNING CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A curve-travel target acceleration calculator calculates a curve-travel target acceleration. A first curve-travel target acceleration calculator calculates a first target acceleration corresponding to a gentle curve, and a second curve-travel target acceleration calculator calculates a second target acceleration corresponding to a sharp curve. The curve-travel target acceleration is set to the smaller of the first target acceleration and the second target acceleration. A follow-up target acceleration calculator calculates a follow-up target acceleration and a constant-speed target acceleration calculator calculates a constant-speed target acceleration. An arbitrator selects as a target acceleration the minimum out of the curve-travel target acceleration, the constant-speed target acceleration, and the follow-up target acceleration. | 01-15-2009 |
20090037067 | TRAVEL SPEED LIMITTING APPARATUS - A travel speed limiting apparatus including: a travel speed measurement device which measures a travel speed of a vehicle; a speed limit memory device which stores a speed limit set by an operator; a first driving force limit value calculation device which calculates a first driving force limit value based on a deviation of the travel speed from the speed limit; a requested driving force calculation device which calculates a requested driving force based on an operator's acceleration operation; and a second driving force limit value calculation device which calculates a second driving force limit value based on the requested driving force, wherein the driving force limiting device sets an eventual driving force limit value to the smaller of the first driving force limit value and the second driving force limit value, and controls the driving force of the vehicle to be less than the eventual driving force limit value. | 02-05-2009 |
20090037068 | Method and device for regulating the velocity of a vehicle - A method and a device are described for regulating the velocity of a vehicle, which include a hysteresis function and prevent an unwanted activation and deactivation of the engine brake. For this purpose, a setpoint velocity (V-setpoint) of the vehicle is predefined. An actual velocity (V-actual) of the vehicle is detected and, as a function of the difference between the actual velocity (V-actual) and the setpoint velocity (V-setpoint), an output quantity (Msetpoint) of a drive unit of the vehicle is predefined in such a way that the actual velocity (V-actual) is approximated to the setpoint velocity (V-setpoint). A first lower limiting value (uG | 02-05-2009 |
20090069995 | VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle drive control device includes a wheel speed detecting means for detecting a rotational speed of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, a vehicle speed calculating means for calculating a vehicle speed on the basis of the rotational speed of the plurality of wheels detected by the wheel speed detecting means, and an automatic drive controlling means for performing an automatic drive control for controlling the vehicle speed to be a predetermined target speed by controlling a driving force generating means and a vehicle speed reducing means for the vehicle. The automatic drive controlling means further performs a driving force reducing control for reducing a driving force of the vehicle to be generated by the driving force generating means when the rotational speed of at least one of the plurality of wheels detected by the wheel speed detecting means exceeds a predetermined value. | 03-12-2009 |
20090069996 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control apparatus controlling a driving force or a braking force to be applied to a vehicle and conducting a vehicle control based on wheel speeds includes a detecting means detecting the wheel speed of each wheel provided at the vehicle, a storing means storing a predetermined valid wheel speed for each wheel, a determining means determining whether a difference between the detected wheel speed and a maximum wheel speed of the wheel speeds lies in a predetermined range, and an updating means updating the valid wheel speed based on the detected wheel speed of the wheel, when the detected wheel speed is lower than the predetermined valid wheel speed which is currently stored, in case that a result determined by the determining means is positive. | 03-12-2009 |
20090076700 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VEHICLE SPEED - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to receive speed limit information from a remote wireless transmitter where the speed limit information comprising a speed limit and an applicable speed area, receive location information associated with a vehicle, determine a location of the vehicle based at least in part on the location information, determine a speed of the vehicle, determine an excessive speed when the speed of the vehicle exceeds the speed limit and when the location of the vehicle is within the applicable speed area, and provide a driver notification of the excessive speed according to a user profile associated with a driver of the vehicle. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 03-19-2009 |
20090076701 | Vehicle cruise control apparatus and vehicle cruise control method - A vehicle cruise control apparatus includes a vehicle speed adjusting device that adjusts a vehicle speed to a set target vehicle speed, a brake operation detecting device that detects brake operation performed by a driver, and a first controller that controls the vehicle speed adjusting device based on a target driving force that maintains a vehicle in a stopped condition, when the brake operation performed by the driver is detected. | 03-19-2009 |
20090088941 | Vehicle Speed Control System - A vehicle speed control system includes a road shape recognition unit which recognizes a road shape, a target speed setting unit which sets a target speed according to the road shape, a speed control unit which controls the host vehicle's speed according to the target speed, a parameter detecting unit which detects at least one of parameters representing the driver's steering rotation, a yaw rate of the host vehicle, and a lateral acceleration of the host vehicle, and a first acceleration determining unit which, after the speed control unit has decelerated, determines whether or not to accelerate the host vehicle according to reference parameters based on a road shape and the host vehicle's speed and parameters detected by the parameter detecting unit, wherein if the first acceleration determining unit has determined to accelerate, the target speed setting unit sets a target speed of the host vehicle according to a predetermined acceleration. | 04-02-2009 |
20090112438 | VEHICLE RUNNING CONTROL APPARATUS - A disclosed vehicle running control apparatus is capable of reliably detecting the operation of the brake pedal by the driver. The vehicle running control apparatus is installed in a vehicle and is capable of performing vehicle control so that the vehicle runs at a prescribed speed and controlling a brake booster during a deceleration process to generate a master cylinder pressure so that the vehicle runs at a prescribed decelerated speed. The vehicle running control apparatus includes a switching unit that is installed in the brake booster and is turned ON when a brake pedal of the vehicle is pressed; a detecting unit detecting the master cylinder pressure; and a control stopping unit stopping the vehicle control when the switching unit is turned OFF and the master cylinder pressure detected by the detecting unit is greater than a prescribed threshold value. | 04-30-2009 |
20090132142 | ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL FOR HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES - An adaptive cruise control system and a method for controlling the speed of a vehicle are disclosed. The system generally includes a controller which determines a torque instruction associated with a limit speed of the vehicle which is less than a selected speed. The method generally includes determining a distance between the vehicle and an object detected in the path of the vehicles determining a torque instruction which is associated with a limit speed which is less than a selected speed from at least the distances and transmitting the torque instruction to an engine controller of the vehicle. | 05-21-2009 |
20090138168 | Method for Operating A Cruise Control System for A Vehicle - A method for operating a cruise control system for a vehicle. The method can identify certain low speed environments, like parking lots, where usage of the cruise control system is usually inappropriate and can disable the system accordingly. According to one embodiment, a full speed range adaptive (FSRA) cruise control system compares a steering wheel position to a steering wheel threshold to determine if the vehicle is operating in an inappropriate low speed environment and, if so, disables the cruise control system accordingly. | 05-28-2009 |
20090138169 | Antilock brake system control device and method - An object of the present invention is to provide an antilock brake system control device that can realize an accurate constant speed running control by cooperating an ABS control and a constant speed running. The control device includes: an ABS control hydraulic circuit that controls an ABS of each wheel; constant speed running controllers | 05-28-2009 |
20090150038 | Cruise Control System - A cruise control system for a vehicle includes an electronic stability unit having a deceleration arrangement for generating a target deceleration signal based on wheel speed and cruise control signals. | 06-11-2009 |
20090150039 | Automatic Lateral Acceleration Limiting And Non Threat Target Rejection - The present invention provides a system and method for enabling a vehicle having adaptive cruise control to reduce its speed in a turn according to the vehicle's position within the turn as well as ignoring objects detected during the turn that are not in the vehicle's path. The method of the present invention includes the steps of operating the vehicle in an adaptive cruise control mode such that the vehicle is traveling at a set speed; determining whether the vehicle is in a turn in the vehicle's path by detecting change in the vehicle's lateral acceleration; and when the vehicle is determined to be in the turn, reducing the vehicle's speed according to the vehicle's position in the turn, monitoring for objects and maintaining the vehicle's speed if an object is positioned out of the path of the vehicle. | 06-11-2009 |
20090171546 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A control device for a straddle-type vehicle includes a first storage means configured to store a target cruise control speed, and a first detection program which senses if the vehicle accelerator is operated in the further closing direction from the totally closed position of the accelerator. The control device also includes a deceleration processing program which decreases the stored target cruise control speed when the first detection program detects the further closing operation during cruise control. The deceleration processing program varies the rate at which the stored target cruise control speed is decreased according to the magnitude of the operating force utilized in the further closing operation. | 07-02-2009 |
20090265073 | Method For Determining The Speed of A Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a method for determining the vehicle speed of a motor vehicle, wherein a provisional first speed value is determined for high speeds and a provisional second speed value is determined for low speeds and the vehicle speed is determined as a function of the determined provisional first speed value either from the provisional first speed value or from the provisional second speed value, or from a combination of the first and second speed values. | 10-22-2009 |
20090281703 | Cruise control cancel device for passengers in vehicles - If something drastic happens to the driver of a vehicle that is on CRUISE CONTROL, the passenger(s) has few options to disengage said feature: he can turn off the ignition key possibly locking the steering wheel; he can depress the brake or clutch if he can access them. In the meantime, the vehicle is speeding along out of control. I propose a CRUISE CONTROL CANCEL DEVICE somewhere on the passenger area of the vehicle. | 11-12-2009 |
20100036578 | AUTOMATIC OPERATION CONTROL APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC OPERATION CONTROL METHOD,VEHICLE CRUISE SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE CRUISE SYSTEM - An automatic operation control apparatus controls an automatic operation of a host vehicle in cooperation with another vehicle. In this apparatus, a nearby vehicle behavior prediction unit predicts the behavior of a vehicle near the host vehicle, a reception unit receives the result of prediction on the behavior of a vehicle, the prediction being made at the other vehicle, and a cruise control plan preparation unit prepares a cruise control plan for the host vehicle using the result of prediction made at the host vehicle and the result of prediction received from the other vehicle. | 02-11-2010 |
20100042305 | Method for the Dynamic Calibration and Regulation of a Motor Vehicle Brake System - A method for the dynamic calibration and regulation of a brake system of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The method has at least one method phase and that, during a braking phase of the vehicle, a determination takes place of a vehicle declaration a | 02-18-2010 |
20100082214 | Driving Control System for Personal Watercraft - A driving control system includes a controller which is configured to, in response to a command for starting an auto-cruise mode generated by the operation of an input device, control an engine speed or a vehicle speed so that a value detected by a speed detector falls within a cruising speed range, when the value detected by the speed detector is outside the cruising speed range; and to then cause the watercraft to cruise at a constant engine speed or at a constant vehicle speed. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082215 | SPEED CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A speed control device includes: a continuous curve acquiring unit that acquires curve shapes and positions of two successive curves in advance of the vehicle; a curve-to-curve distance calculating unit that calculates distance between the two curves based on curve shapes and positions of the two curves; a selection unit that selects, based on the curve shapes, the curve shape of the curve having the larger radius of curvature; a vehicle speed limit setting unit that sets, based on the curve-to-curve distance and selected curve shape, a vehicle speed limit for travel between the two curves; a target vehicle speed determination unit that determines, based on vehicle location, the curve shapes and positions, and the vehicle speed limit, a target vehicle speed for traveling the two curves; and a vehicle speed control unit that controls vehicle speed based on the target and detected vehicle speeds. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082216 | SPEED CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A speed control device for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed obtaining means obtaining a vehicle speed, a shape obtaining means obtaining a curve shape, a position obtaining means obtaining a positional relationship between a curve and the vehicle, a target vehicle speed determining means determining a target vehicle speed based on the curve shape and the positional relationship, a vehicle speed controlling means controlling the vehicle speed based on the target vehicle speed and the vehicle speed, and an acceleration operation quantity obtaining means obtaining an operation quantity of an acceleration operating member operated by a driver, wherein the target vehicle speed determining means includes a modification means modifying the target vehicle speed based on the operation quantity so that the target vehicle speed obtained when the operation variable is greater than zero becomes a greater value than the target vehicle speed obtained when the operation quantity is zero. | 04-01-2010 |
20100088001 | VEHICULAR CRUISE CONTROL APPARATUS - The object is to allow a vehicle at a constant target cruising speed without making the occupants feel discomfort. | 04-08-2010 |
20100114450 | Method for Reactivating Operation of a Cruise Control System That Had Been Interrupted - A method for reactivating an interrupted cruise control function of a cruise control system of a vehicle is provided. When the vehicle is not in the stationary state, in order to allow the driver to reactivate intuitively the interrupted cruise control function, the driver may reactivate the interrupted cruise control function by actuating a gas pedal of the vehicle. | 05-06-2010 |
20100121549 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACCELERATION OF VEHICLE - An apparatus is provided for controlling acceleration of a vehicle to a target acceleration. In the apparatus, a target acceleration calculator calculates the target acceleration. A provisional acceleration setting unit sets a provisional target acceleration such that a change rate of the provisional target acceleration is limited to a target limitation value. The provisional target acceleration is used during a step during which the acceleration of the vehicle is changed to the target acceleration. A drive power calculator calculates a drive power to obtain the provisional target acceleration. In the provisional acceleration setting unit, an initial value of the provisional target acceleration depends on a running state of the vehicle. | 05-13-2010 |
20100145589 | Electric Drive System and Hybrid Drive System - An AC generator is connected to an engine and generates AC power, which is then converted into DC power by an AC/DC converter. A DC/AC converter converts the DC power output from the AC/DC converter into AC power for driving an AC motor. When a cruising-speed determining unit determines that the speed of a movable body has reached a cruising speed, a control unit connects the AC generator to the AC motor through a bypass unit, changes over at least one of the number of poles of the AC generator and the number of poles of the AC motor, and sets frequencies of the AC generator and the AC motor to values corresponding to the cruising speed. | 06-10-2010 |
20100152990 | METHOD FOR INCREASING ACTIVE DURATION TIME OF AN AUTOMATIC FREEWHEELING FUNCTION IN A VEHICLE - A method for increasing active duration time of an automatic freewheeling function in a vehicle with cruise control and during a cruise control active period is provided. The function includes an arrangement for determining a vehicle set speed (Vset speed) for when the function is allowed to be activated and means for calculating a predetermined allowable vehicle speed drop to a first under speed value (Vunderspeed) below the vehicle set speed (Vset speed). The function is controlled based on said under speed value, in order to extend active duration time of the function. | 06-17-2010 |
20100161195 | Method and Apparatus for Speed-Limit Following Cruise Control - A method is provided for automatically transitioning a cruise control speed from a current speed zone to a next speed zone. A location at which the speed zone limit changes from the current speed limit to the next speed limit forward of a driven vehicle is determined. A speed profile is determined for changing the vehicle speed from the current speed limit to the next speed limit. The speed profile includes non-linear changes in the vehicle speed between the current speed zone and the next speed zone for eliminating abrupt changes in the vehicle speed. A relative location is determined for initiating the non-linear changes in the speed of the vehicle. The non-linear changes are actuated in the speed of the vehicle at the relative location for gradually changing the speed to the next speed limit. | 06-24-2010 |
20100191435 | VEHICLE DRIVING FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS - A hybrid electronic control unit controls to set a target vehicle speed Vt for constant-speed driving based on setting operation of an auto cruise switch by a driver, when the target vehicle speed Vt is set, to set required torque Trt such that the vehicle speed V detected by a vehicle speed sensor becomes the target vehicle speed Vt, when the required torque Trt is set, to set a constant-speed driving torque map indicating the required torque Vrt with respect to a torque command value by accelerator operation or brake operation by the driver using the required torque Trt, and a positive maximum torque Tramax and a negative maximum torque Trbmax, which the vehicle can output, and to change the required torque Trt using the constant-speed driving torque map according to the torque command value. In the hybrid electronic control unit, by increasing followability of torque change when changing the vehicle speed from the constant-speed driving, controllability is improved and drivability is improved. | 07-29-2010 |
20100204896 | CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ADAPTIVE SPEED ADJUSTMENT RATES - Embodiments include methods and apparatus for performing cruise control in a motor vehicle. Signals are received (e.g., by a positioning system interface) from at least one external infrastructure component, and a geographical location of the motor vehicle is determined (e.g., by a processing and control subsystem) based on the signals. A determination is made whether a difference between a target speed and an actual vehicle speed exceeds a threshold and, when the difference exceeds the threshold, a cruise control procedure is performed to maintain a target speed of the motor vehicle. Performing the cruise control procedure includes determining, based on the geographical location, whether the motor vehicle should adjust its speed toward the target speed. | 08-12-2010 |
20100204897 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VALIDATING ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL OPERATIONS - A method of operating a vehicle comprising an adaptive cruise control system and an engine control module is provided. The engine control module is coupled to the adaptive cruise control system. The method comprises issuing a speed reduction signal from the adaptive cruise control system, verifying a speed reduction with a first sensor using the adaptive cruise control system, verifying the speed reduction with a second sensor using the engine control module, thereafter, receiving a resume signal from an operator input device, and executing a speed increase of the vehicle with the engine control module in response to receiving the resume signal with the engine control module. | 08-12-2010 |
20100211284 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SPEED OF A VEHICLE USING A POSITIONAL INFORMATION DEVICE - A device, system and method for controlling speed of a vehicle are provided. The device includes a locational information module for determining location information and speed; a storage module for storing at least one geographic map including at least one route and a speed limit for the at least one route; a processing module configured to receive the location information, retrieve at least one geographic map based on the location information, determine a speed limit based on the location information and compare the speed of the device to the determined speed limit; and a display module for alerting a user if the speed of the device exceeds the determined speed limit. The present disclosure further provides for a system and method for communicating a subject vehicle's speed to a central server where it can be utilized to analyze traffic congestion patterns or notify selected companies or individuals. | 08-19-2010 |
20100250087 | RESUME SPEED ADAPTATION - A method and system of accelerating a vehicle from an intermediate speed to a target speed under control of a cruise control or driving speed control unit are disclosed. An acceleration rate of a vehicle is measured while a vehicle speed is below an intermediate speed at which the driving speed control unit is enabled. The intermediate speed is greater than the initial speed and less than the target speed. A derived acceleration rate is calculated using the measured acceleration rate. When the driving speed control unit is enabled, the vehicle is accelerated from the intermediate speed to the final speed at an acceleration rate about equal to the derived acceleration rate. The derived acceleration rate may be the acceleration rate of the vehicle at the intermediate speed, the average acceleration rate between the initial and intermediate speeds, or the average acceleration rate within a threshold of the intermediate speed. | 09-30-2010 |
20100268431 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - There are provided an accelerator grip, a biasing unit connected to the accelerator grip, the biasing unit biasing the accelerator grip to rotate in one circumferential direction, and a restricting unit restricting rotation of the accelerator grip against the biasing unit for placing the accelerator grip to a predetermined opening degree, wherein the restricting unit releases restriction of the accelerator grip when a predetermined operational force or more in one circumferential direction is applied to the accelerator grip so as to excessively rotate the accelerator grip in one circumferential direction beyond the predetermined opening degree. | 10-21-2010 |
20100274459 | REACTION FORCE APPARATUS - When a target vehicle speed setting unit switches from a target vehicle speed to a higher target vehicle speed, a reaction force controller of a reaction force apparatus lowers, at the same ratio, a reaction force applying characteristic, which corresponds to the target vehicle speed before being switched to the higher target vehicle speed. | 10-28-2010 |
20100280728 | DRIVER INPUTS ALLOWING FULL SPEED RANGE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL TO RELEASE BRAKE HOLD - A method for implementing adaptive cruise control for a vehicle includes the steps of stopping the vehicle, determining whether a driver of the vehicle has taken a deliberate action to move the vehicle, and moving the vehicle, on the condition that the driver has taken the deliberation action to move the vehicle. | 11-04-2010 |
20100280729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FOUNDATION BRAKE - A system and a method are provided for controlling a foundation brake of a vehicle having at least one foundation brake device, wherein the usability of the foundation brake is limited to a predetermined total application-time of the foundation brake within a predetermined time interval. | 11-04-2010 |
20100286886 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION USING A DUAL REQUEST CLOSED LOOP REQUEST - A method and control module for operating a vehicle powertrain in response to a cruise control includes a primary closed loop control module generating a primary closed loop control signal and a primary torque request signal based on the primary closed loop control signal. The control module also includes a secondary closed loop control module generating a secondary closed loop control signal and a secondary torque request signal based on the secondary closed loop control signal. A transmission control module controls a transmission based on the primary torque request control signal and the secondary torque request signal. | 11-11-2010 |
20100292904 | VEHICLE RUNNING CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle running control system includes: a speed pattern creating unit that creates a speed pattern according to a target traveling path, a running control unit that controls running of the vehicle based on the speed pattern, a first speed condition correcting unit that correct speed conditions in a direction from a start position of the running control toward an end position of the running control on the target traveling path, and a second speed condition correcting unit that correct speed conditions in a direction from the end position of the running control toward the start position of the running control on the target traveling path. | 11-18-2010 |
20100299041 | CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH SELECTIVE TARGET SPEED UPDATING FOR PASSING MANEUVERS - A cruise control system comprises a passing detection module and a speed regulator module. The passing detection module selectively detects execution of a passing maneuver based on an accelerator pedal position (APP) measured by an APP sensor and actuation of a Set/Coast input to the cruise control system when a vehicle speed is greater than a target speed. The speed regulator module regulates the vehicle speed based on the target speed and updates the target speed to the vehicle speed when the passing maneuver is detected. | 11-25-2010 |
20100299042 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCOURAGING VEHICLE OPERATOR COMPLIANCE - A method for encouraging operator compliance with vehicle functions, comprises monitoring at least one vehicle function, monitoring an operator input related to the at least one vehicle function, the vehicle function being responsive to the operator input, the operator input being selectable from at least two choices, wherein one choice is in compliance with a vehicle function requirement, and, limiting a vehicle speed if the operator input is not in compliance with the vehicle function requirement. | 11-25-2010 |
20100332100 | LAND VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL - To control the torque of a rotary engine of a land vehicle, an upper speed limit and a lower speed limit for the vehicle is obtained based on at least one user input. A constant output torque is determined for the rotary engine. This may be based on the upper speed limit. The current speed of the vehicle is obtained. While the current vehicle speed lies between the upper speed limit and the lower speed limit, an engine control signal is generated in order to operate the rotary engine at the constant output torque. If the current vehicle speed increases above the upper speed limit, an engine control signal is generated to operate the rotary engine at a reduced output torque below the constant output torque. If the current vehicle speed decreases below the lower speed limit, an engine control signal is generated to operate said rotary engine at an increased output torque above the constant output torque. | 12-30-2010 |
20110015847 | VEHICLE VELOCITY CONTROL DEVICE - [Task] Under a low-speed, low-load state in which vehicle sensitivity is high, an accelerator manipulation is made slow in action, and under a high-speed, high-load state in which the vehicle sensitivity is low, a vehicle following property is improved. | 01-20-2011 |
20110035131 | SPEED CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A plurality of position data sets representing a plurality of points on a road ahead of a vehicle are acquired, and the degree of curvature of the road at each point is computed. On the basis of the degree of curvature, a constant curvature degree section of a curve is identified, and the degree of curvature and the end position of the constant curvature degree section are determined. In order to cause the vehicle to properly pass through the curve, curve deceleration control is executed on the basis of the actual vehicle speed, a proper vehicle speed determined from the degree of curvature, and the end position of the constant curvature degree section. That is, the curve deceleration control is performed on the basis of the start point of a section of a curve having the maximum degree of curvature and the constant degree of curvature of that section. | 02-10-2011 |
20110060512 | CRUISE CONTROL DEVICE HAVING A SHUTOFF UNIT DEPENDENT ON THE OPERATING SPEED OF THE GAS PEDAL - A vehicle having a cruise control device, a manual shift transmission without synchronizer assembly, and a gas pedal provided with a pedal sensor, which produces a power request signal as a function of a power request of the driver. The cruise control device is deactivated as a function of a speed at which the power request signal of the pedal sensor changes. | 03-10-2011 |
20110066349 | Device for speed control of a vehicle having a speed direct setting control element - A device for the speed control of a vehicle, containing an operator control unit, via which the driver specifies a setpoint speed to be maintained by the vehicle, and a control unit, which positions final controlling elements of the vehicle according to the driver's specification. The device provides that the operator control unit contains at least one speed direct setting control element, which is used for setting a specific setpoint speed value, and the specific setpoint speed value of the vehicle is specifiable and directly settable by a one-time operation of the speed direct setting control element, independently of the instantaneous actual speed of the vehicle. | 03-17-2011 |
20110071745 | Acceleration control system - An acceleration control system stores a target acceleration calculation equation acquired by transforming an equation that expresses that a product of the differentiation of the square power of the speed and the environmental factor α | 03-24-2011 |
20110087416 | SPEED CONTROL FOR PATIENT HANDLING DEVICE - A patient handling device, such as a bed, stretcher, cot, or the like, includes a motor for driving one or more wheels to assist in the movement of the device. At least one proximity sensor is positioned on the device in order to detect the presence of one or more objects that may lie in the path of the device when it moves. A controller on the device determines the distance between itself and the object and automatically controls the speed of the device in a manner designed to reduce the likelihood of a collision and/or to mitigate the impact of a collision. The automatic speed control of the device may follow one or more predetermined profiles that correlate certain parameters, such as a distance to the object or relative velocity, with a maximum acceptable speed of the device. | 04-14-2011 |
20110093179 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes an imaging device having a field of view forward of a vehicle and an image processor operable to process image data captured by the imaging device. The vehicle includes a control system operable at least in part to control the speed of the vehicle. The control system may reduce the speed of the vehicle responsive at least in part to a detection of a curve in the road ahead of the vehicle via processing by the image processor of image data captured by the imaging device. The control system may control the speed of the vehicle to a reduced speed for traveling around the detected curve in the road, and may increase the speed of the vehicle to above the reduced speed when the vehicle is traveling along a straighter section of road after the curve in the road. | 04-21-2011 |
20110130938 | FUEL INJECTING CONTROL METHOD DURING COASTING OF VEHICLE - A fuel injecting control method during coasting of a vehicle, may include operating coasting mode when a coasting mode operation condition is satisfied, maintaining the coasting mode for a predetermined interval, injecting fuel according to engine speed, cutting fuel injecting when detected vehicle speed is equal to or more than a predetermined fuel cutting vehicle speed and less than a predetermined vehicle over speed, operating an assist brake when the detected vehicle speed is equal to or more than the predetermined vehicle over speed, and releasing the coasting mode when a releasing condition of the coasting mode is satisfied. | 06-02-2011 |
20110130939 | Cruise Control System and Method for Vehicles - A vehicle cruise control system and method for consumption-oriented control of the vehicle speed within a predefined desired speed range includes an operating unit for activating the consumption-oriented speed control and a control unit, which controls the vehicle speed within the predefined desired speed range while taking into consideration a predefined maximum energy consumption value when the consumption-oriented speed control is activated. The vehicle speed is controlled in such a way that the predefined maximum energy consumption value is not exceeded only as long as a vehicle speed that lies within the predefined desired speed range is adjustable while taking into consideration the predefined energy consumption value. | 06-02-2011 |
20110160978 | VEHICLE SPEED LIMIT CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE SPEED LIMIT - There is provided according to the present invention a vehicle speed limit control device for a vehicle, including: a vehicle speed limit setting portion that sets and changes a vehicle speed limit according to a vehicle speed limit command value that can be changed depending on the number of operations of a vehicle speed limit command means in compliance with a given time condition; a vehicle speed detecting portion that detects an actual vehicle speed of the vehicle; a driving force control portion that controls a driving force of the vehicle based on the vehicle speed limit and the actual vehicle speed; a vehicle speed limit command difference calculating portion that calculates a difference between an initial value of the vehicle speed limit command value immediately before an initial operation of the vehicle speed limit command means and a changed value of the vehicle speed limit command value at a current operation of the vehicle speed limit command means; and a vehicle speed limit change rate regulating portion that regulates a rate of change of the vehicle speed limit by the vehicle speed limit setting portion in such a manner that the rate of change of the vehicle speed limit decreases with the vehicle speed limit command difference. | 06-30-2011 |
20110208398 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE - A vehicle control device for controlling the driving force and the braking force that is applied to a vehicle to approach a target wheel speed includes a plurality of determination parts that determine the wheel speed at a corresponding wheel; and a calculation part that calculates a valid wheel speed threshold for each wheel based on determined wheel speeds. The vehicle control device also includes a decision part that decides whether wheel speed is valid depending on whether the valid wheel speed threshold calculated for each wheel is below a specific speed threshold value, which is below the target wheel speed, and an estimation part that estimates the vehicle speed using the wheel speeds that are determined as being valid. | 08-25-2011 |
20110208399 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A DRIVING STRATEGY - A method for determining a driving strategy for a driver of a motor vehicle includes receiving local information about a plurality of other motor vehicles using a receiving device, wherein the plurality of other motor vehicles are ahead of the motor vehicle and are relevant to the traffic situation. The method further includes recording the local information using the receiving device and deriving driving information from the local information so as to provide a driving strategy in the form of at least one action recommendation for the driver, the at least one action recommendation including a recommended speed based on an average speed of the plurality of other motor vehicles and on a desired speed of the motor vehicle. | 08-25-2011 |
20110238278 | FUEL-EFFICIENT DRIVING SYSTEM - The present invention has an object to provide a fuel-saving driving system which gradually decreases a target vehicle speed from start of control to passage of a descending-slope starting point in a linear form and can obtain fuel-saving and smooth driving feeling without repeating fuel-cut and injection. | 09-29-2011 |
20110246042 | VEHICLE RUNNING CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle running control device including: a vehicle speed sensor which detects an actual vehicle speed; a target vehicle speed setting unit; a target drive force calculation unit; a drive force control unit; a vehicle speed lowering allowance value setting unit; and a target drive force upper limit calculation unit. If the actual vehicle speed lowering amount with respect to the target vehicle speed is within the lowering allowance value, the target drive force calculation unit limits the target drive force to be not greater than the target drive force upper limit and the drive force control unit executes drive force control in accordance with the limited target drive force. | 10-06-2011 |
20110307155 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LIMITING A DYNAMIC PARAMETER OF A VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a method for limiting a dynamic parameter of a vehicle, such as speed or acceleration, and to a vehicle dynamics control module (VDCM), an engine control module (ECM) and a system for carrying out the method as well as to a computer product associated thereto. The present invention allows a driver of a vehicle to be provided with an acceptable acceleration, speed and/or the like, which may be lower than the requested acceleration, speed, etc., in order to optimize energy consumption of the vehicle, typically for transportation vehicles such as trucks, buses and delivery vans. This is accomplished, by a continuously running controller, such as a PI controller and by limiting the integral term of the PI controller, to smoothen transitions when the dynamic parameter is limited and to substantially reduce overshoot with respect to the limit of the dynamic parameter. | 12-15-2011 |
20110320102 | VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE - An ECU designates a value of a variation “V | 12-29-2011 |
20120016562 | VEHICLE SPEED LIMITING SYSTEM - To provide a vehicle speed limiting system that is capable of executing a maximum speed limiting control without influencing a driving feeling of a vehicle. A vehicle speed limiting system includes: a three-dimensional map | 01-19-2012 |
20120029785 | Method for Determining the Wheel Pressure in an Electronically Actuable Motor Vehicle Brake Control System - A method is described in which the wheel pressure in an electronically controlled motor vehicle brake system is determined. The brake system includes inlet valves and outlet valves in the wheel circuits. At least one of the valves allows adjusting the valve current. The basis for this are previously determined calibration values which describe the opening current behavior of the outlet valve. A verification of the wheel pressure is performed during a wheel pressure control operation by briefly opening the outlet valve of one brake circuit. The current prevailing in this case can be taken into account as an indicator for determining the wheel pressure. | 02-02-2012 |
20120065862 | MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR IDENTIFICATION AND MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITER - A programmable device that interfaces with a motor vehicle. The device is programmed to identify the operator who is gaining access to the motor vehicle. The device is further programmed to associate a maximum allowable speed with each person allowed to operate the motor vehicle. The device incorporates an access and operation means together with a computer that is compatible with the motor vehicle on board computer. The computer includes in it's output a signal that controls the maximum allowable speed that the on board computer will permit the motor vehicle to operate at for the identified operator. | 03-15-2012 |
20120083985 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR CONTROLLING A VELOCITY OF A VEHICLE - A method for regulating a vehicle's speed including the steps of: determining a horizon by means of position data and map data of an itinerary made up of route segments with length and gradient characteristics for each segment; calculating threshold values for the gradient of segments according to one or more vehicle-specific values, which threshold values serve as boundaries for assigning segments to various categories; comparing the gradient of each segment with the threshold values and placing each segment within the horizon in a category according to the results of the comparisons; and, for each segment within the horizon which is in a category indicating a steep upgrade or a steep downgrade, calculating the vehicle's final speed v | 04-05-2012 |
20120083986 | MODULE FOR DETERMINING OF REFERENCE VALUES FOR A VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A module for determination of speed set-point values v | 04-05-2012 |
20120089312 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR DETERMINING OF VELOCITY REFERENCE VALUES FOR A VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method for determining speed set-point values v | 04-12-2012 |
20120116642 | TRAVELING ASSISTANT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES WITHOUT CONTACT WIRE - The present invention includes a memory means | 05-10-2012 |
20120123657 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM - A subject vehicle runs under a fixed speed travel at a target speed by an auto-cruise system. When it is determined that the subject vehicle cannot arrive at a destination using a present residual fuel quantity, a navigation apparatus is caused to retrieve an eco-route. It is then determined whether the subject vehicle can arrive at the destination by running the eco-route at a fuel-efficient speed which can consume fuel efficiently using the present residual fuel quantity. When it is determined that the subject vehicle can arrive, the fuel-efficient speed is presented as a recommended speed. Thus, a driver of the subject vehicle is urged to designate the fuel-efficient speed as a new target speed for the auto-cruise control. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123658 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A navigation system acquired information relating to a point, such as a sag where a decrease in vehicle speed is induced in front of a system-mounted vehicle. When the system-mounted vehicle has reached a predetermined distance from the sag concerning the information acquired by the navigation system or when a predetermined time has come before reaching the sag, an ECU and an ACC controls the traveling of the system-mounted vehicle such that the inter-vehicle distance from an ordinary vehicle behind the system-mounted vehicle increases. Therefore, even when a vehicle control device is not mounted in an ordinary vehicle behind the system-mounted vehicle, it becomes possible to prevent a decrease in the speed of the ordinary vehicle behind the system-mounted vehicle, thereby more effectively suppressing congestion. | 05-17-2012 |
20120136548 | POWER SOURCE SPEED CONTROL IN A MACHINE WITH A CVT - Methods and systems for controlling a power source of a mobile machine having a continuously variable transmission (CVT) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, from an operator of the mobile machine, input selecting of one of a plurality of target travel speeds of the mobile machine and input indicative of a requested output speed of the power source. The method further includes calculating a difference between the selected target travel speed and an actual travel speed of the mobile machine. Finally, the method includes adjusting the requested output speed of the power source based on the calculated travel speed difference, and commanding the power source based on the adjusted requested output speed of the power source. | 05-31-2012 |
20120136549 | METHOD FOR THE ANTICIPATED ASCERTAINMENT OF A BEND ON A PORTION OF ROAD, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM - A system and method for the anticipated detection of a bend on a portion of road taken by a motor vehicle comprising the following steps:
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20120143456 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A driving assistance apparatus mounted to a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus determines whether an amount of change in tire wheel speed of each tire wheel of the vehicle exceeds a threshold. The apparatus specifies a tire wheel crossing order, which is an order in which the tire wheels of the vehicle cross over a level difference between a road and a parking lot when the vehicle crosses over the level difference. The apparatus determines whether or not the vehicle has crossed over the level difference between the road and the parking lot, based on whether a threshold-exceeding order is identical to the specified tire wheel crossing order. The threshold-exceeding order is an order in which the amounts of change in the tire wheel speed of the respective tire wheels exceed the threshold. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143457 | RUNNING CONTROL APPARATUS AND RUNNING CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A running control apparatus for a vehicle includes a required driving output deciding unit that decides a required driving force of a driving system of the vehicle on the basis of an integrated value of a difference between a target vehicle speed and an actual vehicle speed, a driving control unit that controls the actuation of the driving system on the basis of the required driving force, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the required driving force is unrealizable in the control of the driving system due to the intervention of additional control. The required driving output deciding unit imposes a limit on an increase or a decrease in the required driving force when the determination unit determines that the required driving force is unrealizable in the control of the driving system. | 06-07-2012 |
20120150410 | CONTROL DEVICE OF INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE - A control device of an inverted pendulum type vehicle capable of simplifying the steering of the vehicle, and of improving handling quality thereof, is provided. A control unit | 06-14-2012 |
20120166056 | CONTROL DEVICE OF INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE - An inverted pendulum type vehicle includes a loaded mode in which an object to be transported is loaded on a boarding unit, and a non-loaded state mode in which the object to be transported is not loaded thereon. When traveling velocities of a representative point of the vehicle in a steady-state, in which tilt errors θbe_x_s, θbe_y_s between actual tilt angles of a boarding unit and desired tilt angles thereof are maintained, constant are Vb_x_stb, Vb_y_stb, a traveling motion of a traveling motion unit is controlled such that at least a ratio of a magnitude of Vb_x_stb with respect to a magnitude of θbe_x_s becomes a smaller ratio in the non-loaded state mode than in the loaded state mode. Such inverted pendulum type vehicle is difficult to move in the non-loaded state mode, and is easy to move in the loaded mode. | 06-28-2012 |
20120191317 | Method and Device for Controlling the Operation of an Internal Combustion Engine - The invention relates to a device and a method for controlling the operation of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, with a brake line, at least one sensor for measuring the brake line pressure in the brake line, a stop-start device for automatically switching off and starting the internal combustion engine, and an adaptive cruise control device for regulating the vehicle speed as a function of environmental information captured in a sensor-based manner, wherein a brake cylinder acting on the brake line is associated with the adaptive cruise control device and wherein the stop-start device and the adaptive cruise control device are coupled to one another in that the automatic switching-off and starting of the internal combustion engine via the stop-start device is executed directly as a function of the brake line pressure measured by the sensor. | 07-26-2012 |
20120203440 | TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE - Disclosed is a travel control device which controls the travel of a vehicle. The travel control device includes an acquisition unit which acquires a stability speed limit pattern indicating an upper speed limit, within which the vehicle is travelable without departing from a scheduled travel road, and a travel control adjustment unit which adjusts travel control using a target speed pattern indicating a target speed on the basis of the stability speed limit pattern and an actual speed. Therefore, it is possible to satisfy driving conditions desired by a user while ensuring travel stability. | 08-09-2012 |
20120215415 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A method is provided for operating a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, the driver assistance system implemented to regulate a speed of the motor vehicle and the method including, but not limited to determine at least one parameter characterizing an acceleration behavior of a driver of the motor vehicle and including at least one driver-specific acceleration value. In addition, a target value of the speed of the motor vehicle is set. The speed is regulated to the set target value in at least one first phase and one second phase, in the first phase, after beginning the regulation to the set target value, the speed of the motor vehicle adapted based on the at least one driver-specific acceleration value. | 08-23-2012 |
20120215416 | SPEED LIMITER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE - A speed limiter method and system that automatically limits the maximum speed of a motor vehicle based on the segment of the road the vehicle is travelling on and on the user or driver of the vehicle, by modifying an actual throttle sensor signal from the throttle position sensor of the vehicle transmitted to the engine control unit. | 08-23-2012 |
20120226424 | Methods for Determining Exhaust Emissions and Efficiency of a Vehicle and a Display - Methods, software codes, and devices for determining an emission flow rate of one or more CO | 09-06-2012 |
20120253628 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a driving support apparatus for a vehicle. When a speed limit that is not equal to a set vehicle speed is detected by a stereo image recognition device, a cruise control unit temporarily performs a standby mode in which a value of the set vehicle speed can be switched to the speed limit, and displays the set vehicle speed and the speed limit so that the speeds can be compared with each other and selectively maintains the set vehicle speed or switches the set vehicle speed to the speed limit based on an operation state by a driver during the standby mode. | 10-04-2012 |
20120271524 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL - A method and cruise control system for controlling a vehicle cruise control includes driving the vehicle with the cruise control active and set to maintain a vehicle set target speed, and registering a current vehicle condition, which includes at least a current vehicle position, a currently engaged gear ratio, available gear ratios, current vehicle speed, available maximum propulsion torque and road topography of coming travelling road comprising a next coming uphill slope. Based on the current vehicle condition a downshift is predicted at a coming vehicle position in the coming uphill slope due to vehicle speed decrease and at least one activity is selected which results in that the downshift can be postponed or avoided. The cruise control is controlled according to the selected activity in order to postpone or avoid, for example a downshift from a direct gear and thereby saves fuel. | 10-25-2012 |
20120283928 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL - A method and cruise control system are provided and include a control unit arranged for maintaining a vehicle set target speed. The control unit is programmed to register a first parameter, which is vehicle gross weight, and a second parameter, which is current road inclination. The control unit is further programmed to, based on the registered first and second parameters, adjust as set vehicle overspeed for a brake cruise control in the cruise control to a new value. A vehicle speed increase resulting in a vehicle speed that exceeds due to delays in the cruise control and braking devices can be avoided. | 11-08-2012 |
20120290184 | ROAD INFORMATION DETECTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL DEVICE - A representative point corresponding to geometry of the road on which the vehicle is traveling is calculated based on positional information on a stationary target detected by a radar, and based on positional information of the calculated representative points, left and right side corresponding straight lines that correspond to left and right side edges of the road are calculated. With one of the corresponding straight lines that has a most distal end more proximal to the vehicle than that of the other being set as a reference corresponding straight line, information on curving geometry of the road is detected based on positional information on a representative point within a process targeted area that is sandwiched between the left and the right side corresponding straight lines and extends in the traveling direction of the vehicle and is also distal to the most distal end of the reference corresponding straight line. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290185 | SCHEDULING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK - A system is provided that includes a control unit configured to be disposed on-board at least one of a first vehicle or a second vehicle. The control unit also is configured to receive an updated time of an event involving the first vehicle and the second vehicle traveling in a transportation network. The control unit also is configured to change a speed of said at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle in response to the updated time to arrive at the event. A method is provided that includes, at one of a first vehicle or a second vehicle, receiving an updated time of an event involving the first vehicle and the second vehicle in a transportation network. The method also includes changing a speed of said one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle in response to the updated tune to arrive at the event. | 11-15-2012 |
20120303237 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THROTTLE CONTROL AND COUPLING CONTROL FOR VEHICLES - A multi-mode control system for a locomotive includes a throttle control device having notch settings corresponding to, for a first, long haul mode, control signals for providing respective tractive effort or power from the locomotive, a master controller in communication with the throttle control device and adapted to receive said control signals from the throttle control device and to transmit respective command signals to power-train components of the locomotive to achieve the respective tractive effort or power, the master controller also adapted for sending alternative command signals when a user-operable mode selector is set to one of one or more alternative modes. The user-operable mode selector includes one or more user interface devices in communication with the master controller for selecting one alternative mode of the one or more alternative modes. | 11-29-2012 |
20120310504 | Combined Radar and GPS Localization System - A localization system within a vehicle in one embodiment includes a global position system (GPS) receiver, a radar sensor, a data storage device including program instructions stored therein, a symbolic map stored within the data storage device, and a controller operatively coupled to the data storage device, the GPS receiver, and the radar sensor, the controller configured to execute the program instructions to analyze data from the GPS receiver, data from the radar sensor, and data from the stored symbolic map, and determine a probabilistic vehicle location based upon the analysis. | 12-06-2012 |
20120316746 | CRUISE CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a cruise control method including traveling a vehicle at a speed input by a driver, receiving road information from a navigation device, confirming whether or not deceleration information is present in the road information, confirming a speed corresponding to the deceleration information if the deceleration information is present, and controlling a speed of the vehicle to the confirmed speed if the confirmed speed is greater than the input speed. If the vehicle speed exceeds the speed limit of a road, the vehicle speed is automatically reduced to below the speed limit, and a warning operation is performed. Thereby, probability of accidents due to speeding may be reduced, and it may be possible to make the driver obey the Road Traffic Act and to prevent imposition of fines due to speeding. Further, the vehicle speed is automatically reduced at bumps or curves, resulting in enhanced safety and driver convenience. | 12-13-2012 |
20130018562 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICEAANM Nakai; KojiAACI Susono-shiAACO JPAAGP Nakai; Koji Susono-shi JPAANM Suzuki; TakashiAACI Susono-shiAACO JPAAGP Suzuki; Takashi Susono-shi JP - A problem is to provide a vehicle control device, which performs travel control prepared for an unforeseen event by setting a tire friction circle to be small on a site on a road on which it is highly possible that the unforeseen event is found with delay due to a curve and poor visibility. An ECU sets a target speed with a predetermined allowance for a limit speed which is an upper limit speed of the vehicle, at a point at which a risk cannot be expected easily on a path along which the vehicle travels and generates a planned speed pattern which is a speed pattern of the path, based on the limit speed and the target speed. | 01-17-2013 |
20130030667 | Speed Change Control System for a Vehicle - A speed change control system includes a speed change control section for setting a speed change value of a stepless speed change device; a speed change operational tool for providing the speed change control section with a speed change command the stepless speed change device; a constant speed travel operational device for providing the speed change control section with a changing command for changing a constant speed mode speed change value which is a speed change value at the time of the constant speed mode, a shifting command for shifting to the constant speed mode and a departing command for departing from the constant speed mode; and a constant speed travel management section which causes the speed change control section to execute the constant speed mode with the constant speed mode speed change value, based on the shifting command from the constant speed travel operational device. | 01-31-2013 |
20130073168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COASTING OF HYBRID VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATED MANUAL TRANSMISSION - A technique for controlling coasting of a hybrid vehicle equipped with an Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) is disclosed herein. First, the amount of regenerative braking is varied based on the degree of manipulation of an accelerator pedal within the predetermined control range of a total degree of manipulation of the accelerator pedal from when the accelerator pedal is not being manipulated. The amount of regenerative braking decreases as the degree of manipulation of the accelerator pedal increases. The control range is used to perform control in such a way as to vary the amount of regenerative braking according to the amount of manipulation of the accelerator pedal. Further, the control range is set to within a range of initial 5 to 20% of the total degree of manipulation of the accelerator pedal. | 03-21-2013 |
20130085651 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE'S SPEED - A method for controlling a vehicle's speed by adopting a desired speed v | 04-04-2013 |
20130090830 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE - A subject matter of the application relates to a method for determining a speed of a vehicle. In one embodiment, the method includes ascertaining a first value of a distance traveled by the vehicle within a time interval on the basis of data ascertained by at least one first revolution sensor of a first tire of the vehicle and a second revolution sensor of a second tire of the vehicle; ascertaining a second value of a distance traveled by the vehicle within a time interval on the basis of data ascertained by a position-determining device; and comparing the ascertained first value and the ascertained second value. If a deviation between the ascertained first value and the ascertained second value exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the method includes classifying a speed determined on the basis of the ascertained second value. | 04-11-2013 |
20130116906 | Method and Device for Operating a Motor Vehicle With an Internal Combustion Engine in a Coasting Operating Mode - The invention relates to a method and a device for operating a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine in a coasting operating mode in which the motor vehicle rolls essentially in a propulsionless fashion and essentially without a perceptible engine drag torque on an essentially level road if there is no propulsion request or braking request from a driver of the motor vehicle. According to the invention, the coasting operating mode is not brought about by automatically opening the drivetrain but rather is simulated with the clutch closed in that so much air/fuel mixture is fed to the internal combustion engine that the engine drag torque is largely but not completely compensated. | 05-09-2013 |
20130116907 | METHOD FOR INCREASING ACTIVE DURATION TIME OF AN AUTOMATIC FREEWHEELING FUNCTION IN A VEHICLE - A method for increasing active duration time of an automatic freewheeling function in a vehicle with cruise control and during a cruise control active period is provided. The function includes an arrangement for determining a vehicle set speed (Vset speed) for when the function is allowed to be activated and means for calculating a predetermined allowable vehicle speed drop to a first under speed value (Vunderspeed) below the vehicle set speed (Vset speed). The function is controlled based on said under speed value, in order to extend active duration tune of the function. | 05-09-2013 |
20130124063 | TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE - In a travel control device, it is allowed to release vehicle speed control without giving a sense of incongruity to a driver when pedal operation of a brake pedal is executed by the driver during vehicle speed control. | 05-16-2013 |
20130131948 | COASTING CONTROL DEVICE - A coasting control device capable of avoiding coasting control during turning is provided. A turning recognition unit that recognizes that a vehicle is turning and a unit for prohibiting coasting control during turning that prohibits coasting control when the turning recognition unit recognizes that the vehicle is turning are provided. | 05-23-2013 |
20130138319 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A LONGITUDINALLY GUIDING DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method for operating a longitudinally guiding driver assist system of a motor vehicle, wherein a comfort curve speed is determined as a function of curve data, wherein the curve data are commensurate with at least one curve to be driven through next by the motor vehicle, wherein a target speed is determined as a function of the curve comfort speed at a defined point of the curve, and wherein the speed of the motor vehicle is adjusted as a function of at least the target speed of the motor vehicle. | 05-30-2013 |
20130144501 | SYSTEM FOR INDUCING ECONOMIC DRIVING FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a technique for inducing economic driving for a vehicle. In particular, a control unit calculates a driving resistance of a vehicle based on a current rolling friction, air resistance, and a road grade of the vehicle. The an amount of air-conditioning energy consumed by the vehicle is calculated by the control unit, and in response the calculated driving resistance and air-conditioning energy are substituted into a data map to continuously calculate the optimal economic vehicle speed of the vehicle in real time. The optimal economic vehicle speed calculated by the control unit is then displayed to a driver via a display unit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151106 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE'S SPEED - A method for controlling a vehicle's speed includes adopting a desired speed v | 06-13-2013 |
20130158829 | FUEL ECONOMY MODE TO MODIFY CRUISE CONTROL FOR AN AUTOMOBILE - A method of operating a cruise control system for a vehicle comprises selecting a fuel economy mode for the cruise control system and determining a desired fuel economy. A fuel economy level of the vehicle is maintained at the desired fuel economy while in the fuel economy mode for the cruise control system. | 06-20-2013 |
20130197773 | DESCENT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SPEED - The present disclosure provides a method of automatically controlling ground speed of a vehicle in which the vehicle includes a control system having a controller, a throttle, a brake sensor, and a braking mechanism. The method includes enabling a descent control function in the controller, detecting a change in a vehicle operating condition, determining current vehicle ground speed, establishing a desired vehicle speed based on the current vehicle ground speed, and controlling the braking mechanism to maintain vehicle ground speed at or below the desired vehicle speed. | 08-01-2013 |
20130245912 | METHOD FOR ACTUATING THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTION IN A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH HYBRID DRIVING, ESPECIALLY AN INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE - The present invention describes a method for actuating the cruise control function in a vehicle equipped with hybrid driving, comprising at least a primary driving and an electric driving. The method comprises the steps of: —cyclic check of the possibility of activation of the cruise control function; if positive—activation of the electric driving of the type “electric cruise-control” (ElCC), and deactivation of the primary driving, if a cyclic check of the conditions of activation of the electric driving is positive; otherwise—activation of the primary driving of the type “engine cruise-cruise control” (EnCC), and deactivation of the electric driving. | 09-19-2013 |
20130332044 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPEED CONTROL ON A CURVED ROAD IN A SMART CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM - An apparatus for controlling a speed on a curved road in a smart cruise control system configured to obtain road coordinate information of a front portion of a vehicle from a navigation system based on a current location of the vehicle, calculate a curvature value of the curved road based on the road coordinate information, calculate a speed corresponding to the curvature value, and control a speed setting of the vehicle based on the speed corresponding to the curvature value when approaching the curved road. | 12-12-2013 |
20140012478 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE DURING COASTING - A method for controlling a vehicle, including determining a speed curve on a coasting route, in order to let the vehicle on the coasting route coast from an actual speed to a setpoint speed, detecting an additional vehicle approaching the vehicle from behind on the coasting route, and raising the speed of the vehicle compared to the determined speed behavior on the coasting route, in order to produce a predetermined threshold distance from the additional vehicle. | 01-09-2014 |
20140025275 | Highway Speed Information System - A highway speed information system for use with a vehicle includes an in-vehicle speed information device selectively installed in a vehicle equipped with a cruise control module. The information device includes a processor, memory, and an output device. A global position system (GPS) is in data communication with the processor and configured to determine a geographic location of the vehicle. The memory is configured to store programming and a speed zone database indicative of a plurality of speed zones defined by GPS coordinates. Programming determines a current geographic location of the vehicle and associated speed limit, as well as a new current geographic location after a predetermined time—each location being associated with a speed limit. If the cruise control module is activated, it is automatically set to the speed limit associated with the current geographic location. | 01-23-2014 |
20140032077 | STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - The opening control mechanism includes a frame, a support shaft, a first pulley, a second pulley, a first elastic member and a second elastic member. A position taken by the second pulley when no force acts on the grip is referred to as a second reference position. The second pulley can be rotated in a second direction of rotation, starting from the second reference position. A processing unit performs a specified operation when the second pulley has been rotated in the second direction of rotation, starting from the second reference position, by a predetermined amount. | 01-30-2014 |
20140067225 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING OF A VEHICLE IN A COASTING SITUATION - Disclosed is a device and method for controlling driving operations of a vehicle in a coasting situation. The device may include a vehicle speed detector, a coasting drivable range operator, and a controller. The vehicle speed detector detects a current vehicle speed when signals from an accelerator position sensor and a brake pedal position sensor are both zero (0). The coasting drivable range operator determines whether or not coasting is possible by receiving a current location of the vehicle, road conditions and location information, and information related to an inter-vehicle distance when the current vehicle speed is equal to or greater than a certain speed. The controller turns off a motor in response to determining that the coating is possible when an inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance. | 03-06-2014 |
20140074370 | DRIVER INTERACTION PERTAINING TO ECONOMICAL CRUISE CONTROL - A method for an economical cruise control and an economical cruise control which demands from a vehicle engine system a reference speed v | 03-13-2014 |
20140074371 | DRIVER INTERACTION PERTAINING TO REFERENCE-SPEED-REGULATING CRUISE CONTROL - A method for operation of a reference-speed-regulating cruise control and a reference-speed-regulating cruise control which demands from a vehicle engine system a reference speed v | 03-13-2014 |
20140088850 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A LONGITUDINALLY GUIDING DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a longitudinally guiding driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, especially of an ACC system, which is designed to control the speed of a motor vehicle to a desired speed in a free travel mode and/or keeps a controlled distance to a vehicle in front as the control object in a follow mode, at least one control parameter influencing control being adapted depending on at least one item of traffic information that describes traffic conditions on the currently traveled route, especially in the further course of the route, information is received from an external transmitter. | 03-27-2014 |
20140100754 | METHOD TO SHUT OFF ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE UPHILL GRADIENT IS TOO STEEP - A method of controlling an adaptive cruise control (ACC) system of a vehicle. The method including determining a torque of an engine of the vehicle, determining a torque of a transmission of the vehicle, calculating an idle force of the vehicle, obtaining a maximum tolerable gradient, obtaining an actual gradient of a surface the vehicle is on, and turning off the adaptive cruise control when the actual gradient exceeds the maximum tolerable gradient. | 04-10-2014 |
20140100755 | METHOD TO DEAL WITH SLOW INITIAL BRAKE RESPONSE FOR ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL - A method of controlling braking in an adaptive cruise control (ACC) of a vehicle. The method includes determining that braking is needed, including determining an amount of braking force needed, providing an indication to the brake system that braking is needed, filling the brake system with brake fluid at a predetermined rate to reduce pump noise, setting a delay equal to the amount of time needed to fill the brake system with fluid, applying a brake pad to a brake disc at the amount of braking force needed after waiting the delay, comparing the amount of braking force needed to the amount of braking force actually occurring, and reducing the delay to zero when the amount of braking force needed is less than or equal to the amount of braking force actually occurring. | 04-10-2014 |
20140121931 | VEHICLE STEERING-BASED SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A control system and method is provided for a vehicle. The control system includes a speed sensor, a wheel angle sensor, and a vehicle position sensor. An electronic control unit (ECU) determines a yaw-rate error as a function of at least the vehicle position signal, determines a first speed limit as a function of the yaw-rate error, determines a second speed limit as a function of a vehicle lateral acceleration, and determines a third speed limit as a function of the wheel angle signal. The ECU selects the lowest of the first, second and third speed limits, generates a front wheel drive command and a diff lock command as a function of the wheel angle signal. The ECU also limits the vehicle speed to not greater than the selected lowest wheel speed limit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140121932 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL - An exemplary cruise control system includes an application that integrates curvature speed control, speed limit control, and adaptive speed control and generates an optimized speed profile that is used to control the vehicle. | 05-01-2014 |
20140121933 | FLEXIBLE MAXIMUM VEHICLE SPEED METHOD - In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, a method of limiting a vehicle speed is provided. The method includes limiting the speed of the vehicle to a predetermined limit under normal operating conditions. The method further includes selectively engaging an override condition in response to an operator generated input. During the override condition, the vehicle can exceed the predetermined limit by a specified offset. The override condition is not available when the vehicle has traveled in the override condition for a predetermined number of miles. | 05-01-2014 |
20140129110 | Speed Change Control System for a Vehicle - A speed change control system includes a speed change control section for setting a speed change value of a stepless speed change device; a speed change operational tool for providing the speed change control section with a speed change command the stepless speed change device; a constant speed travel operational device for providing the speed change control section with a changing command for changing a constant speed mode speed change value which is a speed change value at the time of the constant speed mode, a shifting command for shifting to the constant speed mode and a departing command for departing from the constant speed mode; and a constant speed travel management section which causes the speed change control section to execute the constant speed mode with the constant speed mode speed change value, based on the shifting command from the constant speed travel operational device. | 05-08-2014 |
20140149014 | TECHNIQUE FOR GENERATING FROM POINT DATA GEOMETRIC DATA THAT CONTINUOUSLY DESCRIBE A COURSE OF A GEOGRAPHIC OBJECT - A technique for generating from a point set geometric data that continuously describe a course of a geographic object used in the context of generating data for a navigation device or driver assisted system is disclosed. The technique includes determining, from sub-sets of two or more road points, a sequence of primary base elements; determining an interconnecting secondary base element for adjacent primary base elements, that continuously connects to and at a connection point has the same gradient as each of the interconnected primary base elements; determining an interconnecting transition curve for adjacent primary and secondary base elements, that continuously connects to and at a connection point has the same gradient and the same curvature as each of the interconnected primary and secondary base elements; and determining geometric data that continuously describe a course of the geographic object from primary base elements, secondary base elements and transition curves. | 05-29-2014 |
20140163836 | Apparatus and method for automatically controlling the speed of a vehicle in a speed bump area - The speed of a vehicle is automatically controlled in a speed bump area located in the vicinity of a speed bump. Information about a speed bump is received from a navigation device, and a distance between the vehicle and the speed bump is calculated. If the calculated is less than a preset reference distance, it is determined that the vehicle is entering or has entered an area of the speed bump. Upon determining that the vehicle is in the speed bump area, a speed difference between a safe speed bump crossing speed and a current speed of the vehicle is computed, a required acceleration value is calculated based on the calculated distance to the speed bump and the speed difference, and the speed of the vehicle is controlled so that the vehicle decelerates or accelerates in accordance with the required acceleration value. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163837 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING SPEED IN SPEEDBUMP AREA - The speed of a vehicle is automatically controlled in a speed bump area located in the vicinity of a speed bump. Information about a speed bump is received from a navigation device, and a distance between the vehicle and the speed bump is calculated. If the calculated is less than a preset reference distance, it is determined that the vehicle is entering or has entered an area of the speed bump. Upon determining that the vehicle is in the speed bump area, a speed difference between a safe speed bump crossing speed and a current speed of the vehicle is computed, a required acceleration value is calculated based on the calculated distance to the speed bump and the speed difference, and the speed of the vehicle is controlled so that the vehicle decelerates or is accelerates in accordance with the required acceleration value. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172264 | METHOD FOR INCREASING ACTIVE DURATION TIME OF AN AUTOMATIC FREEWHEELING FUNCTION IN A VEHICLE - A method for increasing active duration time of an automatic freewheeling function in a vehicle with cruise control and during a cruise control active period is provided. The function includes an arrangement for determining a vehicle set speed (Vset speed) for when the function is allowed to be activated and means for calculating a predetermined allowable vehicle speed drop to a first under speed value (Vunderspeed) below the vehicle set speed (Vset speed). The function is controlled based on said under speed value, in order to extend active duration time of the function. | 06-19-2014 |
20140188365 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A speed zone computation unit that computes a speed zone of a host vehicle; a target speed computation unit that computes a target speed of the host vehicle based on a speed zone; a driving assistance starting point computation unit that computes a driving assistance starting point determined by a state of the host vehicle at the time when a driving assistance is started; and a target speed modification unit that modifies a target speed, when the driving assistance starting point is within the speed zone, are included. The target speed computation unit sets a speed lower than the speed zone in the reference position as the target speed. The target speed modification unit sets a value higher than a value computed by the target speed computation unit as a new target speed, in speed in the reference position. | 07-03-2014 |
20140200788 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING A CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE - An arrangement for adapting a cruise control system in a vehicle includes a cruise control modifier unit connected to a cruise control system, where the cruise control modifier unit includes a position input arrangement adapted to receive actual position information from a position source, a map input arrangement adapted to receive road information from a map database for a predefined section ahead of the vehicle, where the arrangement is adapted to modify cruise control parameters for a road section within the predefined section depending on the received position and map information. Behavior of the cruise control of a vehicle can be adapted to upcoming road profile changes, which makes it possible to optimize the fuel consumption of the vehicle. | 07-17-2014 |
20140207357 | VEHICLE-SIDE SYSTEM - The present invention aims to provide a vehicle-side system capable of enhancing convenience for drivers who are driving vehicles having an auto-cruise function. A vehicle-side system of the present invention is mounted on a vehicle having an auto-cruise function and is capable of receiving traffic conditions from outside the vehicle. The vehicle-side system includes a position detector that detects vehicle position information that is information regarding the position of the vehicle, a receiver that receives traffic conditions, an auto-cruise setting unit that makes settings including a setting of a predetermined speed at which the auto-cruise function causes the vehicle to travel, and a controller that performs control to change the settings made by the auto-cruise setting unit on the basis of the traffic conditions received by the receiver, the settings in the auto-cruise setting unit, and the vehicle position information detected by the position detector. | 07-24-2014 |
20140236448 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING A CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE - A cruise control arrangement for a vehicle includes a cruise control speed function, a cruise control brake function and at least one selectable economy level, having a set maximum speed value corresponding to a maximum allowed vehicle speed, a set brake speed value corresponding to a brake cruise speed and a set cruise speed value corresponding to a cruise speed, where a temporary brake speed value replaces the set brake speed value as the actually used brake speed value, and where the temporary brake speed value is dependent on the selected economy level. The behaviour of the cruise control of a vehicle can be adapted to take account of economy, which makes it possible to optimize the fuel consumption of the vehicle. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244129 | EFFICIENCY-BASED SPEED CONTROL WITH TRAFFIC-COMPATIBLE SPEED OFFSETS - Vehicle apparatus includes a speed control for adjusting a vehicle powertrain of the vehicle in response to a speed setpoint. A grade estimator determines a road grade of a roadway where the vehicle is traveling. A traffic density estimator determines a density of traffic traveling on the roadway in the vicinity of the vehicle. An optimizer executes a selected control policy to periodically generate speed adjustments for applying to the speed setpoint to operate the vehicle powertrain at increased efficiency. The control policy is based on a value function providing an optimized solution for a cost model responsive to the determined road grade to generate an initial speed offset. The optimizer reduces the initial speed offset in proportion to the determined traffic density to generate the speed adjustments. The system minimizes negative impacts to overall traffic flow as well as any negative contribution to reduced fuel efficiency of surrounding traffic. | 08-28-2014 |
20140277986 | Systems and Methods for Predicting Traffic Signal Information - Systems and methods for predicting traffic signal information are provided. An exemplary method includes obtaining data from a plurality of types of sources and analyzing the data to predict states of a plurality of traffic signals. The data include crowdsourced data. The predictive traffic signal information may be used to adjust an operation of an on-board system of a vehicle. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277987 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of operating a vehicle at a driver selected target speed. The system and method configured to identify a target speed based on a position of a gear shift selector and control engine torque and brake pressure to control the vehicle to operate at the target speed. The system and method is further provides manipulating the engine torque and brake pressure of the vehicle in response to a driver's throttle and brake commands to operate at a speed desired by the driver. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277988 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for controlling vehicle speed in accordance with a current value of vehicle set-speed. The system responds to user input to change the current value of vehicle set-speed to a different value and is configured to store the current value of set-speed in a memory as a stored set-speed and to change the current value of set-speed in dependence on the user input. The speedometer indicates both the current and stored set-speeds. The system can return the current value of vehicle set-speed to the stored set-speed upon receipt of a “resume” or other user command. The system can enter into a descent control mode that applies braking torque but no drive torque and can also enter into a full functionality mode that provides either drive or braking torque to maintain the vehicle at the set-speed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140288798 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A control system for a vehicle including a brake pedal operable by a driver and an engine includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: (a) execute cruise control, the cruise control selectively executed and stopped through an operation of the driver, (b) stop the engine upon depression of the brake pedal, when the cruise control is stopped, (c) stop the engine while the vehicle is being decelerated or stopped, even when the brake pedal is not depressed, when the cruise control is executed, and (d) keep the engine stopped even when the operation to stop the cruise control is performed, after the engine is stopped and the cruise control is executed. | 09-25-2014 |
20140303869 | SENSOR-BASED VEHICLE CONTROL METHODS - The novelty of this invention is that the vehicle's two degrees of freedom in motion is controlled by a single action of a driver. With this method, a driver can control a vehicle easily and intuitively. This invention might make it possible for impaired people to drive vehicles at their will for the first time. First, a sensor unit of a vehicle detects the Cartesian coordinates (x, y) that are specified by the driver. Second, a computing unit of the vehicle converts the coordinates (x, y) into a desired translation speed and a desired rotation speed, or into a desired translation speed and a desired curvature. Third, the motion control unit of the vehicle controls its motion using the desired translation speed and rotation speed, or the translation speed and curvature. | 10-09-2014 |
20140316670 | SETTING DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE ASSISTANCE FUNCTION UNITS AND STEERING COLUMN LEVER OPERATOR CONTROL ASSEMBLY - A device is configured for setting at least three assistance function units that influence the speed of a motor vehicle. The assistance function units are selected from a group consisting of a speed maintaining assistance function unit, a predictive distance control assistance function unit, a speed limiting assistance function unit, and an uphill or downhill travel assistance function unit. The device includes an individual switching operator control unit and a control unit configured to monitor the actuation of the individual switching operator control unit, and select an assistance function unit when the individual switching operator control unit is activated. | 10-23-2014 |
20140330502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING BRAKING PRESSURE - A vehicle control system includes a forward vehicle sensor transmitting a forward vehicle message based on a distance to a forward vehicle. An adaptive cruise controller receives the forward vehicle message and receives at least one additional message indicating a respective status of the vehicle, the adaptive cruise controller sets a braking pressure for an adaptive cruise controller braking event above a default braking pressure if the adaptive cruise controller determines, based on the at least one of the additional messages, that the vehicle will maintain stability during the adaptive cruise controller braking event. | 11-06-2014 |
20140330503 | MODULE AND METHOD PERTAINING TO MODE CHOICE WHEN DETERMINING REFERENCE VALUES - Described is a method for determining a reference value for a vehicle. The method includes: performing a number of simulation cycles S | 11-06-2014 |
20140336897 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OEPRATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A device for operating a first driver assistance system for a vehicle includes: a control unit for controlling an operating state of the first driver assistance system, the control unit being designed to control the operating state as a function of an operating state of another driver assistance system for the vehicle. | 11-13-2014 |
20140350819 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR DETERMINING OF REFERENCE VALUES FOR A VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - Reference speed values for a vehicle's control system are determined by: determining, using map and location data, route segments, each with route characteristics; performing, simulation cycles, each comprising simulation steps of: predicting the speed when the set speed is imparted as the reference speed; comparing with first lower and upper limit values, which define an engine torque, for use in the next simulation cycle; making a second prediction of the speed when the engine torque is a value that depends on the result of said first comparison in the immediately preceding simulation cycle; comparing the second predicted vehicle speed with second lower and upper limit values, which delineate a range within which the speed is maintained, with an offset added if the vehicle is in a route segment with a steep hill; and determining the reference value based on the second comparison and/or the second predicted vehicle speed. | 11-27-2014 |
20140350820 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE'S SPEED BASED ON RULES AND/OR COSTS - A method for controlling a vehicle's speed, including: acquiring a set speed; determining, using using map and location data, a horizon made of route segments, each with a route characteristic; performing simulation cycles, each including: predicting the speed according to a conventional cruise control, which first prediction depends on the route characteristic; comparing the first predicted speed with lower and upper limit values, which define an engine torque for use in the next simulation cycle; making a second prediction of the speed when the engine torque depends on the comparison in the immediately preceding simulation cycle; comparing, as a second comparison, the second predicted speed with second lower and upper limit values, which delineate a speed range within which the speed is maintained; determining, based on the second comparison and/or the second predicted speed in this simulation cycle, a reference value for use by a vehicle control system. | 11-27-2014 |
20140350821 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE'S SPEED BASED ON RULES AND/OR COSTS - A method for determination of at least one reference value for controlling a vehicle's speed is described. The method may entail making a first prediction v | 11-27-2014 |
20150012202 | CONTROLLING THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE DURING PARKING - Regulating a speed of a motor vehicle during an automated parking operation comprises measuring a speed of the motor vehicle during the automated parking operation, comparing the measured speed with a predefined speed value, reducing an engine power of an internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle and increasing a brake pressure of a brake of the motor vehicle if the measured speed is higher than predefined by the predefined speed value, and increasing the engine power and reducing the brake pressure if the measured speed is lower than predefined by the predefined speed value. | 01-08-2015 |
20150025769 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for controlling vehicle speed in accordance with a current value of vehicle set-speed. The system responds to user input to change the current value of vehicle set-speed to a different value and is configured to store the current value of set-speed in a memory as a stored set-speed and to change the current value of set-speed in dependence on the user input. The speedometer indicates both the current and stored set-speeds. The system can return the current value of vehicle set-speed to the stored set-speed upon receipt of a “resume” or other user command. The system can enter into a descent control mode that applies braking torque but no drive torque and can also enter into a full functionality mode that provides either drive or braking torque to maintain the vehicle at the set-speed. | 01-22-2015 |
20150025770 | Method and Control Unit for Monitoring Traffic - The present invention relates to a method of identifying the hand of traffic applicable to a subject vehicle ( | 01-22-2015 |
20150039202 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - A vehicle exterior environment recognition device includes a traffic light identifying module that identifies one or more traffic lights located ahead of a vehicle, and traffic light colors of the traffic lights, and a control input identifying module that identifies, when multiple traffic lights exist, traffic lights to be used as control inputs based on whether the multiple traffic lights are located on both the left and right sides of a traveling path of the vehicle, and whether the multiple traffic lights are same in color. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039203 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling the speed of a vehicle comprising: during a pulse phase of cruise control, applying engine torque to raise speed, the amount and duration of which being responsive to engine speed; and during a glide phase of cruise control, discontinuing engine combustion. In this way cruise control may maintain a mean speed equivalent to a desired, threshold speed while reducing fuel consumption, and NVH effects felt by the end user compared to traditional cruise control methods. | 02-05-2015 |
20150046058 | DRIVING ASSIST DEVICE - A driving assistance device includes a speed zone computation unit configured to compute a speed zone of the host vehicle having a possibility that the host vehicle will come into contact with the mobile object when progressing in the progressing direction, based on the mobile object information set by the mobile object information setting unit; a target speed computation unit configured to compute a target speed of the host vehicle based on a speed zone; and a target speed profile creation unit configured to create a target speed profile for decelerating the host vehicle from the current speed to the blind spot entry target speed, based on a blind spot entry target speed which is the target speed of the host vehicle at the time of entering a place forming the blind spot, a current speed of the host vehicle, and a target acceleration for deceleration. | 02-12-2015 |
20150051806 | VEHICLE-BASED POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING USING THE SAME - A vehicle-based positioning system (VBPS) for a vehicle traversing a guideway, the VBPS includes an inertial navigation system (INS) on-board the vehicle, wherein the INS is configured to detect inertial parameters of the vehicle while the vehicle traverses the guideway, the detected inertial parameters including roll, pitch and yaw of the vehicle. The VBPS includes a guideway database, wherein the guideway database is configured to store inertial parameters of the guideway at a plurality of locations along the guideway, the stored inertial parameters include roll, pitch and yaw of the guideway. The VBPS further includes a vital on-board controller (VOBC), the VOBC is configured to determine a position of the vehicle based on a comparison of the detected inertial parameters with the stored inertial parameters. The VOBC is configured to limit comparison of the inertial parameters with the stored inertial parameters based on a latest checkpoint passed by the vehicle. | 02-19-2015 |
20150057906 | VEHICLE ENERGY MANAGEMENT - A system and method for vehicle energy management are described that take driving context into account to derive suggested vehicle control inputs to reduce energy consumption. Driving context may be based on information including, for example, traffic congestion and/or flow information for a travelled route, road topology information, traffic controls, weather conditions, vehicle characteristics, and other types of driving context information. The driving context may be used to derive suggested control inputs to reduce energy consumption. The suggested control inputs can, for example, be expressed as: a suggested road speed, suggested gear selection, rate of acceleration or rate of deceleration. | 02-26-2015 |
20150057907 | CONSISTENT BEHAVIOR GENERATION OF A PREDICTIVE ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANT SYSTEM - The invention relates to a driver assistance system for a vehicle, the vehicle comprising at least one sensor means, at least one actuating means and a control means. The method comprises the steps of generating a decision signal by a first evaluation of sensor data acquired by the sensor means, generating an activation signal for the actuating means when the decision signal exceeds a signal threshold, generating a interrupt decision signal based on a second evaluation, stabilizing the activation signal in a temporal manner, deciding based on the decision interrupt signal if to interrupt stabilizing the activation signal, and interrupting stabilizing the activation signal, when it is decided to interrupt stabilizing the activation signal. | 02-26-2015 |
20150066327 | ECO-MODE CRUISE CONTROL - A vehicle cruise control system includes an ECO-cruise mode such that a rate of acceleration of the vehicle during cruise control is less than or equal to a maximum that is a function of vehicle speed and road grade. Further, the rate is a function of the vehicle speed and a difference between the vehicle and target cruise control speeds. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066328 | WALKING ASSISTANCE MOVING VEHICLE - A walking assistance moving vehicle includes a walking assistance moving vehicle main body configured to assist walking of a user, a speed sensor configured to sense speed of the walking assistance moving vehicle main body, and a controller configured to decelerate the walking assistance moving vehicle main body according to the speed sensed by the speed sensor. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066329 | SPEED ASSISTANT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for controlling a motor vehicle includes steps of controlling a longitudinal speed of the motor vehicle to a predetermined value and scanning an upcoming driving route with the aid of a sensor on board the motor vehicle. One end of a section of the driving route which is visible with the aid of the sensor is determined. Assuming that there is an obstacle on the driving route beyond the visible section, it is determined that a deceleration which would be required to maintain a predetermined minimum distance from the assumed obstacle exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and a signal is output to a driver of the motor vehicle. | 03-05-2015 |
20150094927 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Driving Assistance - The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for performing driving assistance for a controlled vehicle, involving determining a first longitudinal acceleration target value on the basis of a lateral acceleration of the controlled vehicle, determining a second longitudinal acceleration target value on the basis of a target speed of the controlled vehicle, determining a third longitudinal acceleration target value based on a minimum value of the first longitudinal acceleration target value and the second longitudinal acceleration target value, and controlling a longitudinal acceleration of the controlled vehicle on the basis of the determined third longitudinal acceleration target value. | 04-02-2015 |
20150094928 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A driving assistance device that performs driving assistance based on a learning vehicle speed, including: a storage portion that stores vehicle speeds in relation to each place on a travel route for multiple times by using a vehicle speed acquired when a driver performs accelerating and decelerating operations to make a vehicle travel, a first learning portion that learns a first learning vehicle speed at a place where a dispersion of a plurality of vehicle speeds is less than a threshold value when the place exists, a second learning portion that learns a second learning vehicle speed at a place within a set range before the learned place, and a travel control portion that performs travel control according to a current place of the travelling vehicle, the first learning vehicle speed and the second learning vehicle speed. | 04-02-2015 |
20150105993 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SPEED IN EXCESS SPEED ENFORCEMENT SECTION - An apparatus and method for controlling a speed in an excess speed enforcement section are provided. The method includes determining one of a target speed, a lower limit speed, and a speed limit as a final target speed using a relationship between a target speed, a lower limit speed, and a speed limit. A required acceleration is calculated based on the final target speed and the vehicle speed and the vehicle speed is adjusted using the required acceleration. | 04-16-2015 |
20150112570 | CONFIDENCE ESTIMATION FOR PREDICTIVE DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS BASED ON PLAUSIBILITY RULES - The invention relates to a driving assistance system including a prediction subsystem in a vehicle. According to a method aspect of the invention, the method comprises the steps of accepting an environment representation; calculating a confidence estimate related to the environment representation based on applying plausibility rules on the environment representation, and providing the confidence estimate as input for an evaluation of a prediction based on the environment representation. | 04-23-2015 |
20150112571 | COMPOSITE CONFIDENCE ESTIMATION FOR PREDICTIVE DRIVER ASSISTANT SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a driving assistance system including a prediction subsystem in a vehicle. According to a method aspect of the invention, the method comprises the steps of accepting a set of basic environment representations; allocating a set of basic confidence estimates; associating weights to the basic confidence estimates; calculating a weighted composite confidence estimate for a composite environment representation; and providing the weighted composite confidence estimate as input for an evaluation of a prediction based on the composite environment representation. | 04-23-2015 |
20150134222 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SPEED OF VEHICLE ON CURVED ROAD AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a system and method for controlling a speed of a vehicle on a curved road according to the present invention. The system for controlling a speed of a vehicle on a curved road according to the present invention includes: a trace corrector configured to correct a trace of a curved road on which the vehicle is to be driven; a curvature calculator configured to calculate a curvature based on feature points of the corrected driving trace; a proper speed calculator configured to calculate a proper speed for each feature point of the driving trace based on the calculated curvature; and a curved road goal acceleration calculator configured to determine a speed control point for controlling a speed based on the calculated proper speed, and to calculate a curved road goal acceleration of the determined speed control point. | 05-14-2015 |
20150134223 | ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL APPARATUS OF VEHICLE WITH SENSING DISTANCE REGULATION FUNCTION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are an adaptive cruise control (ACC) apparatus of a vehicle with a sensing distance regulation function, in which, when a target vehicle is selected so as to maintain a proper distance between his or her own vehicle and a target vehicle, a target vehicle candidate present within a deceleration required distance calculated using deceleration of the his or her own vehicle is selected as the target vehicle from among target vehicle candidates present between a pre-set maximum sensing distance and a minimum secure distance set according to a speed of the his or her own vehicle so that an unnecessary vehicle can be prevented from being wrongly sensed, and a method of controlling the ACC apparatus. | 05-14-2015 |
20150134224 | AUTOMOTIVE CRUISE CONTROLS, CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES - A cruise control includes an input ( | 05-14-2015 |
20150142291 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN IN-LINE SIX CYLINDER ENGINE IN A VEHICLE - An internal combustion engine having six in-line piston and cylinder assemblies providing a center pair, an intermediate pair and an outer pair, each pair having crankshaft connected pistons mounted in cylinders through simultaneous repetitive strokes four of which together constitute simultaneous repetitive cycles including a drive event injectors selectively (1) in a (Mode 1) to inject fuel in both cylinders and (2) in a (Mode 2) to inject fuel in only one cylinder, the cylinders of the center pair being intercommunicated by a passage. The effect of skipping an injection in (Mode 2) in the center pair is a pair of shared power drive events and in the other pairs the effect in one of the cylinders is a directly fired power drive shaft and the effect in the other cylinder is deactivation and a method of operating the engine in a vehicle. | 05-21-2015 |
20150149058 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system is provided. The vehicle control system is applied to a vehicle having a clutch device adapted to selectively connect and disconnect a power transmission route between a prime mover and drive wheels. The vehicle control system disconnects the power transmission route during running to allow the vehicle to coast. The vehicle control system is comprised of: a means detecting a vehicle speed; a means detecting an operation of an accelerator by a driver; a means detecting a braking operation of the driver; an execution means executing a coasting control when an operating amount of the accelerator is reduced to be smaller than a predetermined value during running, by bringing the clutch device into disengagement to disconnect the power transmission route so as to allow the vehicle to coast; a determination means determining whether or not a deceleration demand of the driver is larger than a predetermined value during execution of the coasting control based on the vehicle speed and the braking operation; and a termination means determining a fact that the deceleration demand is strong if the deceleration demand is larger than the predetermined value, and that terminates the coasting control by bringing the clutch device into engagement to connect the power transmission route. | 05-28-2015 |
20150291161 | CRUISE CONTROL APPARATUS - A cruise control apparatus is provided with: a controlling device configured to start a determination period, which is a period for determining whether or not to continue the intermittent operation mode, on condition that a change amount of the accelerator opening degree exceeds a predetermined change amount, during implementation of the intermittent operation mode, and configured to set an accelerator following period, which is a period for allowing the driver's accelerator operation to follow torque of the vehicle, after an end of the determination period, if it is determined that the intermittent operation mode is to be continued according to a change width of the accelerator opening degree obtained in the determination period. | 10-15-2015 |
20150322868 | AUTOMOTIVE GAS PEDAL MANAGEMENT TO INCREASE DRIVING SAFETY AND REDUCE FUEL CONSUMPTION AND EXHAUST GAS EMISSION IN MOTOR VEHICLES - An automotive accelerator device comprising an accelerator member movable in response to driver operation, a position sensor associated with the accelerator member to output a position signal indicating an operation degree of the accelerator member, and signal processing means configured to receive the position signal generated by the position sensor and to generate a command for a motor vehicle engine based on the position signal and a characteristic curve of the accelerator device that defines the command for the motor vehicle engine as a function of the position signal; the signal processing means are further configured to: receive signals indicating a current motor vehicle speed and a target motor vehicle speed, and to dynamically adapt the accelerator device characteristic curve based on the current motor vehicle speed with respect to the target motor vehicle speed; wherein dynamically adapting the accelerator device characteristic curve comprises determining lower, intermediate and upper motor vehicle speed ranges based on the target motor vehicle speed and dynamically adapting the accelerator device characteristic curve based on the current motor vehicle speed and the lower, intermediate and upper motor vehicle speed ranges such that for current motor vehicle speeds within the lower motor vehicle speed range, the command is directly proportional to the position signal, via a first proportionality coefficient, for current motor vehicle speeds within the upper motor vehicle speed range, the command is substantially invariant as the position signal varies, and for current motor vehicle speeds within the intermediate motor vehicle speed range, the command is directly proportional to the position signal, via a second proportionality coefficient lower than the first proportionality coefficient. | 11-12-2015 |
20150329090 | TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A travel control apparatus includes: a low speed travel apparatus that performs low speed travel control, in which a vehicle is caused to travel at a low speed, without the need for a driver to perform a braking/driving operation; a behavior control apparatus that permits vehicle behavior control in which a driving force applied to a vehicle wheel is reduced when an estimated vehicle speed equals or exceeds a permission reference value; and an amendment unit that amends the behavior control such that the driving force is less likely to be reduced during the behavior control by reducing the estimated vehicle speed when a specific condition, in which the estimated vehicle speed is highly likely to equal or exceed the permission reference value during execution of the low speed travel control even though an actual vehicle speed of the vehicle is lower than the permission reference value, is established. | 11-19-2015 |
20150329113 | A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING VELOCITY SET POINTS FOR REGULATING THE VELOCITY OF A VEHICLE - A method and a system for adjusting set points for regulating the velocity of a vehicle: The velocity regulation uses at least one cruise control and one downhill speed control. A cruise control controls an engine system with a velocity set point v | 11-19-2015 |
20150329114 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD USING AN IMAGE - A vehicle speed control apparatus is provided. In particular, a storage configured to store a table (hereinafter, referred to an area table) recording an area corresponding to a speed of a vehicle and a condition of a road; an imaging device configured to take a front image of the vehicle; an image processor configured to calculate an area of a shape made by a driving lane of the vehicle and a preceding vehicle in the driving lane from the front image of the vehicle taken by the imaging device; a road information collector configured to collect condition information of the road; and a controller configured to set a speed corresponding to the condition information collected by the road information collector and the area calculated by the image processor as a driving speed of the vehicle, based on the area table. | 11-19-2015 |
20150336546 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE TO SENSE ROADBLOCK - A system and a method detect a presence of a roadblock and perform an evaluation of a vehicle's approach to a roadblock located at a flat road surface, or an upslope road surface or a downslope road surface. A roadblock sensor system includes a transmitter, a receiver and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry includes a road surface slope information detector, a roadblock information detector, a road surface and roadblock information calculator, a decision processor, a vehicle speed controller, a vehicle navigation controller and an impact reduction controller. | 11-26-2015 |
20150336580 | Method and Controller for Enabling a Constant Speed Drive System, Engine Unit Comprising such a Controller and Vehicle Comprising such an Engine Unit - When driving a vehicle, constant speed drive may be engaged so that the vehicle can maintain, without any input from the operator, a desired speed, regardless of at least one of the slope on which the vehicle is travelling and the load it is carrying etc. Control of working vehicles may be very demanding on the operator, so it may be desirable to minimize any additional control burdens. The present disclosure may facilitate the engagement of constant speed drive in a vehicle with a non-direct transmission system by considering the stability of a speed of the vehicle and an engine speed demand from the operator. | 11-26-2015 |
20150336581 | Point-of-Sale Vehicle Parameter Configuration - A computing device (e.g., a server computer hosted by a vehicle manufacturer or retailer) receives vehicle configuration information obtained via a user interface of a user device. The vehicle configuration information includes one or more user-adjustable settings. The computing device determines whether a conflict exists between the user-adjustable settings and a regulated vehicle parameter (e.g., a vehicle speed limit), which may be associated with greenhouse gas emissions of the vehicle. The computing device transmits feedback information to the user device. The feedback information may include a description of one or more conflicts between the user-adjustable settings and the regulated vehicle parameter, recommended adjustments to the settings, or the like. The recommended adjustments to the settings may, if accepted by a user, improve regulatory compliance for the vehicle, and may remove or reduce the degree of conflicts between the user-adjustable setting and the regulated vehicle parameter. | 11-26-2015 |
20150360688 | Travel Control Device and Travel Control System - Disclosed is a travel control device in which optimization of the traffic flow and minimization of energy consumption of vehicles are compatible with each other. The travel control device includes a target vehicle-speed calculation unit that includes a target vehicle-speed pattern adjustment processing unit generating a target vehicle-speed pattern based on a route passing speed pattern which is a passing vehicle-speed pattern within a certain distance generated in consideration of traffic congestion information, and an evaluation value calculation unit calculating an evaluation value based on a horizon length and the target vehicle-speed pattern, the horizon length representing the time taken until a vehicle arrives at an ultimate point generated in consideration of information on prospective traffic congestion which can occur in the future; and a target control volume computation unit that calculates control volume of controlling the vehicle based on the evaluation value. | 12-17-2015 |
20150367849 | A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE - A method is provided for controlling the speed of a vehicle that includes a drive train for driving the vehicle and a predetermined preferred speed set. The method includes determining whether or not a substantially constant speed of the vehicle is requested, if it is determined that a substantially constant speed is requested, determining whether the requested speed lies within or outside of the predetermined preferred speed set, and if it is determined that the requested speed lies outside of the predetermined speed set, automatically adjusting the speed of the vehicle to a vehicle speed that is within the predetermined speed set. | 12-24-2015 |
20160009278 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ACTUAL SPEED OF A VEHICLE | 01-14-2016 |
20160011307 | Metamaterial-Based Object-Detection System | 01-14-2016 |
20160023656 | VEHICLE TRAVELLING CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle travelling control device is configured to perform an acceleration and deceleration control of a vehicle in travel sections using a predetermined set speed set in advance for each travel section. The device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire the set speed for each travel section, a reception unit that is configured to receive an input of a speed request of a driver, a speed setting unit configured to set a target speed for each travel section using the set speed for each travel section and a speed change value for the travel sections which is determined based on the input of the speed request, and a travelling control unit configured to perform the acceleration and deceleration control in the travel sections based on the target speed for each travel section. | 01-28-2016 |
20160023657 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for controlling the speed of a vehicle, the system being operable to cause the vehicle to accelerate from a first speed to a second speed in accordance with a selected one of a plurality of acceleration profiles, the profile being selected in dependence on a selected one of a plurality of vehicle operating modes. | 01-28-2016 |
20160031443 | SPEED CONTROL FOR WORKING VEHICLE - A speed control device in a traveling work vehicle changes a speed of rotational drive power from an engine to drive vehicle wheels and includes: a target speed calculator determining a target speed, based on operation deflection of a speed change device. A vehicle speed controller adjusting a speed change ratio based on the target speed. A vehicle speed obtainer obtaining an actual vehicle speed. A forcible target speed modifier forcibly modifying the target speed to a lower speed based on operation of a braking device. A release can treat an operation of the speed change device as a trigger to cancel the target speed forcibly modified by the forcible target speed modifier, and conforming the target speed to the actual vehicle speed. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031444 | METHOD OF SPEED CONTROL FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle is adapted to sense a condition of use in which a maximum speed control speed is reduced. The condition of use may be indicated by a sensor of the vehicle, or selected according to the kind of terrain across which the vehicle is travelling. Selection of terrain type may be manual or automatic, and may enable a selection of sensors appropriate to the terrain type. A vehicle driver may select a speed control speed lower than the permitted maximum. | 02-04-2016 |
20160052394 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, AND COMPUTER- READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An in-vehicle device includes: a drive assist unit configured to perform drive assist processing; a display unit configured to display an image in a display area with the image overlapped on a scene in a real space ahead of a vehicle; and a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display, in a normal state while the drive assist processing is performed, an image of a first marker at a vehicle-corresponding position as a position in the display area corresponding to a position where the vehicle is estimated to be positioned in the real space in a predetermined time. The first marker has a first color, the first marker has a first shape that has a smooth outline and fluctuates, and a display position of the first marker varies periodically from the vehicle-corresponding position. | 02-25-2016 |
20160075313 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle speed control apparatus is configured to determine, based on an automatic brake duration time and a vehicle speed reduction amount, whether to suppress a brake force due to an automatic brake control, the automatic brake duration time being from an automatic brake control starting timing to a current time point, the vehicle speed reduction amount corresponding to a value obtained by subtracting a vehicle speed at the current time point from the vehicle speed at the automatic brake control starting timing. | 03-17-2016 |
20160082958 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CRUISE CONTROL BASED ON SCHOOL BUS - Method and apparatus for a vehicle cruise control, particularly concerning a school bus, which includes collecting information on the school bus and a road environment positioned around nearby vehicle, monitoring position, velocity and moving direction of the school bus, and state of surrounding road. If the school bus is stopped relatively near the front of the nearby vehicle, the method continues by determining whether or not the vehicle is stopped by comparing the collected school bus information and the road environment information with a predefined cruise regulation based on the school bus, and guiding the driver to stop as well as controlling the vehicle to stop depending on the determination result. | 03-24-2016 |
20160082960 | Predictive Cruise Control System With Advanced Operator Control and Feedback - An on-board vehicle computer system for a vehicle includes at least one processing unit and a memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to cause the on-board vehicle computer system to implement various aspects of a predictive cruise control (PCC) system. In one aspect, the computer system provides a plurality of available speed control bands in a PCC system, and the available speed control bands are selectable by an operator of the vehicle. In another aspect, the computer system provides an upper speed margin and a lower speed margin for a PCC system, and the upper and lower speed margins are adjustable by an operator of the vehicle. Related notifications may be presented via an operator interface (e.g., a touchscreen display provided in a vehicle dashboard or other easily accessible area). | 03-24-2016 |
20160082961 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control device includes an input unit configured to receive plural requests for a physical amount to be controlled in a vehicle; a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not a degree of priority of each of the received requests is high: a second mediation unit configured to, when there are plural requests whose degrees of priority are judged not to be high, mediate these plural requests to determine a control target value (Rm); a transfer unit configured to, when there is a request whose degree of priority is judged to be high, transfer this request as the control target value; and an output unit configured to output the control target value transferred from the transfer unit or determined by the second mediation unit to a VDC. | 03-24-2016 |
20160082962 | Low Speed Cruise Control for a Vehicle - A cruise control system for a vehicle having an engine and a power take-off throttle control capable of controlling the speed of the engine includes a cruise control device in communication with a speedometer of the vehicle and the power take-off throttle control. The cruise control device includes a processor configured for receiving a user selection of a set ground speed, determining a current ground speed of the vehicle, via communication with the speedometer, comparing the current ground speed with the set ground speed, and taking further action to maintain the current ground speed close to the set ground speed. The further action taken by the processor may include transmitting an acceleration signal or deceleration signal to the power take-off throttle control to increase or decrease a speed of the engine if the current ground speed is determined to be lower or higher than the set ground speed. | 03-24-2016 |
20160082963 | PREDICTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH SELECTABLE SPEED CONTROL BANDS - An on-board vehicle computer system for a vehicle includes at least one processing unit and a memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to cause the on-board vehicle computer system to implement various aspects of a predictive cruise control (PCC) system. In one aspect, the computer system provides a plurality of available speed control bands in a PCC system, and the available speed control bands are selectable by an operator of the vehicle. In another aspect, the computer system provides an upper speed margin and a lower speed margin for a PCC system, and the upper and lower speed margins are adjustable by an operator of the vehicle. Related notifications may be presented via an operator interface (e.g., a touchscreen display provided in a vehicle dashboard or other easily accessible area). | 03-24-2016 |
20160082977 | VEHICLE TRAVEL DEVICE AND VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD - A travel control device ( | 03-24-2016 |
20160090087 | CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided are a cruise control system for controlling a driving device and a corresponding method. The cruise control system includes: an information collector configured to obtain road information and driving information; a first path generator configured to generate a first change path connecting a first lane changing start point and a first lane changing end point on a straight road, based on the road information and the driving information; and a second path generator configured to generate a driving road corresponding to an actual road from the straight road, based on the road information, and generate a second change path connecting a second lane changing start point and a second lane changing end point on the driving road. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090088 | MOTOR VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL WITH DECELERATION REDUCTION - A method and device for regulating the speed of a motor vehicle, wherein an electronic device a) compares deceleration of a vehicle with a threshold value immediately after a driver switches off a cruise control system and b), if the deceleration exceeds the threshold value, sends a torque demand signal to a powertrain component to reduce the vehicle deceleration to the threshold value or below. The electronic device may further c) compare vehicle acceleration with a second threshold value when the driver switches off the cruise control system, and d), if the acceleration exceeds the second threshold value, send a braking demand signal to a vehicle brake to reduce the vehicle acceleration to the second threshold value or lower. | 03-31-2016 |
20160096526 | ENHANCED VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - A demand is identified based on input from a vehicle operator. Data is received providing a history of vehicle velocities. An estimated reference velocity is generated based at least on the velocity data. A final demand is generated based at least in part on a reference velocity indicated by the velocity control signal and the estimated reference velocity. | 04-07-2016 |
20160121890 | ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE USING V2V COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an adaptive cruise control system using v2v communication and a control method thereof. The adaptive cruise control system for a vehicle using V2V communication includes: a relative distance/speed input unit receiving a relative distance and a relative speed between a recognized preceding vehicle and an own vehicle; a communication unit receiving road surface information from the recognized preceding vehicle; a constant changing unit comparing the received road surface information with road surface information received at a previous time and changing a V2V distance constant when the road surface information is changed in accordance with a result of the comparison; a target V2V distance calculation unit calculating a target V2V distance between the recognized preceding vehicle and the own vehicle based on the changed V2V distance constant; and a target acceleration calculation unit calculating the target acceleration of the own vehicle by using the received road surface information. | 05-05-2016 |
20160137060 | ROUNDABOUT DETECTING ARRANGEMENT - A roundabout detecting arrangement is disclosed configured to detect presence of a roundabout ahead of a vehicle hosting the arrangement. The arrangement includes a preceding vehicle monitoring unit configured to monitor at least one of a lateral movement and a heading direction of a vehicle preceding the host vehicle, and further configured to generate a first signal representative thereof. The arrangement also includes a processing unit configured to detect presence of the roundabout by processing the first signal. The present disclosure also relates to an adaptive cruise control arrangement and a method of detecting the presence of a roundabout. | 05-19-2016 |
20160159351 | DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM OF VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING SPEED SETTING MODE USING THE SAME - A driving control system of a vehicle sets a target speed as an automatic setting speed when the driving control system is an automatic speed setting mode, changes a speed setting mode to a manual speed setting mode when a speed change input is received in the automatic speed setting mode, sets the target speed as a manual setting speed when the driving control system is a manual speed setting mode, changes the manual setting speed depending on the speed change input when the speed change input is received in the manual speed setting mode, and changes the speed setting mode to the automatic speed setting mode when the manual setting speed coincides with the automatic setting speed in the manual speed setting mode. | 06-09-2016 |
20160159353 | SMART CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a smart cruise control (SCC) system. The SCC system includes a control unit configured to determine a road environment, in which a driver's vehicle is driving, based on road information supplied from a navigation, choose a target vehicle from among preceding vehicles by using a parameter which is adaptively set depending on the determined road environment, and calculate a target acceleration of the driver's vehicle, based on the chosen target vehicle and a braking unit configured to control acceleration or deceleration of the driver's vehicle, based on the target acceleration. | 06-09-2016 |
20160171889 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC INFORMATION | 06-16-2016 |
20160176401 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SPEED OF A VEHICLE | 06-23-2016 |
20160375765 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE DRIVING - A method for controlling a vehicle driving may include determining whether a vehicle is driving at a fixed speed, recording, including detecting a change in a vehicle speed or a state change of a vehicle speed change device while driving and storing a change pattern when the vehicle is driving at the fixed speed, determining a driver's driving intention based on the detected change pattern, and controlling the driving state of the vehicle depending on the determined driving intention. | 12-29-2016 |
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20220135032 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device executes a cruise control to let a vehicle travel in such a manner that an acceleration is equal to a predetermined acceleration, when an execution condition becomes satisfied, and starts a vehicle speed upper limit control to let the vehicle travel in such a manner that the vehicle speed does not exceed an upper limit value determined based on a shape of a curve section, when a start condition becomes satisfied. The vehicle control device starts displaying a display element in a first display mode, when the vehicle speed upper limit control is started. At a time point at which the vehicle speed upper limit control is ended, the vehicle control device starts displaying the display element in a second display mode different from the first display mode if the execution condition is not satisfied. | 05-05-2022 |