Vehicle system, method for controlling vibration units and use of vibration units of a vehicle system
AssigneeBrose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
InventorsChristian Mergl, Wojciech Falinski
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a vehicle system, in particular a vehicle seat system, having at least one vibration unit which is configured and disposed to generate vibrations perceptible for a passenger of a motor vehicle, based on real current drive parameters of the motor vehicle. The present invention further relates to a method for controlling and the use of at least one vibration unit of a vehicle system.
Claims15
A vehicle system, comprising at least one vibration unit, which is configured and disposed to generate perceptible vibrations as a tactile feedback of current driving influences for a passenger of a motor vehicle correlating with real current drive parameters of the motor vehicle,
- wherein a calculating device, which is configured to calculate a control signal correlating with real current drive parameters of the motor vehicle, and a control unit are provided, which is configured to control the at least one vibration unit based on the control signal correlating with a tactile feedback of different dynamic driving behavior of different vehicle drive trains, and at least by the different behavior during load changes of different drive motor types and/or by the different pitching behavior for different configurations of driven wheels of the motor vehicle.
A vehicle system, comprising at least one vibration unit, which is configured and disposed to generate perceptible vibrations for a passenger of a motor vehicle based on real current drive parameters of the motor vehicle,
- wherein a calculating device, which is configured to calculate a control signal correlating with real current drive parameters of the motor vehicle, and a control unit are provided, which is configured to control the at least one vibration unit based on the control signal correlating with current real drive parameters of the motor vehicle,
- wherein a plurality of individually or groups of controllable vibration units are provided, and the calculating device is configured to calculate the control signal individually for controlling the individual vibration units and/or for site-specific control of vibration units and/or for controlling predetermined groups of vibration units, in particular in a characteristic adapted to the selected characteristic map or predetermined by the selected characteristic map,
- wherein the different characteristic maps are characterized by a tactile feedback of the different dynamic driving behavior of different vehicle drive trains, in particular by the different behavior during load changes of different drive motor types and/or by the different pitching behavior for different configurations of driven wheels of the motor vehicle.
A method of controlling at least one vibration unit, the method being provided in a motor vehicle in a manner perceptible to a passenger during operation, comprising the following method steps:
- calculating a control signal correlating with current real drive parameters of the motor vehicle;
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- controlling the at least one vibration unit based on the control signal correlating with current drive parameters of the motor vehicle to generate perceptible vibrations as a tactile feedback of current driving influences for a passenger of the motor vehicle correlating with the real current drive parameters of the motor vehicle,
- wherein the tactile feedback correlates to different dynamic driving behavior of different vehicle drive trains, and at least by the different behavior during load changes of different drive motor types and/or by the different pitching behavior for different configurations of driven wheels of the motor vehicle.
A method of using at least one vibration unit of a vehicle system in a motor vehicle for re-production of vibrations, the method comprising:
- generating, by the at least one vibration unit, perceptible vibrations as a tactile feedback of current driving influences for a passenger of a motor vehicle correlating with real drive parameters of the motor vehicle;
- wherein the tactile feedback correlates to different dynamic driving behavior of different vehicle drive trains, and at least by the different behavior during load changes of different drive motor types and/or by the different pitching behavior for different configurations of driven wheels of the motor vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.