Manual mode training system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsYuzhou Li, Grant Inskeep
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Abstract
A manual mode training system for a vehicle having a manual transmission or a “manual mode” transmission controlled by a paddle shifter. The system includes a sensor to obtain force and position information from a foot pedal of the vehicle, and a processor to receive the information. Based on the information, the processor may predict an intended vehicle response, determine an appropriate gear to achieve the intended vehicle response, and notify a driver, through a haptic feedback mechanism, how to shift the transmission of the vehicle to reach the appropriate gear. A corresponding method is also disclosed and claimed herein.
Claims18
A system comprising:
- a sensor to obtain at least one of force and position information from a foot pedal of a vehicle having a manual transmission mode;
- and
- a processor to:
- receive the information and predict an intended vehicle response;
- determine an appropriate gear to achieve the intended vehicle response;
- determine that at least one hand of a driver fails to hold a steering wheel of the vehicle;
- determine, based on determining that the at least one hand fails to on the steering wheel, to actuate a haptic feedback through a haptic feedback mechanism in a driver seat instead of the steering wheel;
- and
- notify the driver, through the haptic feedback mechanism, how to shift a transmission of the vehicle to reach the appropriate gear.
A method comprising:
- obtaining, by a sensor, at least one of force and position information from a foot pedal of a vehicle having a manual transmission mode;
- receiving, by a processor, the information and predicting an intended vehicle response;
- determining, by the processor, an appropriate gear to achieve the intended vehicle response;
- determining that at least one hand of a driver fails to hold a steering wheel of the vehicle;
- determining, based on determining that the at least one hand fails to on the steering wheel, to actuate a haptic feedback through a haptic feedback mechanism in a driver seat instead of the steering wheel;
- and
- notifying, via the haptic feedback mechanism, the driver how to shift a transmission to reach the appropriate gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.