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US 11,117,578 B1Granted
Vehicle cruise control method and cruise control
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsSun-Young Park, Rosali Sun Pyun, Sang-Bom Pyon, Chan-Hee Won
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Abstract
A method of operating a vehicle cruise control includes confirming, by a cruise controller, a cruise input while a vehicle travels, and releasing, by a clutch protection cruise control, a cruise operation based on an increase in a clutch temperature confirmed by a cruise control release condition one or more times during the cruise operation.
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A method of operating a vehicle cruise control, the method comprising:
- confirming, by a cruise controller, a cruise input while a vehicle travels;
- and
- releasing a cruise operation based on an increase in a clutch temperature confirmed by a cruise control release condition one or more times during the cruise operation.
A cruise control system comprising:
- a sensor unit configured to detect vehicle information while a vehicle travels;
- a cruise controller configured to receive the vehicle information, to prevent a cruise operation before entering the cruise operation by blocking a cruise input upon confirmation of overheating of a clutch based on the vehicle information, and to release a cruise operation based on an increase in a clutch temperature confirmed by a cruise control release condition checked one or more times during the cruise operation;
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- a cruise button configured to switch the cruise input from ON to OFF by releasing the cruise operation.
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