Vehicle launch control system
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorsEdward Hoare, Thuy-Yung Tran, Aleksandr Bystrov
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Abstract
A vehicle launch control system for a vehicle (10) comprising an input for receiving an indication signal to indicate that vehicle launch is imminent; a sensor system (12, 22) configured to determine a terrain characteristic of the terrain in the path of the vehicle if the indication signal is received; and a processing module (33) configured to determine whether the terrain characteristic is likely to result in an unwanted level of wheel slip if the vehicle is launched, wherein the processing module (33) is further configured to provide an output to indicate that an unwanted level of wheel slip will occur based on the outcome of the determination.
Claims20
A vehicle launch control system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a sensor system comprising one or more vehicle-mounted sensors configured to receive a reflected signal from the terrain in the path of the vehicle;
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- an input for receiving an indication signal to indicate that vehicle launch is imminent, and further operable to automatically instruct the sensor system to determine a terrain characteristic of the terrain in the path of the vehicle if the indication signal is received, wherein the terrain characteristic includes a characterization of deformability of the surface;
- wherein the system is configured to, based on said determined terrain characteristic, determine whether the terrain characteristic is likely to result in an unwanted level of wheel slip if the vehicle is launched, and wherein the system is further configured to provide an output to indicate that an unwanted level of wheel slip will occur based on the outcome of the determination.
A method of controlling launch of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication signal to indicate that vehicle launch is imminent;
- automatically determining, on the basis of sensor output data measuring a reflected signal from the terrain in the path of the vehicle, a terrain characteristic of the terrain in the path of the vehicle at vehicle launch if the indication signal is received, wherein the terrain characteristic includes a characterization of deformability of the surface;
- determining whether the terrain characteristic is likely to result in an unwanted level of wheel slip if the vehicle is about to launch;
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- providing an output to indicate that an unwanted level of wheel slip will occur based on the outcome of the determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.