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US 11,247,561 B2Granted
Systems and methods for controlling driving dynamics in a vehicle
AssigneeAkrus Inc.
InventorBenjamin Gully
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Abstract
A system for controlling movement of a vehicle includes a user input device and computing system. The user input device dynamically controls a settings or balance of driving dynamics in a vehicle, and the user input device is configured to receive a manual input from a user. The computing system controls the settings of the vehicle driving dynamics and/or balance of the vehicle, the computing system is in data communication with the user input device and configured to change the driving dynamics balance proportionately to the manual input upon receiving an input command based on the manual input from the user input device.
Claims19
A system for controlling movement of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- an at least first motor, including a first motor in a first portion of the vehicle and a second motor in a second portion of the vehicle;
- a brake control;
- a throttle control, wherein the throttle control provides a throttle input that controls a total torque or power output of an internal combustion engine (ICE), an electric motor, or combinations of one or more ICEs and electric motors;
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- a user input device for dynamically controlling a driving dynamic characteristic in a vehicle, the user input device being continuously variable between a home position and a full input position and configured to receive a manual input from a user, wherein the user input device is not a steering device, the brake control, or the throttle control;
- wherein the driving dynamic characteristic is a power output balance based on a first power provided by the first motor and a second power provided by the second motor;
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- a computing system to control the driving dynamic characteristic of the vehicle, the computing system in data communication with the user input device and in data communication with the at least first motor, including the first motor and the second motor, and configured to:
- receive the throttle input from the throttle control;
- receive the manual input from the user input device;
- and
- upon receiving an input command based on the manual input from the user input device, change the driving dynamic characteristic, including a distribution of the total power output to the first motor and the second motor, proportionately to the manual input.
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A method of controlling movement of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a data communication from an at least first motor including a first motor in a first portion of the vehicle and a second motor in a second portion of the vehicle, at a computing system;
- receiving a data communication from a brake control at the computing system;
- receiving a data communication from a throttle control at the computing system;
- dynamically controlling a driving dynamics characteristic in the vehicle based on receiving a manual input from a user operating the vehicle with a user input device that is continuously variable between a home position and a full input position, wherein the user input device is not a steering device, the brake control, or the throttle control, wherein the throttle control controls a total torque or power output of an internal combustion engine (ICE), an electric motor, or combinations of one or more ICEs and electric motors;
- wherein the driving dynamic characteristic is a power output balance based on a first power provided by the first motor and a second power provided by the second motor;
- transmitting an input command from the user input device to the computing system based on the manual input from the user;
- receiving the total power output from the throttle control at the computing device;
- and
- altering the driving dynamic characteristic of the vehicle, including a distribution of the total power output to the first motor and the second motor, from a first driving dynamics balance to a second driving dynamics balance, proportionately to the manual input, using the computing system.
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A system of controlling movement of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- an at least first motor, including a first motor in a first portion of said vehicle and a second motor in a second portion of said vehicle;
- a steering device;
- a throttle control, wherein the throttle control provides a throttle input that controls a total torque or power output of an ICE, an electric motor, or combinations of one or more ICEs and electric motors;
- a brake control;
- a user input device, the user input device being continuously variable between a home position and a full input position, the user input device configured to provide a manual input based on a location of the user input device between the home position and the full input position, wherein the user input device is not the steering device, the brake control, or the throttle control;
- wherein a power output balance is based on a first power provided by the at least first motor and a second power provided by the at least second motor;
- a computing system to control a power output balance between the at least first motor in a first portion of the vehicle and the second motor in a second portion of the vehicle, the computing system in data communication with the user input device and the at least first motor, including the first motor and the second motor, and configured to:
- receive the throttle input from the throttle control:
- receive the manual input from the user input device;
- and
- upon receiving the manual input from the user input device, change the power output balance, including a distribution of the total power output between the first motor in the first portion and the second motor in the second portion proportionately to the manual input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.