Electric drive direction confirmation system and method
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorPeter J. Cardimen
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Abstract
An electric drive direction confirmation system and method for a vehicle are provided. The system and method include receiving a gear selector input signal corresponding to a gear selection from an electronic gear selector on the vehicle, and sending a drive command to temporarily urge the vehicle in a direction corresponding to the gear selection.
Claims20
An electric drive direction confirmation system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- receive a gear selector input signal corresponding to a gear selection from an electronic gear selector on the vehicle by a user;
- and
- send a drive command to temporarily pulse the vehicle to cause a slight initial motion of the vehicle in a direction corresponding to the gear selection in response to receiving the gear selector input signal as a physical confirmation of the gear selection.
A computer-implemented electric drive direction confirmation method for a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving a gear selector input signal corresponding to a gear selection from an electronic gear selector on the vehicle by a user;
- and
- sending a drive command to temporarily pulse the vehicle to cause a slight initial motion of the vehicle in a direction corresponding to the gear selection in response to receiving the gear selector input signal as a physical confirmation of the gear selection.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, which includes at least a processor, causes the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a gear selector input signal corresponding to a gear selection from an electronic gear selector on a vehicle by a user;
- and
- sending a drive command to temporarily pulse the vehicle to cause a slight initial motion of the vehicle in a direction corresponding to the gear selection in response to receiving the gear selector input signal as a physical confirmation of the gear selection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.