Vehicle control system
AssigneeDavis Intellectual Properties LLC
InventorShannon R. Davis
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for performing vehicle control. A computing system determines a difference between a recent rate of change and a historical rate of change of a rotating vehicle shaft of a vehicle during a vehicle race. The computing system determines that the difference between the recent rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft and the historical rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft satisfies a criteria for limiting vehicle power, wherein the computing system changes the criteria for limiting vehicle power during the vehicle race. The computing system sends a signal for receipt by a vehicle component of the vehicle, to cause the vehicle component to limit rotation of the rotating vehicle shaft.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- identifying, by a computing system, a first rate of rotation of a rotating vehicle shaft at a first time, the rotating vehicle shaft being a component of a vehicle engaged in a vehicle race;
- identifying, by the computing system, a second rate of rotation of the rotating vehicle shaft at a second time;
- determining, by the computing system, a recent rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft based on a difference between the first rate of rotation of the rotating vehicle shaft at the first time and the second rate of rotation of the rotating vehicle shaft at the second time;
- determining, by the computing system, a historical rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft based on historical times before the first time;
- determining, by the computing system, a difference between the recent rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft and the historical rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft;
- determining, by the computing system, that the difference between the recent rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft and the historical rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft satisfies a criteria for limiting vehicle power, wherein the computing system changes the criteria for limiting vehicle power during the vehicle race;
- and
- sending, by the computing system as a result of having determined that the difference between the recent rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft and the historical rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft satisfied the criteria for limiting vehicle power, a signal for receipt by a vehicle component of the vehicle, to cause the vehicle component to limit rotation of the rotating vehicle shaft.
A computing system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause performance of operations comprising:
- identifying, by the computing system, a first rate of rotation of a rotating vehicle shaft at a first time, the rotating vehicle shaft being a component of a vehicle engaged in a vehicle race;
- identifying, by the computing system, a second rate of rotation of the rotating vehicle shaft at a second time;
- determining, by the computing system, a recent rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft based on a difference between the first rate of rotation of the rotating vehicle shaft at the first time and the second rate of rotation of the rotating vehicle shaft at the second time;
- determining, by the computing system, a historical rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft based on historical times before the first time;
- determining, by the computing system, a difference between the recent rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft and the historical rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft;
- determining, by the computing system, that the difference between the recent rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft and the historical rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft satisfies a criteria for limiting vehicle power, wherein the computing system changes the criteria for limiting vehicle power during the vehicle race;
- and
- sending, by the computing system as a result of having determined that the difference between the recent rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft and the historical rate of change of the rotating vehicle shaft satisfied the criteria for limiting vehicle power, a signal for receipt by a vehicle component of the vehicle, to cause the vehicle component to limit rotation of the rotating vehicle shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.