Systems and methods for controlling driving dynamics in a vehicle
AssigneeAkrus Inc.
InventorBenjamin Houston 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.
Claims7
A vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of wheels;
- a steering device coupled to the plurality of wheels and structured to generate a steering input;
- a suspension coupled to the plurality of wheels
- a prime mover configured to generate a torque output individually to each wheel of the plurality of wheels;
- a throttle control configured to generate throttle input instructions to control the torque output of the prime mover;
- a brake control configured to provide a braking effect to the computing system for each of the wheels of the plurality of wheels;
- a dynamic user input device configured to generate an input command by a user-selected amount, the user input device being independent of the steering device, throttle control, and brake control, and the input command being independent of the steering input, the throttle input, and the braking effect;
- and
- a computing system coupled to the plurality of wheels, the steering device, the suspension system, the prime mover, the throttle control, the brake control, and the user input device, the computing system configured to:
- receive the input command from the user input device;
- receive instructions from the throttle control;
- receive the steering input from the steering device;
- receive the braking effect from the brake control;
- and
- alter at one or more wheels of the plurality of wheels at least one of (a) a direction of movement of the vehicle, (b) the torque output, (c) the braking effect, and (d) suspension behavior by the user selected amount in response to receiving the user input command from the user input device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.