Wheeled vehicle adaptive speed control method and system
AssigneeIndian Motorcycle International, LLC
InventorJacob R. Horn
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle that may include a frame to support a power system, such as an engine, and one or more surface supports, such as wheels, to support the frame. The engine may include an internal combustion engine and a fuel supply system therefore. The engine may provide power to drive the wheels.
Claims20
A two-wheeled and/or three-wheeled motorized vehicle assembly having an automatic speed control system, comprising:
- a memory system operable to store a predetermined vehicle type;
- a processor system to execute instructions to:
- access the memory system,
- determine whether an object is the predetermined vehicle type,
- recall from the accessed memory a specific threshold distance regarding the predetermined vehicle type,
- determined whether the object is within the specific threshold distance of the wheeled motorized vehicle regarding the determined vehicle type, and
- generate an alert signal that the determined vehicle type is within the specific threshold distance of the wheeled motorized vehicle regarding the determined vehicle type;
- and
- an alert system configured to provide an alert to a rider of the wheeled motorized vehicle based on the generated alert signal.
A method of operating a two-wheeled and/or three-wheeled motorized vehicle assembly having an automatic speed control system, comprising:
- executing instructions with the processor system to:
- determine a vehicle type from a plurality of predetermined vehicle types based on a sensor signal, and
- determine whether an object is the determined vehicle type and is within a specific threshold distance of the wheeled motorized vehicle regarding the determined vehicle type;
- and
- alerting a rider of the wheeled motorized vehicle that the determined vehicle type is within the specific threshold distance of the wheeled motorized vehicle regarding the determined vehicle type;
- wherein the specific target distance is based on the vehicle type.
A two-wheeled and/or three-wheeled motorized vehicle assembly having an automatic speed control system, comprising:
- a sensor configured to sense an environment exterior to the wheeled motorized vehicle assembly to collect information regarding the environment and generate a sensor signal regarding an object;
- a memory system operable to store a plurality of predetermined vehicle types operable to be sensed by the sensor;
- and
- a processor system configured to execute instructions to determine:
- receive the sensor signal;
- determine a vehicle type based on the sensor signal of the selected number of predetermined vehicle types,
- evaluate a specific target distance based on each vehicle type of the selected number of predetermined vehicle types,
- determine whether a specific target distance is present between the wheeled motorized vehicle and the object based on the determined vehicle type and the evaluated specific target distance, and
- output an alert signal that the predetermined vehicle type is within the specific target distance of the wheeled motorized vehicle regarding the determined vehicle type;
- and
- an alert system to alert a rider of the wheeled motorized vehicle based on the output alert signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.