Controller, vehicle and method
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorsCarloalberto Michielan, Jason Bevis
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Abstract
A controller for controlling a haptic feedback actuator of a vehicle, the controller comprising: at least one input for receiving: vehicle parameter information being information indicative of a current value of at least one parameter associated with the vehicle; and information indicating that it is required to provide haptic feedback, a processor being arranged, in response to receipt of information indicating that haptic feedback is required, to generate a control signal for controlling operation of the haptic feedback actuator, the control signal being responsive at least in part to the vehicle parameter information; and an output for outputting the control signal.
Claims14
A control system for controlling a haptic feedback actuator of a vehicle, the control system comprising one or more controllers, the control system configured to:
- receive vehicle parameter information being information indicative of a current value of at least one parameter associated with the vehicle;
- receive information indicating that haptic feedback is required;
- in response to receipt of information indicating that haptic feedback is required, generate a control signal for controlling operation of the haptic feedback actuator, the control signal being responsive to the vehicle parameter information;
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- output the control signal,
- wherein the vehicle parameter information comprises information indicative of haptic noise experienced by a driver of the vehicle over a prescribed frequency range, and the control system is arranged to generate the control signal to control the haptic feedback provided by the haptic feedback actuator to be output at a frequency within said prescribed frequency range and in phase with said haptic noise experienced by the driver.
A method of providing haptic feedback in a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving vehicle parameter information being information indicative of a current value of at least one parameter associated with the vehicle;
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- receiving information indicating that haptic feedback is required,
- the method comprising, in response to receipt of information indicating that haptic feedback is required, controlling operation of a haptic feedback actuator, whereby controlling operation of the haptic feedback actuator comprises controlling the haptic feedback actuator responsive at least in part to the vehicle parameter information,
- wherein the vehicle parameter information comprises information indicative of haptic noise experienced by a driver of the vehicle over a prescribed frequency range, and control of the haptic feedback actuator is executed at a frequency within said prescribed frequency range and in phase with said haptic noise experienced by the driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.