Vehicle active suspension control system and method
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorsJim Kelly, Luke Birch, Dennis Lausecker
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to a method and to a control system for controlling an active suspension of a vehicle comprising a vehicle body and a plurality of wheels, the control system comprising one or more controllers, the control system configured to: receive information indicative of a requirement for ingress/egress of passengers and/or cargo; receive information indicative that the ingress/egress is to occur with the vehicle on a sloped surface; and control the active suspension to reduce an angle of the vehicle body relative to horizontal, for the ingress/egress on the sloped surface.
Claims20
A control system for controlling an active suspension of a vehicle comprising a vehicle body and a plurality of wheels, the control system comprising one or more controllers, the control system configured to:
- receive, from at least one cabin sensor, information indicative of vehicle occupancy and/or occupant behavior, the information being indicative of a requirement for ingress/egress of passengers and/or cargo;
- receive information indicative that the ingress/egress is to occur with the vehicle on a sloped surface;
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- in dependence on the received information indicative of vehicle occupancy and/or occupant behavior, control the active suspension to reduce an angle of the vehicle body relative to horizontal, for the ingress/egress on the sloped surface.
A method of controlling an active suspension of a vehicle comprising a vehicle body and a plurality of wheels, the method comprising:
- receiving, from at least one cabin sensor, information indicative of vehicle occupancy and/or occupant behavior, the information being indicative of a requirement for ingress/egress of passengers and/or cargo;
- receiving information indicative that the ingress/egress is to occur with the vehicle on a sloped surface;
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- in dependence on the received information indicative of vehicle occupancy and/or occupant behavior, controlling the active suspension to reduce an angle of the vehicle body relative to horizontal, for the ingress/egress on the sloped surface.
A control system for controlling an active suspension of a vehicle comprising a vehicle body and a plurality of wheels, the control system comprising one or more controllers, the control system configured to:
- receive information indicative of a requirement for ingress/egress of passengers and/or cargo, wherein the information indicative of a requirement for ingress/egress is indicative of a requirement for the vehicle to autonomously stop in response to a user request for ingress/egress;
- receive information indicative that the ingress/egress is to occur with the vehicle on a sloped surface;
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- control the active suspension to reduce an angle of the vehicle body relative to horizontal, for the ingress/egress on the sloped surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.