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US 2003/0070656 A1Published application
Method and arrangement for determining a driver command
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsMarcus Kammerer, Andreas Schmidt, Thomas Frey
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for determining a driver command and especially a kickdown command. This driver command is only detected when the pedal position or a desired value derived therefrom exceeds a pregiven threshold value and when the gradient of the pedal position or the desired value derived therefrom exceeds a pregiven threshold value.
Claims8
A method for determining a driver command, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining said driver command from the position of an operator-controlled element actuable by the driver or from a desired value derived from said position;
- forming a gradient of said position or of said desired value;
- and,
- detecting said driver command when said gradient of said position or said gradient of said desired value exceed a pregiven threshold value.
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An arrangement for determining a driver command, the arrangement comprising:
- means for detecting the position of an operator-controlled element actuable by the driver and for outputting a signal representative of said position;
- an electronic unit including means for determining said position or a desired value derived therefrom;
- said electronic unit including means for determining said driver command to trigger a function when said position or said desired value derived therefrom exceeds a pregiven threshold;
- and,
- said electronic unit further including means which detects said driver command only when, additionally, the gradient of said signal or the desired value derived therefrom exceeds a pregiven threshold value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.