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US 2006/0235575 A1Published application
Attitude sensing system for an automotive vehicle relative to the road
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsTodd Brown, Erik Chubb
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Abstract
A system (18) for controlling a system (44) of an automotive vehicle (10) includes a roll sensor (34). The controller (26) determines a lateral velocity of the vehicle in response to the roll rate. The controller (26) controls a vehicle system in response to the lateral velocity.
Claims31
A method of controlling a vehicle system comprising:
- determining a vehicle roll rate;
- determining a lateral velocity of the vehicle in response to the roll rate;
- and
- controlling the vehicle system in response to the lateral velocity.
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A method of controlling a vehicle system comprising:
- determining an upper bound pitch angle and a lower bound pitch angle;
- determining an upper bound roll angle corresponding to the upper bound pitch angle and a lower bound roll angle corresponding to the lower bound pitch angle;
- determining a lower bound lateral velocity corresponding to the lower bound roll angle and an upper bound lateral velocity corresponding to the upper bound roll angle;
- determining a linear lateral velocity of the vehicle;
- when the lower bound lateral velocity is below the linear lateral velocity, adjusting the lower bound to the linear lateral velocity to form an adjusted lower bound lateral velocity;
- and
- controlling the vehicle system in response to the adjusted lower bound lateral velocity.
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A system for controlling a vehicle system of an automotive vehicle comprising:
- a roll rate sensor generating a roll rate signal;
- and
- a controller coupled to the roll rate sensor, said controller determining a lateral velocity of the vehicle in response to the roll rate signal, said controller controlling the vehicle system in response to the lateral velocity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.