Suspension Control System To Facilitate Wheel Motions During Parking
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsEric H. Tseng, Davor Hrovat, Jianbo Lu, Mitch McConnell, Matthias Dehmel, Michael Seemann, Fredrick V. Owens
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Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle includes the step of determining if a curb parking operation is feasible for the vehicle. If a curb parking operation is deemed infeasible, an operator of the vehicle is notified that curb parking is infeasible. If a curb parking operation is deemed feasible, actuatable elements of the vehicle are controlled to facilitate the curb parking operation.
Claims21
A method for controlling a vehicle comprising steps of:
- determining if a curb parking operation is feasible for the vehicle;
- if a curb parking operation is deemed infeasible, notifying an operator of the vehicle that curb parking is infeasible;
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- if a curb parking operation is deemed feasible, controlling actuatable elements of the vehicle to facilitate curb parking.
A system for controlling a vehicle comprising indicating means for indicating when a predetermined angle between a vertical plane passing through a center of a vehicle wheel and extending in the direction in which the wheel is pointing, and a line defining a curb adjacent the wheel, has been achieved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.