Vehicle orientation device and method
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorsThuy-Yung Tran, Edward Hoare, Nigel Clarke
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Abstract
A vehicle (100) comprises a plurality of water level sensors, for example comprising capacitive or resistive sensors, from the outputs of which can be determined vehicle orientation when wading. In conjunction with a vehicle orientation sensor, the outputs from any one water level sensor permits calculation of water depth at any point on the vehicle body.
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A method of determining orientation of a wading vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of water level sensors about the vehicle;
- determining the water level indicated at said plurality of water level sensors;
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- calculating an angular orientation of the vehicle from the outputs of said plurality of water level sensors.
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A vehicle having a plurality of water level sensors about a body thereof, and having a processor configured to calculate from said plurality of water level sensors an orientation of the vehicle with respect to a horizontal.
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A system for determining orientation of a wading vehicle comprising a plurality of water level sensors for installation about a vehicle body, and a processor adapted to calculate from data received from said plurality of water level sensors an orientation of the vehicle with respect to the horizontal.
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A vehicle comprising a plurality of vehicle mounted capacitive or resistive water level sensors positioned at different transverse and/or longitudinal positions in the vehicle body local coordinate system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.