Vehicle speed control system
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorsAndrew FAIRGRIEVE, James KELLY
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Abstract
A vehicle speed control system for controlling a vehicle having a plurality of wheels. The vehicle speed control system is configured to automatically control the speed of the vehicle in dependence on an input target set-speed. The system carries out a method that includes: applying torque to at least one of the plurality of wheels; receiving a user input of a target set-speed at which the vehicle is intended to travel; and applying torque to the at least one of the plurality of wheels for propelling the vehicle at a vehicle control speed. The system further controls the vehicle control speed as a function of at least one of the instantaneous vehicle speed and the terrain over which the vehicle is travelling.
Claims25
A vehicle speed control system for a vehicle having a plurality of wheels, the vehicle speed control system configured to automatically control the speed of the vehicle to a vehicle control speed in dependence on an input target set-speed and comprising at least one electronic controller:
- said at least one electronic controller having an input means for receiving an electrical signal indicative of a user input of a target set-speed at which the vehicle is intended to travel;
- said at least one electronic controller outputting a signal to apply torque to the at least one of the plurality of wheels for propelling the vehicle at the vehicle control speed;
- and
- wherein said at least one electronic controller is configured to control the vehicle control speed as a function of at least the instantaneous vehicle speed.
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A method of automatically controlling the speed of a vehicle having a plurality of wheels at a vehicle control speed in dependence on an input target set-speed, the method comprising:
- receiving a user input of a target set-speed at which the vehicle is intended to travel;
- applying a torque to the at least one of the plurality of wheels for propelling the vehicle at the vehicle control speed;
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- controlling the vehicle control speed as a function of at least the instantaneous vehicle speed.
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A non-transient carrier medium carrying a computer readable code for controlling a vehicle to automatically control the speed of the vehicle to a vehicle control speed in dependence on an input target set-speed, wherein the computer readable code, when executed by an electronic processor, causes the processor to:
- said at least one electronic controller having an input for receiving an electrical signal indicative of a user input of a target set-speed at which the vehicle is intended to travel;
- said at least one electronic controller outputting a signal to apply torque to the at least one of the plurality of wheels for propelling the vehicle at the vehicle control speed;
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- wherein said at least one electronic controller is configured to control the vehicle control speed as a function of at least the instantaneous vehicle speed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.