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US 2016/0257197 A1Published application
Methods and system for providing vehicle performance feedback
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHugh Fader, James William Loch McCallum, Seunghoon Lee
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Abstract
Systems and methods for supplying feedback to a driver of a vehicle so that transmission shifting busyness may be reduced are presented. In one example, the systems and methods include increasing resistance of an accelerator pedal in response to a difference between an available powertrain torque and a desired powertrain torque.
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A driver feedback method, comprising:
- increasing accelerator pedal application resistance in response to a decreasing difference between available powertrain torque and desired powertrain torque.
A driver feedback method, comprising:
- increasing accelerator pedal application resistance in response to an increasing difference between actual powertrain torque and desired powertrain torque.
A system, comprising:
- an accelerator pedal;
- a powertrain including an engine;
- a haptic actuator to increase and decrease resistance to applying the accelerator pedal;
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- a controller including executable instructions stored in non-transitory memory for increasing accelerator pedal application resistance in response to an increasing difference in available powertrain torque and predicted driver demanded powertrain torque.
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