Motion minimization systems and methods
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorRandol W. Aikin
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Abstract
A method includes receiving, at a control system of a vehicle, a road profile for a road at a particular location, the road profile indicating a road condition of the road at the particular location. The method also includes determining that the vehicle is approaching the road at the particular location. The method further includes adjusting an active suspension system of the vehicle in response to a determination that the vehicle is approaching the road at the particular location.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a control system of a vehicle, a road profile for a road at a particular location, the road profile indicating a road condition of the road at the particular location;
- determining that the vehicle is approaching the road at the particular location;
- and
- adjusting an active suspension system of the vehicle in response to a determination that the vehicle is approaching the road at the particular location.
A system, comprising:
- an active suspension system coupled to a plurality of wheels of a vehicle;
- one or more sensors coupled to the plurality of wheels, the one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data based on road inputs applied to the plurality of wheels;
- a location sensor configured to generate location data indicating a current location of the vehicle;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive a road profile indicating a road condition of a road at a particular location;
- update the road profile based on the sensor data;
- and
- store the road profile to a memory of the vehicle.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
- receiving a road profile indicating a road condition at a particular location;
- receiving, from one or more sensors of a vehicle, a road input based on a current road condition at the particular location;
- and
- updating the road profile based at least in part on the road input.
The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the operations further include:
- sending, to an active suspension system of the vehicle, an adjustment command that is generated based on the road profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.