US 2025/0050897 A1 · VEHICLE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITER BYPASS SYSTEM

Abstract

Systems and methods for dynamically limiting the road speed of a vehicle are provided herein. The method includes limiting the speed of the vehicle to a predetermined first speed under normal operating conditions. The method further includes selectively engaging an override condition for an activation interval responsive to an operator generated input. The override condition may be limited to a determined number of times in an activation assessment interval. During an activation interval of the override condition, the vehicle can exceed the predetermined first speed by a specified offset that defines a second speed greater than the first speed. The activation interval may be a period of time or a distance. The override condition is not available when the number of activations in the activation assessment interval exceeds a threshold value. The activation assessment interval may be defined by a period of time, a distance, an event or action, etc.

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Dependent claims

A method of limiting a maximum road speed of a vehicle, the method comprising:

limiting, by at least one processor of the vehicle, a road speed of the vehicle to a first speed;
receiving, by the at least one processor, a request for a maximum speed override;
determining, by the at least one processor, a number of times the maximum speed override has been activated during a current activation assessment interval;
and
in response to determining that the number of times the maximum speed override has been activated during the current activation assessment interval is below a threshold number of activations:
limiting, by the at least one processor, the road speed of the vehicle to a second speed higher than the first speed for an activation interval;
and
limiting, by the at least one processor, the road speed of the vehicle to the first speed after the activation interval.

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A vehicle speed management system operative to limit a maximum road speed of a vehicle, the vehicle speed management system comprising:

at least one nontransitory processor-readable storage medium that stores at least one of processor-executable instructions or data;
and
at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one nontransitory processor-readable storage medium, in operation, the at least one processor:
limits a road speed of the vehicle to a first speed;
receives a request for a maximum speed override from an operator of the vehicle via a control input interface;
determines a number of times the maximum speed override has been activated during a current activation assessment time period;
and
in response to a determination that the number of times the maximum speed override has been activated during the current activation assessment time period is below a threshold number of activations:
limits the road speed of the vehicle to a second speed higher than the first speed for an activation interval;
and
limits the road speed of the vehicle to the first speed after the activation interval;
causes a user interface of the vehicle to present at least one of:
the number of times the maximum speed override has been activated during the current activation assessment interval;
a difference between the threshold number of activations and the number of times the maximum speed override has been activated during the current activation assessment interval;
or
an indication of a current status of the current activation assessment interval.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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