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US 6,249,215 B1Granted
Method for shutting down a vehicle
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsBernhardt Dilz, Dietbert Kollbach, Peter Robitschko
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Abstract
A process and an arrangement for shutting down a vehicle by means of a shut-down signal is the result of a shut-down request. During a vehicle-side analysis, a conclusion is drawn from a current vehicle operating condition and/or a current vehicle location according to defined criteria regarding a shut-down site which is safe with respect to traffic and/or a traffic-safe shut-down site is recognized, in which case the shut-down signal is not generated before the current vehicle operating condition represents a traffic-safe shut-down site and/or before the current vehicle location corresponds to a traffic-safe shut-down site.
Claims12
A method for shutting down a vehicle, comprising:
- sensing a shut-down request,
- determining whether the vehicle is in a traffic-safe shut-down site by analyzing a current vehicle operational status after said shut-down request is sensed, based on signals from sensors for vehicle operational parameters, said traffic-safe shut-down site corresponding to at least one of the following traffic-safe shut-down vehicle operational statuses:
- (a) in a first vehicle operational status, the vehicle is being refilled with at least one of fuel and oil,
- (b) in a second vehicle operational status, the vehicle is parked, and
- (c) in a third vehicle operational status, the vehicle is being transported or towed, and
- generating a shut-down signal after the current operational status corresponds to at least one of said traffic-safe shut-down vehicle operational statuses.
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A method for shutting down a vehicle,
- sensing a shut-down request;
- recognizing whether the vehicle is in a traffic-safe shut-down site by determining a current vehicle location via a vehicle-side navigation system after said shut-down request is sensed;
- and
- generating a shut-down signal after the current vehicle location corresponds to said traffic-safe shut-down site;
- wherein
- said recognizing comprises step analyzing transmission signals generated outside the vehicle which are received by a vehicle-side device;
- and
- the transmission signals are transmitted by induction loops to the vehicle, the induction loops being arranged at traffic-stop shut-down sites.
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A method for shutting down a vehicle comprising:
- sensing a shut-down request;
- recognizing whether the vehicle is in a non-traffic-safe shut-down site by determining a current vehicle location via a vehicle-side navigation system after said shut-down request is sensed;
- and
- preventing generation of a shut-down signal if the current vehicle location corresponds to said non-traffic-safe shut-down site;
- wherein a first of said non-traffic-safe shut-down sites is recognized when the vehicle is located in an intersection, and wherein a second of said non-traffic-safe shut-down sites is recognized when the vehicle is located on a railroad crossing.
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A method for shutting down a vehicle comprising:
- sensing a shut-down request;
- recognizing whether the vehicle is in a traffic-safe shut-down site by determining a current vehicle location via a vehicle-side navigation system after said shut-down request is sensed;
- and
- generating a shut-down signal after the current vehicle location corresponds to said traffic-safe shut-down site;
- and
- when no traffic-safe shut-down site is recognized during the recognizing step, progressively reducing an available engine power continuously or in defined steps via the electronic control system of the engine.
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A method for shutting down a vehicle comprising:
- sensing a shut-down request;
- recognizing whether the vehicle is in a traffic-safe shut-down site by determining a current vehicle location via a vehicle-side navigation system after said shut-down request is sensed;
- and
- generating a shut-down signal after the current vehicle location corresponds to said traffic-safe shut-down site;
- recognizing a geographical use limitation of the vehicle to a pre-defined area;
- and
- when the navigation system senses that the vehicle is outside of said pre-defined area,
- reducing the available engine power continuously or in defined steps when the navigation system senses that the vehicle is moving away from said pre-defined area, and
- increasing the available engine power continuously or in defined steps when the navigation system senses that the vehicle is moving toward said pre-defined area.
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A system for shutting down a vehicle due to unauthorized use, comprising:
- a recognition device which recognizes an unauthorized use of the vehicle and causes a shut-down request to be generated;
- a sensor device with several sensors which sense vehicle operating conditions;
- and
- an analysis device which is activated by the shut-down request, the analysis device analyzing vehicle operating condition data from the sensor device to determine whether the vehicle is located in a traffic-safe shut-down site corresponding to at least one of the following traffic-safe shut-down vehicle operational statuses:
- (a) the vehicle is being is being refilled with at least one of fuel and oil,
- (b) the vehicle is parked, and
- (c) the vehicle is being transported or towed, and
- the analysis device generating a shut-down signal after the current vehicle operating condition corresponds to at least one of said traffic-safe shut-down vehicle operational statuses.
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A system for shutting down a vehicle due to unauthorized use, comprising:
- a recognition device which recognizes an unauthorized use of the vehicle and causes a shut-down request to be generated;
- a navigation system;
- and
- an analysis device which is activated by the shut-down request, the analysis device analyzing a current vehicle location determined by the navigation system to determine whether the current vehicle location corresponds to a traffic-safe shut-down site or a shut-down site which is not traffic-safe, and the analyzing device generating a shut-down signal when the current vehicle location corresponds to a traffic-safe shut-down site;
- wherein when the analysis device recognizes no traffic-safe shut-down site, the analysis device reduces the power of the engines continuously or in increments, by way of an engine electronic control system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.