Vehicle controlling system and method
AssigneesNissan North America, Inc., University of Michigan
InventorsJiechao Liu, Timothy Gordon, Ronald Heft
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Abstract
A vehicle controlling method which includes detecting an engagement of a vehicle tire with a rumble strip of a road, and performing first and second vehicle controls. The first vehicle control includes operating a controller to control movement of the vehicle after the vehicle tire has disengaged from the rumble strip to bring the vehicle tire back into engagement with the rumble strip. The second vehicle control includes operating the controller to continue to control movement of the vehicle to maintain the vehicle tire in engagement with the rumble strip after the vehicle tire has been brought back into engagement with the rumble strip.
Claims20
A vehicle controlling method comprising:
- detecting an engagement of a vehicle tire with a rumble strip of a road;
- performing a first vehicle control by operating a controller to control movement of the vehicle after the vehicle tire has disengaged from the rumble strip to bring the vehicle tire back into engagement with the rumble strip;
- and
- performing a second vehicle control by operating the controller to continue to control movement of the vehicle to maintain the vehicle tire in engagement with the rumble strip after the vehicle tire has been brought back into engagement with the rumble strip.
A vehicle control system comprising:
- a detector configured to detect an engagement of a vehicle tire with a rumble strip of a road;
- and
- a controller configured to perform a first vehicle control to control movement of the vehicle after the vehicle tire has disengaged from the rumble strip to bring the vehicle tire back into engagement with the rumble strip, and to perform a second vehicle control to continue to control movement of the vehicle to maintain the vehicle tire in engagement with the rumble strip after the vehicle tire has been brought back into engagement with the rumble strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.